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Civic Health -- Boston Metro |
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| Combining voter registration with athletics |
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| A unique combination of voter registration and athletics, Dunk the Vote takes voter registration directly to the members of its target community by bringing forms to churches, barber shops, and basketball courts. |
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Dunk the Vote is a unique non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting social change, increasing civic participation and fostering economic revitalization in Massachusetts' urban neighborhoods. Dunk the Vote uses athletics and other aspects of Hip Hop culture to engage young people and communities of faith in voter education, registration and mobilization. Dunk the Vote activities include Leadership Institutes, Basketball Tournaments, Get-Out-the-Vote Drives and UC2 (You Count Too) Tours where speakers go out to college campuses and other institutions to talk about democracy and civic engagement. Recent accomplishments include:
- Training over 500 volunteers to register new voters
- Registering over 8,000 new voters — 7,500 in July 2004 alone at the Hip Hop Summit
- Reaching over 50,000 people through the UC2 Tour
- Introducing Dunk the Vote to western Massachusetts with a basketball tournament in Holyoke, MA
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Mayor's Office of New Bostonians |
Civic Health -- Boston Metro |
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Including the voices of "new Bostonians" in city government |
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Mayor's Office of New Bostonians
One City Hall Plaza, Room 803
Boston, MA 02201
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A collaboration between government and immigrant communities to develop innovative programs that address the needs of immigrants and make city services more accessible. |
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The Mayor's Office of New Bostonians (MONB) aims to strengthen the ability of immigrants to fully participate in the economic, civic, social and cultural life of Boston and to promote commemoration and public understanding of the contibutions of immigrants to the city. Through dialogues across immigrant groups, MONB develops programs to mee
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