In honor of “National Day of Service“, the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund is hosting a “Civic Engagement Volunteer Training and Neighborhood Canvass” for young leaders who want to become volunteers and assist the Texas League with voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities between now and Election Day.

At the training, volunteers will get deputized and learn the ins-and-outs of voter registration, including participating in a neighborhood canvass, whereby participants will go out into the community and register eligible voters.

If you would like to get deputized (you must be deputized before you can register voters), you must come early to the training between 9:15am-9:45am. The training will start at 10:00am.

Training is FREE! Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. However, you must REGISTER.

Along with the regularly scheduled events, this year the Campaign Against Violence will be showcasing local artist and talent. Acts include Blizz McFly, Prophetic, Cincere, Pizzle, The Cranberry Show, Kimberlee Laske, Adi of Growing Nation, Jazzie, Mech & Drez, Gerald Walker, P-Rock, Lah Kid, Armagideon, FloMasta Squad, and Dukalion.

“We believe that there are so many positive people in this city,” said the Campaign Against Violence’s State Director Jayme Montgomery. “We want to celebrate all the great youth and young adults that live in our community.”

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The Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund (Texas League) hosts the first of a series of facilitator trainings for community-based leaders and organizers. Facilitators are Texas League’s liaison to collaborating organizations who have committed to providing volunteers and resources to the Texas League’s voter registration and GOTV efforts. Marty Morrison (center picture), Community Outreach Officer, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar’s Office, deputized facilitators at the training. For more information on becoming a facilitator or to get your organization involved, please contact Blake Green at blake@youngvoter.org.

The Texas League of Young Voters  Education Fund  (Texas League) registers Young Money’s new recording artist, Just Brittany, at the 4th Annual Hip Hop for HIV Awareness Concert in Houston.  The Texas League partnered with Radio One’s KBXX 97.9 the Box and event organizers to register voters during the event. Hip Hop for HIV Awareness is one of the largest and most successful HIV and syphilis screening events in the country.

Come out and make a difference in Columbus!

Saturday, July 31st
St. Peters Church
1763 Cleveland Avenue
10am – 2pm

Facebook Event – RSVP

Hosted by Kwesi Low and featuring hip hop artist Rasul the Knowbody
Beverages and Snacks will be provided

Kwesi Low, Ohio Coordinator

Columbus, OH – Based in Columbus since 2004, LYVEF Ohio has had strong community and campus chapters around the state, especially in Toledo and Cincinnati, which have risen and fallen with funding capacity. Over the years, LYVEF Ohio has focused on college access and affordability, economic and social justice issues, as well as nonpartisan voter registration, GOTV, election protection and election administration. In 2009, LYVEF Ohio focused on green jobs, gun violence, and affordable house and recreation programs for youth. We will continue to build and strengthen our states wide coalition and do sufficient trainings to have our constituents doing lobbying on the state level by midyear. We also worked to list build and register voters in preparation for the 2010 midterm elections, as well as promote participation in the census. In February we hired on Kwesi Low as a community organizer in Columbus, Ohio as part of our State Based Apprenticeship Program to ramp-up our civic engagement and census activities.

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