Voter Mobilization

Understanding A Diverse Generation: Youth Civic Engagement in the United States

A report by CIRCLE (Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement)

(From the Executive Summary)

Youth civic engagement is critical to our democracy. Young people benefit personally by participating and communities need their voices and their energies to address problems. The future of our democracy depends on each new generation developing the skills, values and habits of participation.read more >>

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2012 Civic Engagement Funding Best Practices

A Funders' Guide to Legal Issues (Updated Edition!)

Supporting nonpartisan civic engagement work is both necessary- and legal! De-mystify the rules for funding voter registration, education and ballot campaigns with FCCP’s indispensible and updated guide for grantmakers.
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REPORT: Giving More, Making Change: A Journey in Progressive Grantmaking by French American Charitable Trust

Inside the report you’ll find:
• An overview of our funding strategy of providing long term, general support funding to a select group of grantees
• Strategies and outcomes that show how our funds helped support a group of organizations that are bringing justice and equity to low income and communities of color.
• Video profilesof 2 grantees – Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Communities for a Better Environment
• What worked, what didn’t and what we’d do differently read more >>

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Presentation: 2012 is Now! Learning from Voter Engagement in 2010 and Re-Activating the Rising American Electorate

(Original announcement)

Report: Engaging the Latino Electorate

Each year, the Hispanic population—and with it the Hispanic electorate—continues to grow across the nation. Heading into the redistricting process, that growth plays a role both in helping states gain seats and in preventing states that lose seats from experiencing greater losses. In recently released 2010 Census population totals, minorities accounted for roughly 70% of the growth in the U.S. voting-age population in the last decade, with Latinos alone accounting for 40% of that growth.read more >>

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Report: Public Engagement and America’s Growing Latino Population

In January 2003, the United States Census Bureau first reported that Latinos had become the largest minority group in the United States and, in May 2008, the Bureau reported that the nation’s Latino population had reached 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million. Latinos were then the largest minority group in 20 states, and they were also reported to be the fastest-growing minority group.read more >>