NEW YORK – On Sept. 3, two months prior to Election Day, the BIG EAST released a voter education video which featured student-athlete representatives from all 11 conference institutions. The PSA video is a component of the BIG EAST Conference’s greater partnership with the Ross Institute for Sports Equality (RISE), as well as a piece of the BIG EAST Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s (SAAC) initiative to increase civic engagement amongst their peers.
 
During the BIG EAST SAAC’s annual meeting this summer, the student-athlete representatives identified voter registration and civic awareness as an area of focus for this academic year.  The RISE To Action PSA, which was scripted by RISE, is the kickoff to SAAC’s fall 2020 campaign. In addition to this PSA, the BIG EAST SAAC subcommittee on Service and Initiatives will initiate further ideas surrounding voter registration and the 2020 census.
 
The PSA was produced by the BIG EAST Digital Network.
 
RISE is a leading provider of educational programming that equips sports leaders to create positive change on matters of racism, social justice and equality.  Over the next two years, RISE will provide a range of programming to BIG EAST stakeholders, including leadership workshops, civic engagement education, town halls and fan activations at the conference level and with all eleven BIG EAST member institutions. For more information on the partnership with the BIG EAST, click here. For more on the BIG EAST’s three-part workshop with RISE, visit www.bigeast.com/RISE.
 
For more information on members of the BIG EAST SAAC click here.