By Jessica Khalaf, CCL Staff
As part of the Civic Rice Summer Action Fund, the CCL is excited to announce the selection of eight projects working within the intersection of anti-racism, the upcoming election cycle, and COVID-19. . These projects serve as a response to a need identified by students to engage with the local Houston community and work towards social change and impact. Led by 23 student leaders, the projects are collaborations with nine Houston community partners with a potential to engage over 100 student participants. The selection committee was comprised of Rice CCL alumni who have engaged in critical philanthropy during their time at Rice and who will serve as mentors to the student leaders.
Below is the list of projects with student leads and primary partners:
Criminal Justice League
Christi Nguyen, Kamil Cook, and Maria Alejandra Mora
Texas Criminal Justice, Mi Familia Vota, and Texas Organizing Project
Impact of COVID-19 on Communities Disproportionately Exposed to Air Pollution
Emily Weaver and Sam Holloway
Air Alliance, TEJAS
Increasing Representation of Hard-to-Count Communities in the 2020 Census
Sana Mohamed
City of Houston Planning & Development
Mi Familia Vota Election Ambassadors
Diego Degenhart, Jenny Park, and Elysia Wu
Mi Familia Vota
Mobilizing Student Support for HCEDD accessibility and CBA Implementation
Lily Sethre-Brink, Mary Claire Neal, and Heather Kong
Houston Coalition for Equitable Development without Displacement
Social and Political Informational Magazine
Nery Perez, Diana De La Torre Pinedo, and Katie Nguyen
Mi Familia Vota and United We Dream
Voter Registration and Census Completion for Low-Income, Uninsured, and Non-English-Speaking Patients at Ben Taub Hospital
Daniel Wang, Alonso Medina, Ashna Karpe, and Ivan Arizpe
Ben Taub Hospital and City of Houston Planning & Development
Voting is Cool
Saniya Gayake, Spoorthi Kamepalli, Brendan Wong, and Nitin Srinivasan
Mi Familia Vota
Student leaders and participants will be engaging with the Houston Youth Voters Conference, and projects will continue leading up to the November election date. The projects and their work will be highlighted in a symposium during the Fall semester hosted by the CCL.