Students from colleges and universities across the state were a significant portion of attendees at the Equality North Carolina Conference and Gala on Nov. 12. Student leaders said their involvement will be a key component in the campaigns against the state’s anti-LGBT constitutional amendment on marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.
“It is important to start a conversation with individuals who are registered out of state and who would vote against the amendment if they were registered here,” said one student leader from Western Carolina University. “I have friends who have changed their registration just so they can vote against the amendment in May.”
Off-campus organizing is also important, the students said. Students at the University of North Carolina-Asheville said they had organized events at community coffee shops and other spaces.
“Especially if anybody is from a smaller school, you can go literally door-to-door in the dorms,” said the Davidson College student.
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