Episode 3: Student Voting

Episode 3: Student Voting Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election, and we have students like Morehouse College's Rick Hart to thank. Dr. Malia Jones shares the success story of Dear Pandemic, a popular social media outreach campaign encouraging people to "stay safe, stay sane."

Welcome to Collegeland!

All eyes were on Georgia after they flipped blue for Biden/Harris in November and again as they voted in two Democratic senators, Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, in a historic runoff election earlier this month.

But none of this was a sure thing. It took countless hours of local get-out-the-vote efforts by tireless volunteers like Rick Hart, a junior at Morehouse College in Atlanta, who this time last year was getting up at 5 a.m. with his friends to canvass around the state.

We sat down with Rick back in November to learn about his experience with student voter engagement at Morehouse. Then, we caught up with him again in January to congratulate him on Georgia’s Senate victories.

Co-hosts Nan and Lisa take this opportunity to reflect on the role of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in U.S. history and think about college students as a voting bloc. They wrap up the show with their first edition of Office Hours, where they answer listener questions about all things college.

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About our guest
Rick Hart is a junior majoring in political science at Morehouse College. He serves as attorney general in the Student Government Association, co-chair of Georgia Young Leaders for Biden, HBCU outreach director of College Democrats of America, and president of the Morehouse College Collegiate Chapter of National Action Network (NAN).

Produced and edited by Richelle Wilson
Theme music by Josh Wilson
Show cover art by Margaux Parker
Episode cover art by Jennifer Griffin on Unsplash

A special thanks to Wisconsin Humanities for their support.