Student Empowerment
Last updated by bpham2006 on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 16:13.
The Summer Institute hosted by the Southeast Asian Student Coalition is a 5 day 4 night week during the summer where high school students from all around California are brought to U.C. Berkeley Campus. These students are from low-income and under represented Southeast Asian refugee communities whose families have been affected by the Vietnam War. During this Summer Institute, the students are introduced to Southeast Asian Culture in an effort to tackle or help bridge the intergenerational gap resulting from growing up in the United States and living in a refugee home.
Last updated by Matthew Segal on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 12:22.
Over the past year, a group of college students has been working on an initiative in order to increase voter turnout among young Americans and promote a culture of deeper political discourse and responsiveness between politicians and their young constituents. According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Education, only 25% of young voters (ages 18-29) voted in 2006. Similarly, the United States ranks 139th in a list of democracies that turn out to vote, far behind nations that lack the most basic of infrastructure.
