WEBVTT 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:18.000 NLIHC – Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 Webinar Series – Countdown to Election 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.000 Day: Getting Out the Vote! – October 21, 2024 Live captioning by 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.000 AI-Media COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Welcome, everybody. 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:30.000 Please feel free to introduce yourself in the chat and where your calling in 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.000 from. We are also going to 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:37.000 ask have you voted, what is your voting plan and how are you going to 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:43.000 get voters to come out in your community? If you can share that in the 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:48.000 chat as people come in from the waiting room. Welcome, everybody. We will get 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:52.000 started in just two minutes. As people are coming in from the 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:57.000 waiting room, please share where you are calling in from in the chat and 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:03.000 if you have voted already, or if you have a voting plan, or if you are 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000 taking steps to encourage others in your community to vote, you can share 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:32.000 that in the chat, as well. 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:39.000 Alright, I am seeing some great voting plans in here. 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:40.000 I s 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.000 e 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:42.000 e 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.000 Marie from New Mexico is voting early 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:47.000 , 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:53.000 Kelly from Fort Collins is doing ballot drop-off, 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.000 Desiree from Georgia has already voted and is encouraging others, amazing. 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:59.000 Marinda 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:05.000 voted absentee already, thank you so much. 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:09.000 Laurie has also received notification that their vote was counted, that is 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:10.000 amazing. 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:16.000 There is a lot of voting plans coming in, please continue to share those in 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:17.000 the chat. 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:33.000 We will wait another 30 seconds or so for people to come in. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:38.000 Please continue to feel free to share your voting plans in the chat. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.000 We will get started. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.000 I am Courtney Cooperman, I used she/her pronouns, and I'm the project 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.000 manager of NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes campaign. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:51.000 Thank you for joining 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:57.000 the webinar, it's hard to believe this is the 14th webinar we have done in 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:02.000 this series in 2024 and the topic today is Countdown to Election Day: Getting 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.000 Out the Vote! If you are tuning into this webinar for 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:11.000 the first time today, I encourage you to check out the archive of our past 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:16.000 webinars, and we will drop the link in the chat. Again, feel free to keep 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:21.000 introducing yourselves and we will go ahead and dive into the program. We can 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:25.000 go to the slide. Thank you. Election day is just two 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:30.000 weeks away, two weeks and one day, but for most of the country, election day 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:37.000 is not the only day to vote, it is just the last date of vote for Early voting 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:43.000 and vote by mail are underway, as we can see from those of you who voted, 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:48.000 and now it's the all hands on deck effort to get voters to the polls. 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:53.000 Today we have a group of panelists will talk about a range of effective 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.000 and creative get out the vote tactics such as coordinating rise to the polls, 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:02.000 reaching out to community members who have not yet voted and activating 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.000 voters through artistic or expression. 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.000 I'm honored to have here with us today Krystal Barrett, programs coordinator 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:14.000 for the Center for Artistic Activism, Sarah Kovich, founder of Rideshare2Vote 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:18.000 Aware, Jen Thomas, community engagement manager of the Housing Alliance of 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:22.000 Pennsylvania, and Jan Bechtel resident services program and manager at HDC 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:23.000 MidAtlantic. 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:26.000 A few housekeeping items as always, first, the webinar is being recorded. 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:31.000 We will distribute the recordings and the links in this week's edition of our 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:35.000 Friday email newsletter, the Connection. We will post the recording 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.000 on our wood -- YouTube channel by the end of the week. We have closed 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:45.000 captioning enabled, thank you for the captioner for being here today. Please 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.000 ask questions using acuity future through the webinar. So many people 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:54.000 attending, it can be hard to catch the great questions in the chat so we are 00:04:54.000 --> 00:05:00.000 more like the to get to them if they are in the Q&A. Speaking of attack, we 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.000 ask everybody engage thoughtfully and respectfully, and lit by the platinum 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:10.000 rule: treat others the way they want to be treated even if it is different than 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:16.000 the way you were to be treated. A reminder that Our Homes, Our Votes is 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:20.000 100% nonpartisan, meaning we do not endorse or favor specific candidates or 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:23.000 political parties. Our goal is to build the voting power 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:28.000 of low income renters, so we can hold elected officials accountable to 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.000 prioritize housing justice. With that, I'm going to hand it over to 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:36.000 Crystal to get us started with the panelist participating. KRYSTAL 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:41.000 BARRETT: Thank you for having me. I am Krystal Barrett, my pronouns are 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:45.000 she heard -- she heard on the Program Coordinator at the Center for Artistic 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.000 Activism. 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:52.000 Next slide, I will share about the Center. We are nonprofit that hurts 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.000 -- helps people like me-- 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:01.000 use creativity and social justice work and we do this through different talks, 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:08.000 trainings, and webinars like this. We do it through research, 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:13.000 what really works and artistic activism and we also create and share 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:17.000 resources so we can help as many people as possible. We are nonpartisan. 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:28.000 That has been around for 15 years, and I am based in Orlando, Florida, 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:32.000 but we're all over. We have worked on a huge range of 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:38.000 issues over the years on the next slide you will see a lot of different issues 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:42.000 that we have worked on. This is not complete. He always trust 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:47.000 that people we are working with to be experts on those issues, and what we 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:52.000 bring in is expertise in artistic activism. On the next slide, we have to 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:57.000 artistic activism all over the years, in person in 20 some countries across 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:01.000 six continents and reaching thousands more places and people online. 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:06.000 A huge focus of hours of the past couple of years is at home in the 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:10.000 united states in protecting the freedom to vote, and bring 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:18.000 innovation to voters. 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:23.000 We have a short video to give a sense of what Unstoppable Voters is all 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:26.000 about. (Video plays) SPEAKER: Helping to get 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:30.000 voters motivated into the polls as a team of unconventional people that 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:35.000 describe themselves as artistic activists. (Music plays) 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.000 SPEAKER: For some, election season has turned into a circus. 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:45.000 (Music plays) 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:49.000 SPEAKER: The Compton cowboys writing their way to the 00:07:49.000 --> 00:08:02.000 ballot drop affects the library. 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:20.000 They are participating in a program called Unstoppable Voters. (Music plays) 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.000 KRYSTAL BARRETT: Thank you. That's a little bit about Unstoppable 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.000 Voters. