Middlesex Community College Civic & Service-Learning

Local elections are coming up this spring. Use turbovote to check your registration and find out more about your local election. Link to turbovote is in our bio.

Get FREE LUNCH on Wednesday 12/8 from 11am-1pm in the Bedford and Lowell Cafes when you upload your vaccination card or show proof of upload. You’ll also have a chance to win Apple AirPods!

staff will be available to help with uploads and to answer questions.

Can’t make it to campus? Staff will also be available over Zoom.

Celebrate by giving back to your community. A few local organizations you can support with your time and donations of goods are:

Horizons for Homeless Children-https://horizonschildren.org/

Girls Inc.-https://girlsinclowell.org/

The Wish Project-https://www.thewishproject.org/

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell-https://lbgc.org/

Special Programs:
The Wish Project- A donor has agreed to match all donations, up to $10,000

Election Day is here! Check if there is an election in your city or town and find where to vote using the links below!
Local elections- https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elecity/cityidx.htm
Where to vote- https://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/bal/myelectioninfo.aspx

Welcome Back! This semester the Office of Civic and Service-Learning will be hosting many events including a workshop hosted by Freestyle Love Supreme Academy an organization co-created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. We will also frequently be tabling in Bedford and Lowell. We are looking forward to working together to create change within our communities! What service projects are you most interested in working on this semester?

Massachusetts' primary election is TOMORROW! Are you ready? Find everything you need to know, including who's on the ballot, where to vote or bring your mail in ballot (and how to track it getting there), in person COVID-19 protocols and more by visiting https://sec.state.ma.us/Ele/. Did you already vote? Tag us and let us know so we can celebrate you!

While we may not have been able to take our students to Washington, D.C. this year as a result of COVID-19, you can still take virtual tours of all the fabulous museums in the D.C. area! Click on the link below and see for yourself!

https://washington.org/dctogether/virtual-dc-museums

If you’re interested in learning more about how to best spot fake news and media bias, the website AllSides is a fantastic place to go. The link to their website will be included in the post!

https://www.allsides.com/news/2020-04-30-1825/fake-news-101-guide-help-sniff-out-truth

Hey everyone! As there has been a lot of information being posted on social media and cable news able COVID-19, it is more important now than ever that everyone makes sure they’re receiving accurate information. Thankfully, the News Literacy Project has you covered. Take their quiz to see if you can spot which information is true and which information is false. The link will be posted below!

https://newslit.org/get-smart/news-lit-quiz-get-smart-about-covid-19/

We would also love to give a shoutout to Cathy Cosgrove, the Coordinator of Career Planning at Middlesex, who also making masks for her community! Thank you so much!

We would like to give a special thank you and shoutout to one of our own at Middlesex! Rebecca McLaughlin and her family have been making face masks and donating them to Lowell General Hospital. Thank you for helping our community during these difficult times and we cannot express our appreciation enough!


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