The Office of Government and Community Relations acts as a liaison between MIT and the local and state government. In Cambridge, staff work closely with public officials and the broader community on topics of mutual interest including transportation, housing, climate change, development, community support, and the innovation ecosystem. The Institute provides the City with an update on its campus activities in the annual Town Gown Report.
The office maintains active ties with public officials in the Commonwealth, as well as organizations focused on regional policy matters. The MIT Washington Office oversees the Institute’s federal relationships.
MITvote
MITvote is a nonpartisan campus organization with the goal of engaging an active voter community. The group’s aims to make voting as accessible as possible for everyone and encourage civic participation on campus. They do this by organizing voter registration drives, providing voting information and locations. and connecting the community with voter resources.
MIT has been a member of the nationwide ALL IN Challenge since 2020. Students, faculty, and staff work together to support voter turnout efforts and encourage civic engagement.
Government Engagement Resources for the MIT Community
P&P 12.1 Relations with Government and Community
MIT has a history of engaging in meaningful working relationships with the federal government, the city of Cambridge and other communities, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. MIT’s government relations activities are supported and coordinated by the Office of the President.
P&P 12.7 Political Action
The Institute encourages all students, faculty, staff, and employees to exercise their rights and duties as citizens to participate as individuals in the electoral process. Federal and state laws, however, clearly distinguish between the political activities of individuals and those of tax-exempt institutions such as MIT.
For more information about our local and state government relations efforts, reach out to our Director Sarah Gallop or our Associate Director Annalisa Bhatia.
