Registration is open for the first in NLIHC’s six-part webinar series on nonpartisan voter engagement, Our Homes, Our Votes. This first webinar is tomorrow, July 17 at 3:00 pm ET. The Our Homes, Our Votes: An Introduction and an Exploration of Legal Considerations webinar will provide an overview of the Our Homes, Our Votes effort and why it is imperative for housing organizations and other nonprofits to be involved in voter engagement work. The webinar will also discuss specific legal considerations that nonprofits should consider when developing their strategies. Shyaam Subramanian, southern California counsel for the Alliance for Justice, will join us as part of an in-depth discussion of these policies. Register for the webinar at: https://bit.ly/2KooyTi
The second webinar will be held on Tuesday, July 24, 3:00 pm ET focusing on how organizations can develop effective voter registration programs. That webinar will discuss conducting voter registration at community events, through door-to-door registration campaigns, and in day-to-day organizational operations.
The Our Homes, Our Votes project will provide strategies and tools for nonpartisan voter registration, education, and mobilization, as well as candidate engagement. The project seeks to have candidates for office address issues of homelessness and affordable housing and to commit to real solutions. Through Our Homes, Our Votes advocates and residents across the country will engage in the electoral process and stress to candidates at every level—federal, state, and local— that affordable housing is a critical issue they must address to earn our votes.
The webinars will occur every Tuesday at 3:00 pm ET beginning on July 17. The full list of webinar topics:
- Our Homes, Our Votes: An Introduction, and an Exploration of Legal Considerations, Tuesday, July 17
- Building the Base: Voter Registration of Low Income Renters and Their Allies, Tuesday, July 24
- The Importance of Voter Lists! A Key Tool for Successful Mobilization, Tuesday, July 31
- An Informed Debate: Effectively Engaging Candidates while Remaining Non-Partisan, Tuesday, August 7
- “I Vote for More Affordable Homes!” Educating Voters Before Election Day, Tuesday, August 14
- Voter Mobilization: Getting Out the Vote, Tuesday, August 21
Register once for all webinars and receive reminders for future webinars at: https://bit.ly/2KooyTi