Summary
This MTC Day has been changed to a Meet Your Candidates Night. Information on this new post can be found here.
Meet the Changemakers day will occur on Tuesday October 24, 2023 between 12pm and 8pm at the Johnson Center Dewberry Hall on the Fairfax Campus (Google map). If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch our livestream of the town halls and presentations (and chat with fellow viewers). See flyer below for schedule of events and participants.
Meet the Changemakers activities will include:
- Presentations by Mason research faculty – Approximately 4-6 minutes about their research center and a research-based policy goal followed by a short Q&A session with the audience.
- Town Halls with 2023 General Assembly candidates – 25 minute discussions with candidates for Virginia Senate and House of Delegates and their policy proposals that address grand challenges being discussed at Meet the Changemakers day.
- 50 minute Town Halls – Similar to research center presentations as described above followed by federal, state, and local policymakers discussing their views on policy and what legislation they are proposing to address their policies followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
- Opportunities to learn about Mason research centers and discuss their policy goals based on their research at Roundtables in Dewberry South. Other stakeholders in the policy discussions will also have tables in the lobby in addition to Mason students displaying their research posters.
For more information, contact Sophie.Wagner@onair.cc
OnAir Post: Meet the Changemakers – Research
About
Democracy onAir is the lead coordinator for Meet the Changemakers Day. Democracy onAir is a nonpartisan, nonprofit that brings together, via online knowledge networks, information, experts, organizations, and the public to better address grand challenges like strengthening global democracies. One of Democracy onAir’s first networks is the US Government Network of 50 state hubs strengthening US democracy through facilitating greater civic engagement and civil discussion.
CHSS Research (College of Humanities and Social Sciences), Schar Research (School of Policy and Government), and Schar Undergraduate programs have been most helpful is assisting with Democracy onAir. The Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact (ORIEI) has also providing assistance. GMU-TV will be livestreaming and recording the events of the Day.
Event Schedule
Below you will find information on the Meet the Changemakers Day schedule. To learn more about the centers and presenters, scroll down or select the specific center from the Table of Contents at the right (only in large screen post view).
| 10:45 | Andre Marshall | Office of Research Innovation & Economic Impact |
| 11:00 | Sushil Jajodia | Center for Secure Information Systems |
| 11:15 | Eric Vollmecke | Rapid Prototyping Research Center |
| 11:30 | Missy Cummings | Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center |
| 11:45 | Lance Sherry | Center for Air Transportation Systems Research |
| 12:00 | Patrick Vora | Quantum Science and Engineering Center |
| 12:15 | Maria M Dakake | AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies |
| 12:30 | Lincoln Mullen | Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media |
| 12:45 | Amy Best | Center for Social Science Research |
| 1:00 | Jesse Kirkpatrick | Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy |
| 1:15 | Christy Esposito-Smythers | Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health |
| 1:30 | Daniel Houser | Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science |
| 1:45 | David Rehr | Center for Business Civic Engagement |
| 2:00 | Bonnie B Stabile | Gender and Policy Center |
| 2:15 | Richard Kauzlarich | Center for Energy Science and Policy |
| 2:30 | Terry L Clower | Center for Regional Analysis |
| 2:45 | Ellen Beth Laipson | Center for Security Policy Studies |
| 3:00 | Faye S Taxman | Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence |
| 3:15 | Alan J. Abramson | Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise |
| 3:30 | Naoru Koizumi | Center for Biomedical Science and Policy |
| 3:45 | Jonathan L. Gifford | Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy |
| Town Halls | ||
| 4:00 | Del. David Bulova | House of Delegate Candidate – District 11 |
| Almira Mohammed | House of Delegate Candidate – District 11 | |
| 4:30 | Sen. Dave Marsden | State Senate Candidate – District 35 |
| Mark Vafiades | State Senate Candidate – District 35 | |
| 5:00 | John Kotcher | Center for Climate Change Communication |
| 6:00 | Jim Witte | Institute for Immigration Research |
| 7:00 | Amarda Shehu | Institute for Digital InnovAtion |
Flyer & Easel Poster
Dewberry Floor Plan
Benefits for Research Centers
Participation in Research Day (at the Fairfax campus) offers many potential benefits and opportunities for GMU Research Centers. Similar benefits for representatives with a special focus on new ways to outreach and communicate with constituents.
