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, “Transportation to the Polls,” will take place today (Monday, July 15) at 2:30 pm ET. Register for the webinar here.
Transportation barriers are one of the most common reasons why people do not turn out to vote, and lack of accessible transportation to the polls disproportionately disenfranchises low-income renters. This webinar will share opportunities to partner with nonpartisan voter transportation initiatives and offer inspiration for those seeking to organize their own rides or group walks to the polls.
Sarah Kovich, founder of Rideshare2Vote Aware, will discuss the organization’s nonpartisan rideshare services and how you can partner to provide rides to the polls in your community. Hillary Poudeu Tchokothe, co-president of the University of Michigan’s Turn Up Turnout and Our Homes, Our Votes intern, will share about her experiences organizing group walks to the polls and building community around voting. Courtney Cooperman, project manager of Our Homes, Our Votes, will provide guidance on using voter pledge cards to help voters overcome transportation barriers and make their plan to vote.
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
- 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/