If you can view a YouTube video, you will be able to chat with other viewers during the aircast.

You can also ask a question, although preference is given to those people who attend the day in person.

Featured aircast. Starts at noon (ET) on October, 24, 2023.

This MTC Day has been changed to a Meet Your Candidates Night. Information on this new post can be found here.

Meet the Changemakers day will occur on Tuesday October 24, 2023 between 12pm and 8pm at the Johnson Center Dewberry Hall on the Fairfax Campus (Google map). If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch our livestream of the town halls and presentations (and chat with fellow viewers). See flyer below for schedule of events and participants.

Meet the Changemakers  activities will include:

• Presentations by Mason research faculty –  Approximately 4-6 minutes about their research center and a research-based policy goal followed by a short Q&A session with the audience.
• Town Halls with 2023 General Assembly candidates – 25 minute discussions with candidates for Virginia Senate and House of Delegates and their policy proposals that address grand challenges being discussed at Meet the Changemakers day.
• 50 minute Town Halls – Similar to research center presentations as described above followed by federal, state, and local policymakers discussing their views on policy and what legislation they are proposing to address their policies followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
• Opportunities to learn about Mason research centers and discuss their policy goals based on their research at Roundtables in Dewberry South. Other stakeholders in the policy discussions will also have tables in the lobby in addition to Mason students displaying their research posters.

For more information, contact Sophie.Wagner@onair.cc