Voter Engagement Training in Minnesota
Posted by shan on December 12, 2007
Join the Sheila Wellstone Institute and the Wellstone Native American Leadership for a training on voter engagement in Minnesota’s Indian Country. Voter Engagement Schools teach organizational leaders and community members the skills of civic engagement and nonpartisan voter organizing. This specific training will focus on needs for battered women, sexual assault and harassment and stalking victims and the need to protect vital information to be able to vote. This program will be taught by Peggy Flanagan (Ojibwe) Native American Leadership Program at Wellstone Action and Lonna Stevens (Tlingit/Dakota) Director of the Sheila Wellstone Institute, along with local organizers who work to end domestic violence and sexual assault.
When: Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Russ Ewald Center for Urban Service, 1100 E Lake Street Minneapolis, 55407
Cost is free for materials and meals.
Scholarships are available for hotel and travel. Please contact Lonna Stevens at swi@wellstone.org or 651-414-6034 for an application.
Contact Lonna at 651-414-6034 to register or email swi@wellstone.org.
Source: The White House Project
