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🚨GEORGIA 🚨
Today is the LAST DAY to register to vote in the January 5th runoff elections.
Get #RegisteredAndReady to make your voice heard at the ballot box → weall.vote/georgia
Attention Georgia residents! 🚨
You heard it from Former First Lady Michelle Obama, we are just 100 days out from the 2022 midterm elections.
This fall when voters head to the polls, we get to choose who represents us – including all 435 members of the House of Representatives, 35 out of 100 Senators, and countless elected officials in our local and state governments.
Our elected officials make decisions on everything from our access to health care to the judges in our courts.
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD? ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Remember, @whenweallvote, we can change the world.
When we all work together, we can make our voices heard — so let’s get out and make our voices heard. ✊🏾
Join us, BET, the National Urban League, and over 50 organizations nationwide in celebrating National Black Voter Day today! Here’s how YOU can celebrate #NationalBlackVoterDay in 5 minutes: Register to vote or check your registration status at https://weall.vote/bet.
Text 3 members of your #VotingSquad asking them to also check their voter registration status too! 📲
Happening TOMORROW on a zoom call near you! RSVP: weall.vote/MSVJuneteenth
Join @whenweallvote & My School Votes for their Juneteenth Weekend of Action Kickoff |June 10th @ 7PM ET/4PM PT.
Join @whenweallvote, the American Association of People with Disabilities’ REV UP Voting Campaign, and The Whole Person to ask questions about the upcoming midterm elections, how you can register to vote, and all you need to know about Election Day.
September 12-16, 2022 is Disability Voting Rights Week, a time for advocates and communities to build the power of the disability vote through voter registration, voter education, community engagement, and more! The disability community is one of the largest voting blocs in the country, with over 38 million eligible voters with disabilities in 2020. The community also faces access barriers at the ballot box: only 17.7 million voters of the 38 million eligible voted in 2020. This September 16th, get your questions answered about the intersection of voting and the disability community and how to make voting more accessible to disabled folks.
What are you waiting for, Tumblr? Ask them a question, and head over here to see their answers. 🗳️Don’t forget to get registered to vote (HERE)🗳️!
MEET THE PANEL
Priestley M. Johnson (She/Her), Director of Strategic Community Partnerships, When We All Vote
Priestley M. Johnson the Director of Strategic Community Partnerships and is responsible for When We All Vote’s partnership program that delivers voter registration tools and resources to hundreds of partners across the nation. Ms. Johnson is a passionate advocate and avid relationship builder dedicated to using her skill set of strategic partnerships, project management, business development, and event planning. With previous experience in the Obama White House and the International Women’s Forum, Priestley is passionate about advocating for more resources for those in need and building capacity through fundraising. A proud Howard alumna, Johnson is committed to moving the needle.
Lilian Aluri (She/Her), REV UP Voting Campaign Coordinator
Lilian Aluri started off interning at AAPD in the summer of 2020, as a NYU VOTE 2020 Fellow, getting out the disability vote in the 2020 elections. Lilian then began a contract with AAPD and has since been working together with the REV UP team to continue to build the power of the disability vote, research voting accessibility issues, and also support AAPD’s broader advocacy. In her current role as the REV UP Voting Campaign Coordinator, Lilian supports the national REV UP network, facilitating trainings and webinars, convening the advisory committee, organizing national voting initiatives and collaborating with REV UP organizers to advance the power of the disability vote. Lilian also manages AAPD’s blog and a weekly email digest highlighting disability in the news.
As the older sister of a young man with Down syndrome and as someone with some mental health disabilities, Lilian values her role at AAPD as a chance to help create a more inclusive and just society in which all people with disabilities can thrive.
Kendra A. Burgess (She/Her), Public Policy Coordinator, The Whole Person
Kendra A. Burgess joined The Whole Person in 2019 as Public Policy Coordinator, where she currently advocates for issues impacting people with disabilities at the city, state, and federal levels of government in Kansas and Missouri.
Prior to this role, Kendra served as a congressional staffer for the Honorable U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill for several years, where she handled a portfolio of federal issues, including labor, healthcare, and housing. Additionally, she lends her voice to elevate issues impacting people with disabilities by writing opinion articles for regional news outlets, educating the public through press interviews, and collaborating with community partners to offer Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programming. Learning to thrive through her own invisibly disabilities, Kendra is a volunteer women’s health advocate by serving as the Kansas/Missouri Representative for the Worldwide EndoMarch, an organization seeking to advocate for those living with Endometriosis.
Anonymous asked:
In addition to our registration efforts, Black Girls Vote strives to cultivate an informed voting bloc. As a part of our education efforts, including civics education in elementary, middle and high schools, we provide an overview of America’s current election system, including the hard-won right to vote by women and African Americans. However, we also expose those we reach to alternatives abroad including Ranked Choice Voting.
Natasha
It is also noted that Americans live and vote from all over the globe as absentee participants in the process. Absentee vote count sacan sometime determine outcome of election. We welcome new and innovative concepts that will mirror our program model in different languages and diverse cultures.
~Nyki
Voting rights — especially for Black and young voters — are under attack. That’s why When We All Vote, Michelle Obama and Chris Paul are launching the #VoteLoud HBCU Squad Challenge to empower HBCU students to take a leading role in voter registration, education, and mobilization efforts on their campuses.
We’re going to make our voices heard in 2022 and beyond! Visit weall.vote/voteloud to sign up and learn more.
Anonymous asked:
Seriously! And social media does not help. However, a cool aspect of voting and elections is that voters have the opportunity to attend events to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth at political forums, meetings and free events held by organizations, churches or the candidates themselves. These events are designed to create the space for voices within the community to be heard.
Also, I love to fact check. When listening to news reports or candidate campaign pitches, don’t hesitate to pull out your phone and tap into our good friend google. This allows you to compare words with a candidate’s actions and patterns. These factors combined make it easier for you to feel comfortable and informed when voting.