Recording: Head Start Advocacy: Voting Counts: Understanding the Important Role Head Start Parents and Staff can have in the 2024 election.
Program Description: This year’s presidential election is already a hot topic and not likely to cool in the fall. As citizens of the USA we all can and need to vote. It’s one thing that makes this country great. Voting is a right and privilege that we all need to exercise. Learn how Head Start parents, staff and programs can support voter registration and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) activities. Learn how to engage in these activities while following the Head Start standards. Hear what other programs are doing. Do not let fear and discouragement keep you from taking action.
Together we can help the whole Head Start community participate in the election and know that Voting Counts!
Learning Objective:
- Understand the Head Start standards relative to voter registration and GOTV activities.
- Find inspiration and courage to engage in supporting the election process in your Head Start program.
Recourses:
- Inspirational Video: MLK: Give Us the Ballot
- Inspirational Documentary: 1964: The Fight for a Right
- Head Start Standards Sec. 656 Political Activities
- https://vote.gov
- PowerPoint Presentation with notes for re-use
Recording: Head Start Advocacy: Voting Counts!
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