City College’s Community Studies Program teamed up during spring break with other community organizations for a week-long voter canvassing campaign.

Sacramento Area Congregations Together, Sacramento State’s Community Engagement Center and an Alternative Spring Break joined City College March 21-25 to make sure every voice is heard in upcoming elections. All four sponsors enlisted 150 volunteers to sign up for a 3-hour shift to scour the neighborhoods in South Sacramento. While in this area, they helped people register to vote and encouraged the importance of voting.

Sociology professor Nicholas Miller says that City College’s Community Studies Program is in the process of developing a stronger relationship with Sac State’s CEC to support students on both campuses through pathways, mentorship and community engagement.

“As part of our growing collaboration, CSUS’s CEC asked City College to participate in their Alternative Spring Break project,” Miller said. “We know South Sacramento residents have lower than average voter registration and voter turnout, so the campaign focused on this specific section of the Sacramento metropolitan area.”

Miller said that volunteers helped people with voter registration if they had outdated information or were not already registered.

The Sacramento ACT identified areas of the neighborhood and assigned a small group of volunteers to each area. During the first hour of each shift, staff and trainers were present to give volunteers a quick introduction on the campaign and what they would be doing. Two shifts were available every day during the campaign from 9 a.m. to noon, and 1-4 p.m. Volunteers also had the option to choose to participate in more than one shift and sign up for multiple days at a time.

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Sac State graduate Allegra Chisholm said on FOX40 News that she wanted her neighbors in South Sacramento and Oak Park to participate in the upcoming elections, so she dedicated her spring break to the cause.

“I guess instead of doing something more fun, [students] are coming out and doing something that will help their community a lot,” Chisholm said.

City College student Pam Salinas said she really enjoyed the campaign because it helped her meet a whole group of friends. She told FOX40 that Alternative Spring Break also helps increase the minority vote, which could have a big change in the voter turnout.

“Voter turnout is especially vital in this year’s presidential race; this one in particular,” said Salinas. “We have some issues that are very important to the masses so I think this election in particular is very important.”

Registered voters from all areas can vote in the presidential election Nov. 8.