Bite The Ballot
#TakePower
7 April
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YOUTH democracy movement,
Bite The Ballot (BTB), is excited to support to
Operation
Black Vote (OBV) as part of its national eXpress tour across Great Britain, which aims to get
more BME people on to the electoral registers.
BTB Community Engagement Officers (CEOs) in
Nottingham
,
Coventry
and
Birmingham
will be
organising sessions of BTB’s democracy education resources ‘
The Basics
’, training local students and
community workers to deliver voter engagement workshops, and inspiring younger citizens to
register to
vote in some of the highest areas of under-registration in the country.
OBV eXpress bus in
Old Market Square,
Nottingham
Michael Sani
, BTB co-founder and CEO, welcomed the opportunity, saying: ‘
BTB Community Engagement
Officers are looking forward to supporting the tour by sharing their engagement techniques with activists on
the ground, and training new ambassadors to deliver peer-to-peer voter engagement activities in these
crucial days ahead of the 20 April registration deadline
’.
Rachel Armitage, BTB’s
Nottingham
CEO, said: ‘
The sun has come out in Nottingham today - and so have
potential voters. We’ve had a very busy day in Old Market Square, with lots of people
registering who
weren’t intending to vote in the General Election. I’m looking forward to keeping the spirit of the eXpress
tour alive by taking fifty young activists to the launch of the Kenny Report 3, and then training them to
register people in their own communities
’.
-
Tuesday 7 April - Old Market Square (til 16:00)
Wednesday 8 April -
Asda Hyson Green
(morning);
St Ann's Valley Centre
(afternoon)
Bite The Ballot
#TakePower
7 April
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Theodora Oloruntomi, BTB’s
Coventry
CEO, said: ‘
I’m really looking forward to the eXpress bus tour
stopping in Coventry. This collaboration will make our voices much louder and will ensure that many
missing voters are
registered ahead of 7 May. I’m especially pleased that the
Positive Youth Foundation who’re also attending a
#DeCafe event
- and the Youth Council will be supporting our registration drive.’
-
Wednesday 8 April - BTB-PYF
#DeCafe event
Thursday 9 April -
Broadgate
, Coventry City centre (time TBC)
Saturday 11 April - BTB-YC train-a-trainer workshop
Sawsan Bastawy, BTB’s
Birmingham
CEO, said:
‘Registering to vote is crucial if you want your voice heard
at the 2015 General Election. We must all work together to encourage our friends, families and colleagues
to
register ahead of the 20 April deadline and inspire them make a positive impact in their community: the
eXpress tour and
BTB’s #DeDay on 15 April
are perfect opportunities to do so’.
-
Tuesday 14 April - locations and times TBC
Wednesday 15 April - BTB’s
#DeDay
2015
ENDS.
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Contact @BiteTheBallot
#TakePowe
r @OpBlackVote
#eXpress
.
E-mail
[email protected]
for BTB CEO queries.
E-mail
[email protected]
for OBV queries.