CEO STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY REGARDING ADVANCING NOT SUPPRESSING VOTING RIGHTS

Our country is at a critical juncture for either strengthening or weakening our democracy by how we take action with respect to voting rights and access.  As the CEO and Co-Founder of a national, non-profit, higher education organization, I want to publicly affirm my solidarity with all other organizational chief executive officers who are standing up to be counted in strong support of advancing, not suppressing, voting rights. This position is mission consistent with our organizational values, which drive all the work we do for the advancement of social justice in higher education.

John N. Gardner

Chief Executive Officer

Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

April 3, 2021