Outside the city limits, people live in unplanned settlements known as colonias. These places are also home to rich cultural heritage, such as the Socorro Mission. Community Partnerships branches out to many faculty, students, and partners, including schools. We have task forces in education, immigration the environment, and economic development. UTEP students and faculty support the non-partisan Kids Voting efforts.
Kids learn civics in classes and participate in hands-on voting.
UTEP helps staff the precincts for kids, including the student teachers in one photo. A research methods class did exit polls with questions on Kids Voting. They analyzed that data for our partner. Community Partnerships recently submitted a grant proposal with Kids Voting to obtain electronic voting machines so that UTEP students can work with teachers to facilitate eventual web-based voting. Community Partnerships also works with Community Resource Councils in the Empowerment Zone neighborhoods.