The document discusses Year Up Puget Sound's 2012 Walk for Opportunity which aimed to raise awareness about bridging the opportunity divide through direct action. It presents a series of statements about voting for the reader to agree or disagree with. It then discusses how civic disengagement can impact political priorities and public funding. Specifically, it notes that politics is dominated by the wealthy, old and educated and that civic disconnection can lead to low voter turnout, limited advocacy, and low wages or limited career prospects for young adults.
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Want to know more about how to become involved in your government? This presentation will look at ways you can develop lines of communication with your elected officials on issues that are important to you.
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Plus if you want to download examples that were presented in the presentation you can locate them here at: http://www.slideshare.net/GaryLBukowskiMACFREV/gbukowski-ethics-in-fundraising-handouts-102516
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Reflect on voter participation, campaign financing, and the legitimafelipaser7p
Reflect on voter participation, campaign financing, and the legitimacy of elections. Also discuss whether financing elections solely with tax dollars and banning contributions from special interest groups and individuals would make elections more representative of the will of the American people. Discuss whether “voter ID laws” have the effect of disenfranchising eligible voters or of protecting the sanctity of elections from fraud.
In responding to your classmates, discuss how the low level of voter turnout in American elections can make those elections less legitimate than they would be with higher turnout. Explain and support your position.
For your response posts (2), you must do the following:
Reply to at least two different classmates outside of your own initial post thread.
In Module One, complete the two response posts by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
In Modules Two through Eight, complete the two response posts by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
Demonstrate more depth and thought than simply stating that “I agree” or “You are wrong.”
Guidance is provided for you in each discussion prompt.
classmates Post #1:
In this discussion, many questions are being raised about elections in general. Let’s look at these question one at a time:
Voter Participation: The Soomo web text covered that issue very well. It stated that a few criteria exist for the participation of voter, and they are usually categorized under a few categories. Voter Turnout is identified as more than approximately 74 % are college graduates, most who also vote to have annual incomes above 50 k per year also most who vote are older American over the age of 35 years or older. A lot of the voting is along party line as opposed to the quality of the candidate. But my feeling is that voters are moving toward voting for the candidate as opposed to the party. (Evans, J., & Michaud, K)
Campaign Financing: The content is always at the forefront of the news every election cycle. Monies are being thrown at the candidates and many illegal items come out of the campaigns. For example; Lavish Trips, extra activities not associated with the campaign (diner, escorts etc…) Dark money donor is and always have been an issue these monies are not recorded, this is almost like play money for the campaigns to do what they want, with whoever they want. The SuperPAC monies are for the candidate to be influenced in a way that the average person never knows about. The candidate doesn’t speak of the donation while on the speech tours but the widely influence the route a candidate take after he is elected. Even in small-town elections the monies from developers, business influences are given being the seen for agendas that no one sees. (Evans, J., & Michaud, K)
The legitimacy of Elections and the Voter ID issue goes hand in hand with each other. Many believe that voter fraud and the id or lack thereof is the biggest is ...
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2. 2
Agree/Disagree
• I believe that voting benefits both me individually and
my community.
• I believe that politicians in my city, state, and country
understand and represent my own and my community’s
interests.
• I believe that young adults should be a primary concern
for politicians.
• I believe that everyone who wants to vote is legally able
to do so.
• Voting is an example of Dr. King’s direct action.
3. 3
Who votes in America?
Politics is as much about
those who do vote as it is
about those who don’t.
US politics is dominated by
the wealthy, the old, and
the educated.
4. 4
Why does civic disengagement matter?
Civic
disconnection
Low voter
turnout and
limited self-
advocacy
Political
priorities are
placed
elsewhere
Public funding
follows political
priorities
elsewhere
Low wages and
limited career
prospects
7. 7
Civic Engagement and Social Movement Building
Looks Different In Different Cities
Year Up Atlanta, 2011
8. 8
Civic Engagement and Social Movement Building
Looks Different In Different Cities
Year Up Boston, 2011
9. 9
Civic Engagement and Social Movement Building
Looks Different In Different Cities
Year Up National Capital Region, 2011
10. 10
Direct Action & Social Movement Building
What does direct action look
like:
For you?
For us?
How do we make sure that we
are no longer bystanders?
Register to vote
Talk to our networks
What else?
Editor's Notes
Agree/Disagree
Have one side of the room be “agree” and the other side be “disagree.” Students (and participating staff) should move to the side that best matches their answer to each statement.
I believe that voting benefits both me individually and my community.
I believe that politicians in my city, state, and country understand and represent my own and my community’s interests. Representation is determined by who wins elections.
I believe that my level of education should determine whether I am heard and understood by my government.
I believe that young adults should be a primary concern for politicians. Politicians overwhelmingly campaign to older Americans, who vote in higher numbers. That’s one reason why funding for education and workforce training has fallen so much over the last thirty years.
I believe that everyone who wants to vote is legally able to do so. [Voting laws discussed further on.]
Voting is an example of Dr. King’s direct action (Letter from a Birmingham Jail)
Use this quote from Dr. King “Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. I just referred to the creation of tension as a part of the work of the nonviolent resister. This may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word "tension." I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, but there is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth.”
Data from this article: Who doesn’t care about politics? People who would otherwise vote for Democrats (Washington Post)
Bystanders are not registered to vote, say seldom or never note, and do not follow government and public affairs most of the time.
Ask students: how many of you are bystanders? Why?
It’s no laughing matter. Since 1980, investments in education and youth workforce training have plummeted, even as the budget has grown (often fueled by debt that Millennials will pay off).
The United States is less socially mobile today than in 1980. The average person born into poverty today faces worse prospects.
In part, and at heart, our social movement building builds on top of the program’s improved outcomes to disrupt this cycle and magnify the impact of Year Up
Even if we look at great youth advocacy organizations today – think of things like the Roosevelt Institute, Young Invincibles, etc. – they do their recruiting in universities, and overwhelmingly represent the minority of young Americans who are full-time B.A. students. Current and former Opportunity Youth are an extremely marginalized political constituency.
Source: Quandt, Katie Rose. 1 in 13 African-Americans Adults Prohibited from Voting in the United States. 24 March 2015
http://billmoyers.com/2015/03/24/felon-disenfranchisement/
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/multimedia.html
Considering all of the challenges young adults face, especially young adults of color, in making sure their voices are heard, what does civic engagement and direct action look like?
How do we make sure that we are no longer bystanders?
Register to vote
Talk to our networks
What else?
Encourage students to develop ideas to engage. Other possible ideas include marches, petitions, volunteering, and awareness raising.
Direct students to TurboVote for help registering to vote, updating registration, and to get alerts on upcoming elections: https://yearup.turbovote.org/register.