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:30.000 Now I am going to show you some of the work creative folks are doing this 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.000 year. This is a little tidbit of 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:39.000 two projects, there is so much more to share and so much more I can say about 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.000 each one. Just to give you a taste., to start. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:47.000 One of our Unstoppable Voters, (unknown name), is working in Wisconsin to engage 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:55.000 voters and religion, to register to vote, to in understand legislation, 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:59.000 and she is doing this through artistic activism campaign called Light 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:00.000 the vote. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.000 She is using this hashtag 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:03.000 #WIglo 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:04.000 w 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:05.000 t 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:06.000 g 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:07.000 og 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:08.000 ether 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:09.000 , WI 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:10.000 like 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:12.000 Wisconsin. She dealt this campaign and really 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.000 wanted to 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:21.000 celebrate early voting and voters. 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:25.000 On the next slide you will see fun candle making supplies. During 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:26.000 different organizing events, 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:31.000 (unknown name) has set up a candle in station and invites folks to make their 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:35.000 own candles. You can see in the photo that there is 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:41.000 different since you can choose from, dried flowers and crystals 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:47.000 to personalize it and make it yours. People get excited about it. 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:53.000 I had the chance to go to Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago to see it and it 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:58.000 was cool to see how excited people got because it was a little different to 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:03.000 your average organizing table. On the next slide, you will see that 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.000 (unknown name) engaging folks in conversation and rally voting and civic 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:11.000 engagement while they are making their candles. This is a voter who is 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:14.000 updating their registration after discovering that they were registered 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:16.000 at a former address. 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:21.000 We like to pull out takeaways to share with folks, and encourage you to use 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:26.000 these in your own work. A principal or take away (unknown name) 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:31.000 used that we find works in creative campaigns is 'Make It Easy' assay, "Yes! 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:32.000 ", Asking somebody 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:40.000 if they want to check their registration status, some eight say yes, 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:45.000 sometimes it may say no. If you asked them to make a candle and 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:50.000 personalize it, a lot of times they say yes excitedly to that. People love free 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:54.000 stuff, too, and that's an easy way to make them say yes. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:59.000 On the next slide, we have make a participatory. We like to say, don't 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:04.000 just talk at people, let them do something for themselves. Since the 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.000 candlemaking took some time, (unknown name) was able to engage in 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:11.000 conversations like I mentioned, around voting and subject -- civic engagement 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:16.000 and she had the captive audience and was able to take advantage of that, 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:21.000 which was really hopeful. Next I am going to share just one other 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:25.000 example from another fellow of hours, Caroline works at the Chinese-American 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:26.000 planning Council, COC-- CPC 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:34.000 in New York, social services organization with 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:38.000 50 program serving 80,000 community members. They have so many different 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:39.000 programming including early childhood education, 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.000 afterschool programming, English classes, Senior care and so much more. 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:48.000 There community members are mostly Chinese-American or AAPI 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.000 immigrant, low income, low English proficiency 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.000 . 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.000 Carolyn's job on the next slide 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.000 has been to grow 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:59.000 CPC's 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:04.000 civic engagement work, she was in the middle, and there is a lot of apathy 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:08.000 here and lack of education around voting and civic engagement in the 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.000 community. 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:15.000 Carolyn discovered classic get out the vote tactics were not working well and 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:20.000 she wanted to starting something new. On average, they would do tabling 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:25.000 events like in the photo for three hours at a time and sometimes only get 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:30.000 two people registered to vote, if that. After going through our artistic 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.000 activity using -- 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:37.000 activism training she thought of ideas to engage CPC folks during this big 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:44.000 city advocacy data they have. You will see 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:49.000 over 600 people attended, a lot of folks in the picture, the city advocacy 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:55.000 Day. In the next photo, Carolyn actually 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:59.000 decided to implement this Dragon imagery and messaging, all across the 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:05.000 event and in advertising leading up to the event and so on. She chose a really 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.000 culturally relevant image that people love. She put the Dragon imagery 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.000 through the whole event. This area here in the photo 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.000 is a photo 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:19.000 booth station, and 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:24.000 a station where folks can flip the narrative where folks can talk about, I 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.000 got the power to make a difference for my family 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:33.000 for voting instead of being told, just make sure you vote. She capitalized on 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.000 social media and photo taking and strangers were actually stopping and 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:41.000 taking photos and wanting to get involved in this. You can see a red 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:43.000 carpet ask set up\--0esque 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:49.000 set up 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:54.000 and people were wearing Dragon imagery and Dragon has some people love. She 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:59.000 implemented the Dragon throughout. Even the little Dragon cut out on the 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:03.000 sign, but she really wanted to include that throughout so people recognize to 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:06.000 that. She made multiple methods of engagement. 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:11.000 At this event, people could register to vote, they can make a plan to vote, 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:14.000 they can write a postcard to their legislators. 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.000 And they even got prices for each within 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:18.000 the theme of the Dragon. 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:29.000 People loved it, you will see again, 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:34.000 there's a couple Dragon hats in the photo, and someone is in a Dragon 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.000 costume, too. Like I mentioned, impact events they 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:43.000 would not get a lot of engagement or people, but in this when they got 16 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:47.000 voter registrations, 29 votes -- plans to vote, and 289 postcard which is a 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:55.000 huge difference that Carolyn has seen. Some takeaways we have, plany 00:14:55.000 --> 00:15:00.000 on local culture, know your audience. Using elements of the culture that will 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.000 speak to people and bring them in, in positive ways, it's really objective -- 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.000 effective. Also make irresistible images. All of 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:11.000 the Dragon imagery was so eye-catching and unforgettable for folks. 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:16.000 The last Takeaway I want to mention is to center celebration, hope and joy. 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.000 Really, both 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:21.000 Caroline and (unknown name) from Wisconsin did this in their work. 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.000 You all know this, 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:28.000 it can be really effective to center these things because 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.000 in the challenging social justice work we do that, it is often the opposite 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.000 feelings. than celebrating and hope and joy. This 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.000 is 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:43.000 able to be celebrating and bring people in. 