In the upcoming week, there will be multiple events in the Doane event titled “American Democracy Week.” American Democracy Week is a celebration and an inspection of the democracy that Americans live in.
On Sept. 9, Democracy Week Book Club was held in the East/West Dining Hall from noon to 1 p.m.. There, participants discussed various articles and podcasts that express why democracy is important.
On Sept. 10, there will be an event titled “Breaking Down Ballots,” where a representative from the League of Women Voters will come to Doane to tell the members of the audience, in plain terms, what will be on the ballots in November and what voting for or against those means. This event is also from noon to 1 p.m. in the East/West Dining Hall.
Later that day, from 7:45 p.m. to 10 p.m., in the Cafeteria, students, members of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Student Congress will watch the presidential debate and have a moderated discussion about what it means to Doane students and beyond.
On Sept. 12, American Democracy Week’s next event is titled “Does Voting Matter?” It serves as a place for students and professors to meet, discuss and dispel voting myths and how to move forward and help others get a more accurate understanding of the voting system.
The final installment in this series is on Sept. 14, and it is a trivia night that is being hosted in the East/West Dining Room starting at 9 p.m.
In addition to these events, one of the big pushes for American Democracy Week this year is that there will be students there who can legally register other people to vote. The times and locations are as follows: Sept. 10, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., outside the Cafeteria, Sept. 12, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., Lakeside and Sept. 14, 9 p.m.-10:30 p.m., East/West Dining Room.
