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SUMMARY:Sunday Morning Forum
DESCRIPTION:This church year 2024-2025 we are restarting the Forum series.\
 n\nTitle\n\nBuilding Power for Social Justice through Voter Engagement\n\n
 Description\n\nVoter participation will be key to what is arguably the mos
 t consequential election since the Civil War.  Unfortunately\, residents 
 of  frontline communities continue to experience a range of injustices be
 cause historically they have had so little influence on policy decisions. 
 As a result many understandably feel alienated and have disengaged from th
 e civic and democratic process.\n\nThe speakers will describe a process de
 signed specifically to address — and reverse — this unfortunate and un
 fair situation.  That process is called Integrated Voter Engagement or s
 imply IVE.  PIIN volunteers are currently using the IVE approach to canv
 ass in Swissvale\, Rankin\, Braddock\, and Clairton.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nResearc
 h shows that about 4.5 million people have been registered by IVE groups a
 nd their allies over the last three election cycles.  This substantially 
 increased the number of new voters in many swing states — and Pennsylvan
 ia is a swing state!\n\nSpeakers\n\nBob King is on the Board of the Pennsy
 lvania Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) and is a member Calvary Episcopal 
 Church.  Bob has led PIIN’s Integrated Voter Engagement program since 2
 020.\n\nKaren Burns is also on the Board of PIIN and is a member of the Fi
 rst Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh. Karen is a leader in many PIIN activit
 ies including fundraising\, voter engagement and environmental justice.\n\
 nSchweitzer room\n\n&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:Community
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