Giving Compass' Take:
- Leah Rodriguez highlights Michelle Obama's nonpartisan organization, When We All Vote, and explains that voting is not only a right but a responsibility of the American people.
- How can we make sure all people have access to voting information and that no one is marginalized? In what ways can nonprofits participate in this effort?
- Read more about the importance of getting young people to vote.
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More than 60,000 Global Citizens in New York’s Central Park were personally asked to vote by two highly influential women — Cardi B and Michelle Obama.
Cardi B ended her first solo performance since giving birth by introducing a video message from Obama about her When We All Vote campaign.
“We need to vote, especially us millennials, under 25 and above 18. We need to vote so we can change our community,” Cardi B said.
When We All Vote is a new national nonpartisan organization Obama founded and launched in July. Made up of key players in various industries — including Janelle Monáe, who performed at the festival, and Robert De Niro and co-host Rachel Brosnahan — the group is committed to getting citizens, institutions, companies, and organizations talking about the right and responsibility to vote.
The campaign needs all the support it can get to drive up voter participation ahead of the midterm election on Nov. 6. The US has one of the lowest voter turnouts of any developed country, according to the Pew Research Center.
Read the full article about democracy and When We All Vote by Leah Rodriguez at Global Citizen.