Get Out the Vote: A Voter Mobilization Training for Young People With Shelley Jackson
Shelley Jackson
On September 25, 2020, Making Caring Common hosted a training led by Shelley Jackson on how youth can mobilize their peers to vote.
This training covered barriers to voting and how to overcome them, the importance of this election and this moment to youth personally and collectively, and how to persuade peers and family to vote. It also engaged youth in making a plan for mobilizing their peers and identify best practices in carrying out that plan. The training was part of our Get Out the Vote: Voter Mobilization and Civic Education Series.
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About the Speaker
Shelley Jackson currently serves as the Deputy Director of Training and Engagement at Instituto, an organization with a mission of building sustained political power for low income and communities of color in Arizona. Previously, Shelley has organized and trained individuals on both the local and national level with Organizing Corps 2020 training field organizers for the 2020 presidential election and Arizona Coalition for Change & Our Voice, Our Vote AZ leading their youth, community development and training programs. During her time with AZC4C and OVOV she worked with coalitions across the state on many different issues including voting rights, the expansion of public transportation, and equitable education. Shelley is a young South Phoenix native and her work is centered at the intersection of issue and electoral organizing with a strong lens of racial justice and a passion for empowering others to step into their power to create meaningful change in their communities.
About the Series
Get Out the Vote: Voter Mobilization and Civic Education Series is a new, non-partisan initiative designed to enable young people to become voter mobilization leaders.