Key Initiatives

2004 Unity’04 Campaign initiatives include:

– Town Hall Meetings and Issue Forums

– Voter Registration at Circus, Churches, and Beauty & Barber Shops, Campuses; Online

– Phone Banking and Direct Mail targeting African American Households

– Civic Engagement Trainings

– E-canvassing, Palm canvassing and Door-to-door direct contact

– Early Vote/Absentee Ballot campaign

– Neighborhood Literature Drops

– Black College tour

– Poll Monitoring

– Demonstrations and training on new voting systems

– Focus Groups/Issue Polling

– Public Service Announcements featuring national and local celebrities and ministers

– Media Campaign – Black Radio and Black Newspapers

– Voices of Democracy Day @ State Capitols

– Voices Democracy Youth Corps – Poll workers and monitors

– Know Your Rights/Election Protection trainings for National Voter Intimidation Hotline

– Public Education Campaign on Voters’ Rights At the Polls

– State based voters bill of rights distribution

– Rides to the Polls

– Voter registration, information/intimidation hotline 1866- OUR VOTE