Volunteering Untapped NYC: Reclaim Our Vote (October Event)
Volunteering Untapped NYC is on a mission to build community through volunteering. We host events every month on the second Saturday and partner with local organizations around the city.
This month, we are partnering with Center for Common Ground for a voter mobilization campaign where we will be writing postcards to help get individuals out to vote. The event will take place at Fools Gold NYC (Lower East Side). If in addition to your time you would like to further contribute, we would also appreciate the donation of postcard postage stamps if you feel inclined. If you bring postage, to be most inclusive of the communities that the postcards are sent to, please bring stamps with neutral designs such as sailboats, flowers, coral reefs, barns, etc. Flags are unfortunately associated with voter suppression for many.
If you would still like to attend but are uncomfortable/unable to participate in election related volunteering, we will also have materials available to make cards for Cardz for Kidz, a nonprofit that sends homemade cards around the world to hospitals, foster homes, senior living homes, schools, and directly to patients’ homes.
Afterwards, we’ll stay at Fools Gold NYC to socialize over food and drinks!
About Center for Common Ground (Reclaim our Vote:
The Center for Common Ground is non-partisan, Black and women-led voting rights organization founded in 2018. We work in voter suppression states where more than 20% of voters are voters of color – Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. We know that democracy works best when everyone is invited to participate in it. Unfortunately, there is a stark contrast in whose voices get prioritized in elections. At the Center for Common Ground our goal is to ensure every voter knows their voice and their votes matter. Collaborating with local partners, we strive to mobilize ALL voters of color, both those who consistently participate in elections and those who have yet to exercise their right to vote.
Reclaim Our Vote is our voter mobilization campaign. We educate and empower voters of color in voter suppression states. Since 2020, we have contacted over 23 million voters with election information. We have set an ambitious goal for this election: reaching 18 million Black voters in our target states and increasing Black voter turnout by 10%.
Socials
Volunteering Untapped socials are an optional way to further socialize with other volunteers; we encourage everyone to come out to the social! Food and drinks will be available to purchase at the bar, Fools Gold NYC.
As a volunteer with Volunteering Untapped NYC I understand that the nature of the volunteer activity may involve some potential risks of injury. I hereby release, indemnify and hold harmless Volunteering Untapped NYC, its non-profit and community partners, directors, officers, employees and any entities affiliated with this event from any and all liability, claim, demands and causes of action of whatever kind and nature. In addition, Volunteering Untapped has my permission to use photos or video taken at the event for publicity purposes.
Questions? Send a note to Erin and Ann (contactus@volunteeringuntappednyc.org)