AND STILL I VOTE:
By MUUSJN on Saturday, September 5th, 2020
ADVOCACY TRAINING TO HELP PREVENT VOTER SUPPRESSION
Tuesday, September 8th, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Voting is the language of American democracy. The ability to participate in civic life — to have a voice in choosing the elected officials whose decisions impact people’s lives, families, and communities — is at the core of what it means to be an American. At our nation’s founding, voting was enshrined only for educated white men who owned property. It took more than a century for the franchise to meaningfully expand to people of color, women, people with disabilities, people who are low-income, and Native Americans. Today, some elected leaders are still working to silence people who were historically denied access to the ballot box. Click HERE to get more information about Voter Suppression from the League of Women Voters.
The Michigan Interfaith Get Out the Vote Campaign, a nonpartisan project of the Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network, is partnering with the All Voting Is Local campaign to co-host a training on voter suppression. The goals of this training are as follows:
- to review the history of voter suppression and recognize what voter suppression looks like today;
- to gain an understanding on how important voting rights are in this time of COVID and heightened
- awareness of racial injustice;
- to understand mechanisms to further voting rights; and
- to learn how concerned citizens can use advocacy to secure voting rights, ensuring greater access
- to voting in the time of COVID.
Presenter Ben Gardner, Michigan Campaign Manager of All Voting is Local, will make a presentation, including a historical summary of voter suppression in America and what voter suppression looks like today. He will outline advocacy tactics that we can employ both at the state and federal levels, and will provide access to an organizing toolkit for people who would like to make their voices heard on issues.
This training will be held Tuesday, September 8th at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom at https://bit.ly/32QxbfY and recorded for potential later viewing. Pre-registration is required. Contact sspedersen@sbcglobal.net for more information on the Michigan Interfaith Get Out the Vote Campaign. Contact Ben Gardner at Michigan Campaign Manager, All Voting Is Local, ben@allvotingislocal.org for more information on the presentation.
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