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Upcoming Events 

Date Title Time Location
 2024 Events
9/17/24 National Voter Registration Day – FLYER – Stop by for information about how to register and how to
apply for an absentee ballot, and come meet Connecticut’s Deputy Secretary of State Jacqueline Kozin!		 12:15-1:15pm Outside of Mather
9/30/24 For Faculty – Ballots and Beverages! –Join us for a panel discussion on how faculty can contribute to GOTV efforts in 2024 and beyond. Our panel of experts will include CT House Majority Leader Representative Jason Rojas, CT Deputy Secretary of the State Jacqueline Kozin, and Professors Dang Do (Trinity) and Tanya Rhodes Smith (UConn). Connect with colleagues and learn more about opportunities to share your research with policymakers, journalists, and civic leaders to advance evidenced-based policymaking. To preview faculty resources on encouraging student voting, see the guide here.

Sponsored by Professor Abigail Fisher Williamson and The CT Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network. Please register here

 5pm – 7pm Parkville Market’s Brick Room (1400 Park St, Hartford)
10/1/24 For Students – Vice President Debate Watch Party –Sponsored by: Political Science, Public Policy, and Pi Sigma Alpha – Trinity’s Political Science Honor Society 8:30pm McCook Auditorium
10/9/24 Policy Implications of the 2025 Election –

Professors Chambers, Do, and Hamidi will offer comments on key policy areas such as women’s rights, race and ethnicity, and nuclear policy. Q and A to follow.

 4:30pm Dangremond Family Commons
10/24/24 Congressional Candidates Debate hosted by the Hartford League of Women Voters

The participating candidates are:
John Larson (D)
Jim Griffin (R)
Mary Sanders (G)

Watch the event stream from Hartford Public TV here.

 7-8:30pm Cornelia Center
10/29/24 The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics

Join us for a discussion of partisan think tanks and US Politics with Professor EJ Fagan, University of Illinois Chicago

 12:15-1:30pm Dangremond Family Commons
10/29/24 Breakfast with Professor EJ Fagan –Please RSVP to Professor Williamson by October 21st is you are interested in attending the breakfast at 9am on October 29th at Fire by Forge. If it is a small group we might move the breakfast but Forge is good for large groups. There will also be about an hour for him to meet with faculty and students after his talk. We hope you can attend and invite your students to attend. Fire by Forge (539 Broad St, Hartford, CT 06106)
11/6/24 The Day After the 2025 Election – Join professors Gleason, Laws, and McMahon for an analysis of the 2025 election with discussion to follow. 4:30pm Dangremond Family Commons
2022 Events
9/29/22 Greenberg Center – The Democratic Party and Catholic Voters in the 2020 Election 4pm Zoom
10/6/22 Thirsty Thursdays – Voter Registration at Mather 11am-2pm Mather Dining Hall
10/14/22 Greenberg Center – “Faith-based Persuasion in the Public Square: Natural Law and Its Competitors”
A Conversation Among Scholars		 2pm Smith House, 123 Vernon St.
10/13/22 Thirsty Thursdays – Voter Registration at Mather 11am-2pm Mather Dining Hall
10/13/22 Connecticut’s Old State House – The Logistics of Elections 12-1pm The Old State House
10/18/22 All in Challenge Webinar: College Student Voter Access Briefing & Discussion w/ Dept. of Education Officials – Register HERE 4pm-5pm Zoom
10/19/22 WGRAC’s Reproductive Justice & Rights Program Series:  Women of Color on Campus with Kamora Herrington and Hillary Brown 6pm-8pm Terrace Rooms, 2nd Fl Mather Hall
10/20/22 Connecticut’s Old State House – Untangling the Tally: Media & Elections 12-1pm The Old State House
10/20/22 Thirsty Thursdays – Voter Registration at Mather 11am-2pm Mather Dining Hall
10/27/22 Thirsty Thursdays – Voter Registration at Mather 11am-2pm Mather Dining Hall
10/27/22 Connecticut’s Old State House – Untangling the Tally:  Barriers to Voting 12-1pm The Old State House