{"id":3338,"date":"2017-03-01T21:01:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2017-03-01T21:01:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:01:31","slug":"cc-refugee-alliance-and-cc-democrats-offer-opportunity-for-civic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2017\/03\/01\/cc-refugee-alliance-and-cc-democrats-offer-opportunity-for-civic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"CC Refugee Alliance and CC Democrats Offer Opportunity for Civic Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Leah Veldhuisen \u201919<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, refugees entering the United States have been in the spotlight; national dialogue on the issue inspired the CC Refugee Alliance to collaborate with the CC Democrats to host a week of social action.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Feb. 27 to March 3, students set up a phone bank in Worner Campus Center to make it easy for members of the campus community to contact elected officials to express opinions about refugees and immigration policy. The station will provide participants with all they need to call members of Congress, including phone numbers, scripts, and information for individuals who have never called a politician before.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Tan \u201917, co-leader of the CC Refugee Alliance, says the group\u2019s goal is to \u201cact as a hub for ongoing CC engagement with refugee advocacy, creating a collaborative space for students, faculty, and staff.\u201d Similarly, Sachin Mathur \u201917 of the CC Democrats says the group is restructuring itself to be a \u201cstart-up for citizenship for CC students,\u201d which is why they\u2019re collaborating with CCRA to promote student involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Tan says she hopes that the table in Worner will \u201cinform participants of current policy and provide them with tools for civic engagement.\u201d She also thinks that the experience will help students learn to become involved on any topic they\u2019re passionate about. Tan says policies on refugees are important, and that \u201cthere are no easy answers for how to respond to the current administration&#8217;s policies,\u201d but also that staying informed on all issues is essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Leah Veldhuisen \u201919 Recently, refugees entering the United States have been in the spotlight; national dialogue on the issue inspired the CC Refugee Alliance to collaborate with the CC Democrats to host a week of social action. This week, Feb. 27 to March 3, students set up a phone bank in Worner Campus Center &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2017\/03\/01\/cc-refugee-alliance-and-cc-democrats-offer-opportunity-for-civic-engagement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CC Refugee Alliance and CC Democrats Offer Opportunity for Civic Engagement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-campus","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3339,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338\/revisions\/3339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}