Voter Engagement

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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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The “Millennial Generation” (born post-1980, ages 18-30) is the largest, most racially and ethnically diverse generation the US has ever known. However, it is clear that race continues to play a role in their lives.read more >>

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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Immigrant civic engagement is an increasingly critical issue for the United States. Immigrant civic engagement may take various forms, but naturalization, voting registration and voter turnout are key measures or benchmarks.

This report examines immigrant civic participation in terms of immigrants’ current engagement, the capacity of states to provide naturalization and voting registration, and the impact that immigrants are having on the adult citizen population in theU.S.read more >>

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 >>

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 >>