- Gain increased visibility and interaction with several audiences – especially your and other university faculty, students, staff, and alumni
- Connect with and influence federal, state, and local policy makers
- Recruit new students, faculty, and affiliates
- Attract new funding – from individuals, foundations, grants, corporate sponsors
- Create promotional videos from the livestreamand multiple cameras in Dewberry recording video interviews and the roundtable discussions
- Establish ongoing communication with audiences – via onAir posts, aircasts, and onAir post forums.
Web Links
Research Town Halls
Research town hall schedule:
5:00-6:00 Climate Change: “Decarbonizing as a Policy Goal
John Kotcher & Dan Reed, Center for Climate Change Communication (4C)
6:00-7:00 Immigration: “Examining the contributions of America’s immigrants”
James Witte, Institute for Immigration Research (IIR)
7:00-8:00 Artificial Intelligence: “Regulating AI & AGI in the US & Globally”
Amarda Shehu, Institute for Digital Innovation (IDIA)
Center for Climate Change Communication
Source: Website
As a result of human activity – primarily the burning of fossil fuels – the earth’s climate is becoming dangerously disrupted and destabilized. Our mission is to develop and apply social science insights to help society make informed decisions that will stabilize the earth’s life-sustaining climate, and prevent further harm from climate change. To achieve this goal, our center engages in three broad activities: we conduct unbiased communication research; we help government agencies, civic organizations, professional associations, and companies apply social science research to improve their public engagement initiatives; and we train students and professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to improve public engagement with climate change.
A CHSS chartered research center onAir post
Director:
Edward Maibach – a Mason distinguished University Professor – is a communication scientist who is expert in the uses of strategic communication and social marketing to address climate change and related public health challenges. His research – funded by NSF, NASA and private foundations – focuses on public understanding of climate change and clean energy; the psychology underlying public engagement; and cultivating TV weathercasters, health professionals, and climate scientists as effective climate educators.
John Kotcher, Chief Scientist will be presenting and Dan Reed will be leading the Q&A session.
Institute for Immigration Research
Source: Website
The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) is a multidisciplinary research institute at George Mason University. The IIR’s mission is to produce valid, reliable, and objective multidisciplinary research on immigrants and immigration to the United States and to disseminate this information through peer-reviewed academic journals, as well as in print and digital formats that make this research easily accessible to policy-makers, the media, the business community, and the general public.
A CHSS chartered research center onAir post
Director:
James Witte is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Director of the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR). Witte’s ongoing research includes the analysis of Twitter data on immigration and the Digital Archive Project in partnership with the American Sociological Association. Dr. Witte will be giving the town hall presentation and leading the Q&A afterwards.
Institute for Digital Innovation
Source: Website
The Institute of Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) is George Mason University’s commitment to inclusively shaping the future of our digital society, promoting well-being, security, and prosperity.
IDIA is a sector leader that provides transdisciplinary research, innovation, and next-generation workforce development strategy across the university for scaled, sustainable growth in digital innovation, leverages synergies, strengthening the innovation ecosystem and growing capacities for transdisciplinary research, scholarship, and innovation, supports placemaking, instigating and building research and innovation communities around places and activating and supporting a culture of transdisciplinary research and shared research infrastructure, and amplifies the visibility and awareness of George Mason University as a globally recognized leader for its world-class research, innovation, and economic impact activities, as well as its next-generation students and scholars.
Associate Vice President of Research
Amarda Shehu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science in the School of Computing in the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University.
