{"id":49488,"date":"2024-11-04T14:11:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=49488"},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:03:17","slug":"acc-hosts-parade-to-the-polls-at-highland-campus-encourages-community-to-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2024\/11\/04\/acc-hosts-parade-to-the-polls-at-highland-campus-encourages-community-to-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Hosts Early Voting Events, Encourages Community to Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday, November 5, is Election Day! ACC held a series of opportunities to engage students, employees, and the community to cast their ballots early this election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The College hosted\u00a0five Parades to the Polls. The events featured free food, drinks, and music, including a spirited marching band. Students, staff, and community members got together to walk to\u00a0 nearby polling locations for early voting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The College also hosted a free concert for students featuring rising artist Jessie Murph as part of the National Community College Concert Competition. The nonpartisan Community College Concert Competition was created by Levi\u2019s\u00ae and SHOWTIME\/MTV Entertainment Studios (MTV) in partnership with the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN), and Good Trouble Collaborative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out all the fun!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-49462\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-113-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-49462 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"ACC Votes\" data-height=\"914\" data-width=\"1370\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_49462\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_49462\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49476 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:52:54\" data-filename=\"RS25725_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-087_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25725_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-087_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A group of people including a large purple bat mascot are seen from behind while standing in the foreground while listening to a marching band performance. the band is visible in the background.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49476 msDefaultImage\" title=\"HLC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The Highland Campus Parade to the Polls on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, kicked off with a short musical performance by a marching band.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49477 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:52:55\" data-filename=\"RS25727_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-172_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25727_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-172_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A young man holds up a handwritten sign while walking in a parade.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49477 msDefaultImage\" title=\"HLC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The parade was part of series  of events hosted by ACC to help the community get involved the upcoming election.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49478 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:52:56\" data-filename=\"RS25728_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-159_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25728_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-159_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A group of people march during a parade to the polls event while holding a large banner with the &quot;Vote &#039;24&quot; printed on it.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49478 msDefaultImage\" title=\"HLC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The event brought together students, employees and the community.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49479 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:52:57\" data-filename=\"RS25736_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-256_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25736_20241022-HLC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-256_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A woman smiles as she marches during a parade to the polls event. She is wearing a cap with the Austin Community College logo on it and a t-shirt with the message &quot;Vote &#039;24&quot; printed on it.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49479 msDefaultImage\" title=\"HLC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The participants enjoyed free food, drinks and music before walking together to a nearby polling location.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49480 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:52:58\" data-filename=\"RS25798_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-070_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25798_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-070_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A group of people pose together for a portrait while holding up a sign with the &quot;Vote &#039;24&quot; message printed on it. The majority of them wear purple and some are holding musical instruments.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49480 msDefaultImage\" title=\"RGC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The Rio Grande CampusParade to the Polls took place on Monday, October 28, 2024.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49481 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:52:58\" data-filename=\"RS25805_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-215_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25805_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-215_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Members of a brass band play their instruments as they march during a parade to the polls event. The musicians are wearing purple, one has a sticker on his chest that says &quot;I Voted Early&quot; and in the background the main building of the ACC Rio Grande campus is visible.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49481 msDefaultImage\" title=\"RGC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">A local band led the way to the nearest polling station.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49482 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:52:59\" data-filename=\"RS25806_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-256_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25806_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-256_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A group of people march during a parade to the polls event while passing by a parking garage building that has a large yellow mural with the word &quot;Vote&quot; written in white.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49482 msDefaultImage\" title=\"RGC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The parade to the polls passed by the brand new mural painted on the side of the Rio Grande parking garage. The artwork was funded by Levi Strauss &amp; Co. as part of the Community College Coalition,<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49483 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:53:00\" data-filename=\"RS25814_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-321_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25814_20241028-RGC-Parade-to-the-Polls-ca-321_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A brass and percussion band performs outdoors during a parade to the polls event.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49483 msDefaultImage\" title=\"RGC Parade to the Polls\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Parades to the Polls continued through early voting, which ran from October 21 to November 1. Additional events took place at Cypress Creek, Riverside, and Eastview.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49485 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:53:02\" data-filename=\"RS25865_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-447_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25865_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-447_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A young man and woman are seen from behind as they are walking by a large screen that displays a &quot;Vote Early&quot; message.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49485 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Jessie Murph - Vote Early Concert\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC was selected out of 150 colleges nationwide to host a free concert for its exceptional efforts to engage students in the voting process as part of the Community College Concert Competition<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49484 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:53:01\" data-filename=\"RS25863_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-442_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25863_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-442_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Three young women pose together for a portrait while holding a canvas tote that has the &quot;Vote the High Road&quot; message stenciled on it.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49484 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Jessie Murph - Vote Early Concert\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The nonpartisan competition was created by Levi\u2019s\u00ae and SHOWTIME\/MTV Entertainment Studios (MTV) in partnership with the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN), and Good Trouble Collaborative.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49486 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:53:03\" data-filename=\"RS25871_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-653_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25871_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-653_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Three college students wearing white t-shirts with the &quot;Vote&quot; message printed on them as seen on a stage. One of the students is talking into a microphone.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49486 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Jessie Murph - Vote Early Concert\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC Student Government Association (SGA) representatives spoke to the crowd gathered for the concert emphasizing the importance of civic engagement through voting participation.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-49487 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-04 13:53:04\" data-filename=\"RS25880_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-1192_lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/11\/RS25880_20241024-ACL-Vote-Early-Concert-ca-1192_lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Two young women sing along during a concert while holding a cardboard sign with the &quot;Even the Heartbroken Vote&quot; message stenciled on it.\" class=\"slider-49462 slide-49487 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Jessie Murph - Vote Early Concert\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Hundreds of students, employees, and their guests filed into ACL Live at the Moody Theater on October 24 to hear rising artist Jessie Murph.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>For more details, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/operations-and-public-affairs\/public-affairs\/acc-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/accvotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 5, is Election Day! ACC held a series of opportunities to engage students, employees, and the community to cast their ballots early this election.&nbsp; The College hosted\u00a0five Parades to the Polls. The events featured free food, drinks, and music, including a spirited marching band. 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