Restarting College Republicans on campus
Hello r/CollegeRepublicans,
Our local Republican Party recently voted and initiated a new Chairman and his primary goal is to increase youth membership in our community. His first action was to place me (the youngest person in the local party) as one of the Vice-Chairman of Youth Recruitment. My job is to start and organize local efforts for recruitment of those 25 and younger as well as be the liaison between the local party and the College/Teen Republicans. It is an honor to say the least and a great opportunity to start making a difference in promoting conservatism values among our younger generations.
I am fortunate that the area is blessed with a growing university population of around 9,000 students as well as 5-6 high schools that draw students from consistently Republican voting districts.
The problem I face is that I was never a part of Teen or College Republicans when I was going through high school and college so I don't exactly know what to do at these meetings. I know that our local meetings always have speakers and we talk about ongoing party business but I was not sure if that is the correct way to go with a younger crowd. I can get a few speakers in to speak but is that something that I always need to do?
I also am in charge of setting up the Teen Republicans throughout our local school system as well which I have some great support already built up in to work with but I face the same challenge of not knowing what to do at meetings past organizing the efforts and bringing in a speaker or two.
What did/does your College/Teen Republicans do during your regular meetings? Is there any advice you can give me? I know if I provide real support in the beginning that we can avoid the falling off of these groups in the local area as the party is pushing a lot of support and funding for us to succeed. I just need to get it all organized and provide the value at these meetings for the students to show up.
Posted Jul 31, 2017, 2:54 PM UTC