2008 Urban Go-Team Underway
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The Civitas Urban Go-Team began yesterday with a most informative trip to the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners. Staff member Eric Fey did an outstanding job of impressing students with how complex the electoral process is and what safeguards St. Louis County takes to ensure maximum fairness and expediency. Students learned the importance of having a "paper trail" in the electoral process, whether the voting device is touch-screen or an optical scanner. Many students indicated interest in working the polls at upcoming elections in August and November. In the afternoon we went to five different MetroLink stops to register voters. It was tedious and somewhat intimidating work, but collectively we managed to bring twenty-eight new individuals on to the rolls in Missouri. The is a project that we will continue on an on-going basis. Information on what lies in the future for Urban Go-Team is available below.
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Teresa Ghidey, Parkway North 2009 and Howard University 2013, registers voter at Union Station on Monday, June 9.
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2008 Civitas Urban Go-Team Calendar
(there will be some upcoming changes in this calendar)
Monday, June 9 -
Introduction / Orientation -
St. Louis Country Board of Election Commissioners -
Sample voting; election administration; voting machines; high school pollworker program -
Lunch -
Training and voter registration at MetroLink stations -
Debriefing Tuesday, June 10 -
Intro / Debriefing -
Meeting with "The Beacon" online newspaper -
Discuss students participation with "The Beacon" - Political Strategizing: Stacey Newman & Tracy McCreery
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Lunch -
Canvassing; polling at St. Louis barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, and laundromats. -
Debriefing Wednesday, June 11 -
Intro / Debriefing -
"The Art / Science of Public Opinion Polling" -- Dr. Kenneth Warren, St. Louis University -
Lunch -
"Intercept ['person-on-the-street]polling" in Clayton and elsewhere -
Debriefing Thursday, June 12 - Meet at computer lab; input data from canvassing and polling
- Interactive blog activity in computer lab
- Lunch
- Training for auto-dialer phone bank
- Polling using auto-dialer
- Debriefing
Friday, June 13 - Begin team and individual projects
- Introduction to "Student Leadership Program" with Missouri History Museum
- Continue team and individual projects
- Conclusions; ideas for future activities
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For more information on Fall, 2008 activities...
please go to the home page of the Civitas web site (www.kidswhothink.org). Info is at the bottom of the page.
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Upcoming Civitas Events
(Actual events in bold -- always subject to change when change occurs!) Black: High School Blue: Middle School | Date | Time | Place | Activities | Mon.
06/09 -
Fri.,
June 06/13
| 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM | Varies | Civitas Urban Go-Team | | | | | | Sat.,
08/30/2008 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Crossroads | First High School Discussion of 2008-2009 |
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Arthur H. Lieber 314-367-6480 |
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Civitas Associates 10845 Olive Blvd.
Suite #155
Saint Louis, Missouri 63141-7760 Phone: (314) 367-6480
Fax: (314) 367-7742 Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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