{"id":6286,"date":"2026-09-03T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/festifall-draws-politicians-and-hundreds-of-clubs-to-the-diag\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:49:08","slug":"festifall-draws-politicians-and-hundreds-of-clubs-to-the-diag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/festifall-draws-politicians-and-hundreds-of-clubs-to-the-diag\/","title":{"rendered":"Festifall draws politicians and hundreds of clubs to the Diag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(2400 \/ 1600)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Students walk through Festifall to club booths around the Diag Wednesday afternoon. <i>Akul Gunukula\/DAILY.<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/store.pub.umich.edu\/michigan-daily-buy-this-photo\/\">Buy this photo.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" alt=\"Students gather around the Diag for Festifall.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-615766\" data-id=\"615766\" data-aspect-ratio=\"2400 \/ 1600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arg.NEW_.Festifall.09.2.2026.1.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Students walk through FestiFall to club booths around the Diag Wednesday afternoon. <i>Akul Gunukula\/DAILY.<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/store.pub.umich.edu\/michigan-daily-buy-this-photo\/\">Buy this photo.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1rLmQGm35L6T2KclCmYJPVv4RevMl8558nWYxTJhER-Y\/edit?gid=1648399906#gid=1648399906\">900<\/a> student organizations, community vendors and departments on campus gathered for the University of Michigan\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/campusinvolvement.umich.edu\/attending-festifall\">Festifall<\/a> Tuesday and Wednesday to advertise to students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with these organizations, politicians including U.S. Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic Attorney General candidate Eli Savit and Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor were on campus to interact with U-M students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LSA freshman Isaac Brenner, Festifall attendee and campus organizing fellow for Abdul\u2019s Senate campaign, said the amount of people surrounding El-Sayed was shocking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce he got here, oh my God,\u201d Brenner said. \u201cI mean, he was the center of attention \u2014\u00a0 naturally.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Michigan\u2019s midterm elections coming up on Nov. 3, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegedemsatum.com\">University\u2019s chapter of College Democrats<\/a> hosted El-Sayed at their table to speak with students. Brenner said El-Sayed\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/news\/government\/from-the-daily-archives-abdul-el-sayeds-time-at-umich\/\">connection<\/a> to the University and Ann Arbor made his presence especially significant.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSeeing someone who\u2019s an alumni here \u2014 who lives in the city \u2014 come back and be connected with all of us, it is really special,\u201d Brenner said. \u201cIt was the students who were especially excited to see him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Festifall took place over two days \u2014 North Campus on Tuesday and Central Campus on Wednesday. In an interview with The Daily, LSA senior Ellie Diaz, who tabled for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aedmichigan.org\">Alpha Epsilon Delta at the University of Michigan<\/a>, a pre-med professional fraternity, said she feels that Festifall is an important resource for students looking to join new clubs and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cf you don\u2019t really know what\u2019s out there, how are you gonna know what to join?\u201d Diaz said. \u201cIf you aren\u2019t seeing and meeting people, it can be hard to make that first step to go to a club, especially if you\u2019ve never interacted with anyone at the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diaz also described the effort it takes for clubs to prepare for Festifall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe post a lot on Instagram leading up to it,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cThen, we made a poster for our organization with photos of us. It\u2019s a group effort, and a lot of us put a little bit of our time into it, and it comes into this wonderful thing where we get to meet a lot of new people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/michigan\/\">Best Buddies<\/a>, a club that pairs U-M students to peers with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was also at Festifall. LSA sophomore Margaret Weinberg, a member of Best Buddies who was at the club\u2019s Festifall table, told The Daily that Festifall is valuable for students to get involved in not only the U-M campus, but in the greater community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say you\u2019re never going to regret trying to be involved in something,\u201d Weinberg said. \u201cEspecially something that\u2019s, like, bettering your community or pouring back into your community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Daily Staff Reporter Olivia Aversano can be reached at<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/news\/campus-life\/festifall-draws-democratic-politicians-and-hundreds-of-clubs-to-the-diag\/mailto:oavers@umich.edu\"><em>oavers@umich.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students walk through Festifall to club booths around the Diag Wednesday afternoon. 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