Voter Outreach Training & Education (VOTE) Network

A forum for understanding community needs, increasing cooperation and building collective power to improve the lives of AANHPI communities in Oregon.

We recognize that when working together, we can form meaningful partnerships to address the needs of our diverse communities. The VOTE Network ensures that the leaders and voices of our vibrant communities are deeply involved in our efforts.

The WHY

The VOTE Network aims to create a regular forum for understanding community needs, increasing cooperation and building collective power to improve the lives of AANHPI communities in Oregon. The Network is also an infrastructure for providing leadership training, raising financial resources to support local organizing and building a movement for our communities. Our goals:

  • Civic Engagement & Education
  • Community Engagement & Activation
  • Leadership Development & Organizational Capacity Building
  • Community Partnership & Relationship Building
NETWORK MEMBERSHIP

VOTE Network Members get additional support for advocacy and civic engagement activities, including: 

  • Sponsorship and grant support for your community organization
  • First-hand access to APANO volunteer opportunities
  • Voter registration and voter education for your community
  • Participate with APANO Electoral and Endorsement Committees
  • Collective relationship building with Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander leaders, electeds, funders and policymakers
  • Priority access to leadership development and trainings
  • Opportunities in the integrated voter engagement cycle
  • Strategic planning for base building, campaign development, legislative issues, and voter engagement
  • Affiliation with statewide and national networks to leverage for local and regional funding support
  • VOTE Network re-grant opportunities for advocacy and civic engagement projects
  • Access to Voter Action Network databases for data management, voter history, and online event management

Members also get access to trainings on:

  • Rank Choice Voting (RCV)
  • Voter Registration
  • Legislative Session 101: How a Bill Becomes a Law
  • Phone Banking 101
  • Text Banking 101
  • Voter Activation Network (VAN) 101

Interested in joining the VOTE Network? Fill out the application below and our Political, Policy, Advocacy & Civic Engagement (PPACE) team will be in touch! 

Join the VOTE Network
Our Values

The values that shape everything we do

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Integrity

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Self Determination

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Care

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Solidarity

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Belonging

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Learn More

Political Program FAQ

Community & Policy Outreach

Periodically, APANO offers opportunities to review demographic and policy data to help shape analysis and inform our political priorities. Through these exercises, participants can learn how to leverage research, writing skills, and data to influence policy change. To learn more and hear of opportunities to engage in this process, let us know! Submit your information here to receive information about our advocacy work and legislative updates.

Oregon Legislative Lobbying

Each legislative session, APANO welcomes the community to join us in Salem for APANO’s Lobby Day. An opportunity to influence the decisions being made by elected officials about issues that affect our community, Lobby Day is a day-long event hosted at the Oregon State Capitol. There, APANO members use their collective stories to advance equity in meaningful conversations directly with our elected officials and their staff. 

These gatherings and legislative trainings leading up to Lobby Day prepare members to craft their stories and learn about the ongoing advocacy work at the capitol. Let us know if you’d like to join us for the next Lobby Day by filling out our form here!

Legislative Session 101

Electoral Organizing

In our nonpartisan capacity, APANO partakes in campaigning and organizing year round. We hope to encourage and foster effective voter turnout. We participate in political education activities around specific ballot measure campaigns and issue areas. We create messaging that will turn out and engage AAPI voters, and we do that with the support of our community showing up. Thank you for all that you do! 

Join us in our efforts to bring about the world we wish to see. Partake in our outreach through voter engagement and education. We’ll canvas together, phonebank, write letters to the editor, and partake in speaker trainings — and we’ll have some fun doing it! Sign up for updates and upcoming opportunities here. 

Upcoming Events

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