Voter Registration & Education
Information on voter registration in each state, local election information, and ways to get involved.
• NonprofitVOTE
• Vote.org
• Vote411
• glaad.org
* Creating Your Own Public Service Announcement
PC(USA) Discussion Guides/Curriculum
• PCUSA Office of Public Witness Interfaith Toolkit (includes reflection questions to use with your group) includes both historical information about voter suppression as well as current solutions and ways to take action.
• The Voter Suppression Discussion Guide (Office of Public Witness, 2016) offers a deeper dive into the issues of voter suppression and is a good, supplemental resources to the OPW Interfaith Toolkit or can be used on it’s own over several weeks.
• When Faith and Patriotism Collide (Vernon Broyles),
• Talking Politics is Not Taboo (Craig M. Howard),
FILM – Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote
Brave New Films offers this short, powerful documentary that articulates the growing threat of voter suppression in our 2020 election.
• Register (for free) to watch the film now
• Schedule to Host a Virtual Screening For Your Group (includes a discussion/action guide)
• Take Action Ideas
• Resources (Timelines, Statistics, Further Reading)
Worship/Liturgy
• Resources for PC(USA) Special Emphasis Day, Christian and Citizen Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. Includes links to prayers, liturgies and articles as well as a link to the Facebook Live recording of the Rev. Charles Wiley, a former Presbyterian Mission Agency staff member, speaking about “John Calvin on Voting.”
Petitions for Equality and Justice
• Demand Banks pay Reparations for Redlining
• Save the Post Office
• More Petitions from Color of Change
Related Resources
• 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge
• Immigration and the Call to Vote (from the Franciscan Action Network)
• Take the Pledge: 21 Days for Inclusive Democracy
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