Announcing the 2025 Great Conversations honorees!

Great Conversations is right around the corner! Have you purchased your tickets/ sponsorships yet? You do not want to miss this incredible event featuring our awardees Senator Judith Zaffirini and H-E-B. https://t.co/Fpp0TjyXzo for more info!

Our Director Mark Strama discussed the upcoming legislative primary elections in a new weekly segment on Spectrum News's "Capitol Tonight"

Pizza & Politics is back for Spring 2024! 🍕 Join us on 2/7 at the DMC 1.202 lecture hall for free pizza and open civic dialogue with former Dallas Mayor, Mike Rawlings! Registration is now open below! https://t.co/qUc3DsPsM6 #spiritofstrauss #civicdialogue #pizzaandpolitics

Great Conversations will be on March 21, 2024! We're excited to announce presentations of the Shirley Bird Perry Longhorn Citizenship Award to Senator Judith Zaffirini and the inaugural Corporate Citizenship Award to H-E-B. Tickets and sponsorships here: https://t.co/lW8RWAAHt6

Next Wednesday, join us at the LBJ Auditorium for a presentation of Bari Weiss! You don't want to miss this valuable conversation, so make sure to RSVP here: https://t.co/6WYPGpWEEY #spiritofstrauss #bariweiss #antisemitism

Reunion Alert! Just a day away from reuniting with the incredible Texas Civic Ambassadors at the @TexasTribune festival, the state's biggest politics and policy event! Get ready for some unforgettable moments and meaningful conversations in Austin. Can't wait to see everyone! 📸

‼️Introducing Pizza & Politics 🍕 a monthly interactive discussion of current events and free pizza! Stay tuned for our speaker and topic announcement! Limited seats are available to ensure personalized discussion, so reserve your spot now!  https://t.co/xCyKQAW5UA

SXSW PanelPicker voting is live! Check out the panel "Predicting Future Elections by Studying Today's Young Voters" for the 2024 South by Southwest conference. Upvote this panel featuring our Director, Mark Strama, by August 20th! https://t.co/YIYhNBiffJ

Check out our new blog post featuring a research report by our ASI Undergraduate Research Intern, Bianca Mora! Swipe to see some of the data she collected in her research about the Texas State Legislators on Facebook in the lead-up to the 2022 election. https://t.co/x4kzX685lU

Despite all the drama at the end of this #txlege session - and not to suggest a false harmony that does not actually exist - the bipartisan manner in which the Texas House selects a Speaker would be a valuable practice in Congress as well. https://t.co/xfG0ReBo3V via @statesman

Congratulations to our Graduate Research Assistant and TX Votes program coordinator, Krista Weatherford! She graduated with a Master of Public Affairs and a Master of Science in Community & Regional Planning. We are so proud of you and all the graduates! #hookem #LBJschool

It's not too late! Do you have an internship this summer involving public policy, government, or politics and need a stipend to help cover costs? Apply here: https://t.co/66MjFnFnQQ

It's not too late! Are you a graduate student researching public service, government, community service, civic life, citizenship, or politics and needing a stipend to help with research expenses? Apply here: https://t.co/iyOVzJSlXE

Congratulations on another year in the books at UT Austin! #spiritofstrauss #interns #civicengagement

Campbell Williams, our Collegiate Intern, is looking forward to traveling abroad throughout her junior year and preparing for her senior thesis. She is excited to stay local to Texas this summer, completing summer courses and editing/ producing podcasts at The Drag Audio House.

Jane Cleary, our K12 Intern, is on her way to graduating with 4 different degrees at UT Austin and is currently preparing to study abroad in Spain this summer. She hopes to participate in the Disney College Program in Spring of 2024 and visit the Institute as much as possible.

As we celebrate the end of an incredible semester, we want to send a special "thank you" to our interns that made everything possible. We are sad to see them go but very proud of their work and what they are each looking forward to.

Today’s TCA “Where are they now?” is: Ayanna Watkins! Don’t forget to apply to this enriching program! 2023-2024 TCA cohort applications are open until May 23, 2023! Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis so apply now: https://t.co/kcUWeXyJYE

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 TX Votes Executive Team! We can't wait to see how these students lead the program into this new season. #TXVotes #spiritofstrauss #civicengagment #studentleaders