SC State SGA to host Vote HBCU ‘Say it Louder’ voter registration event Tuesday

 

Panel discussion, registration fair and food trucks at the Fine Arts Building on Tuesday, Aug. 27.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – South Carolina State University’s Student Government Association will host the Vote HBCU “Say it Louder” voter registration tour on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at the Fine Arts Building on campus.

A panel discussion will begin at 1 p.m. in Fine Arts Building’s Barbara A. Vaughan Recital Hall with special guest panelist state Sen. Deon Tedder.

The Vote HBCU Voter Registration Festival will take place from 4-8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building atrium. Food trucks will be available on Buckley Street outside the building.

As a Vote HBCU student fellow, SC State senior Victoria Jordan is coordinating the event on campus.

The tour is organized by Xceleader, a nonprofit organization led by HBCU alumni focused on HBCU students, and HeadCount, a nonpartisan youth voter registration and mobilization initiative. Along with SC State, Vote HBCU stops also include Virginia State University, Howard University, North Carolina A&T State University, Shaw University, Claflin University, Tuskegee University, Bethune Cookman University, Florida A&M University and Fort Valley State University.

For more information about the Vote HBCU “Say It Louder Tour” and how you can get involved, please visit www.votehbcu.com.