Language access will be the protagonist in this event that will showcase the City of Philadelphia’s user friendly vote-by-mail guides available in over 10 languages.
The Facebook Live will take place Thursday September 17 at 10:30 am EDT. The event, organized by All Voting is Local will have Philadelphia´s immigrant community leaders, voting rights advocates and election officials discussing immigrant vote.
It is intended to enable LEP (Limited English Proficiency) voters to strengthen democracy with civic participation. Additionally it will also show the work table organizations are doing to get out the vote in LEP communities.
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Organizations will share the work they are doing to reach LEP voters and how folks can get involved. The public will have the opportunity to ask questions of panelists from the Philly City Commissioner’s Office, the Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the PA Department of State.
Language access for all
Citizens for Language Access is a table of voting and immigrant rights organizations. For these organizations, US Citizen Immigrants are an essential part of the United State’s civic and political fabric.
Citizens for Language Access represent over 15 language minority communities in Philadelphia. Together with the City of Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs is working to ensure language access as a right. The purpose is to eliminate language as a barrier to exercise the fundamental right to vote.
The event will also highlight the positive role multilingual poll workers can serve on election day. Also, itt will provide a forum for state and local elections officials to continue collaboration with US citizen immigrant communities on expanding language access going forward.
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