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:47.000 How can you bring more innovation and inspiration to your final get out the 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:50.000 vote work? It is so close. 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:55.000 He used the principles I mention. Make it easy to say yes, make a 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.000 participatory, center the celebration hope and joy, and so on. You can infuse 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:05.000 this into your activism to make it more creative and reach a wider audience. 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:11.000 A really quick exercise that we love, he'll have to do this now, but if you 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:17.000 do it please you do not have to do this now but please share in the chat. 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:22.000 Think, feel, do. 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:27.000 It's effective for activism. A lot of times in activism, we focus on 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:32.000 facts which is the think, and good activism has two include a call to 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:36.000 action, which is to do. People really act from emotion, from 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.000 feeling. Feeling in their gut. It is what is 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:43.000 overlooked often in activism when really it is maybe the most important 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.000 piece. It is the motivation for people to take 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:51.000 action or the driving force. You can get really specific about how 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:55.000 you want people to feel. This is an example of a feelings wheel, 00:16:55.000 --> 00:17:00.000 maybe you have seen this before and it breaks down emotions, down to core 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:05.000 elements and subsets them. On the next slide, he will see, you can 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:09.000 get at court emotions. Core emotions that we have seen being 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:17.000 most effective around voting are happiness, joy, surprise. You can see 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:21.000 think specifically about what subset of joy or surprise you want them to 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:28.000 feel, valued, respected, thankful. Getting the specific can be a Northstar 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:33.000 to guide you into how to approach the work. We have so many more exercises 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:39.000 but my time is coming up, but I also want to share some other things we have 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.000 done as we have put together a 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:46.000 cool toolkit to help you in voter engagement and social justice work 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.000 called Unleashing Unstoppable Voters. 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:51.000 It takes you step-by-step in implementing and evaluating civic 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.000 engagement campaigns. 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.000 They give, the link is in the chat. You can actually 00:17:55.000 --> 00:18:00.000 download it for free too. 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:04.000 It's cool for explorations, case studies, inspiration, exercises and 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.000 more. On the next slide, 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:12.000 these are examples from the toolkit of different activities. Making an 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.000 audience persona to really examine your audience, learning about strategies and 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:19.000 goals, the best way to approach your goals and objectives. 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:28.000 Again, you can download that for free. In the chat. 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:33.000 I just want to close with saying we have so much more going on, just like 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:39.000 you all do, but you could check out some of the other projects we are 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:44.000 supporting through a program called Art to the Polls, it's in the chat. 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:49.000 Please reach out to me if you want to talk about campaigns, if any of this 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:55.000 inspired you and you want to your more. This is all a little tidbit of each 00:18:55.000 --> 00:19:01.000 thing so I'm happy to talk more and I will put my email in the chat, as well. 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:04.000 Thank you so much. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much. 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:09.000 We are going to need to have you back another time to go through the 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:13.000 exercises because I am feeling very inspired and want to dig deeper. 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:17.000 Appreciate all the work that you're doing and the work that your partners 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:21.000 are doing to activate your communities. We will do questions for all of the 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:26.000 panelist together at the end, so please put your questions for Krystal in the 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:31.000 Q&A and will circle back in a few minutes. Now I am going to pass it over 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:34.000 to Sarah for Rideshare2Vote Aware. SARAH KOVICH: Hi, everybody. I'm 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.000 pleased to be here today. I have COVID for the first time, so 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:43.000 bear with me as I tried to get through this. Rideshare2Vote Aware is exactly 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:47.000 what it sounds like, we are the ride portion of someone's voting plan, 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:51.000 meeting their last step should be to make a reservation with us to get a 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:56.000 free ride or complementary ride to go and vote. Richard from our team is 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.000 here, and he is going to share our video. It will describe more about us, 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:04.000 and that I will talk more at the end. 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.000 Take it away, Richard. 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:11.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Richard, I am giving you the permission to screen 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:23.000 share. I think you should have it now. 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:28.000 SARAH KOVICH: Think you, Courtney. 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:32.000 Audio. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:35.000 Video Mac 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:40.000 Video Mac 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:44.000 We are not quite as inept as the artists in this. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:47.000 Richard, you may need to started. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.000 RICHARD WILLIAMS: No sound? 00:20:48.000 --> 00:21:09.000 SARAH KOVICH: No sound. 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:15.000 This portion will tell you about where we came from, we started in 2018 in 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:17.000 Texas. Myself and my daughter are cofounders. 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:21.000 Without, Richard, take it away. RICHARD WILLIAMS: Try this again. SARAH 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:28.000 KOVICH: Thanks, Richard. (Video plays) 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:32.000 JEN THOMAS: Before you share your screen there is a checkbox that says 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:36.000 share sound. RICHARD WILLIAMS: It is 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:41.000 not giving me the option for that. JEN THOMAS: On the right side. Do you 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:44.000 see it? RICHARD WILLIAMS: I see it, it is 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:48.000 greyed out. JEN THOMAS: Courtney, he may need to 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:51.000 be a hose. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: You need to 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:53.000 unshared the sound on our side 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:55.000 , 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:59.000 but I will make you a cohost in case that helps. 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:03.000 SPEAKER: The box is not checked for me anymore. 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:06.000 SARAH KOVICH: Ready for him to try again? 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Yes. 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:10.000 SARAH KOVICH: 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:13.000 Sorry but that, thank you for your patience. 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:15.000 RICHARD WILLIAMS: It is still greye 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.000 d out. 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:22.000 I will try the video again. 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:24.000 Video Mac SARAH KOVICH: Let me tell you 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:27.000 , 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:32.000 we have been around since 2018 we started in Texas. We will be in 20 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:36.000 states this year. We are pleased to say we have had a 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:41.000 very robust response to volunteering and we are now moving into 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:48.000 G -- RGOTV, 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:53.000 what this consists of is reaching out to about 3 million unique voters this 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:59.000 year, hoping to reach each of them at least two times to invite them on our 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:03.000 right to vote. That is all that we ask them about, we 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:09.000 assume that all of the rooms prior to us, many of you on the caller others of 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:14.000 you are telling people about it's time to vote, you are telling them it is 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:18.000 time to plan. Now you can tell them that they can 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:23.000 actually book a ride. The link is in the chat and you can 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:27.000 share the link out. They can go directly to it, it is like 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:30.000 booking a bus ride or booking 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:34.000 an airline flight. They pick when they want to go, they 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:38.000 pick where they are located and put in their address and our 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:42.000 backend is all textbased, it will connect them, it functions just like 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:46.000 Uber and Lyft, it will distract the driver to the voter, 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:55.000 pickup into around trick ride, wait for the voter. