Voter Empowerment Training - Are You Ready?

Submitted by Todd Hash on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 7:19am.
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Disability Law and Advocacy CenterThe first voter Train-the-Trainer conference in 2008 was so successful, we’re doing it again!  Gear up for Election 2010 and join the Disability Law and Advocacy Center to learn about disability voting rights. Trainings will be one full day and will be offered in each of the three grand regions. 

WHAT DOES TRAINING INCLUDE?

  1. Voting Accessibility - A chance to talk about voting accessibility issues with disability advocates, self-advocates, support professionals and election officials.  Some topics include:
    • The Help America Vote Act
    • Barriers in voting
    • Potential solutions to barriers and
    • Step-by-step training on how to educate others
  2. Training Toolkit
  3. Assistance coordinating and conducting training

WHAT IS REQUIRED?

Training Partners - Each applicant must apply as a team with at least one other person.

Conducting Training - Each team will be responsible for holding at least one training in their area.

DLAC Will be available to help teams form voter outreach strategies within their communities

WHEN AND WHERE

Nashville – Monday, June 28th

Knoxville – Wednesday, June 30th

Memphis – Thursday, July 8th

All trainings will be from 9am – 4pm.  Lunch will be provided.

Conference is free for accepted participants and travel stipends are available.

APPLICATION DEADLINE - Friday, June 11th 

Download an application

For questions or more information contact Kate Georgen Seipel at kateg@dlactn.org 

About the Program

Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee (DLAC) is the nonprofit protection and advocacy agency which advocates for the rights of people with disabilities throughout Tennessee.  As part of a mandate from the Help America Vote Act 2002 (HAVA), DLAC provides education and training on voting barriers and potential solutions. 

In 2008, the agency was selected by the National Technical Assistance Center for Voting and Cognitive Access to host a statewide training conference on voting access for individuals with disabilities.  We are proud to continue this successful event in 2010. 

The training material offers Tennessee-specific disability voting information.  Participants will also benefit from a diverse classroom of self-advocates, disability advocates, support professionals, special education professionals, state agencies, and election officials.