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Together We Vote Fest

"'Vehicle for Change': Fil-Am voters drive to polls in jeepney"

“It was a drive around the block for a good cause.

The Pilipino Workers Center the and Center for Asian United for Self Empowerment or CAUSE were both on board in bringing voters to a polling center in LA's Eagle Rock neighborhood this past weekend via jeepney.”

"拍照、美食、串手鍊…亞美政聯投票動員會趣味多"

記者劉子為╱聖蓋博市報導 2024-11-05 01:00 ET


11月3日,亞美政聯(CAUSE)在聖蓋博市Blossom Market Hall舉辦了亞太裔投票動員會(TOGETHER WE VOTE: AN API GET OUT THE VOTE FEST),希望透過社區活動提升亞太裔的投票意願。現場提供拍照、集郵、串手鏈等有趣的方式,讓亞太裔社區成員能了解投票的重要性,並互相交流和聯結。現場還設有選票投遞站,以便民眾投票。

CAUSE執行長Nancy Yap表示,此次活動除提供選票投遞外,還包括適合家庭參與的教育活動,CAUSE一直致力成為亞太裔選民的資源中心。「我們希望民眾看到,投票和參與公共事務可以是一項家庭共享的活動。」Yap提到聖蓋博市擁有大量亞太裔居民,選在這裡舉辦活動意在提醒社區成員選舉的重要性,並提供語言資源,幫助有需要的亞裔選民獲取相關資訊。

在談到亞裔社區面臨的挑戰時,Yap指出,語言障礙和資訊獲取困難使亞裔選民難以參與政治。她說,「投票方式已經改變了,現在不僅可以郵寄投票,還可以在投票中心直接投票,而且所有機器都支持多語言翻譯。但我們發現社區成員對這些變化了解不夠。」Yap希望透過活動加強宣傳,讓選民能夠接觸更多資訊。

CAUSE的高級傳播經理蘇法恭(Farrah Su)介紹了本次活動的創意設計,希望以趣味形式讓選民感受到投票與日常生活息息相關。活動設置了拍照站、繪畫及手鏈製作站等互動區域,完成所有活動即「集郵成功」。她還提到,即便郵寄投票方式已經普及,亞太裔選民通常偏好親自投票。CAUSE希望透過這樣的活動在選舉日前持續推廣,提升亞裔選民的參與率。

Jeepney Rides to Vote Center in Los Angeles Eagle Rock

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Farrah Su

Senior Communications Manager

Phone: (213) 269-5716

Email: comms@causeusa.org

Los Angeles, CA - October 30, 2024  -- Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) is partnering with Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) to engage the Eagle Rock Neighborhood as part of “Together We Vote: An API Get Out The Vote Fest” on Saturday, November 2nd, from 11am to 3pm at The Oinkster (2005 Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA 90041),  

The event will include music, food, karaoke, voter resources and jeepney rides to the nearby vote center at Eagle Rock Library in PWC’s 1944 Jeepney salvaged from the Philippines. 

“Asian Americans make up 1.5 million residents in Los Angeles County and 24% of the residents of Eagle Rock. This celebration of civic engagement is meant to engage our communities with food, music, and jeepney rides!” shares CAUSE Executive Director Nancy Yap.

See more  details at: https://bit.ly/togetherwevote2024

This event is part of CAUSE’s Together We Vote: An API Get Out The Vote Fest, a multi-day celebration hosted in Los Angele County’s historic Asian Pacific Islander (API) neighborhoods highlighting community building and civic engagement in the 10 days of early voting leading up to the November 5th General Election. 

About CAUSE
The Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based organization with a mission to advance the political empowerment of the Asian Pacific American community through nonpartisan voter outreach, training, and education as well as leadership development. For more information visit: www.causeusa.org.

About Pilipino Workers Center
Founded in 1997, Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) is a grassroots non-profit that organizes the low-wage and immigrant Pilipinx communities in the United States. They build collective power to demand better living and working conditions in order to secure the dignity, safety, and economic stability of the Pilipinx community. For more information visit: www.pwcsc.org

Mobile Vote Center Opened until 9PM at the Haunted Little Tokyo Block Party

Los Angeles, CA - October 21, 2024  -- Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) is partnering with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office to bring an official Mobile Vote Center to the largest Halloween party in Little Tokyo, the 8th Annual Haunted Little Tokyo Block Party. This Vote Center will have later hours than typical Vote Centers, staying open until 9pm PT. The later hours combined with the proximity to a community block party that draws thousands of people annually, is meant to create a fun and accessible voting experience for younger voters, a voting age block that often has lower voter turnout nationally.  

CAUSE Announces Together We Vote: An API Get Out The Vote Fest

Los Angeles, CA - October 18, 2024  -- Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) will host a series of events called Together We Vote: An API Get Out the Vote Fest throughout Los Angeles’ historic Asian and Pacific Islander (API) neighborhoods celebrating community and civic engagement in the 10 days of early voting leading up to the November 5 General Election. Collaborating with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk and nine other API community based organizations, CAUSE will engage event attendees with activities that highlight historic neighborhoods and encourage increased civic participation.