2009-2010 Events

• Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11:00 am for a press conference introducing the new Austin Conservation Corps
• On Sat., Oct 10th, join CPPPS for Reading the Future: Preparing Texas Educator’s Today for the Students of Tomorrow. Learn more about this event...
• Join CPPPS at its October 9, 2009 fall fundraiser with keynote speaker Representative Jim Pitts, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
• The 9/23 ACC District-wide Constitution Debate Day was a huge success! Thanks to the almost 600 students who attended. 
• ACC Receives Diversity Award!
• Read about CPPPS’ most recent publication conducted by ACC Government Professor Stefan D. Haag on Voter Turnout in Austin City Council Elections.
• Check out the winners of the 2nd annual student Art Contest that celebrates the Constitution.
• Celebrate ACC’s third annual Diez y Seis de SeptiembreFestival.  This free hour-long program at ACC’s Riverside campus will host guest speakers and local entertainment including Mariachi and Cojunto bands and Ballet Folklorico Dancers.  ACC faculty, staff, students, and Austin community are happily invited to attend. Event poster (PDF format)
• Mayoral Debate at Austin’s City Hall on Friday, May 1, 2009, 6-8 pm
• Texas State University of San Marcos' Meet & Greet and LBJ Distinguished Lecture, RSVP deadline is April 9, 2009

2008-2009 Events

• Diez y Seis Festival
• View a short video of our award-winning 2008 Constitution Debate Day Celebration
• Cooperative Programming at ACC wins CASE IV District Award for 2008 popular Student Constitution Debate Event (PDF)
• Constitution Debate Event flyer (PDF)
• An Artistic Competition to the celebration has been added this year with the cooperation of the Arts & Humanities Division.  CPPPS will offer cash prizes to student work in the following categories:
• Two-Dimensional Art - i.e., paintings, drawings
• Three-Dimensional Art - i.e., sculpture, ceramics, metal work
• Creative Writing - i.e., poetry and fiction
• Essay - i.e., personal or academic essay or opinion piece, referring to the Federalist #10
• Performance - i.e., theater, spoken word, dance, video (up to five minutes in length)
• Contest ends on 7/7/2008.  Press conference announcing the winners of the contest will occur on 9/17/2008 at the ACC Highland Business Center.  
• Former Austin Mayor Announces Tutoring Incentive Plan for Eastside Memorial High School at the Johnston Campus   Press Release (PDF format)    
• Press Conference: ACC students encourage voting (RGC), April 25, 2008: Read about Center's new study on Austin's Stagnant Voter Turnout rates:
  • Press release (PDF)
  • Report (PDF)

2007-2008 Events  

• Constitution Debate Celebration (9/24/2007)
• Diez y Seis Festival at Riverside Campus, at ACC (9/16/2007)
• May 2007 – Analysis of ‘Straight Ticket’ Voting 1998-2006: This statistical political study (PDF) is an analysis of straight ticket voting in the Texas elections of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. Were the election results last year an aberration or the beginning of a new trend in the landscape of Texas politics?