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color="#000000">VOICE INITIATIVE</font></h1></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hero-image" style="box-sizing:inherit;height:490px;background-color:rgb(18,149,216);background-position:50% 30%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-image:url("https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2-3.png")"></div><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.625rem;text-align:center"><font color="#000000">Applications for the 2025-2026 VOICE Initiative are open!</font></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.625rem;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder"><a href="https://freespeechcenter.submittable.com/submit/9bddfaab-d2db-45ef-944b-5dc68847903f/2025-2026-valuing-open-and-inclusive-conversation-and-engagement-voice-initiati" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">APPLY HERE</font></a></span></h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Applications must be received by 11:59 pm PT on Monday, June 2, 2025.</font></span></p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><h2 id="gmail-VOICEinfosession" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.625rem"><font color="#000000">Register for a VOICE information session</font></h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Join a 2025-2026 VOICE Initiative information session to learn more about the VOICE program and application process. Former VOICE recipients will be available to discuss their projects and their experiences being part of the larger Center community as well as to answer your questions.</font></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5rem;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.375rem;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder"><a href="https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ekdiy_XHSk2aVf6o5XwxGA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025 from 3pm-4pm PT</font></a></span></h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">The UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement is pleased to share the application for the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://freespeechcenter.submittable.com/submit/9bddfaab-d2db-45ef-944b-5dc68847903f/2025-2026-valuing-open-and-inclusive-conversation-and-engagement-voice-initiati" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:inherit">2025-2026 Valuing Open and Inclusive Conversation and Engagement (VOICE) Initiative</a>. VOICE provides funding for UC students, staff and faculty who are interested in conducting research or coordinating programs and activities that further the Center’s mission of exploring the intersection of expression, engagement and democratic learning and considering what can be done to restore trust in the value of free speech on college campuses and within society at large.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">As a VOICE awardee, you will be welcomed into a community of passionate individuals who share a common purpose of advancing the principles of the Center on their own campuses. VOICE recipients also become part of a larger UC-wide and national community of scholars, educators and activists. There are opportunities to receive leadership guidance and support from previous VOICE recipients as a new awardee.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.625rem"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#000000">Below are some examples of how that might be done.</font></span></h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:0px;padding-left:1em;font-size:1.125rem"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Engage in research and/or activities that promote open discourse among members of communities or participation in democracy;</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Deliver programming that addresses challenges in our current national life or discourse around past and upcoming elections; or that examines how we might strengthen and rebuild – or even reimagine – community;</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Enable conversations about peoples’ experiences and perspectives of vital social and political issues;</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Create forums for discussion about democratic processes, such as legislative advocacy or voting rights, as they relate to our social and political community;</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">Offer workshops and/or symposia that focus on furthering democratic literacy and engagement.</font></span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Creativity and originality are encouraged. For inspiration, take a look at the terrific ongoing work of the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/2025-voice-recipients/" style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">2024-25 VOICE Initiative recipients</span></a><span style="box-sizing:inherit">.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">VOICE awards can be up to $5,000 and will be granted on a competitive basis. The Center will fund the VOICE awards; recipients will administer awarded projects in compliance with both UC policies and campus-specific guidance on the campus(es) where the projects take place. </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.625rem"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#000000">Who is Eligible?</font></span></h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000">All current UC students, staff and faculty are eligible to receive VOICE funding as individuals or as members of a group, team, office or department. All project contributors must be a UC student, faculty or staff member for the entirety of the 2025-2026 academic year.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Current or former recipients are welcome to apply, but no project can be funded for more than three years. There is no limit to the number of individuals that can be included in a single proposal.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit">The primary contact or author of the proposal must partner with a department on their campus or have a recharge account to receive funds.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.625rem"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#000000">Project Requirements</font></span></h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:0px;padding-left:1em;font-size:1.125rem"><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:underline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Quarterly Zoom Cohort Meetings:</span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>At least one person representing each selected project must be available to attend mandatory quarterly VOICE cohort (virtual) meetings. Participation in these events serves to further community-building, knowledge-sharing and network development both within and across cohorts of VOICE awardees.</span></font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:underline">Final Report:</span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Each project is expected to submit a final report detailing their activities, a final budget and photos/videos documenting the project. </span></font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.357143;font-size:1.625rem"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#000000">Application Information</font></span></h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:underline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Applications must be received by 11:59 pm PT on Monday, June 2, 2025.</span></span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Awardees will be notified by late July. Funding is one-time only and must be used by June 1, 2026.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Funds must be transferable to a department recharge account. If you are not part of a department or registered student organization, you will need to identify an on-campus sponsor through which funds can be disbursed.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6"><font color="#000000">Learn more about the VOICE Initiative by watching this brief video:</font></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.25rem;font-size:20px;line-height:1.6;text-align:center"></p><div class="gmail-resource" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:30px;float:left;width:392.9375px;height:300px;padding:0px 30px"><a target="_blank" href="https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/2025-voice-recipients/" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:none"><font color="#000000"><img src="https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/VOICE-Website-Thumbnail.png" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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