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:24:00.000 They are trained to be allies, and if there's any issues at the time of 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:08.000 voting, they know how to help walk the voter through so everything 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:12.000 can get finished even if it's a provisional ballot. For those of you 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:18.000 that don't know us, please take a minute to get to know us a little bit. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:24.000 We would love to be helpful in all of the different areas that you all are 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:27.000 working. We are truly the last mile. There is 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:33.000 not a lot that you need to do other than let folks know that we exist. When 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:39.000 you do that, what you are guaranteeing is that someone is going to cast their 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:42.000 ballot. You can trust that. That is the cool 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:46.000 part about what we do. In terms of the outreach, we is pretty 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:50.000 traditional outreach, mostly text. and calls. We are not doing anything 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.000 other than telling folks 00:24:52.000 --> 00:25:03.000 , there is voting in your area now, and you need to go vote. Here's the kicker – 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:09.000 if you are not ready to use us this year, get NOS and little bit and we run 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:12.000 year-round. We will turn right around and be back 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:18.000 on the road in January of next year, hundred and 75 elections next year and 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:24.000 in 26 we do midterms and all of that. We don't ever stop rolling. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:30.000 Please let us know you like to work with us. We can work with your teams to 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:34.000 collect collateral materials to pass out and include our program into 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:38.000 whatever work you are doing to get out the vote. 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.000 I will stop there. 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:43.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much, Sarah and Richard. Appreciate the point 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:44.000 about 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:48.000 every year's election year. You do not stop rolling after November 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:51.000 5, 2024. 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:57.000 We are getting a few questions for you. Are you able to stick around until 00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:59.000 the end? SARAH KOVICH: Yes. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:05.000 I don't want to keep you on any longer than needed. Thank you so much for 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:09.000 being here. We will get back to all of these great 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:14.000 questions in a few minutes. I am now going to pass it over to Jen 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:17.000 Thomas and Jan Bechtel from Pennsylvania. JEN THOMAS: Hi, 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:22.000 everybody, I want to thank Courtney and the NLIHC staff are helping us here 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:27.000 today to talk a little bit about what is going on in Pennsylvania 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:37.000 for getting out the vote. 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:43.000 Thank you for the work that everybody else is doing, it is so cool and so 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:49.000 exciting, cannot wait to look into it more. My name is Jen Thomas, I use 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:52.000 she/her pronouns and on the community engagement manager of Housing Alliance 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.000 Pennsylvania. This year we were selected as one of 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:01.000 NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes grantees. We are one of the pilot committees. The 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:06.000 way we are approaching the work, next to slide, please. A little bit about 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:11.000 the Housing Alliance, first, before I go into the voting is we are a 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:14.000 statewide coalition working to make sure all Pennsylvanians, especially 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:19.000 those with the lowest incomes, have access to safe, decent and affordable 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:21.000 homes. We do this by promoting and working 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:26.000 with stakeholders across the state and the core issues that we work on our 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:29.000 eviction prevention, affordable rental, homelessness, healthy housing, Blight 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:33.000 land banks and homeownership. We do this through advocacy and 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:35.000 lobbying, education and offering technical assistance without 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.000 traumatic--. 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:41.000 We are selected as a pilot community from Our Homes, Our Votes 2024 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:46.000 initiatives and through the work, what we're doing is we're supporting and 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:49.000 training and providing tools organizations across the state of 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.000 Pennsylvania 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:55.000 to engage the people that they served, the people that they house, and the 00:27:55.000 --> 00:28:00.000 people in their communities encouraging them to register to vote, to get out 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:04.000 the vote, helping them understand why it matters. We currently have 40 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:09.000 partners across the state and this goes from housing providers to housing 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:12.000 authorities, homeless service providers, libraries, and we really are 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:17.000 running the game at when it comes to our partners for this project. Next 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:20.000 slide, please. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:25.000 In Pennsylvania today today's the last day to register to vote or update voter 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:28.000 registration status. I have highlighted on the screen what 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:33.000 our priorities are for the next two weeks, and that is helping people 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:37.000 request and return their mailing or absentee ballot, and getting people out 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:42.000 to the polls for election day. After today, after our partners to one 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:47.000 final push for registrations, we are going to be moving into that, OK, 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:52.000 here is the voter education and mobilization we need to do for the next 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:55.000 two weeks for these important dates. Next slide, please. Again, 00:28:55.000 --> 00:29:00.000 these two civic holidays have passed, so we are focusing on the two 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:03.000 highlighted ones. A lot of our partners are really 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:06.000 encouraging the earlier voting, that way 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:10.000 folks can vote early to avoid long lines, last-minute challenges and it 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:13.000 gives people more flex ability, 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:17.000 whether that is due to work or childcare interpretation issues. A lot 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.000 of our partners are hosting 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:22.000 events, sending 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.000 reminders and distributing 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:28.000 to their communities. 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:32.000 Our two focuses for the next two weeks are voter education 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:35.000 and voter mobilization. 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:38.000 All of the partners we have worked with 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:43.000 , 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:48.000 have people that have filled out the pledge card pledging to follow to vote. 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:55.000 They're doing a lot of follow-up of the individuals to encourage them to 00:29:55.000 --> 00:30:00.000 think through their plan, the house, the when and how they will vote, shared 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:04.000 tools and resources that will help them create the plan, 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:07.000 that for transportation and ID requirements, making sure that voters 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:11.000 know their rights, making sure that people are equipped with the voter 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:17.000 protection hotline numbers in case they run into any issues at the polls, and 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:21.000 then really sending out a lot of communications about the key dates in 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:24.000 Pennsylvania. A lot of our partners are doing 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.000 newsletters, flyers, social media pushes and other forms of 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:30.000 communications. Another thing we are focusing on our 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:36.000 rides to and from the polls. A lot of our partners have set this up. 