Welcome to Cool Careers! A new Facebook Live interview series from Britannica Digital Learning.
What did you want to be when you grew up? Simple question, right? At Britannica Digital Learning, we reach over 140 million students in 83 countries around the world—over 30 million in the US alone! So we believe a big part of our job here is to inspire students and ignite their career curiosity, letting them pursue a future that brings them satisfaction, stability, and joy.
With that in mind, we’re excited to invite you to tune in once a month to “Cool Careers,” a brand new Facebook Live interview series from Britannica!
Join us as we meet some awesome people who do incredible things every day and ask them burning questions like: What subjects in school inspired you? Which activities or passions influenced your career path? What is your current job is like and what do you love most about it? What advice you would give to a student who is curious about pursuing a similar path?
This month, meet Stevie Valles! Stevie serves as a the executive director of Chicago Votes.
Turn this interview into a lesson prompt with the following resources:
⇒ Test your students’ knowledge with this U.S Government and Politics Kahoot!
⇒ Your American Politics Resource Center: Social studies activities for the classroom
Britannica School: Elementary Resources
Britannica School: Secondary Resources
- Voting
- Suffrage
- Absentee Voting
- Elections
- Electoral College
- Democracy
- U.S. Constitution
- U.S. Government
Britannica Library: Children’s Resources
Britannica Library: Young Adult Resources
- Voting
- Suffrage
- Absentee Voting
- Elections
- Electoral College
- Democracy
- U.S. Constitution
- U.S. Government
About Stevie Valles:
Stevie grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio but has lived all over the place – Virginia, Alabama, Washington DC, Dallas, Austin, and now Chicago. Even though he isn’t from the “Windy City”, he often says he got here as soon as he could. A graduate of Oakwood University with a Bachelors in Social Work, Stevie has committed his entire career to making sure all people have a voice and are welcomed as equals. Stevie joins the Chicago Votes family after working as the National Campaigns Director for the Alliance for Youth Action (formerly the Bus Federation). In this role he coordinated HUGE projects including National Voter Registration Day, which resulted in 777,321 new registered voters in 2017, and the American Voter Guide project. In addition to this experience he has worked in the United States Senate, the Texas Legislature and on a slew of campaigns ranging from presidential, gubernatorial, and affordable housing. Stevie loves music, dogs, writing, singing, and most of all playing basketball.
About Chicago Votes:
Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We’re engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government and politics to young people from all corners of the city. We’re changing laws to make Chicago and Illinois a better place to be young, and in the process we’re making democracy FUN.
More Cool Careers:
• Cool Careers: What’s it like to be a U.S. immigration lawyer?
• Cool Careers: What’s it like to be a professional chef?
• Cool Careers: What does a media producer do?
• Cool Careers: What’s it like to be an aquarium scuba diver?
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