She is also the Inaugural Founding Co-Director of George Mason University’s Transdisciplinary Center for Advancing Human-Machine Partnerships (CAHMP). Shehu served as an NSF Program Director in the Information and Intelligent Systems Division of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering during 2019-2022. Dr. Shehu will be giving the town hall presentation and leading the Q&A afterwards.
Centers & Institutes
Below you will find information on the participating research centers and institutes not including the town halls:
- Giving presentations about their research center and a research-based policy goal followed by a short Q&A session with the audience and
- Having roundtables engaging questions from the Mason community and the public with handouts and other materials
- Dr. Michele Schwietz , CHSS Research Director and Dr. Naoru Koizumi, Schar Research Director, have contributed significantly to assisting with the scheduling and coordination of their participating research centers.
Rapid Prototyping Research Center (RPRC)
Proven Track Record in National Security
RPRC’s Research Drives Advancements that Enable Competitive Edge.
Mason’s Rapid Prototyping Research Center was established to further advance research and innovation development that requires accelerated processes combined with specialized expertise to meet national security and defense objectives. RPRC, working in conjunction with our other research affiliates and technology partners has created a proven and repeatable technology development program, uniting engineers, students, mentors, and technology vendors to deliver rapid and resilient solutions.
Eric Vollmecke is the Director of RPRC.
Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC)
The Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) conducts research and provides unique educational opportunities to address local and global needs in autonomy, embedded artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics. Our interdisciplinary activities take a holistic approach to growing technological demands by combining computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering, systems engineering, psychology, philosophy, and policy education and research.
All new facility coming in 2023
MARC will open its new facility in 2023 on the Fairfax Campus in Research Hall. The area will include a high-bay space for testing drones and other robots, faculty offices, as well as meeting and collaborative spaces for maximum contact with students and faculty.
Missy Cummings is the Director of CATSR.
Center for Air Transportation Systems Research (CATSR)
The Center for Air Transportation Systems Research at George Mason University was chartered in 2003.
The CATSR mission is to foster excellence in education and research in Air Transportation System Engineering. Contributions to the field include:
- transportation network-of-networks simulation, optimization, and analysis
- complex adaptive systems simulation and analysis
- NAS, airport and airspace simulation and performance analysis
- rare-event safety analysis for systems and devices
- aviation environment (noise and emissions)
- strategic planning and forecasting/industrial sector economics
- auctions and other allocation schemes
- portfolio analysis/costs-benefits analysis
- flightdeck design and human factors
Lance Sherry is the Director of CATSR.
Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSEC)
Source: Website
Science at quantum scale controls chemistry and the behavior of materials, therefore the “second quantum revolution” develops new electronics and digital information technologies. Quantum materials host collective electronic phenomena that exhibit unconventional behaviors and can potentially serve as the basis for entirely new computing concepts. Advancements in technology are inevitably driven by the combination of new, nonclassical materials, sensors, and algorithms. Success in such areas requires a new generation of interdisciplinary researchers who approach quantum with an open mind.
The Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSEC) at George Mason University supports the exploration of these high-risk high-reward ideas by fostering a collaborative, interdisciplinary, community-focused environment at Mason. This provides a unique environment for graduate students, undergraduate students, and postdoctoral researchers to make transformative contributions to quantum technology.
Patrick Vora is the Director and Founding member of QSEC.
Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy (i3p)
Source: Website
The Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, founded in 1976 by Peter Brown and Henry Shue, is one of the oldest research institutions in the United States providing expertise on the normative dimensions of public policy. The Institute works on pressing issues in public policy, including climate change and environmental policy, peace and security, bioethics and emerging technologies, international human rights, international criminal law, and global demands for justice.
Over 40 Years of Philosophy and Public Policy
The Acting Director for Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy is Jesse Kirkpatrick.
AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies (ACGIS)
Source: Website
The mission of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies is to advance a sound and nuanced understanding of Muslim societies and the Islamic faith, its role in world history, and its current patterns of globalization. The center recognizes that Islam is a universal faith and a world civilization with a global community. Thus, the center provides a global, rather than regional, framework for exploring Islam.
The AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies supports research, interdisciplinary academic programs, and community outreach. By providing educational and research opportunities for students, faculty, and visiting scholars, it is helping develop 21st century leaders with a sophisticated understanding of the complex dynamics that shape Muslim communities worldwide.
The Director for the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies is Maria M Dakake.
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHM)
Source: Website
We use digital media to democratize history.
Our digital projects emerge from our engagement with the practice of history in universities, schools, libraries, archives, museums, and local communities.
They are shaped by collaborations with practitioners and audiences, and are produced by teams of researchers, developers, designers, and graduate and undergraduate students.
In 2020, our various projects attracted an audience of more than 2 million unique visitors. To do this work, and to keep our projects free and open access and (mostly) open source, we depend on grant funds from government agencies, private foundations, and individuals who believe in our mission. We also do contract work for like-minded organizations across the humanities, in education, and in public history.
The Executive Director for the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is Lincoln Mullen.
Center for Social Science Research (CSSR)
Source: Website
George Mason University’s Center for Social Science Research (CSSR) is committed to conducting publicly engaged social research that can promote social justice and inform equitable social policy. Housed within the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the CSSR builds on a long tradition of social science research for the public good. At its center are thematic research hubs focused on quantitative, qualitative, community-engaged research, and program evaluation.
Amy Best is the director of the Center for Social Science Research.
Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health (CEBH)
Source: Website
The mission of the Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health (CEBBH) is to increase the availability of cutting-edge, culturally responsive, evidence-based behavioral health interventions in our community and beyond for all youth, adults, and families in need. We are also committed to decreasing barriers in access to care so that all individuals have access to these high-quality behavioral health services. We accomplish these aims through two venues.
The Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health director is Christy Esposito-Smythers.
Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES)
Source: Website
The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES) at George Mason University is a research center and laboratory affiliated with the Antonin Scalia Law School, School of Business, Department of Economics in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Mercatus Center. ICES was founded in 2001 by Vernon Smith (2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics), and it has been directed by Daniel Houser since 2009.
ICES brings together researchers and students interested in using the methods of experimental economics to answer research questions from a variety of fields. Using both laboratory and field experiments, research at ICES has been conducted in such areas as public choice, development, bargaining, neuroscience, and economic systems design (ESD).
Center for Business Civic Engagement
Source: Website
The mission of the Center for Business Civic Engagement is to study the impact of the application of business theory and principles to government to determine if government can be both more effective and efficient for its stakeholders.
One of the Center for Business Civic Engagement’s primary projects is the Intelligent Automation (IA) Initiative. The mission of the Intelligent Automation (IA) Initiative is to research, educate, and communicate how the adoption of this emerging technology can improve productivity, operations and service delivery of public sector organizations. The Initiative will also study and recommend possible governance models and public policy initiatives for IA deployment in the context of the broader economic outlook and the future of work.
The Center for Business Civic Engagement director is David Rehr
Gender and Policy Center (GAP)
Source: Website
The Gender and Policy (GAP) Center leverages the existing expertise of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government to investigate and address the underrepresentation of women in positions of influence and power in the public sphere, as well as identify policy inequities for women and other underrepresented groups.
Tackling topics in three primary areas—politics and public authority, women’s health and wellbeing, and gender-based violence—GAP Center faculty and students collaborate as researchers, and benefit from the extensive knowledge and expertise of an Advisory Board comprised of professionals from the public and private sectors.
Bonnie Stabile is the founder and director of the Gender and Policy (GAP) Center.
Center for Energy Science and Policy (CESP)
Source: Website
MISSION
CESP’s mission is to build a vibrant interdisciplinary energy science and policy hub at George Mason that develops integrative applied science and policy solutions for Virginia’s energy security, climate change, sustainability, and resilience challenges and beyond.
