We Are America Alliance
| WAAA Launches Civic Engagement Movement |
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The combined effort of the WAAA partners will register 500,000 new Latino, Asian and immigrant voters nationwide. WAAA partners will work in 13 different states to 1,000,000+ Latino, Asian, and immigrant voters during a comprehensive GOTV effort, with California as one of the priority target states. This nonpartisan effort seeks to engage and mobilize thousands of new, young, and infrequent voters in the state. As the political landscape of California takes shape in 2008, the activities of the WAAA California partners will be an influential factor in mobilizing the Latino, Asian, and immigrant communities. The targets of this effort are young people under 25, newly naturalized citizens and those least likely to vote (infrequent voters). These voters are traditionally more likely to be overlooked by campaigns and more susceptible to being disenfranchised. The grassroots outreach and internet strategies of WAAA, combined with the unprecedented collaboration with ethnic media, will ensure that voters are informed, invited, and motivated to get out to vote on Election Day.
WHO: Erica Bernal, Senior Director of Civic Engagement, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund Hyun Joo Lee, National Organizing Coordinator, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) Angelica Salas, Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) Moderator: Holli Holliday, Executive Director, We Are America Alliance (WAAA)
WHAT: Launch of unprecedented civic engagement movement, the We Are America Alliance
WHERE: 1-800-895-0231 Conference ID: ALLIANCE2; Program Title: We Are America Alliance Launch
WHEN: Thursday, July 10th at 10:30am PST |
Los Angeles, CA – On Thursday, July 10, 2008, a nationwide alliance of organizations will launch an unprecedented, national civic engagement movement called We Are America Alliance (WAAA). This Alliance is made up of immigrant rights organizations, ethnically-based organizations, and community and leadership organizations all across the country who have joined together in an effort to increase civic participation within immigrant communities.
