Opportunities From: Connect2Community

Volunteer: Pride Decides: Phonebanking

Hello, we are looking to get some volunteers to help us with our Pride Decides work. We have recently been given a grant that allows us to make 40,000 calls in the next two weeks! The granter has provided us with a simple and easy to use web app that allows anyone to participate from their computer.

The web app auto dials the numbers and the script is easy to view and perform. It is a simple way to get any volunteer hours that you need.

About: Pride Decides!

Since 1994, LGBT Detroit has a significant history in voter engagement. Candidate forums (Mayoral, Gubernatorial and State Congressional), voter registration drives and voter education events have largely occurred during LGBT Detroit’s annual 25 year old flagship gay, pride project Hotter Than July. As Detroit looks towards the upcoming local election cycle in the fall, LGBT Detroit continues the non-partisan comprehensive voter engagement and legislative program, Pride Decides. Piloted during the previous national election cycle, LGBT Detroit partnered with and was supported by Michigan Voices, ACLU of Michigan, Planned Parenthood of Michigan, and Black Voters Matter. In zip codes 48221 and 48235, the program made over 60,000 voter contacts in the summer and fall of 2020 to ensure voters were educated on how they could participate in the general election. The program was so successful that a note of thanks was sent to the agency from President Joe Biden for the work completed during the election cycle. In 2021 Pride Decides aims to re-engage voters in the upcoming City of Detroit local elections. Within the COVID-19 pandemic, activities for the program will be a hybrid of virtual and in person activities. Core activities include voter education, voter registration, phone banking, and the practice of ensuring voter participation in any election.

Community Partner: LGBT Detroit

Hello, we are looking to get some volunteers to help us with our Pride Decides work. We have recently been given a grant that allows us to make 40,000 calls in the next two weeks! The granter has provided us with a simple and easy to use web app that allows anyone to participate from their computer.

The web app auto dials the numbers and the script is easy to view and perform. It is a simple way to get any volunteer hours that you need.

About: Pride Decides!

Since 1994, LGBT Detroit has a significant history in voter engagement. Candidate forums (Mayoral, Gubernatorial and State Congressional), voter registration drives and voter education events have largely occurred during LGBT Detroit’s annual 25 year old flagship gay, pride project Hotter Than July. As Detroit looks towards the upcoming local election cycle in the fall, LGBT Detroit continues the non-partisan comprehensive voter engagement and legislative program, Pride Decides. Piloted during the previous national election cycle, LGBT Detroit partnered with and was supported by Michigan Voices, ACLU of Michigan, Planned Parenthood of Michigan, and Black Voters Matter. In zip codes 48221 and 48235, the program made over 60,000 voter contacts in the summer and fall of 2020 to ensure voters were educated on how they could participate in the general election. The program was so successful that a note of thanks was sent to the agency from President Joe Biden for the work completed during the election cycle. In 2021 Pride Decides aims to re-engage voters in the upcoming City of Detroit local elections. Within the COVID-19 pandemic, activities for the program will be a hybrid of virtual and in person activities. Core activities include voter education, voter registration, phone banking, and the practice of ensuring voter participation in any election.

Community Partner: LGBT Detroit

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 48235

Allow Groups: Yes