VISION
CESP’s vision is to lead energy security, climate change, sustainability, and resilience innovations. This vision includes exploring energy’s critical nexuses with health, water, climate, food, transportation, national security, technology and innovation, and conflict resolution. Research on these multidisciplinary relationships is where Mason has world-class expertise. The vision’s foundational element is translating energy science innovations into policy recommendations. This approach requires integrated science-policy studies to ensure realistic and desirable energy and climate policy outcomes.
We seek to modernize this vision around five pillars of activity: international strategy and energy security, local government and energy, energy and international development, energy resilience, social justice, and behavioral economics.
Richard D. Kauzlarich is Co-Director, Center for Energy Science and Policy.
CESP onAir post
Center for Regional Analysis (CRA)
Source: Website
The Center for Regional Analysis is the “go to” organization for economic, demographic and housing data and analysis within the Washington and Baltimore regions and is cited locally and nationally as the source of information for the media, research scholars, and investors interested in understanding the Washington area‘s economy.
The Center posts reports, presentations, data and other information its website (cra.gmu.edu). This readily available research and analysis, and the Center’s location within George Mason University, have made CRA the primary source of public information about the region.
Terry Clower, is Director of the Center for Regional Analysis, Schar School of Policy and Government.
Center for Security Policy Studies (CSPS)
Source: Website
The Center for Security Policy Studies (CSPS) provides a vibrant intellectual space for Mason students and faculty to work alongside government, military, think tank and private sector experts to address today’s pressing security issues. Such challenges range from so-called ‘traditional’ threats, including great power conflict, civil war, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism, to so-called ‘nontraditional’ threats, including climate change, pandemic disease, demographic shifts, extreme poverty, state failure and refugee crises.
All of these threats transcend traditional academic boundaries. Therefore, CSPS seeks to produce multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research by leveraging experts from across George Mason University. CSPS also sponsors innovative extracurricular activities for Mason students to prepare them for service as tomorrow’s security scholars and leaders.
Ellen Laipson is the director of the the Center for Security Policy Studies
Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!)
Source: Website
Collaborative and creative research to advance evidence-based practices and treatment to practitioners and policymakers in the criminal justice and health fields.
We work with our partners in crafting new policies focused on proactively preventing criminal behavior rather than simply responding to it. Click here to check out a summary of ACE! in the last year.
Faye S. Taxman is Director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!).
Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise (
Source: Website
The Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise seeks to improve the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and social enterprise through research, training, public education, and other initiatives that engage those who care about these important institutions and activities.
Current major interests are: the state of the regional, national, and international nonprofit sectors; nonprofit-government relations; the role of foundations and philanthropy in our society; nonprofit accountability, governance, and effectiveness; global civil society; and social enterprise and social entrepreneurship. Mason’s center is a long-time member of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC), the major association of university-based, nonprofit research centers in the U.S. This new center replaces the previous Center for Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, and Policy.
The director of the The Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise is Alan J. Abramson.
Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy (P3)
Source: Website
The Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy is dedicated to advancing objective considerations of transportation P3s through research, education, and public service. Virginia has been a leader in innovative transportation finance in the U.S. – the Commonwealth’s 1995 Public-Private Transportation Act (PPTA) was one of the first state laws of its type. Virginia’s program has continued to expand with major facility improvements throughout the state as evidence of its impact.
The Director of the Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy is Jonathan Gifford.
Center for Biomedical Science and Policy (CBSP)
Source: Website
The aim of the center is to bring together like-minded research faculty with different backgrounds including biology, medicine, biostatistics/informatics, mathematical modeling and big-data analytics to perform cutting-edge research with direct policy relevance. In particular, we aim to work collaboratively on the intersection of biomedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) to generate policy recommendations.
The Center for Biomedical Science and Policy directors are: Naoru Koizumi and Jim Olds.
Policy Makers
Our town hall between 4 and 4:30 with candidates for the 2024-25 Virginia General Assembly features current Delegate for District 37 David Bulova (D) and Almira Mohammed (R). As a result of Virginia’s recent redistricting, David Bulova is running for reelection in District 11 which includes Fairfax City, George Mason University, and parts of Fairfax County.
