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 Education
&
Outreach
Campus
Education/Outreach
::
Our
first
priority
is
to
build
awareness
of
the
critical
need
for
clean
elections
in
America
among
fellow
students
and
faculty
members
at
Yale
University.
Utilizing
campus
newspapers
and
other
publications,
SCE
is
making
campaign
finance
reform
a
central
issue
in
the
reform
debate,
and
expanding
its
base
among
student
reformers
and
concerned
faculty.
In
addition
to
periodic
editorials
and
letters-to-the-editor,
the
group
has
targeted
key
student
organizations
concerned
with
issues
of
social
justice,
political
action,
and
reform--including
environmental,
civil
rights,
labor,
and
political
party
organizations--
highlighting
the
relevance
of
money
in
politics
to
their
respective
causes.
Additional
education
strategies
include
public
forums,
speaker
events,
and
leafleting
campaigns.
Community/State
Outreach
::
Following
the
model
of
campus-based
student
and
faculty
outreach,
SCE
is
taking
its
message
to
the
greater
New
Haven
community
and
reaching
out
to
concerned
citizen
action
groups
statewide.
Together
with
its
sister
organization
in
Middletown,
CT,
Wesleyan
Students
for
Clean
Elections,
we
are
raising
the
profile
of
Clean
Elections
in
the
state
assembly
in
Hartford
(see
"Political
Action"
below)
and
networking
with
other
colleges
throughout
Connecticut.
Future
potential
alliances
include
the
Campaign
Finance
Reform
Working
Group,
a
coalition
of
Connecticut
civic
and
social
justice
organizations,
and
the
Connecticut
Citizen
Action
Group,
both
located
in
Hartford.
 Political
Action
New
Haven
Pubic
Financing
::
SCE
is
devoted
to
helping
make
New
Haven
one
of
the
growing
number
of
municipalities
across
America
which
no
longer
accept
private
dollars--and
they
favored
access
they
buy
for
special
interests
and
lobbyists
to
affect
public
policy--in
the
election
of
its
public
representatives.
We
provisionally
support
the
Democracy
Fund
proposal
put
forth
by
Mayor
DeStefano,
which
provides
for
a
system
of
limited
voluntary
public
financing
for
mayoral
elections,
and
will
work
hard
to
ensure
that
it
not
only
passes
the
Board
of
Alderman,
but
is
funded
in
full
by
the
city
of
New
Haven.
Connecticut
Public
Financing
::
Building
on
the
past
work
of
students
and
concerned
citizens
to
help
pass
Clean
Elections
public
financing
(HR
5102)
in
the
2000
session
of
the
Connecticut
General
Assembly
and
force
a
veto
from
Governor
Rowland,
we
are
devoting
considerable
time
to
study
and
help
move
the
current
Clean
Elections
resolution,
Senate
Bill
6652,
drafted
by
the
Government
Administration
and
Elections
committee
(GAE).
Through
meetings
with
co-sponsors,
GAE
co-chairs,
and
the
leadership
of
both
houses,
our
goal
is
to
help
move
SB-6653
to
the
Assembly
floor
this
session
and
to
the
desk
of
Governor
Rowland.
Along
with
our
partner
student
organization
at
Wesleyan
University,
we
are
working
to
make
Clean
Elections
a
real
concern
for
state
lawmakers,
with
letter-writing
campaigns,
meetings,
rallies,
and
by
testifying
before
the
General
Assembly.
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