Sierra College Voter Registration Team Receives Award!
AADC’s own Sierra College Voter Registration Team was recently honored by the Placer County Democratic Party 2024 Roosevelt/Kennedy Dinner, held on August 17th. They received the award for Community Activism.
The Auburn Area Democratic Club congratulates the Sierra College Voter Registration Team members Gail Bartlow, Sandy Floyd, Leslie Moonshine, Mark Havener, Rebecca Campbell, Noelle Felice-Smith, and Robert Sheriff for this well-deserved achievement.
A Joyous Return to Sierra College Campus!
Our Voter Registration Teams started back at Sierra College the week of August 21, and, just as we had hoped, enthusiasm abounds! (That goes for both students and our volunteers: we had so many new folks volunteering that we had to ask some people to switch days so we wouldn’t overwhelm the students!)
As always, we are using our signature surveys to engage students in meaningful political dialog. We are also promoting our incredible candidates up and down the ballot. In fact, we have an entire second table just to provide candidate information and swag! We leave plenty of room for the ever popular snacks, too!
Our Voter Registration Stats for Week #1
Of course, our fundamental purpose remains to register young people to vote. We registered a total of 33 students on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the fall semester! One of our football players from last semester even brought 4 of his new teammates over to register. That kind of student-to-student persuasion makes us so happy! Students still tend to prefer No Party Preference to selecting a political party, but we did manage to register several new Democrats.
Introducing Kamala!
Now, on to our first surveys of the year. The Tuesday team’s survey intended to humanize Kamala, the politician, showing how she is just like us. Students were asked six multiple-choice questions about her background. Here are the questions, answers and results.
| Question | Answer | #Students w/Correct Answer |
| Where was Kamala born? | Oakland | 22 |
| What were Kamala’s parents’ occupations? |
Cancer Researcher & Economics Professor |
3 |
| When did Kamala lead her first protest | Age 13 against banning children from playing on lawns |
2 |
| What books were “influential” to Kamala? |
Native Son, The Kite Runner, The Joy Luck Club |
12 |
| What three books did Kamala write? | Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer, The Truths We Hold, and Superheroes Are Everywhere | 9 |
| To help pay for college, where did Kamala work? | McDonalds, and later as a mailroom clerk for a CA Senator | 10 |
Clearly, we need to help students learn more about Kamala Harris, the person, as well as the skills and experiences she will bring to the White House!