Advice & Tips for Students by Students

Guide to Creating an Advocacy Video

  • Description:
    A guide to creating an advocacy video for students.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    MA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Brandeis University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
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Guide to Creating a Social Media Campaign

  • Description:
    A guide to creating a social media campaign for students.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    AR
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Hendrix College
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

How to Write an Op/Ed

  • Description:
    A guide to writing an opinion piece for students.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    ME
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    University of Maine
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Electoral Reform and Ranked Choice Voting

  • Description:
    A document of resources and facts relating to electoral reform.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    CT
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    University of Hartford
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Developing a Compelling Message

  • Description:
    A guide to developing a compelling message through shared value and the EPIC format.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    MA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Brandeis University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Tips for Creating a Campaign Storybook

  • Description:
    General tips for creating a campaign storybook, including an example.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    MA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Brandeis University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Bringing ENACT Skills into the Real World

  • Description:
    Experiences and skills from the ENACT course that might help you when working in the "Real World."
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    CT
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    University of Hartford
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

5 Things to Keep in Mind for Your Post-ENACT Future

  • Description:
    A guide to preparing for your post-grad future as an ENACT student.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    AR
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Hendrix College
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

5 thing I wish I had known at the start of the ENACT Course

  • Description:
    Mark Hickey, an ENACT student delegate from Hendrix College, shares 5 things he wishes he had known when he started his ENACT course.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    AR
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Hendrix College
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

5​ ​Things​ ​to​ ​Know​ ​about​ ​Medical​ ​Marijuana

  • Description:
    Facts and resources to help you understand medicinal marijuana.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    AR
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Hendrix College
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Tips for Choosing an ENACT Research Topic

  • Description:
    Tips for picking a legislative research topic.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    ME
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    University of Maine
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Legislative Process Overview

  • Description:
    ​An​ ​Overview​ ​of​ ​the​ ​State​ ​Legislative​ ​Process.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    CT
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    University of Hartford
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Legislative Fact Sheet Guide

  • Description:
    A guide to the legislative fact sheet.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    ME
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    University of Maine
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Immigration Legislation Guide

  • Description:
    A guide to researching and advocating for an immigration bill.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    MA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Brandeis University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Housing Issue Proposal

  • Description:
    An introduction to landlord-tenant laws.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    AR
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Hendrix College
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:
    housing and homelessness

Health Care Legislation Guide

  • Description:
    A guide to approaching health care legislation.
  • Year:
    2018
  • State:
    ME
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    University of Maine
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:
    healthcare

Guide to Writing a Letter to the Editor

  • Description:
    A guide to writing a letter to the editor, including examples.
  • Year:
    2017
  • State:
    AR
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Hendrix College
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Guide to Using Slack

  • Description:
    A guide to using Slack, which allows ENACT members to connect with other ENACT students, alumni, student delegates, faculty, and more.
  • Year:
  • State:
    MA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Brandeis University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

Guide to Present and Defend

  • Description:
    A guide to Present and Defend for ENACT students.
  • Year:
  • State:
    Not state-specific
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:

"Lessons Learned" presentation

  • Description:
    We advocated for HB583. Its patron, Danica Roem, invited us to speak to the subcommittee in which it was being considered; it passed unanimously.
  • Year:
    2022
  • State:
    VA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Randolph Macon College
  • Author:
    Madison Brown
  • Tags:

Lessons Learned PSCI 305

  • Description:
    This is a presentation about our lessons learned from advocating for bills with Virginia state delegates.
  • Year:
    2022
  • State:
    VA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Randolph Macon College
  • Author:
    Alex Fearnow
  • Tags:
    , transportation

Lessons Learned from our ENACT experience

  • Description:
    Lessons Learned from our ENACT experience
  • Year:
    2024
  • State:
    VA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Randolph Macon College
  • Author:
    Wesley Calder Gerschick
  • Tags:
    , gun control

Powerpoints for Lessons Learned from Enact

  • Description:
    PowerPoints for Lessons Learned from Enact
  • Year:
    2024
  • State:
    VA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Randolph Macon College
  • Author:
    Wesley Calder Gerschick
  • Tags:
    , gun control

Personal Reflection on ENACT experience

  • Description:
    Personal Reflection on ENACT experience
  • Year:
    2024
  • State:
    VA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Randolph Macon College
  • Author:
    Wesley Calder Gerschick
  • Tags:
    , gun control

Tips to advocate

  • Description:
    my journey
  • Year:
    2024
  • State:
    VA
  • Link:
    click here
  • Institution:
    Randolph Macon College
  • Author:
    anthony bastiaensen
  • Tags:

ENACT Student Summit Video - Kera Sayles ’26

  • Description:
    A video submitted by Kera Sayles ’26, an ENACT student from Florida A&M University for the ENACT Student Summit. Sayles shares how the "Scopes and Methods of Political Science" course contributed to her civic engagement. Learn more about the summit: https://www.brandeis.edu/enact/2025-student-summit/index.html
  • Year:
    2025
  • State:
    FL
  • Institution:
    Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:
    education, higher education, voting

ENACT Student Summit Winning Video - Ava Ferrigno '27

  • Description:
    A video submitted by Ava Ferrigno '27, an ENACT student from Brandeis University for the ENACT Student Summit. In her winning video, Ferrigno highlights how her “Gender Justice, and Legislation" course at Brandeis furthered her understanding of advocacy and engagement. Learn more about the summit: https://www.brandeis.edu/enact/2025-student-summit/index.html
  • Year:
    2025
  • State:
    MA
  • Institution:
    Brandeis University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:
    education, higher education, voting, women and gender

ENACT Student Summit Winning Video - Ava Ferrigno '27

  • Description:
    A video submitted by Ava Ferrigno '27, an ENACT student from Brandeis University for the ENACT Student Summit. In her winning video, Ferrigno highlights how her “Gender Justice, and Legislation" course at Brandeis furthered her understanding of advocacy and engagement. Learn more about the summit: https://www.brandeis.edu/enact/2025-student-summit/index.html
  • Year:
    2025
  • State:
    MA
  • Institution:
    Brandeis University
  • Author:
    ENACT Admin
  • Tags:
    education, higher education, voting, women and gender