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Statewide Voter Empowerment Training

When August-01-2008 07:00 PM to
August-02-2008 05:00 PM
Where Hustbourne Holiday Inn, 1325 S Hurstbourne Pkwy, Louisville
Contact Name Dave Newton
Contact Email
Contact Phone (859) 420-8919
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Learn tools to build our democracy together along with our allies at Kentucky Jobs with Justice and other organizations..

Become a “Community Captain” and help your friends and neighbors to register to vote, get them valuable information about candidates and the election, and mobilize them to vote!.

For more information, contact Dave Newton.

Agenda

Friday, August 1
4-7 p.m. Registration and Check-in at the hotel
7 - 9 p.m. Introduction to Voter Empowerment, the Kentucky PUSHBACK Network, celebration of the work we've done so far, and a brief political landscape of Kentucky. 

Saturday, August 2
8 a.m. Breakfast
9-10 a.m. Overview of our Voter Empowerment Model, and the importance of a multi-issue approach.
10 a.m-noon
 Break into small groups and cover the basic nuts and bolts of our strategy

  • Voter ID: What does it mean? How do we do it?
  • Basics of voter registration and effective tabling and canvassing
  • Voter Mobilization and turnout tactics
  • Staying legal: What we can and can’t do as non-partisan 501 (c) 3 organizations
Noon-1 p.m. Lunch
1-2:30 p.m. Focus Workshops (choose one)

  • Integrating grassroots fundraising and membership recruitment into our outreach to voters.
  • Communicating with people/talking to your neighbors.
  • Working to build power in disenfranchised communities - low-income communities, youth, people of color, and immigrant communities.
  • Effective voter empowerment strategies in rural communities - challenges and ideas.
3-5 p.m. Organization break-out and planning

We'll divide into organizational groups (KFTC, JwJ, etc.) and plan how we're going to hit our voter empowerment goals. 
5-5:30 p.m. Evaluate the weekend!