MDI, in partnership with the Maryland Civic Education Coalition, the Do Good Institute, and the Office of Leadership & Community Service-Learning, is hosting high school students from the Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

COLLEGE PARK — With Maryland’s early voting period opening Oct. 24, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Local News Network on Monday unveiled its 2024 voter guide for every school board election in the state.The University of Maryland’s Local News Network (@LNNMaryland on Twitter/X) — in partnership with Capital News Service and the university’s Maryland Democracy Initiative — surveyed all 109 candidates, 74 of whom responded. 

 

The University of Maryland is proud to host the 2024 National Student Vote Summit, which will take place on campus from November 20-22, 2024.

START, in collaboration with the National Capital Chapter of ASIS International, Maryland Democracy Initiative, and Axis Communications, will co-host a hybrid event on "Election Security & Resilience." The da

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With a critical election approaching this fall, a gift from Marsha and Henry Laufer (pictured below with President Pines) will accelerate efforts across the University of Maryland to strengthen democracy.

Lena Morreale Scott, MDI lead Principal Investigator and Co-chair of the Maryland Civic Education Coalition (MDCEC), joined MDCEC colleagues and youth advisory council members Meerub Malik, Alex Hossainkhail and Kinsley Potts, as well as Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation Secretary Paul Monteiro, to testify in the Maryland General Assembly on behal