Order Bilingual Our Homes, Our Votes Swag on Shopify!
Celebrate voter participation with new Our Homes, Our Votes swag! Visit Shopify for an expanded collection of Our Homes, Our Votes apparel, accessories, stickers, buttons, and more. The collection includes brand-new TurboVote magnets, which direct voters to NLIHC’s online voter registration and information platform. All swag is available in both English and Spanish. Learn more here. For bulk orders, please reach out to [email protected].
Become an Our Homes, Our Votes Affiliate!
Our Homes, Our Votes convenes a network of affiliates, which are nonpartisan organizations that are committed to boosting voter turnout among low-income renters and elevating housing as an election issue. Advocacy organizations, direct service providers, resident councils and tenant associations, local governments, and other related organizations are welcome to become Our Homes, Our Votes affiliates.
Benefits of participating in the affiliates network include:
- Access to a listserv where NLIHC staff and campaign partners exchange ideas and announce opportunities related to nonpartisan voter engagement.
- Invitations to biweekly affiliates office hours – an agenda-free, drop-in, optional space where affiliates can workshop their nonpartisan election plans. Office hours take place every other Friday from 1 to 3 pm ET.
- Invitation to a post-election virtual gathering to debrief the election cycle and brainstorm next steps for nonpartisan civic engagement.
- Enhanced access to Our Homes, Our Votes tools and resources, including customized TurboVote referral links to track the impact of nonpartisan voter engagement activities.
To learn more about the affiliates network and apply to join, visit: https://www.ourhomes-ourvotes.org/affiliates
Become a Civic Holidays Partner!
Civic Holidays are nonpartisan days of action that strengthen and celebrate our country’s democracy. The four Civic Holidays – National Voter Registration Day, National Voter Education Week, Vote Early Day, and Election Hero Day – activate nonprofits, campuses, businesses, and other organizations to engage voters in their communities. Each holiday focuses on a different aspect of voter engagement: registration, education, mobilization, and celebration of voting. Nonpartisan organizations are invited to partner with the Civic Holidays. Partners will receive state-by-state FAQs and voter engagement guides, online voter tools, multilingual resources, swag, and other giveaways. Learn more and sign up to become a Civic Holidays partner here.
Join the Civic Listening Corps to Combat Misinformation and Disinformation
Misinformation and disinformation pose dangers to our democracy. Harmful and misleading messages are often strategically targeted to reduce low-income communities’ trust in political institutions. To build communities’ capacity to respond to the threat of misinformation, the League of Women Voters and the Algorithmic Transparency Institute partnered to create the Civic Listening Corps.
The Civic Listening Corps is a nonpartisan initiative to create a network of trained volunteers to monitor, critically evaluate, and report misinformation about topics including voting and elections. Participants in the Civic Listening Corps gain the tools to develop community resilience to misinformation and develop organizational responses.
Learn more about the Civic Listening Corps: https://www.civiclistening.org/what-is-clc
Click here to sign up.
Upcoming Partner Webinars on Nonpartisan Civic Engagement
Disabled Voters Rising: Political Education and Training Series
New Disabled South, which aims to improve the lives of disabled people and build strong disability justice and rights movements in the South, and its advocacy arm New Disabled South Rising have launched “Disabled Voters Rising: Political Education and Training Series.” The series offers webinars, trainings, and panels on disability policy and accessibility for voters, policymakers, campaigns, and voter contact organizers. Topics include “Disability and Democracy” and “Accessible Voter Outreach and Engagement.” Click here to view the schedule and sign up for a session.
Strategic Voter Outreach and Civic Engagement
The National Vote at Home Institute, Empower Project, Student Learn Students Vote, and VoteAmerica will host a webinar on voter outreach and strategies to boost turnout in 2024. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, June 26, at 2 pm ET. Register for the webinar here.
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans: Organizing Candidate Forums
For the second installment of its “Changing the Narrative About Homelessness” 2024 webinar series, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) will host a webinar on organizing candidate forums. The webinar will cover nonpartisan strategies to elevate housing as an election issue and engage candidates on homelessness, including nonpartisan candidate forums. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, June 26, at 3 pm ET. Register for the webinar here.
Partnership for Strong Communities: The Intersections of Affordable Housing and Civic Engagement
Partnership for Strong Communities, an NLIHC state partner, will host a webinar on the intersections of affordable housing and civic engagement on Wednesday, July 3, at 10 am ET. The webinar will explore the impact of voting and community engagement on the landscape of affordable housing, and why voter engagement matters for housing organizations. Register for the webinar here.