VOTER ENGAGEMENT IN RURAL AND SMALL TOWNS - Guest Panellists: Duane Gurulé

VOTER ENGAGMENT IN RURAL AND SMALL TOWNS VOTER ENGAGEMENT IN RURAL AND SMALL TOWNS Guest Panellists: Duane Gurulé of STP Marty Dombrowski of CILSPA ABOUT NONPROFIT POWER 2022 • Uplift nonprofits doing voter engagement in niche spaces • Platform for them to tell their story • Educate the necessity of voter engagement in those spaces • Show that every community deserves representation • Provide tail. [...] federal elections • Leads between candidates are smaller Some rural counties need only a few hundred votes to change party majority VOTER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES • Make space for One-on-One Conversations • Helps meet more holistic needs and connect them to other resources • Use Physical Materials to Distribute Information • Internet access is often harder to access in rural areas • Increase Tech Lit. [...] He is a co-founder of Small Town Project which works to improve health equity in southeast Colorado by increasing access to smalltownproject.org healthy foods and empowering the community. [...] She is a cilscpa.org graduate of Arcadia University, Philadelphia and the University of Pittsburgh. [...] cilscpa.org Q&A • What challenges are unique to your community that makes voter engagement challenging? • How are you planning to boost local election engagement this year? THANK YOU Please lookout for the first of our Nonprofit Power mini-reports this year!.