Unity College to Sponsor Voter Parade from Campus to the Polls on Election Day, November 4

Unity, Maine – October, 2008 – In a celebration of democracy begun during the Presidential election of 2004, Unity College will host a voter parade from campus to the Unity Community Center on election day, November 4. The non-partisan voter parade is described by Unity College officials an electoral rallying point for the greater Unity community.

Unity College students prior to the 2004 Voter Parade

The general public is invited to attend and participate.

Unity College student Stephenie (MacLagan) McGarvey '07 is

interviewed prior to the 2004 Voter Parade

The voter parade will organize at 10 a.m. outside the Student Center on the campus of Unity College, 90 Quaker Hill Road, Unity. From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., members of the Unity Experience class and Constructive Activists Club will oversee sign making activities. Participants are encouraged to make signs at that time, though signs brought will be welcome.

Individuals or groups representing positive political perspectives are welcome to create signs for the parade. Members of the general public are invited to join Unity College students, faculty and staff for the voter parade sign making and march from the campus on Quaker Hill Road to the Unity Community Center, 32 School Street in Unity.

Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Advising and

Instruction Services Dr. John Zavodny is interviewed prior to the

2004 Voter Parade

The voter parade will begin at 11 a.m. outside the Student Center and move down Quaker Hill Road through the town of Unity, concluding at the Unity Community Center, the polling place for the town of Unity. There parade participants will cast their votes.

In 2004, Unity College was the first and only college in Maine to sponsor a voter parade. The 2008 voter parade promises to include slogans and drawings espousing the virtues of participatory democracy chalked on the campus sidewalks, themed costumes, banners, flags, signs, music and plenty of good cheer.

The 2004 voter parade included political independents, green party members, and members of the Democratic and Republican parties.

For more information on the voter parade, contact Ashley Zook ’09 of the Constructive Activists club at azook07@unity.edu.

A sentiment chalked on a Unity College sidewalk prior to the

2004 Voter Parade

Unity College is a small private college in rural Maine that provides dedicated, engaged students with a liberal arts education which emphasizes the environment and natural resources. Unity College graduates are prepared to be environmental stewards, effective leaders, and responsible citizens through active learning experiences within a supportive community.