Campaigns: New Americans Vote

The New Americans Vote Campaign aims to empower communities registering, educating, and turning out voters on a state-level electoral work as well as coalition work resulting in responsive and large Get Out The Vote (GOTV) operations.

How do we do this?

• MIRA, its members, and allies convene Candidate Forums in under-represented and immigrant districts leading up to elections.
• Conduct advocacy/voter engagement trainings for organizations in partnership with MassVote and Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network.
• Generate pro-immigrant media pieces that highlight facts over political scapegoating.
• Register hundreds of new voters at naturalization ceremonies in collaboration with local members and partners.
• Work with key members, media, and partners to educate (via multicultural festivals, churches, mailings, member grassroots organizations, literature drops, naturalization ceremonies, radio, press) and turn out voters across Massachusetts.
• Directly contact voters through phone banks, and door to door in making sure people are registered and ready to vote.

For the summer season of 2011, collaborativelly, we have registered over 1500 new voter from all across the state. Engaged in leadership building with over 150 volunteers, and deepened the relationships between members and allies. We would like to greatly thank MIRA members and allies for their amazing dedication and efforts. In 2012 we will continue the push for voter registration of new U.S. Citizens, through the New Americans Vote campaign. For more information contact our organizing staff at 617-350-5480.

A special thanks to John Bondlow for volunteering to photograph the summer's largest voter registration.