Civic Participation for All (CP4All): Organizing Beyond the Ballot Box

 
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The brief highlights how basebuilding community organizers promote civic and community-centered engagement to enact change for justice and equity. In 2020—with the increased visibility of inequities that Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities regularly experience by COVID-19, elevated discussions of the need to advance racial justice, and a pending election being threatened with voter suppression—the need for robust, accessible, and authentic civic participation is more necessary than ever. The purpose of this brief is to inform public health, philanthropy, and other allied fields how to civically engage our communities beyond the ballot box. We describe how organizing builds community, advances civic participation for all, and fosters connection in health justice and racial equity work.

Civic Participation for All (CP4All): Organizing Beyond the Ballot Box is a resource from the Centering Community in Public Health - Learning Circle Brief Series.

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Civic participation is critical for improving the health & wellness of our communities. See @Praxis_Project's brief ft. their Learning Circle collective of basebuilding orgs & their lessons on #CP4All https://bit.ly/3hIUs8U

Civic participation includes community-led organizing to change social conditions, such as the movement for Black Lives & national efforts to defund the police. It includes youth organizing for Climate Justice or Gun Control #CP4All Learn More: https://bit.ly/3hIUs8U

Societal change does not just happen in elections; it is precisely "in-the-between-times" See how we can continue the momentum beyond the ballot box. #CP4All https://bit.ly/3hIUs8U

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The Praxis Project (2020, September). Civic Participation for All (CP4All): Organizing Beyond the Ballot Box. Retrieved from http://thepraxisproject.org/resource/2020/cp4all-organizing-beyond-the-ballot-box

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WEBINAR: #CP4All: Civic Participation for All: Organizing Beyond The Ballot Box
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WEBINAR: #CP4All: Civic Participation for All: Organizing Beyond The Ballot Box

The sixth webinar in our Centering Community in Public Health Webinar Series will focus on #CP4All: Civic Participation for All. Stay tuned for details!

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