Greetings!
COAL believes that it is of great importance for our community to turn out in large numbers for off year elections, in order to elect and/or re-elect individuals at all levels, who better represent the interests of the black community. Further, increasing turnout in our community increases our political leverage and strength, and specifically increasing our turnout in 2018 better positions the community to play a more consequential role in the next municipal elections which we can all agree will be central to us gaining more control over the political levers of power needed to improve the quality of life for our community.
Recognizing that our community is a diverse one and, in turn, that the means of mobilizing particular segments of our community may necessarily differ, we are interested in hearing from individuals and organizations that are targeting a segment of the community to engage their civic interest and encourage increased voter turnout.
For the March Breakfast we will focus on
Voter Mobilization
efforts
for the March 20th Gubernatorial Primary Election. COAL is honored to host an expert panel of individuals and organization reps working to increase voter turn out by various key segments of the community:
State Rep. La Shawn Ford
(ex-offenders),
Clara Hubbard
of SeniorTalk radio
(seniors),
Chantal Grant and Revin Fellows
of Level Up & Vote
(millennials). and
WVON's Mark Wallace
(community-wide 10x10 Initiative).
Join us on Saturday as we turn plans into
Voting
Action!
COAL Board of Directors
" The time to work seriously and collectively, to improve the state of our Community, is upon us..."
Let's Get to Work.
