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SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE:
Contacts: Name
College
Phone numberNick Longo
Campus Compact
(401) 867-3932
[Your school] Joins More than 600 U.S. Colleges and Universities in Launching the Raise Your Voice Campaign
[subhead includes specific on local activities]
[Your school’s town and state] Feb. XX, 2003 – This week, [your school] students are joining more than 100,000 college students from across the country to launch the Raise Your Voice campaign, a national effort to encourage students to speak out on issues important to their future.
The campaign is being launched on 600 college and university campuses across the country during Raise Your Voice – A Week of Action, February 16 – 22. This week provides students the opportunity to learn about critical public issues and to make their opinion heard by leaders at all levels.
At [your school], students are [explain local activities].
“In the last election, no one was talking to college students. But the issues our leaders are deciding right now will have a tremendous impact on young people’s futures. The Raise Your Voice campaign is about getting students across the country to come together and show that our generation has the knowledge, motivation and skills necessary to be active citizens,” said [student leader from your school]. “We need to let our leaders know that they can’t just talk about us. They need to talk to us.”
“Colleges and Universities have always played a pivotal role in securing a strong American democracy. Raise Your Voice will give the youth of America a platform on which to voice their concerns for issues that they care about and build an even stronger democracy,” said [your school’s president].
The Raise Your Voice campaign is sponsored by Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 850 college and university presidents. During Raise Your Voice – A Week of Action, students, faculty and community partners from across the country are working together to plan activities focusing on increasing student voice and participation in all realms of civic life – from voting to volunteering in the community.
The Raise Your Voice campaign will also provide students with ideas, information and tools that will help them become more aware and involved citizens including a new Web site, www.actionforchange.org, that features information and links to volunteer and civic opportunities.
“It is our hope that the campus dialogues and other activities held on campuses this week are just the start of many opportunities for student to voice their opinions,” said [campus compact spokesperson]. “We are working with campuses nationwide to establish the forum for students to take responsibility in their communities and participate in the shaping of the future of U.S. democracy.”
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