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:41.000 Folks that filled out the pledge to vote cards may have checked off, "I 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:46.000 need a ride to the pole" the partners on the ground are following up with 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:48.000 these individuals to begin happen 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:58.000 . We are encouraging 00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:03.000 early voting, vote by mail, a lot of partners are doing Lunch & Learn's, how 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:08.000 to fill out the voting card correctly. Pennsylvania, a few years ago had many 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:12.000 thousands of voter applications not counted because they were either filled 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:17.000 out on on correctly -- incorrectly, so we're making sure that people know how 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:21.000 to fill in them 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:24.000 male and ballot. And nowhere to take it, maybe they 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:28.000 missed the deadline to mail, because postmarks are not enough in 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:33.000 Pennsylvania, I don't know how it is in other dates, but if it's postmarked 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:38.000 before November 5 it will not be counted. We want to make sure the mail 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:43.000 and ballots are getting to the appropriate places. We are focusing on 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.000 pledging the vote. Research shows that when people make a 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:51.000 pledge, they are more likely to commit to that pledge. We are following up 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:56.000 with people who filled out the cards, and making sure that they have their 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:00.000 plan to vote. Next slide, please. Something else we 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:04.000 are really focusing on, rather than just pushy, here's why you vote, vote, 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:09.000 vote, we want to know why people are voting. We have it asking, which 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:13.000 services impact you the most? We learn when you highlight the 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:17.000 connection between voting and access to essential services like healthcare, 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:20.000 housing, education, childcare, individual are more encouraged to 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:24.000 become more informed about political issues and participate more actively in 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:27.000 elections. The focus is on advocating for their 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:30.000 collective interests, in their communities collective interests, so we 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:35.000 have found that this has been an impactful way to get people to pledge 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:40.000 to vote, by talking about what really matters to them and families and their 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:43.000 communities. With that, I am really excited to pass 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:49.000 it over to Jan, one of our awesome partners and has been for the last few 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:54.000 years in this voter engagement work, to talk about what they are doing on the 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:58.000 ground for getting out the vote in Pennsylvania. Take it away. JAN 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:03.000 BECHTEL: Hi, everybody, it's good to be here. Thank you for all the other 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:08.000 partners that shared out the work they are doing. Crystal, it is amazing. I 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:13.000 will deathly be in contact with you soon, and Sarah and Richard, appreciate 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:18.000 what you're doing with rideshare. We have had the honor of working with 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:22.000 the Housing Alliance for a number of years with act -- advocacy incoming 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:27.000 part of the Our Homes, Our Votes campaign this year has been tremendous. 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:32.000 We have all kind of resources and information. I am new to the work this 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:39.000 year, so it's informative to be part of the webinars to learn how to do it and 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:44.000 do it well, to be in support of our residents. At at HDC MidAtlantic, we 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:49.000 provide affordable housing advocacy in three states and as my job as program 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:54.000 manager is to lead the work in our community. A lot of the work that we 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:59.000 have been doing, we are continuing. We are just shifting the focus. We have 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:03.000 been going out to communities, going to events, and then sharing out 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:07.000 information about registration,. It is not always something people want 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:12.000 to talk about, but they will go to bingo and go to other fall tests and 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.000 other kind of events, so I slide in there and share that information. Now 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:21.000 we are focused on three things: access to voting, safety, and then resources 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:24.000 for information. Safety has been a huge one. We are 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:28.000 fighting a lot more residents in our communities are nervous about going to 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:34.000 the polls so mail and pallets have been huge. I have been going to a lot of 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:39.000 events and sharing a little workshops about how to fill them out, how to seal 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:44.000 them, and how to return them in a timely manner and we are going to 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:49.000 continue to do those that at events at those that need assistance in that way. 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:54.000 We have been talking with residents about how to be safe when they go to 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:58.000 vote, and going together. Bodying up and going to vote, maybe 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:01.000 going for breakfast or lunch, or dinner, and making an event 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:04.000 of it. And thinking about transportation, and 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:09.000 how we can help people get so into so inaccessible way. We've also been 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:12.000 sharing out 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.000 information. The access is so important in terms of 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:16.000 mail and pallet transportation, 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:24.000 because everybody has good intention to vote but if they cannot 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:29.000 get there, it hinders their ability to vote. 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:34.000 One thing I have been asked a lot about from our residences, does my 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:36.000 voice count? I keep reminding them 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:41.000 to think about the reason that they are voting, the reason they registered 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:46.000 in the first place, and why it is so important. 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:51.000 One of the biggest reasons is the roof over their head. Affordable housing is 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:57.000 a big issue in a big concert and continues to be a big concern, so we're 00:35:57.000 --> 00:36:00.000 talking about the importance of getting to the polls, 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:05.000 and voting to ensure that others have affordable housing and the benefits it 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.000 brings. Another thing we're doing with the 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:11.000 staff is the Friday morning mixers, reminding our staff to also 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:17.000 get out the vote, and to be out there voting and talking to people. And 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:21.000 encouraging them to take someone to vote to increase people showing up. Use 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:24.000 the pledge cards, because that was 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:29.000 awesome, and a tool to think about what is needed to vote and how to plan 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:35.000 it out, even if they are doing a male and valid, thinking about when they 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:37.000 need to 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:41.000 have it in. We are trying to help people return 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:46.000 them, and be in support of them in doing that. The other thing that I 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:52.000 really think has been helpful for ours us is the QR code is that we have been 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:56.000 giving out. I'm trying to get a little crafty., not 00:36:56.000 --> 00:37:04.000 as artistic as Krystal, 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:09.000 trying to make them as appealing as possible, having English and Spanish on 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.000 them. He of data on of canvassing and we're 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:16.000 going to go back out and give us again. 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:22.000 To see if their plan is an action, if they have received their ballot, and if 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.000 they need assistance in filling them out. 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:30.000 I was in a community in Bethlehem the other night, I was there at 8:30 PM 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:35.000 helping people who had gotten mail in ballots, check on the balance of the 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:41.000 mail invalid, and making sure that 00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:46.000 they know where they are. If they decide not to go to the polls, 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:52.000 how to get a million valid, so they can still vote and carry out the plan. We 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:58.000 found out sharing this information is effective. And 00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:02.000 where to go for nonpartisan information. There's so much 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:06.000 information out there come on TV ads, and make sure we are using reliable 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:11.000 resources that we have been using Vote411, League of Women Voters, Our 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:13.000 Homes, Our Votes, Turbo Vote 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:18.000 to give a lot of information, and helping people to know where to go. 