In what appears to be a starkly positive project in comparison to the pejorative nature of the “Funeral for the Death of Education” event, the latter of which is having its second outing at Long Beach City College’s Pacific Coast Campus, interns from the Miguel Contreras Foundation are hosting a “Revival of Education” voter drive with a simple message: the only way to better education and the legislation geared towards it is getting students registered to vote.
The target population — LBCC students and its various community members — will be approached to register this Wednesday from 9:00am to 1:30pm on the same campus as the “Death” procession. Organizer Chris Covington stated, “Our message will be to counter the ‘death of education’ despair with a positive message that voting is truly the Revival of Education. We will make it a point to highlight that registering students to vote is the best way to save education. We also want to encourage students to become permanent absentee voters.”
The Miguel Contreras Foundation is dedicated to continuing the vision and legacy of Miguel Contreras, an extraordinary labor leader whose work changed the political landscape of Los Angeles and California. In his name, the Foundation is training the next generation of economic and social justice leaders, and ensuring better educational opportunities for all of tomorrow’s workers. The Miguel Contreras Foundation is a non profit corporation created by Business Leaders and Labor leaders dedicated to carrying on the work of the extraordinary Labor Leader, Miguel Contreras. The Foundation Program’s focus is on the underserved, low wage, and immigrant communities, and includes fostering stronger connections between these communities. Miguel championed three initiatives which have been adopted by the Foundation: educational access, civic participation, immigrant integration
The voter drive will be head at LBCC’s Pacfific Coast Campus, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway.