Vote!

Instructions: Do you feel like no candidate or party aligns with your beliefs? Are you not sure where you fit in?

Some of you may already be members of a party or feel closer to one party. Take the Pew Research quiz below on where you stand from very left (liberal) to very right (conservative).

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/quiz/political-typology/

Write 1 paragraph minimum on these prompts:

1. What was your quiz result? Did your quiz result surprise you or not surprise? Explain.
2. Do you believe that a major party represents your political typology result? If you aren't, did you consider yourself independent or not political? Explain.

Attribution: Helen Chang

Instructions: Election years can bring both promise and uncertainty.

What are your hopes and worries for the future of our city--and how that future might affect you, your family, and your community?

What are your hopes and worries for the future of our nation?

Submit your responses here

Instructions:  There are no rules other than to use six words. No more. No fewer. You can select six words in your native language and provide translation or write in English.

Sample prompts (select one or write your own):

• Describe the political climate today
• How do you feel about the policies currently being debated by city, state, and national representatives?
• What will 2023 bring?

Attributions: Ernest Hemingway’s six-word tale, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn,” and The Race Card Project Six Word Novels. Adapted by: Sarah Hoiland, Rocio Rayo, and Helen Chang.

Instructions:  No matter the election outcome, everyone has expectations and wishes for the future. What do you want to see happen in the future and how do you envision your role to help make that future possible?

Consider changes in local, state, and national laws and policies, your neighborhood, Hostos, CUNY, your workplace, representation in any area of life, etc. Your role can be voting in local elections, volunteering at a community food pantry, joining a student group at Hostos, signing a petition in support of CUNY, etc.

Write one paragraph or more.

Attribution: Helen Chang