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MPR News and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits to host An Election Connection: a cross-cultural get-together
Two nonpartisan events to feature voter tools and candidate information in multiple languages for people new to the election process
October 22, 2008
WHAT:
An Election Connection: a cross-cultural get-together with MPR News and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN). Chris Roberts of MPR News will host an informative and entertaining evening for people who are new to the election process, including representatives from each presidential campaign, a new voter panel and an audience Q&A—plus free food and live music.
WHEN AND WHERE:
Tuesday, October 28
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. / program is 7–8 p.m.
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building
179 Robie St E, St. Paul
Wednesday, October 29
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. / program is 7–8 p.m.
Plaza Verde
1516 E Lake St, Minneapolis
TICKETS:
This event is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
Minnesota Public Radio News and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) are partnering on two nonpartisan events during the week before the 2008 election. Chris Roberts of MPR News will host an informative and entertaining evening for people who are new to the election process.
Roberts will provide nonpartisan information about both U.S. Presidential candidates' positions, plus talk to some people from MPR's Public Insight Network who became American citizens and recently voted for the first time. The program will end with a discussion with the audience about their voting stories and questions. Some program material will be written in Spanish, Hmong and Somali. Voter guides in multiple languages will also be available.
One event will be in St. Paul and one in Minneapolis; both will feature the same content. Besides the programming, the audience will have access to people trained by MCN's Minnesota Participation Project, whose aim is to familiarize people with the voting process. There will be information about polling places, rides to voting locations and voter registration. MPR's Select A Candidate, an online tool that matches voters with candidates who reflect their values (now available in English and Spanish), will be available to help voters navigate candidates' positions on issues of importance to them.
The Minneapolis Foundation is sponsoring the events.
These events will be free and open to the public. No pre-registration is necessary. There will be food and live music.
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) is the 1,900-member statewide association of nonprofit organizations. MCN's Minnesota Participation Project is an exciting effort to support and expand the capacity of Minnesota nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations to effectively engage in permissible nonpartisan voter engagement efforts—registration, voter education and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activities.
Minnesota Public Radio® operates a 38-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states and produces programming for radio, Internet and face-to-face audiences. Programs produced by Minnesota Public Radio's parent company, American Public Media,™ reach 15.9 million listeners nationwide each week. Of those, nearly 800,000 listen regionally, in Minnesota and surrounding states. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be found at www.mpr.org.
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Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc. Arbitron data are estimates only. Fall 2007/Spring 2008 average
Press Contacts:
Jennifer Haugh
Minnesota Public Radio
651-290-1369
jhaugh@mpr.org
Maureen Ramirez, coordinator, Minnesota Participation Project
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
651-757-3062, 651-353-2387 (cell)
maureen@mncn.org
Christine Durand, communications and marketing director
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
651-757-3082, 612-723-1325 (cell)
cdurand@mncn.org
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