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Athletic Connections

Suggestions for aligning your civic engagement efforts with your campus Athletics program to leverage the influence of athletes and coaches.

Updated over a week ago

Intro

Athletes and coaches are influential leaders and impactful voices on college campuses. This guide will help you connect your efforts to the Athletics community and engage players and coaches with your Motivote program.

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The Team

The Team is a nonprofit organization that started out as the "All Vote No Play" campaign. Helping student athletes become better teammates, leaders, and citizens shapes their civic habits for life, positively influences the community, expands the culture of civic engagement, and strengthens our democracy.

Resources include:

You can also encourage students to apply to the Engaged Athlete Network.


Coaches Pledge

The Coaches’ Voter Registration and Engagement Pledge for the 2024 Presidential Election is to support nonpartisan voter engagement efforts with your student-athletes who are eligible to vote.

Coaches who sign this pledge will receive the playbook and resources, regional Task Force contact information and guidance on connecting with the civic engagement office on your campus. Take the 2024 Coaches Pledge and view Signatories

The 2024 Coaches’ Pledge is supported by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), The Team, and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

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