Forty-Four National Student Leaders To Attend Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Civic Leadership Training Summit
(Upper Saddle River, NJ)—This year, The Andrew Goodman Foundation’s third annual National Civic Leadership Training Summit will welcome 44 Vote Everywhere Ambassadors. The five-day summit will be held at the Stony Point Center in New York from Wednesday, August 2nd – Sunday, August 6th, where students will receive training on effective advocacy techniques, strategic campus planning, best practices to increase voter registration and hear from thought leaders in voting rights advocacy. Student leaders will also attend The Hidden Heroes Awards ceremony, a recognition of individuals who have made exceptional contributions to voting rights and social justice, on Saturday, August 5, 2017.
“The National Civic Leadership Training Summit is an opportunity to bring our Ambassadors from across the country together. In addition to the trainings, it is a chance for our Ambassadors to start building relationships with each other and setting their agenda for the upcoming school year,” said Margaret Sasser, Vote Everywhere Program Development and Evaluation Manager.
This year’s summit marks the first time students from schools in Georgia and Illinois will be attending.
Vote Everywhere Ambassadors attending the Summit:
| Name | School |
| Olivia Anderson | Simpson College |
| Anthony Bennett | Dillard University |
| Yark Beyan | SUNY Stony Brook |
| Kourtney Birks | Dillard University |
| Amir Botros | Montclair State University |
| Fiona Buchanan | Western Carolina University |
| Brian Canup | University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| Rachael Cohen Hamilton | Kutztown University |
| Brenda Coromina | Miami Dade College – Kendall |
| Andrew Corzo | University of Chicago |
| Daniel Cuik | Miami Dade College – Wolfson |
| Anna Del Castillo | Tufts University |
| Abree Dominguez | University of San Francisco |
| Miranda Dworak | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| Kristina Echols | Spelman College |
| Benjamin Emery | University of Louisville |
| Rian Falcon | Saint Lawrence University |
| Sarah Funes | University of California – Berkeley |
| Louis Gremillion | Louisiana State University |
| Victoria Grijalva-Ochoa | Arizona State University |
| Stephen Grover | University of Alabama |
| Camilla Harris | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Joseph Hill | CUNY Queens College |
| Erick Jenkins | East Carolina University |
| Latrice Johnson | Tougaloo College |
| A’Mya Jones | University of Mississippi |
| Naimah Kargbo | Towson University |
| Michaela Lemen | University of Utah |
| Katherine Liming | University of Dayton |
| Sierra Lipscomb | Case Western Reserve University |
| Brian Ludemann | SUNY Geneseo |
| Evan Malbrough | Georgia State University |
| Kiana Martinez | University of San Francisco |
| Ava Mazzye | Bard College |
| Skylar Mitchell | Spelman College |
| Antonio Navazio | Ramapo College |
| Megan Newsome | University of Florida |
| Samantha Ng | SUNY Binghamton |
| Meredith Piatt | Elon University |
| Maria Pineda | Allegheny College |
| Ariella Riapos | Pace University |
| Phillip Rich | Bowling Green State University |
| Monique Ruiz | Miami Dade College – North |
| Steven Valentino | Iowa State University |
About The Andrew Goodman Foundation
Established to continue the legacy of Andrew Goodman, a civil rights worker murdered during Freedom Summer 1964, The Andrew Goodman Foundation partners with America’s colleges and universities through its Vote Everywhere program which provides student leaders with a platform to register and mobilize voters, organize campuses, and collaborate with their peers. To learn more, visit www.andrewgoodman.org.
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