Marshall Sahlins is credited with the imaginative innovation, in the 1960s, of the teach in which, unlike the strike, is a constructive process in which participants bring all their knowledge of a critical issue of public concern to the university, with the aim of generating publicity and action. (1)
Student Teach-In: Why Voting Matters
University of Hawai’i – Maui College
November 1, 2018
- History of Voting & Voting Rights
- In Hawaiian Kingdom
- In the United States
- Inside the Numbers
- Population of Hawai’i
- Population of Maui County
- Amount of Eligible Voters
- Amount of Registered Voters
- Percentage of People Who Vote
- Why Your Vote Matters
- Positive Aspects of Voting?
- Negative Aspects of Voting?
- Civic Duty
- Voter Suppression
- Gerrymandering
- Voting Around the World
- Restrictions on Voting
- Techniques to Increase Voting
Important links:
Vote411.org – Hawai’i Voting Guide
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Students from my World History I class held a teach-in to discuss ‘Why Voting Matters’ on the Maui College campus.
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Our audience included students and several Maui County Council candidates, including Trinette Furtado, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Rick Nava, Tamara Paltin, Alika Atay, Claire Carroll, and South Maui State Representative Tina Wildberger.
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The discussion highlighted topics ranging from the history of voting in the Hawaiian Kingdom to gerrymandering to voting restrictions around the world.
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(1) ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY Vol 25 No 1, February 2009