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Campus Compact

Montana Raise Your Voice


In 2001, the National Campus Compact, with support from the Pew Charitable Trust, launched the Raise Your Voice (RYV) campaign to support student civic engagement and to address public issues crucial to our democracy.  In Montana this is achieved by working with all twenty-one college and university student governments, advisors, and other student organizations.  The Montana RYV program focuses on helping student leaders develop and refine their leadership abilities, while providing capacity building trainings to help them engage the student body on their campuses, become more politically active, and provide opportunities for students to share resources and ideas.  The RYV program hosts two annual workshops: the Building Engaged Citizens conference (BEC) in the fall and Day at the Statehouse during state legislative sessions.

Montana Raise Your Voice:

  • Hosts the Building Engaged Citizens conference in September
  • Hosts Day at the Statehouse (during legislative years)
  • Hosts three conference calls per semester
  • Writes grants to provide low-cost trainings to students
  • Acts as a resource for campuses to share information with each other
  • Provides ongoing technical support to campuses
  • Visits each campus twice a year (fall & spring)
  • Provides opportunities for students to voice their ideas with local and state officials

About Montana Raise Your Voice

Questions & Answers

RYV flyer

RYV brochure

Montana Raise Your Voice Memorandum of Understanding

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Resources for Student Governments

Raise Your Voice national website: www.actionforchange.org

Montana Associated Students (MAS): www.montanaassociatedstudents.org

Montana Student Government Websites 

Blackfeet Community College

Carroll College

Chief Dull Knife College

Dawson Community College

Flathead Valley Community College

Fort Belknap Community College

Fort Peck Community College

Little Big Horn College

Miles Community College

Montana State University-Billings

Montana State University-Bozeman

Montana State University-Northern

Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology

Montana Tech of The University of Montana

Rocky Mountain College

Salish Kootenai College

Stone Child College

The University of Montana-Missoula

The University of Montana-Helena College of Technology

The University of Montana-Western

University of Great Falls

 

Documents

How-to Guide - This guide provides resources for everything from fundraising, running a meeting, and grant writing, to publicizing events and leading reflections.

Student Organizing Guides - Check out these resources for organizing college students and community members.

Team Building Activity

Events Students Can Organize

Dialogue Toolkit - Learn how to plan, host, and follow-up with a dialogue on your campus.

Campus/Community Mapping Guide - Community mapping is a method to evaluate your campus in regard to student voice and student civic engagement.  It will also help you locate assets for getting involved and making democratic change on your campus.

Civil Disobedience Training - Civil disobediance is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence.

United Students Against Sweatshops - This is a national network of student groups working to end sweatshops and other labor abuses.

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MTCC Awards & Scholarships

Many of these awards and scholarships require nomination by your college President.  Make the accomplishments of your students known on a national and statewide level!  Ask your Chancellor, Dean or President to nominate a student. 

 

MTCC Community Service Scholarship

Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award

Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning

Frank Newman Leadership Award

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Trainings & Conferences

Building Engaged Citizens Conference

Helena, Montana, September 21-23, 2007

  

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