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Here's another opportunity for action: mobilizing young voters of color in rural areas. Join a zoom call next Tuesday Aug 6, 10am – 11am (Pacific Time) / 1pm – 4pm (Eastern Time) highlighting RDI's Rural Youth Voter Fund, and featuring speakers Sarah Jaynes, Rural Democracy Initiative and Camille Thompson, Collective Renaissance Georgia.

https://zoom.us/j/95436334601?pwd=YjF2K1kxOWxUcy9Wb3FmVVFLYW56dz09

The road to progress runs through rural America. Even beyond the electoral college, our system favors rural votes – 60% of the US Senate is elected by just 25% of the population, in mostly rural states, and 2/3 of US House districts are classified as “Pure Rural, Rural-Suburban, or Sparse Suburban.” Serious engagement with rural and small town voters is essential to create a stronger democracy and shared prosperity across all our communities. The Rural Youth Voter Fund aims to support and expand year-round civic engagement and power building strategies to mobilize young voters under the age of 35 in small towns and rural areas.

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