Update!
Voting Workshop for People with disAbilities
“Local Elections are Important!”
Your vote is your voice. Let it be heard.
The second Voting Workshop for People with disAbilities and Special
Needs is organized to provide information and training for the purpose
of getting more people living with disAbilities and special needs
voting in all elections. Voting is the one communication, which
clearly speaks to representatives and decision makers who develop
policies, which affect our daily lives. Meeting and talking with
representatives and candidates may provide that opportunity needed for
people living with disAbilities and special needs to be included in
budgets and procedures that lead to access to services and jobs,
technologies that improve quality of life, and an infrastructure which
is inclusive and provides access for all.
The May local elections are an opportunity for people living with
disAbilities and special needs to become involved – to vote. In just
Tarrant County, there are 39 entities conducting elections. That
includes 12 school districts and 27 cities. See the Speakers Page at
blog site, http://yourvotecountsp2.wordpress.com, for a list of
representatives and candidates. Some include links to their websites
through which you can contact them. We will do our best to provide
names of candidates in the other cities and school districts and their
websites, if available, in the coming days. We ask that you pass this
information along to people who can benefit from voting training and
attend with them.
The voting workshop is an educational event for everyone. People
living with disAbilities learn about voting. Representatives and
candidates learn about an important constituency. Friends and family
learn how important their support is in this effort. There’s a lot
of learning to go around for every one. Join us.
* Learn about the Importance of Voting, Voting Rights, Voting Laws,
and the Voting Process from Registration to Early Voting.
* Learn what it takes to be a Poll Worker.
* Meet and talk with representatives and candidates.
* Experience voting in the Mock Voting Demonstration! Voting machines
are supplied by the Tarrant County Elections Center.
* Learn about services, programs, products and new technologies from
non-profit organizations, government agencies and businesses in the
exhibit area.
* Sign up for the Tarrant County Election Center Tour at 2:00 PM
April 4, 2009!
* Register to vote!
* Bring family and friends. It’s free!
* Sign for drawings sponsored by Krown Manufacturing Inc and New Life
Medical Equipment Inc. There will be two (2) drawings each for a
$25.00 Visa Gift Card, to be used wherever Visa is accepted. Those who
register and attend the training are eligible to participate.
April 4, 2009
9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Arborlawn United Methodist Church
5001 Briarhaven Road
Fort Worth, Texas 76109
817-731-0701
We appreciate the participation of nonprofits, government agencies
and businesses listed on the Exhibitors-Supporters Page at
http://yourvotecountsp2.wordpress.com with links to their websites.
The list has grown since the first announcement:
Advocacy Inc.
CSDVRS of Dallas
Collins Realtime Reporting
Dallas Black Deaf Advocates
Deaf Action Center
Deaf Link Video Remote Interpreting (VRI)
Disabled American Veterans Blue Bonnet Chapter 20
Easter Seals of North Texas
Fort Worth Community Relations Department (CRD)
Hired Hands Inc.
Krown Manufacturing Inc.
New Life Medical Equipment Inc.
REACH Resource Center on Independent Living or REACH of Fort Worth
Tarrant County Elections Center
Texas DARS Blind Services
Toastmasters Club for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
TCC Interpreter Training Program has provided information about their
program that will be moving to the college’s new downtown campus in
the Fall 2009. TCC South Campus Disability Support Services helped by
distributing information to their students as did TCU.
SPECIAL THANKS!
* Standing Wheel Chair featured by New Life Medical Equipment Inc of
Dallas
* American Sign Language Interpreters provided by Hired Hands of Fort
Worth
* Materials provided in Braille by Texas DARS Blind Services in Fort
Worth
* Handheld ASL Translator featured by Krown Manufacturing, Inc. of
Fort Worth
* CART Services provided by Collins Realtime Reporting of Dallas
Free refreshments – Wheel chair accessible – Plenty of parking
See http://yourvotecountsp2.wordpress.com for more information.
Tracey and Friends
Email: [email protected]
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