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.000 When the polls are open, 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:27.000 I am volunteering to be a poll worker so I am trying to get some residents to 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:32.000 volunteer as well, and getting them active in the process to kind of help 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:37.000 them feel safe about going through that. Our goal is to just continue 00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:40.000 information, support, and answering questions and being a resource right up 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:44.000 until November 5 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:50.000 at 8 PM when the polls close, and we are going to try to hit all of the 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:54.000 communities. I tried to get all of the communities 00:38:54.000 --> 00:39:01.000 as possible, and that's a lot of communities on doing a lot of driving. 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:05.000 Encouraging residents to vote, and if they need support, helping them to 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:10.000 problem solve and think through that and getting them to the polls. That is 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:14.000 where we are at. Thinking you for your time, 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:19.000 this has been a cool experiences I have met a lot of cool experience in 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:23.000 working with residents around this has been impactful and informative. I will 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:28.000 turn it back over to Jen. JEN THOMAS: Thank you so much, Jan. 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:34.000 I am blown away by the work you are doing at HDC, 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:40.000 and that is just one example of some of the work that is going on in 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:45.000 Pennsylvania with her other partners doing also amazing work. We are really 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:49.000 excited about our work, and we cannot do without the National Low Income 00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:52.000 Housing Coalition. We are appreciative of you. COURTNEY 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:58.000 COOPERMAN: Thank you so much Jen and Jan, we are stoked to have both of you 00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:02.000 as partners in this work. Jan, 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:06.000 it's hard to believe this is your first election cycle doing this work, 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:10.000 because everything you are doing is so impressive and comprehensive. We 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:14.000 appreciated you attending the webinar series throughout the year and it 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:19.000 contributing so as much to us. We are going to dive into some 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:24.000 questions so I invite all of the panelist to come back on/, so we are 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:30.000 trying to get through as many as we can in our time. A few questions for Sarah 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:33.000 regarding the availability of Rideshare2Vote Aware in different 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:36.000 states. I see that Richard shared this in the 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:40.000 Q&A, but it would be helpful just to share verbally 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:45.000 Haswell of where can somebody find a list of states or areas where 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:48.000 Rideshare2Vote Aware is available? SARAH KOVICH: That is on our website, 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:55.000 I will drop the link in just a minute. I cannot get my video to come back on 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:58.000 for some reason, sorry. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: No worries. 00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:09.000 SARAH KOVICH: It's because I suppose. Let me put the link in there, 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:15.000 what we typically do is we are filling up quickly already, 24 is pretty much 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:19.000 completed for us. What we are hoping from this as well as 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:25.000 you folks can find a ride with us is to be able to turn right around and 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:31.000 work with you all in 2025, for those of you that are going to work year-round. 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:36.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Great, that is a good segue to another question we got. 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:41.000 What is the best way to bring your program to a new state and to more 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:44.000 communities? How can people who may not have the 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:50.000 capacity to partner within the next two weeks, but are really excited and want 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:54.000 to do this in 2025 and 2026? What does that onboarding look like? 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:58.000 SIERRA ROYSTER: It simple, going through our partnerships -- SIERRA 00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:01.000 ROYSTER: Simple, going SIERRA ROYSTER: Sarah Mack SARAH 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:11.000 KOVIC: It 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:17.000 is pretty simple, we are a one-stop shop, you can have a small or large a 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:22.000 lift as you want to. Into this we can feed into working with 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:27.000 you whether you have a Geo TV program or not because we can do this with you 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:31.000 and for you. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much. 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:36.000 We also had a question in the Q&A that I wanted to clarify. Rideshare2Vote 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:39.000 Aware is nonpartisan, 501(c)(3). I know the organization has multiple 00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:43.000 divisions. In terms of nonprofits, who are on this 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:47.000 call, you should only be sharing resources from Rideshare2Vote Aware. o 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.000 Not .org URL. RICHARD WILLIAMS: SARHAAH KO 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:50.000 CIVSH 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.000 VIC 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:52.000 H: 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:53.000 W 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:56.000 e 00:42:56.000 --> 00:43:01.000 have multiple entities, and the other thing about Rideshare2Vote Aware is we 00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:02.000 have an ADA 00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:07.000 program and when we partner we put an ADA accessibility man in the community 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:12.000 and run it for voting. 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:14.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: That's another question we had 00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:15.000 , 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:17.000 so that answers that question. 00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:19.000 Another question for Sarah, 00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:20.000 for states where 00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:25.000 you are not partnering with 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:30.000 this year, do you know if any other organizations that are doing similar 00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:32.000 work or do you have 00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:37.000 recommendations for where someone can look if they are looking for a ride in 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:40.000 a state where you're not in? SRAARAH KOVICH 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:41.000 : EW -- W 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:44.000 e dont, 00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:49.000 but that is why we exist, but I suggested 00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:52.000 googling souls to the polls, and the South, 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:57.000 and oftentimes 00:43:57.000 --> 00:44:02.000 churches will put a ride. There will be passive right program is 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:06.000 meeting there may be someone who is running a right to vote -- 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:11.000 ride to vote, but they are not doing outreach about the red, they are 00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:21.000 passively waiting to find them. 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:25.000 Jed mentioned they're doing it in Pennsylvania with some of their groups, 00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:32.000 but she may have a better answer than I do. 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:37.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: I will open that up to Jan and Crystal and Jan. Given the 00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:42.000 suggestions of where people can look for a ride to the polls it is not 00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:44.000 covered in Rideshare2Vote Aware? 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:50.000 JEN THOMAS: I would suggest with reaching out to me directly and I can 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:55.000 reach out to someone in your county that is doing rights to the polls, in 00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:59.000 Pennsylvania. I will drop my email in the chat. 00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:00.000 SRARAH KOVICH 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:01.000 : O 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:02.000 ne 00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:09.000 of the reasons we do this is over that folks like 00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:16.000 Jan don't have to do this, we want to be open and all of the areas to be 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:19.000 conservative. Rides to votes is a very'sy heavylift, 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:24.000 meaning they take a lot of time, energy, effort. Our goal is to make it 00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:30.000 super easy not only for voters to refer to us but to get the ride. 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:35.000 In Pennsylvania, that is great, but we found that that is what happens. 00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:36.000 Someone like Jen 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:41.000 is so good about putting together this thing but she is the pivot point. She 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:47.000 is to get this and do that and that. Consider that when you're looking at 00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:49.000 your own communities. