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September: The Month Ahead
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The People's Money
This month, the CEC will be launching "The People’s Money," NYC’s first-ever expense-based, citywide participatory budgeting (PB) process! All New Yorkers age 11 and up, regardless of citizenship or incarceration status, will be invited to directly decide how $5M of mayoral expense funding is spent. We are excited to announce that we will be partnering with over 80 organizations, groups, and institutions during the first phase of citywide PB, also known as Idea Generation. Residents will get together to have conversations about needs, priorities, and problems in their neighborhood and collectively brainstorm solutions. Help us kick-off the first phase of The People’s Money in the Bronx next week!
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The People's Money help us kick-off NYC's first-ever citywide participatory budgeting process! The event is being held on Wednesday, September 14th from 11 AM until 4 PM at Roberto Clemente Plaza, 530 Willis Ave, Bronx. RSVP by going to on.nyc.gov/pblaunch
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Sunday in the Heights with Little Amal
Join the CEC, Little Amal, and The People’s Bus for a celebration of art, culture, and civic engagement on Sunday, September 18th, at La Plaza de las Americas, Washington Heights. RSVP
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The Civic Engagement Commission & St. Ann's Warehouse Present: Sunday in the Heights with Little Amal! Join us for a day of dancing, civic engagement, food, and more! The event is on September 18th, 2022 from 1 PM to 7 PM at Plaza De Las Americas in Washington Heights.
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November General Election
All eyes are on the November General Election! Make sure that you are aware of key upcoming dates to ensure you are eligible to vote.
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The November General Election is around the corner please check your poll site before heading to the polls. To check your poll site visit: findmypollsite.vote.nyc
The deadline to register to vote is October 14th. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is October 24. Early voting begins October 29th and ends on October 6th. Election Day is November 8th!
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In addition to voting for elected offices, there will be three proposals on the back of your ballot that you can vote yes or no on. For more information on these ballot proposals, visit: nyc.gov/racialjustice
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What's on the back of your ballot NYC? Ballot proposal 1: Add a statement of value to guide government. Ballot proposal 2: Establish a Racial Equity Office, Plan and Commission. Ballot proposal 3: Measure the true cost of living. Learn more about these proposals at nyc.gov/racialjustice
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August Highlights
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CEC in the Community
We teamed up with the Center for Law & Social Justice, Queens Community Houses and the Office of Queens Borough President to share civic engagement opportunities and August Primary Resources.
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Your Faith in Action
The CEC, Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnership (FBCP), Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit (CAU) and the Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) co-hosted “Your Faith in Action”. The event featured conversation from diverse faith leaders on concerns surrounding housing, homelessness, maternal health, mental health service and workforce development training.
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August Primary Poll Site Language Assistance
During the Primary Election in August 2022, we were able to offer interpretation services in the following languages to limited English proficient voters at a total of 100 polling locations: Russian, Haitian Creole, Yiddish, Polish, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese/Mandarin, French, Korean, Urdu, and Italian.
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Cornell University: Civics & Tech
Students at Cornell Tech showcased projects they had completed over the course of a 3-week summer intensive class on Civics & Tech. On behalf of the CEC two groups presented their projects, one focusing on troubleshooting an open-source volunteer management software and the other created an evaluation framework for the Idea Generation phase of participatory budgeting.
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Diversity & Tech
In partnership with the NYC Economic Development Corporation, The NYC Office of Technology & Innovation, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health and Microsoft Garage, The Civic Engagement Commission held a conversation on the city’s efforts on strengthening democracy and increasing diversity and cultural competency in tech.
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Get Involved
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Civic Engagement Volunteer Opportunities
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"Get Involved: Civic Engagement Opportunities" and invites the public to join the CEC by signing up to volunteer for citywide participatory budgeting, poll site interpretation, or voter participation at on.nyc.gov/cecvolunteer.
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Language Assistance Advisory Committee
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"Volunteer Opportunity: Passionate about language access and voter engagement?" and invites the public to join the Language Assistance Advisory Committee if they have roots in Haitian, Italian and Polish Language Communities. Apply by emailing your resume to: info@civicengagement.nyc.gov.
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Follow us on social media and learn about our programs on our website: https://linktr.ee/NYCCEC
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