Our town hall between 4:30 and 5:00 with candidates for the 2024-25 Virginia General Assembly features current Senator for District 35 Dave Marsden (D) and Mark Vafaides (R).
Starting the week of September 21, we will be inviting congressional, state, county and city representatives and bureaucrats to attend MTC Day especially with those research presentations that relate to their interests.
David Bulova
Source: Website
Current Position: Delegate of District 37 since 2006
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 House of Delegates District 11
David Bulova was first elected Delegate for the 37th District in 2005. The 37th District includes the city of Fairfax and parts of Fairfax County. As a result of Virginia’s recent redistricting, Delegate Bulova is running for reelection in District 11 which includes Fairfax City, George Mason University, and parts of Fairfax County.
Delegate Bulova serves as Chair of the General Laws Committee and Chair of the Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Subcommittee in the Appropriations Committee. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Education Committee, Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriations Committee.
Almira Mohammed
Source: Website
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2023 House of Delegates District 11
Almira Mohammed is running for election in District 11 which includes Fairfax City and George Mason University.
Senator Dave Marsden
Source: Website
Current Position: State Senator of District 37 since 2010
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 State Senator District 35
Dave Marsden was first elected Senator for the 37th District in 2010. The 37th District includes parts of Fairfax County.
Senator Marsden is Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and is a member of the Conservation and Natural Resources, Commerce and Labor, Finance and Appropriations, and Rules committees. Senator Marsden was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2006 to 2010.
Mark Vafiades
Source: Website
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2023 State Senator District 35
Mark Vafiades has worked in the private sector, the Federal and State government, owned a small business and is a retired reserve Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy, who worked in patrol for 20 years.
He has a broad and eclectic background which puts him at great advantage when understanding and discussing how a leftist radical agenda negatively affects the economy and therefore the citizens and families of Virginia.
More MTC Day Information
Meet the Changemakers Day is being coordinated by the Registered Student Organization Students onAir @GMU which is the student affiliate of the GMU onAir Chapter.
Go to the links below on the VA Government Hub to:
- Learn more about GMU research centers, university programs, and student organizations;
- Continue the conversation with Mason faculty, politicians, and the public in our upcoming aircasts (see our YouTube Channel and online forums in each VA Government post.
- Learn more about the onAir networks that Mason alumni and students are developing to make it easy to find and interact with people and organizations who are developing and implementing solutions to grand challenges.
Roundtables
In Dewberry South, there will be roundtables that will have handouts and other materials from each presenting research center. If you are interested in getting involved with a center’s programs or providing donations or research funding, contact a center directly to schedule a time to meet at their roundtable.
Kiosks and Posters
Coming soon Student Researchers and academic programs with posters include:
with posters:
Democracy onAir
Democracy onAir is a nonpartisan, 501c3 nonprofit chartered in Virginia in 2018 that brings together, via online knowledge networks, information, experts, organizations, and the public to better address grand challenges like strengthening global democracies. One of Democracy onAir’s first networks is the US Government Network of 50 state hubs strengthening US democracy through facilitating greater civic engagement and civil discussion.
George Mason University alumni are the co-founders and current directors of Democracy onAir. Todd Gillette, GMU 2016 PhD is Chair and has led the development of the onAir software being used by the US Government Network.
The Challenge: Citizen apathy, disaffection, and lack of knowledge threaten our ability to self govern. Modern day politics is a big driver in those issues. What can be done to reverse these trends and address a political system that drives many Americans away?
Our Goal: Create an online space where students (and the general public) can find trusted and comprehensive information about their representatives, candidates, issues, and governance, and where they can engage directly with their representatives to find common ground on issues and legislation that are important to them. When citizens better understand how change happens, they feel more empowered to make change themselves.
Our Plan: To develop our student-maanged state Hubs through inspiring and onboarding student leaders in Student onAir chapters at universities in all 50 states. In addition to curating news and other content, student leaders will organize and produce aircasts with students to amplify as many student voices as we can.