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you. We 00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:54.000 appreciate all of the work that you're doing to streamline and increase the 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:58.000 capacity across the field overall. I will also note that 00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:02.000 if you are in that situation and looking for an organization that 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:07.000 provides rise to the polls in a different state, feel free to reach out 00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:10.000 to us. We don't provide them directly but we 00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:15.000 will retitle local partners, do some digging and try to help you find where 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:19.000 you are looking for. Sharon shared a research in the chat 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:21.000 for Georgia. Thank you, Sharon. 00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:25.000 I have a question for Krystal. 00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:29.000 I love learning about all of the incredible programs that are happening 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:30.000 , 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:41.000 and know that these are the result of years of investment and training 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:47.000 and for people in the audience today, and might feel a little bit like, this 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:52.000 is all great, but what can I bring to my community in the next two weeks? Do 00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:57.000 you have any recommendations for ways that people can bring this spirit of 00:46:57.000 --> 00:47:02.000 artistic Adventism-- activism in light touch ways that can be done between now 00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:05.000 and election day? KRYSTAL BARRETT: Such a great question. 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:10.000 Even from those couple of examples are shared, just implementing a few of 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:12.000 those principles, 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:17.000 I think you can still do that in this time. I would ask, what is something 00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:21.000 different you can do that is not going to be 00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:26.000 the average or regular table or text or phone call or something 00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:32.000 , and so on, that a voter or potential voter is going to see and look away 00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:35.000 from? The question I mentioned before, do you 00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:39.000 want to register to vote? 00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:45.000 It's like, I don't know, I'm walking the other way. Hey, do you want to make 00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:47.000 a candle? That is more exciting. 00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:52.000 We kind of learned this year, too, with other project we worked on, that 00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:59.000 we called it using Trojan horses is kind of a good way to bring people in. 00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:02.000 Appealing to people's interests, and things that they like, 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:06.000 and not in a malicious way, but in a way to 00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:09.000 get their attention and bring them in. 00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:14.000 I would just kind of encourage ask yourself, what are the things that we 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:20.000 can do that are not going to be a heavy lift for you? You all are working 00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:22.000 so hard, and working tirelessly, nonstop. 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:28.000 I would, again ask, what is something a little bit different that we can do to 00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:36.000 make this a little more enjoyable or fun or eye-catching to voters? 00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:41.000 I just tapping into your own creativity, it is all in us. You don't 00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:46.000 have to be an artist, we say, to do this work, because it's about tapping 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:50.000 into the creativity that we all have. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you, Krystal. 00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:56.000 I love the Trojan horses for good. One thing that stood out to me was that 00:48:56.000 --> 00:49:01.000 think, feel, do framing, and how we are really good at the 00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:07.000 think and they do, but tend to miss out on the field, and I feel like even 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:11.000 adjust individual conversations with potential voters to make a voting plan 00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:13.000 , is a potential for feel 00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:14.000 , 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:17.000 and I will carry that with me for the 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:22.000 next week. 00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:25.000 KRYSTAL BARRETT: We are providing personalized nonpartisan ballot 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:28.000 guidance for folks, and one thing we ask 00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:34.000 the voter is, what is a song that gets you pumped up or excited? What is your 00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:35.000 favorite song? 00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:41.000 When we give them their ballot guide, once we have it ready, we will play the 00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:46.000 song for them, if it is alive service, 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:51.000 or we will include a little quickly to YouTube, and remind them, "Hey, when 00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:58.000 you go to vote, player Csonka pump you up." 00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:02.000 People have been really resonating with that. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: I love 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:06.000 that. We had a question in the chat for Jen 00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:09.000 and Jan. do you work with Disability Rights 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:12.000 Pennsylvania? JEN THOMAS: No, we don't at this time 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:15.000 but we are always looking for more partners, 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:22.000 and always happy to meet and connect and see how we can plug you 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:26.000 in for any step in the process. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you. 00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:35.000 Chad, you had 40 partners across the state, in this election cycle 00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:39.000 and there's always room for marshals of JEN THOMAS: Absolutely. COURTNEY 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:44.000 COOPERMAN: Jerry shared in the chat that there is excess or ride -- Acces 00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:45.000 sadride 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:54.000 in New York City, that's a good resource to look into. 00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:59.000 The question in the Q&A about rise to the polls, lots of people have 00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:03.000 expressed concern about liability if they volunteered to give our ride and 00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:05.000 then have an accident. 00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:10.000 Do you have response to people in that situation? Sarah, is that something 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:11.000 that Rideshare2Vote Aware addresses?SARAH KOICHL 00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:12.000 ICHL 00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:21.000 : 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:24.000 We have them show their documents on their 00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:26.000 vehicle, and 00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:33.000 they have insurance, 00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:38.000 just like their insurance would cover if they are driving their neighbor to 00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:41.000 the grocery store. This is a significant issue 00:51:41.000 --> 00:51:44.000 that does need to be addressed when 00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:48.000 biting rise to the polls. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: There's a lot of 00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:51.000 infrastructure including legal infrastructure that 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:55.000 is involved in programs like Rideshare2Vote Aware, this is an 00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:57.000 important consideration. 00:51:57.000 --> 00:52:01.000 We had questions about follow-up information. The webinar is recorded 00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:06.000 and will be posted on the Our Homes, Our Votes website and NLIHC use YouTube 00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:10.000 channel, and we will share the link in the Friday news they 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:17.000 letter, The Connection. 00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:22.000 The links on the landing page in the website where we post the recording, we 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:27.000 also post all of the links that were shared in the chat so it's available 00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:30.000 afterwards for everybody. I am also seeing 00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:34.000 that Pharaoh from New Jersey has shared some 00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:37.000 great elected official events and candid events that they have 00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:42.000 coming up. 00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:48.000 If you're in New Jersey, I encourage you to connect with them, and there is 00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:50.000 some information in the chat. 00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:56.000 Do we have any other questions for our panelists? 00:52:56.000 --> 00:53:00.000 Alright, I am not seeing 00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:04.000 any more questions. I am going to transition 00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:08.000 – oh, I see Pharaoh is raising their hand. 00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:11.000 I can bring you off of mute for a quick 00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:13.000 second, Pharaoh. 