A student-led initiative supported by the Swearer Center designed to conduct and coordinate efforts to promote civic engagement at Brown
04/14/2026
📣We are so excited to announce the first Providence Mayoral Candidate Forum for the election in 2026🗳️ Registration required to attend — head over to our bio for the link! Can’t attend in person? Register instead as a virtual attendee to receive the livestream link! And, don’t forget to submit questions for the candidates!
04/09/2026
📣🍦BIG ANNOUNCEMENT‼️🗳️
Brown Votes is partnering with Ben and Jerry’s for Free Cone Day this year!! We’re so excited to scoop FREE ice cream from 12-8PM, get folks registered to vote, and help collect donations for
Open to ALL! See you there from 12pm-8pm on Tuesday! Come get ice cream!🍦
03/07/2026
We’re excited to announce our annual RI Civic Learning Week event! 🗳️ Join us for a panel featuring young leaders across the state, discussing how young people can make an impact in their communities.
*To receive the link for our virtual panel Wednesday, please register at the link in our bio.
12/04/2025
Join us at the South Providence library this Monday for a workshop on youth civic engagement! This workshop is suitable for youth of all ages and will focus on finding pathways for civic engagement, even before eligibility to vote! 🗳️
11/03/2025
This Election Day, join Brown Votes on the Main Green! We’ll be handing out Vote stickers, helping students register and submit their absentee ballots, and talking about civic engagement opportunities at Brown and beyond. 🗳️
If you’re a Providence voter, make a plan to vote from 7AM-8PM this Tuesday, November 4th! If you’re registered at Page-Robinson Hall, your polling place is Brown-RISD Hillel. Visit vote.ri.gov to check your voter information — your Brown ID is valid voter ID.
Happy Election Day!
02/25/2025
⭐️Introducing the 2025 Brown Votes Student Advisory Board (SAB)!⭐️
The students on SAB each help lead their committee initiatives and serve as broader leadership for Brown Votes. We’re so excited for the year ahead with this passionate and engaged group of students! 🗳️🫶
02/03/2025
Thank you so much to and for hosting Demystifying Democracy yesterday! Brown Votes members gained valuable insights from RI legislators, policy advocates, and members of the press about how to get civically engaged in RI!
01/24/2025
🤩GUESS WHO’S BACK🤩
Brown Votes is so excited to start with our first General Body Meeting of 2025 THIS SUNDAY at 7 at the !
There’s no such thing as a “non-election” semester — our work continues year-round🗳️ We’ll see you there!
12/09/2024
Thank you to our incredible team of students that make the work of Brown Votes possible! Our end-of-year meeting was full of sentimental reflections for the past and optimism for the road ahead. The engagement and community of Brown Votes is hard to beat🗳️🤎
We’ll be back next semester — the work continues — but, if you’d like to join our team, send us a message! We’re always open to new members :)
12/06/2024
Brown Votes has been hard at work this semester, but our push is far from over. Link in bio to join our team and help us keep this momentum going in 2025 and beyond🗳️
11/20/2024
🗳️😱BIG NEWS😱🗳️
We are honored to be recognized by as a 2024 Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting! Brown Votes is excited to build upon this success and continue our efforts to promote nonpartisan civic engagement year-round!🎉
Photos by Nick Dentamaro/Brown University