Volunteers Wanted- CEC

Over the last few months, Grassroots Initiative has had the pleasure to work with hundreds of community groups, houses of faith, elected officials, volunteers and parent leaders to recruit candidates for this year’s historic Community and Citywide Education Council (CEC) elections in New York. There are more than 500 candidates on the ballot – 60% of whom are running for the very first time!

The elections will be history-making – marking the first public election in U.S. history to be held entirely online. These elections are also particularly important because mayoral control of schools is up for renewal in June and CECs (the former School Boards) are front and center in this debate.

In addition, we’ll need volunteers starting immediately to help hit the streets to distribute information. This is the first time that all parents with kids in NYC public schools have been able to cast a vote in CEC elections and therefore, it will take a massive community effort to make this a success.

We need your help to ensure all parents know that they have the right to vote in this important election. If you’d like to volunteer to help distribute information in your community, please just reply to this email and we’ll get you materials and connect you to other volunteers.

Thanks for your continued support and partnership. For a sneak peak of the new PSA on these historic elections, follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfQby5BaYfQ

Thanks,

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Sarah Malloy-Good
Community Outreach Coordinator
646.861.5048 / 1-877-NYC-VOTE
www.powertotheparents.org