The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge recognized Middlesex Community College for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that spurred high levels of student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections. Middlesex received the highest voter turnout in Boston Votes 2022: Community College; 2022 Boston Votes Highest Enrollment Rate: Community College; and ALL IN’s Bronze Seal, which reflects its commitment to ensuring that nonpartisan democratic engagement is a defining characteristic of campus life.

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan democratic student engagement. MCC was recognized alongside more than 500 campuses using data from Tufts University’s National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, which found that colleges and universities had the second-highest student voter turnout in the midterm elections. when NSLVE started measuring this. data.

“Middlesex is proud to receive this recognition from ALL IN for motivating our students to get involved in the voting process,” said MCC President Phil Sisson. “In an effort to support our diverse student population beyond the classroom, tremendous efforts have been made across the College to organize events and opportunities that prepare our students to be active members of their communities. This critical work helps students understand the importance of voting and the influence and difference they can make in addressing issues that directly affect them.”

“The ALL In recognition signifies that we have a strong plan of action to promote civic learning, political engagement and student voter participation on our campuses,” said MCC Coordinator of Civic and Service Learning, Milissa Duncan. “Part of MCC’s mission is to graduate civically engaged students and to emphasize to young people the importance of voting. In support of the whole student, we want them to be actively involved in their communities and responsible citizens.”

“The ALL IN Awards were created to celebrate the nonpartisan democratic engagement and outstanding campus voter registration and turnout rates achieved by our ALL IN campuses. Ahead of the 2024 election, ALL IN campuses are poised to build on the momentum of 2022 to ensure their communities are ready to make an even bigger impact this fall,” said ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Executive Director, Jennifer Domagal-Goldman. “ALL IN is proud to celebrate and honor top-performing campuses like Middlesex that demonstrate that nonpartisan student voter engagement is possible and effective.”

More than 1,060 institutions enrolling more than 10 million students participate in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, which supports colleges and universities in achieving excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement.

“MCC students and their families are directly affected by many government decisions and political policies regarding education, student loan debt, health care, child care, the economy and employment,” Duncan said. “Voting gives them leverage and a political voice to influence those decisions. Today’s students are the future of our democracy, and we want to foster a lifelong ethic of civic responsibility and empower students to make a difference in their local, state and national governments.”