Raise Your Voice in your state

NEW HAMPSHIRE Campaign Activities

2004-2005:

See 2005 Month of Action events in New Hampshire

2003-2004:

Campus Compact for New Hampshire will build on the work they began during the first year of the Raise Your Voice initiative. CCNH will continue their existing programs such as the Northern New England Civic Fellows program which is designed to encourage student participation in civic engagement through campus based work. They will also expand their activities to include opportunities for students to participate in the first in the nation primary as well as the chance to attend an alternative break trip to Washington, D.C.

Campus Compact for New Hampshire will do the following activities during year two of the Raise Your Voice campaign:

• Expand the statewide Civic Fellows program to include four more campuses
• Develop a leadership team based on recommendations from campus Presidents
• Design unique and challenging opportunities for New Hampshire students to participate in the first in the nation primary including but not limited to events such as College Convention 2004
• Collaborate with other state compacts to facilitate an alternative break trip to Washington, D.C. during A Month of Action

See 2004 Month of Action events in New Hampshire.

2002-2003:

• Civic Fellows – New Hampshire student teams will act as Civic Scholars and Civic Reporters on host campuses. They will work together as a team to organize and facilitate campus dialogues around issues of importance to students, research and document existing opportunities for involvement on campuses. All fellows will be trained by and receive support from Campus Compact for New Hampshire. Civic Scholars will organize and facilitate dialogues on their campuses around campus or social issues students want to discuss. Civic Scholars will also help to create a student policy statement on civic engagement. Civic Reporters will research and document the opportunities for student involvement on their campuses. Their work will highlight the numerous existing programs and target areas where student voice is needed. Reporters will present their findings to their presidents, fellow students and other members of the campus community. At this time there are Civic Fellows placed on the following campuses: Dartmouth College, New England College, NH Technical Institute, NH Community Technical College-Nashua, Plymouth State College and Saint Anselm College.

• National Student Civic Engagement Week – Campus Compact for New Hampshire will subgrant to Civic Fellow host campuses to organize events that increase student involvement on campuses. Subgrants will also be available to student organizations not on host campuses to support activities during this week. Campus Compact for New Hampshire will also be hosting a statewide dialogue during this week. See 2003 Week of Action events in New Hampshire.

• Student Leadership Team Retreat – Civic Fellows from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will draft a statement on student civic engagement and discuss issues around student voice.

Events:
• February 6, 2003
Hunger and Homelessness Symposium
• February 16-22, 2003
National Student Civic Engagement Week
• April 26 & 27, 2003
Student Leadership Team Retreat

Press:

• New Hampshire Technical Institute's Campus Comments, February 3, 2003: NHTI Students Receive Civic Fellows Honor

For more information, contact:

Stephanie Soule
Campus Compact for New Hampshire
3 Barrell Court, Suite 200
Concord, NH 03301
603.223.2302 Fax: 603.223.2018
soule@compactnh.org