morgan schwartz

I thought I’d pause my Palin attacks for a moment to plug a non-partisan issue - voter turnout. Well, of course its highly partisan in practice, but from a standpoint of civic engagement, the more people that vote, the healthier our democracy is.

I’ve been helping The Right Question Project with an online marketing campaign for their voter participation initiative.

The Right Question Project is running a campaign called “Voter Engagement Strategy for Election Day and Beyond” to reach low-income potential voters enrolled in adult education and literacy programs in New Mexico, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and several other states. By teaching lifelong skills for focusing on decisions and asking questions, the Right Question Project’s (RQP) nonpartisan strategy results in more motivated voters and more informed voters.

RQP has a sharply focused strategy to help more citizens:

· Ask good questions
· Focus on key decisions
· Expect accountable decision-making from all public officials and
· Vote for the first time in their lives

You can help!!!

You can get involved!!!

Trebor Scholz, Dana Boyd, and Ethan Zuckerman will be discussing the democratizing potential of the Internet in the context of participatory Web-based technologies.

When:
04/13/2007 6:30pm 8:30pm

Where:
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.

How much:
$8, free for students

More details here.

A recent article from the Associated Press discusses how blogs are transforming Mideast social dialogue. This is an interesting link to read in regards to my class this week on citizen journalism.

Thanks to Chris Astruoski for the link. Chris writes a blog about OpenCourseWare.