Engaging Our Faith Communities for Free & Democratic Elections

Engaging Our Faith Communities for Free and Democratic Elections 
Tuesday, August 11, 6:30 - 8:00 PM.

On Zoom

Join us for this statewide, virtual training to learn how to engage your faith community for free and democratic elections. 

The right to vote is sacred, fought for over generations and defended throughout the years. In the current administration, we have seen a renewed effort to suppress and limit the right to vote of eligible groups, suppress voter turnout, and purposefully create confusion and mistrust in the electoral system. As trusted messengers, faith communities can share accurate, up-to-date information about voting and have the relational networks to encourage voter turnout through honest conversations and timely reminders.

In this non-partisan training, we will cover:

• What our faith traditions say about voting and the democratic process
• The current attempts to keep eligible Americans from voting through federal interference, voter intimidation, and false anti-immigrant claims of non-citizen voting
• Non-partisan ways you can engage your faith community in the electoral process, including ballot initiatives, and supporting free and democratic elections 
• Example programming and actions that your faith community can take to uplift and make visible the sacred right of voting and our shared values of democracy and voice

Faith communities, faith leaders, and individuals with all levels of experience with get out the vote (GOTV), civic engagement, and initiative education are welcome!