Hi! I’m Kenny Myers, the Director of Network Capacity here at the Alliance. One of the most exciting parts of my job is getting to manage Campus Takeover - a nation-wide effort on National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) to mobilize students for the upcoming 2020 election and beyond by registering them to vote, creating celebratory environments around voting, and fostering a culture of civic engagement on campuses.

This civic holiday has a special place in our organizing hearts because the Alliance co-founded NVRD in 2012! What started as an idea from young organizers grew into a major holiday garnering support and participation from influencers, elected officials, and nonprofits alike. 

This year, NVRD is more important than ever. The coronavirus has drastically changed the way many organizations, including organizations in the Alliance network, conduct voter registration work. Today’s mass mobilization to register voters will be key to getting our country safely registered and #VoteReady. 

And for the third year in a row, we are supporting over 400 college campuses to register students to vote as part of our NVRD CampusTakeover. This year we granted $50,000 in mini grants to campus organizations, so students can throw the best events possible on their campuses! To see all this work in action, follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) as well as #NationalVoterRegistrationDay and #CampusTakeover. We will be uplifting in real-time Alliance organizations and Campus Takeover partners as they register thousands, and, yes, we mean thousands of voters today. 

We also have some exciting events this week that we hope you’ll join us in celebrating civic engagement with young people across the country! 

TODAY

Join Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT) on Instagram tonight as Cendi Trujillo, their High School Organizing Director, goes live with alternative pop band, The Aces to talk about the power of local elections.

Tune in to LIT’s Instagram at 2pm ET to join the conversation

After a day of registering voters,  join us for a watch party of the new film ALL IN: The Fight for Democracy, examining the insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States. The watch party will be followed by a conversation with Stacey Abrams, Lin Manuel Miranda, Liz Garbus, and Lisa Cortes. During the watch party, join us on Twitter using #AllInForVoting.

Watch with us tonight at 7pm ET!

WEDNESDAY

Join the Alliance on Instagram as Sarah Audelo, our Executive Director, goes live with The Aces to talk about the power of women and voting.

Tune in to the Alliance’s Instagram at 7pm ET to join the conversation.

THURSDAY

And She Could Be Next and the Alliance for Youth Action are hosting a virtual event for young voters with burning questions about how to cast their ballot in the middle of a global health pandemic, raring climate crises, and, oh, voter suppression! Join us as we walk through *exactly* how to make a vote plan and find your political home. Join us as we get down to basics about getting your vote counted. The DJ begins to spin at 7:30p EST! RSVP here!

To getting #VoteReady,

Kenny Myers
Director of Network Capacity