REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count
Date: 7/15/2020
Video Description: Keri Gray, Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Communications for the American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) addresses the following topics:
- Voter Suppression: What it is, How it Impacts Outcomes, Why it Matters to the Disability Community
- Stakeholder Education: Approaches and Tools that Work
- Levering Candidate Questionnaire and Forums to Advance Your Cause
- Making the Most of REV Up!'s Tools and Resources
Webinar Recording: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count
Webinar Transcript: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count (PDF)
Additional Resources: aapd.com/advocacy/voting
Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations
Date: 7/9/2020
Video Description: A roundtable of representatives from ILCs around the state discuss how they adapted to operate in the "new normal" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Topics include:
- Ensuring all staff have proper technology, including Internet access
- VPN and other forms of remote access such as LogMeIn, SplashTop, Google Remote Desktop
- Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Skype
- Temporary phone numbers via Google Voice
- Voice over internet protocol
- Zoom with encryption to allow for staff calls, plus staff with consumers
- Zoom alternatives
- Managing bandwidth
- Peer counseling, wellness calls and emotional support strategies for staff and consumers
Webinar Recording: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations
Webinar Transcript: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations (PDF)
Get Out The Vote: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights
Date: 6/17/2020
Video Description: Presenters from Disability Rights New York (DRNY) address the following topics:
- Why it Matters: Understanding the Impact of the Disability Vote
- Voter Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Polling Place Accessibility/Ballot Marking Devices
- Alternative Voting Options
- Absentee Voting in NYS Today
- DRNY Recent Litigation
Author: Presented by Helen Charland, Advocate, DRNY, and Christy Asbee, Executive Director, DRNY
Presentation Slides: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights