Round 4 - Student Loan Debt Forgiveness + Updates
Prompt Four is released and we host the first engagement session.
Today we start on round 4 of the BattlePACs Voices of America Scholarship contest. Our community continues to expand rapidly thanks to your contributions, so we are humbled and grateful.
The Topic this Week?
The new prompt for Round 4 is:
Should the government offer student loan debt forgiveness?
We know this is a highly topical issue that affects both our students and faculty members directly, so we look forward to hearing your passionate perspectives.
First Engagement Session
Today we hosted the first of our engagement session for Voices of America applicants. Thanks so much to the first 8 attendees who joined us.
We will give further rundown of what the group produced soon.
Get active on our socials and reach out to us if you would like to participate in the next Engagement Session!
Community Growth
BattlePACs Engagement has been on a steady upsurge over the past month.
Our Top YouTube video Do It - America's Anthem had over 19,400 views in the past month. Check it out and give it a like or share to help grow our movement.
Newsletter
Our Newsletter subscriber growth shows 548 new subscribers.
Instagram
Our community on IG has grown +2500 followers in the past two weeks!
Top Post
Our top performing social post was just last week, a quote by Mark Twain - "If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it". Seems like that struck a deep chord of dissatisfaction with the current voting system.
In the Media
BattlePACs has been making waves in the Media for the last few weeks.
Our CEO Aaron Rafferty had an Op-ed published in the GenZ Post: How Next-Generation Social Media and Cryptocurrencies Can Improve Politics
BattlePACs was featured in the New York Weekly with the story: BattlePACs, is a digital “people's primary” platform
We were also featured in The Los Angeles Tribune with the story: BattlePACs Impacting Political Debate Through NFTs and with an op-ed on E-Crypto News Op-Ed: Political Debate and NFTs: A Perfect Match.
Aaron was also featured in this item in Meta Hollywood about the metaverse and its impacts on education: A New Type Of School Run: How Could The Metaverse Change Education?
A Peek at the Future
The last three stories give a brief hint of the exciting plans BattlePACs has to leverage Web3 technology and NFTs in the future to influence political debate! We believe students today will be instrumental in shaping the development of a new era of politics, and we want you all to be involved in this. Stay tuned for news on how to get involved in this mission.
Connect With Us
We are connecting with Universities to support their students by giving them a voice and funding. If you are (or know) an administrator, reach out to us at partnerships@battlepacs.com!
We are connecting with Students to create a NEVER BEFORE SEEN type of video series. If you have applied to the scholarship, reach out to us at scholarship@battlepacs.com to participate!
We are connecting with Corporations to support non-profit funding for students. If you know of an organization who would like to support the cause, reach out to us at partnerships@battlepacs.com!
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly anytime.
Together we can transform how citizens engage in politics and civil discourse
All the best from Prerit, Aaron and everyone here at BattlePACs!
Round 4 Prompt - Response Requirements
Question:
Should the government offer student loan debt forgiveness?
(Remember to quote the question at the start so people know the context by saying, "this is my BattlePACs submission for the prompt of …")
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