NEMCC recognized as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting

Northeast Mississippi Community College is one of 394 college students recognized for its efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement in the 2022 election

BOONEVILLE, Miss. -- (11/17/2022) — Northeast Mississippi Community College has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting.

The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for making intentional efforts to increase student voter participation. Northeast joins a group of 394 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN for completing these four actions:

Participate in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge

Shared 2020 NSLVE Reports with campus voting data with ALL IN

Developed and submitted a 2022 democratic engagement action plan with ALL IN

Have a current signatory to ALL IN's Higher Education Presidents' Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation.

"Our goal at Northeast is not only to produce students who are well prepared for the next step in furthering their education or for entering the workforce, but also to produce students that are well prepared to become leaders in their homes and in their communities," Northeast president Dr. Ricky G. Ford said. "Being engaged in the political process and exercising the right to vote are characteristics of students that are on their way to becoming those leaders.

"I want to commend political science and history instructor Will Bowlin and all those involved with our Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement committee who have sponsored activities over the past year to promote a civic mindset throughout our campus community."

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Campuses that join the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge complete a set of action items, with the support of ALL IN Challenge staff, to institutionalize nonpartisan civic learning, political engagement, and voter participation on their campus. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge currently engages over 9 million students from more than 950 institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Campuses can join the ALL IN Challenge here.

"College student voter turnout has increased since 2016, and this increase has been driven by students. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge is excited to expand our ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll to recognize these student voting champions across the country," said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. "These students registered voters, served on their campus voting coalitions, spearheaded voter education efforts, advocated for campus polling locations and organized other voter engagement efforts to ensure their peers were confident and informed voters."

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ABOUT ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge:

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) is a national nonpartisan initiative of Civic Nation, a 501(c)(3) organization. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge strives to change civic culture and institutionalize democratic engagement activities and programs on college campuses, making voter participation a defining feature of campus life.

ALL IN, in collaboration with over 960 higher education institutions, seeks to make participation in local, state, and federal elections a social norm; substantially increase the number of college students who are democratically engaged on an ongoing basis, during and between elections, and not just at the polls, and; make educating for democratic engagement on college campuses an accepted and expected part of the culture and curriculum so that students graduate with the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values needed to be an informed and active citizen.