20 Years of Amplifying Odyssey Voices and Celebrating Voting (October 12)

Odyssey students holding a teddybear with a 'Vote' shirt

2022 voting flyerThanks for joining us in person or via Zoom to celebrate Odyssey’s 20 years of empowering students to find their voices and change the world. The powerful evening featured Odyssey student and alumni readings, a new film, and refreshments. We’d like to thank our event sponsors Madison Gas and Electric and Summit Credit Union for making this event possible.

This evening also served as our biennial “Why Vote?” event. Once again, we partnered with the League of Women Voters, the Madison Public Library, the Urban League, and the Cap Times to encourage our students and the community to vote. We must continue to cheer for democracy (and for the winners of our Why Vote contest) at a time when enfranchising marginalized communities seems more important than ever.

Woman speaking at podium
Celebration of Voting Odyssey
Celebration of Voting Odyssey

Celebration of Voting Odyssey
Winners reading their poems/ stories at theCelebration of Voting Odyssey
Celebration of Voting Odyssey
Emily Auerbach Saul Naxi Perez Celebration of Voting Odyssey
Celebration of Voting Odyssey

Why Vote? Voices from the UW Odyssey Project

J. Luis Peréz-Olguín:

See Luis’s video

Joyce Johnson:

See Joyce’s video














Why should YOU vote? Check out some of our Odyssey students’ answers to this vital question in our special-edition “Why Vote” Oracle from 2022. It’s a must-read!