00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:22.000 Let me see if I can do that. 00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:26.000 While I am doing that, we had a question from Wanda 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:30.000 regarding community members living in encampments. 00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:35.000 Sarah, is that something that Rideshare2Vote Aware has experience with 00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:39.000 , with providing rides to the polls for people living in encampments? 00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:43.000 SARAH KOVICH: We 00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:49.000 have done this a couple times, it's hard to pull on us unless we have a 00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:52.000 direct partner working. The closest I think we have, 00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:54.000 besides being sent to an encampment is, 00:53:54.000 --> 00:54:00.000 I actually did this in Fort Worth, it was her first gig in 2018. 00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:02.000 There was a crossroads 00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:05.000 in Fort Worth where there is 00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:14.000 oldies for mailboxes and shelters there, 00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:19.000 and we take folks to vote directly from there. It is pretty easy to do, 00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:26.000 but it is best if we have some direction from a partner. 00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:31.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Great, thank you. I know we have a lot of people here who 00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:35.000 work with people experiencing homelessness, so there's a lot of 00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:37.000 potential partners on the call. SARAH KOVICH: Cool, 00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:42.000 it's a tough group. We have set up what we call shuttle 00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:48.000 rides, we have cars lined up, that take one or two at a time, that go back 00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:52.000 and then wait. We are happy to work with folks. It was 00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:57.000 a great experience for me back in 2018. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Awesome. I see 00:54:57.000 --> 00:55:01.000 Pharaoh has put their information in the chat. Do your mind 00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:05.000 dropping your contact information so that people can contact you more 00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:06.000 readily? 00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:10.000 Thank you so much, I have some closing announcements and follow-ups from 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:15.000 questions that were asked last time. We are going to dive into some 00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:19.000 announcements. 00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:24.000 Next Tuesday, October 29, is vote early day. Jan mentioned this and give 00:55:24.000 --> 00:55:28.000 up plug for this. 00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:32.000 This dedicated to promoting and celebrating early voting. There's a lot 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:38.000 of reasons why it makes sense for us to promote early voting to our community 00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:42.000 members, in states where it is available, all of these obstacles to 00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:46.000 voting like long lines, potential issues with voter ID, these all really 00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:49.000 have a disenfranchising impact on low income renters. 00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:54.000 When people go to vote early, they have the opportunity to overcome the 00:55:54.000 --> 00:56:00.000 obstacles and ensure that they can cast their ballots. I encourage you all to 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:05.000 visit the vote early day website, learn how to get involved, post on 00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:09.000 social media, spread the word on early voting on this day, and throughout the 00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:14.000 remainder of the next two weeks. We can go to the next slide. 00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:20.000 I also want to call your attention to a few key resources that you can use to 00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:25.000 get out the vote in your communities throughout the next two weeks. We have 00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:29.000 nonpartisan get out the vote call script. We created this through Our 00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:33.000 Homes, Our Votes. You can use this to directly call 00:56:33.000 --> 00:56:38.000 voters and help them make a voting plan. You can also adapt content from 00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:45.000 this, if you want to do texts or emails or any other sort of outreach but it is 00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:50.000 structured as a phone call script. We will share that link in the chat. 00:56:50.000 --> 00:56:53.000 For the script. We also recently published our latest 00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:57.000 edition of Tenant Talk, my annual newsletter geared towards tenants. This 00:56:57.000 --> 00:57:01.000 is called VOting as Collective Action, and it has contact - 00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:07.000 - content to inspire people to vote. There's direct testimonials 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:10.000 to inspire. If you feel like someone on the 00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:16.000 community that is on the fence of whether to vote, there's a lot of great 00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:21.000 points, there's a lot of great information and is beautifully designed. 00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:26.000 I think we heard about this on our last webinar, two weeks ago, we talked 00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:31.000 about the election protection hotline. For anyone that was not here, I want to 00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:36.000 make sure I leave you with that information. This hotline is a critical 00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:41.000 resource for voters whose right to vote is challenged in any way. You can 00:57:41.000 --> 00:57:44.000 distribute information about the election protection hotline 00:57:44.000 --> 00:57:48.000 to community members so they know where to turn, if they face any 00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:51.000 obstacles to voting. The phone number to call is 00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:56.000 866-OUR-VOTES for English speakers, and as multilingual hotlines, 00:57:56.000 --> 00:58:02.000 so if you go to the website you can see all the different languages listed 00:58:02.000 --> 00:58:05.000 there. I encourage you just read the word 00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:07.000 before election days 00:58:07.000 --> 00:58:09.000 . 00:58:09.000 --> 00:58:16.000 We also have the Turbo Vote 00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:22.000 platform which can motivate voters and help them make a plan to vote. When you 00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:27.000 enter your address on Turbo Vote you will see what to expect on your ballot 00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:32.000 including ballot measures on candidates all the way down to the hyper local 00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:35.000 level. If you or someone you know is feeling 00:58:35.000 --> 00:58:40.000 overwhelmed with voting, because you're not sure what to expect on the ballot, 00:58:40.000 --> 00:58:45.000 take a minute to look at this platform and see what offices you will be voting 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:49.000 for. You can plan ahead. You can find that 00:58:49.000 --> 00:58:55.000 at the link in the chat or by scanning the QR code on the screen. Next slide, 00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:57.000 please. We also received a lot of great 00:58:57.000 --> 00:59:02.000 questions on last week's webinar about safe voting for survivors of domestic 00:59:02.000 --> 00:59:04.000 violence. We have a number of expert 00:59:04.000 --> 00:59:08.000 organizations in this states that have put together summaries of provisions 00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:12.000 available to help survivors vote safely. These can differ a bit 00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:16.000 state-by-state, so some of the resources go into some state specific 00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:20.000 provisions. We will drop the links in the chat and 00:59:20.000 --> 00:59:23.000 theiry are shared in addition of memos to partners, that 00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:28.000 NLIHC email newsletter that went out an hour before the webinar. If you're 00:59:28.000 --> 00:59:33.000 looking for a deeper dive into safe voting for survivors, there's a number 00:59:33.000 --> 00:59:36.000 of links you can find expert information. Next slide, please. Our 00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:42.000 next webinar will take place on Monday, November 4 at 2:30 PM and will focus on 00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:46.000 the theme of overcoming voter suppression and building confidence in 00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:51.000 elections, which will be on a lot of our minds as we are in election day 00:59:51.000 --> 00:59:55.000 eve. I don't know if people call it that but 00:59:55.000 --> 01:00:00.000 I'm going to call it that. To close us out, I will share that 01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:05.000 Our Homes, Our Votes has our network of affiliates, including many of you. 01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:09.000 This is open to all nonpartisan organizations that are committed to 01:00:09.000 --> 01:00:13.000 carrying out this campaign's goals of closing the voter turnout gap between 01:00:13.000 --> 01:00:17.000 low income renters and high income homeowners. We have a listserv for the 01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:21.000 affiliates, regular office hours, and will have a postelection virtual 01:00:21.000 --> 01:00:25.000 affiliates gathering, and there's enhanced access for affiliates to Our 01:00:25.000 --> 01:00:30.000 Homes, Our Votes tools and resources. We will drop that link to apply, it is 01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:34.000 never too late, even after the election, we will still be recruiting 01:00:34.000 --> 01:00:39.000 affiliates because the wheels do not stop turning after election Day this 01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:42.000 year. That brings me to the end of the 01:00:42.000 --> 01:00:46.000 webinar. I will scan to make sure that we do not 01:00:46.000 --> 01:00:51.000 have any outstanding questions. I want to give a big round of a clause 01:00:51.000 --> 01:00:56.000 -- applause to the panelist, for the work they are doing today in and day 01:00:56.000 --> 01:01:01.000 out and taking the time to share about it in this incredibly hectic election 01:01:01.000 --> 01:01:04.000 season. Really appreciate that. Thank you so 01:01:04.000 --> 01:01:05.000 much, everybody. Live captioning by AI-Media (End of