Memo to Members

Now Available: Recording of First Webinar in Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 Series

Sep 30, 2019

The first episode of the 15-month webinar and podcast series “Our Homes, Our Votes 2020: Third Thursdays at Three” is now available at www.ourhomes-ourvotes.org/webinars. The webinar originally broadcast on  September 19. The topic for the first presentation was legal considerations for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations planning to engage in elections. Tim Mooney, senior counsel with the Bolder Advocacy Program at Alliance for Justice, shared important tips with nonprofit advocates eager to engage in a way that does not threaten their tax-exempt status.

The next webinar in the “Third Thursdays at Three” series , focusing on how to plan for a voter and candidate engagement campaign at your organization, is at 3:00pm ET on October 17. Attendees will learn about key considerations regarding capacity, assigning roles, setting goals, and establishing strategic partnerships to maximize opportunities to increase voter turnout, education and registration among low-income renters and their allies. RSVP for the next presentation here.

The full list of upcoming topics for “Third Thursdays at Three” follows below:

  • Developing a voter engagement plan (October 17, 2019)
  • Helpful tools and partners (November 21, 2019)
  • Voter Registration Part 1 – Messaging, events, and canvassing (December 19, 2019)
  • Voter Registration Part 2 – Registering residents of subsidized housing (January 16, 2020)
  • The role of housing providers (February 20, 2020)
  • Getting candidates on the record – issue surveys, town halls, and forums (March 19, 2020)
  • Educating voters – voting logistics and candidate positions (April 16, 2020)
  • Housing issues and ballot initiatives (May 21, 2020)
  • Overcoming common obstacles to voting (June 18, 2020)
  • The challenge of voting while homeless (July 16, 2020)
  • Voter Mobilization Part 1 – Early voting and vote-by-mail (August 20, 2020)
  • Voter Mobilization Part 2 – Protecting against voter intimidation (September 17, 2020)
  • Election Day! Getting Out The Vote (October 15, 2020)
  • Holding candidates to their promises (November 19, 2020)

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