As one of several self-described conservatives in his PEP cohort, Jeremy did not in fact adopt a project partner outside or within Duke University. Instead, he considered how and whether it would be possible to rebuild a form of student conservatism on campus that was not defined by racism, white …

Julianna worked on an organic farm during the summer of 2020 as part of a research project studying the role of nonprofits in amplifying the work of organic farming for Black and Indigenous farmers across the Southeast. At the end of her summer, Julianna decided to take a pandemic break …

Carlo-Alfonso spent the summer of 2021 working for El Pueblo researching the barriers that prevent Latinx business owners from participating financially in political campaigns. Carlo-Alfonso conducted interviews with fundraising experts and Latinx business owners across the Research Triangle area and applied that research to building an important organization on Duke’s …

Shania spent the summer of 2021 working directly with NCAAT on two forms of political engagement work for young Asian Americans in North Carolina. She wrote a blog post titled “how to make a zine: dreaming and creating for a better world” for NCAAT that used making zines as an …

Concerned about the failures of civic engagement instruction among high school students, Caroline created a “High Schooler’s Guide to Political Engagement” for the Southern Coalition of Social Justice. The twenty-five page guide has served as a model for how to empower young citizens in the making of their democracies at …

For his PEP project, Wyatt participated in the Bass Connections Race and New Southern Politics Project. His project aimed to use a study done by researchers Donald Matthews and James Prothro, providing an extensive survey of the South’s racial attitudes toward electoral and social movements, protest participation, and residential context. …