July 2010 Announcements Archive

NEW REPORT! Lost Voters, Lost Votes: A Report by the New Organizing Institute

The New Organizing Institute recently released a report into the effect of polling place changes and consolidation on citizens' ability to vote. The report notes that in 2008 "an estimated 1.9 million voters did not cast a ballot for one simple and solvable reason: they did not know where to go." In addition, in 2008, 90,000 provisional ballots were not counted because voters cast their ballots in the wrong precinct.read more >>

NEW REDISTRICTING GUIDE! The Impact of Redistricting in Your Community: A Guide to Redistricting

When the US Census data is released in 2011, statistics will reflect that we are becoming an increasingly diverse nation. African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders make up at least one-half of the residents in one out of every 10 of the nation's counties. The changing demographics of the United States raise important questions throughout society, especially in electoral politics. read more >>

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REGISTER TODAY! Neighborhood Funders Group Annual Conference September 29 - October 1

Community Transformation: Creating Our Collective Future

Register for the 2010 Annual Conference and Celebrate 30 Years of NFG! Don't wait until the last minute!read more >>

Funder Briefing: Experiments and Research on Progressive Latino Voter Registration

Date: Tuesday, July 27
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm, EDT
Location: The Atlantic Philanthropies, 75 Varick St. (at Canal), 17th Floor, New York, NY 10013read more >>