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SUMMARY:Vote Forward and BigTentUSA Letter-Writing to Voters!
DESCRIPTION:BigTent is thrilled to launch our letter writing partnership with Vote Forward! Mark your calendars for Tuesday\, March 12\, at 12pm ET\, as we launch our partnership! \nWe’re working together to increase civic participation by sending letters to voters. Writing letters to voters is one of the most effective ways to help increase election turnout. And you can do it right from home! Our plan is to send out over 100K letters by October 2024! \nDuring this event\, we are honored to welcome Catherine Vaughan\, Emily Wasserman\, and Nia Bentall from Vote Forward. They will dive into the impact of letter-writing and explore its effectiveness in creating positive change.  \nHere is link to what letter writing entails! ???? \nIf you can’t make event but just want to request letters use this link! \nAbout Vote Forward: \nVoteForward is dedicated to empowering grassroots volunteers to send handwritten letters encouraging fellow Americans to vote. Their flagship voter contact program trains and supports volunteers in writing personal\, heartfelt letters to potential voters with an easy-to-use online platform. The majority of Vote Forward letter writing campaigns are 501(c)(3) nonpartisan (“Social”) campaigns\, which focus on mobilizing potential voters in historically marginalized communities\, including people of color\, women\, and young voters\, to ensure that every voice is heard in the democratic process.
URL:https://bigtentusa.org/event/launch-voteforward-bigtent/
LOCATION:BigTent Zoom Room
CATEGORIES:Tent Talks,BigTent Action Opportunities,BigTent Events,Preserving Democracy
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SUMMARY:Protecting the Right to Vote: One ID at a Time with Lauren Kunis\, CEO VoteRiders
DESCRIPTION:BigTent is thrilled to host a Tent Talk with VoteRiders’ CEO and Executive Director\, Lauren Kunis. \nWe will also be writing letters to North Carolina voters who have very strict voter ID laws and we need your help to ensure that every voter in North Carolina has the ID they need as they prepare for the upcoming election season. \nEach letter we send delivers essential information and assistance to the voters most likely to be disenfranchised by voter ID laws in North Carolina. \nVoteRiders is a non-partisan\, non-profit organization with a mission to ensure that all citizens are able to exercise their freedom to vote. VoteRiders informs and helps citizens to secure their voter ID as well as inspires and supports organizations\, local volunteers\, and communities to sustain voter ID education and assistance efforts. \nKathleen Unger founded VoteRiders in 2012 as a direct response to the increasing number of stringent voter ID laws across the country. \nToday\, their team works alongside thousands of partner organizations and an ever-growing community of 10\,000 volunteers across the country. \nAbout our Speaker: \nLauren Kunis has spent her career working to strengthen democracy at home and around the world\, designing and managing impactful voter education\, civic engagement\, and government accountability programs. Lauren most recently worked at Nonprofit VOTE\, where she was the National Voter Registration Day program director and led the holiday to a record-setting number of voter registrations in 2020. She previously worked at the nonpartisan National Democratic Institute and the World Bank on democracy and governance programs in over 15 countries in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. Domestically\, Lauren has worked on national political campaigns\, served on the Steering Committee for the DC Paid Family Leave campaign\, and worked as an NYC Urban Fellow in the Bloomberg administration. Lauren has a BA with honors in Government from Cornell University and an MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management from New York University. She lives in Washington\, DC with her husband and their two young children.
URL:https://bigtentusa.org/event/kunis/
LOCATION:BigTent Zoom Room
CATEGORIES:Tent Talks,BigTent Events,Preserving Democracy
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