Archive for the ‘ Day of Action ’ Category
I'm registering voters in my neighborhood in North Portland with a coalition of organizations including the Bus Project, NAACP, Urban League and AmeriCorps Alums Oregon. Throughout the United States, under-represented on election day are people who are more mobile like young people and people who rent apartments. The Pew Center on the States puts it this way: "Participation data reveal clear patterns about who is most likely to vote and who isn’t. If you are old, white, educated and strongly rooted in your community, you are more likely to vote. If you are young, non-white, less educated and move frequently, you are less likely to vote." Another obstacle to 100 percent voter turnout can be requiring identification at the polling station, which apparently disenfranchise specific populations more than others. [ READ MORE ]
Yeah, I know, this isn't supposed to be a competition. But I challenge anyone to come up with a more imaginative, more entertaining way to highlight the national service movement and health issues than a zumba dance-off for diabetes. That's how Dr. Mehmet Oz—heart surgeon, author, frequent Oprah guest, and HealthCorps founder—is participating in the Day of Action, Sept. 27. In doing so, he will join over 2,500 other community service projects taking place all over the United States as part of Service Nation, the campaign for more citizen service and community activism[ READ MORE ]
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