The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series provides resources, guidance, and inspiration for organizations and individuals seeking to launch or strengthen their own nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement initiatives. The next webinar in the series, “Voting While Experiencing Homelessness,” will take place on Monday, July 1, at 2:30 pm ET.
People experiencing homelessness, service providers, and election officials often face uncertainty about the process of voter registration for those without a permanent address. This webinar will discuss how people experiencing homelessness can exercise their voting rights and overcome the obstacles to casting their ballots – and how organizations that work directly with people experiencing homelessness can empower them to do so. Panelists will discuss recommendations and resources that unhoused voters, shelters, and other agencies can employ to ensure that people without residential addresses can make their voices heard in the democratic process.
The panel will feature Dr. Caitlin Krenn, whose research examines civic empowerment in shelter settings; Ashley Heidenrich, project coordinator at Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness; and Ken Williamson, program and policy analyst at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
The webinar dates and topics are listed below. All webinars will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 pm ET. For full descriptions of each session and archives of past webinars, visit: www.ourhomes-ourvotes.org/webinars-2024
- Voting While Experiencing Homelessness (Monday, July 1)
- Transportation to the Polls (Monday, July 15)
- Housing Providers and Voter Engagement (Monday, July 29)
- Getting Candidates on the Record about Housing and Homelessness (Monday, August 19)
- Celebrating the Civic Holidays (Tuesday, September 3)
- Voter Education: The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How (Monday, September 16)
- Voter Education: Combating Misinformation and Disinformation (Monday, September 30)
- Overcoming Voter Suppression (Monday, October 7)
- Countdown to Election Day: Getting Out the Vote! (Monday, October 21)
- Knowing Your Rights: Voter Protection on Election Day (Monday, November 4)
- A Look Ahead: Next Steps for Civic Engagement and Housing Justice (Monday, November 18)
For more information about the Our Homes, Our Votes campaign, visit: https://www.ourhomes-ourvotes.org/