Category: RVUSA Priority Issues

These priority issues are the primary focus of RVUSA activities:

  • Civic and Voter Engagement
  • Education
  • Gun Violence Protection
  • Healthcare
  • Immigration
  • LBGTQ+ Rights
  • Science and Environment
  • Unity and Diversity
  • Women’s Rights
Activist Profiles, Unity and Diversity

Activist Profile: Rena Riback

Our Activist Profile series highlights RaisingVoicesUSA members who have found their path to civic engagement by raising their voice for the issues they’re most passionate about. Want to be featured? Contact us at info@raisingvoicesusa.org to learn more. Issue/Cause: Anti-Racism Activism What was your first experience as an activist and what …

Activist Profiles, LGBTQ+

Activist Profile: Scott Petersen, LMSW

Our Activist Profile series highlights RaisingVoicesUSA members who have found their path to civic engagement by raising their voice for the issues they’re most passionate about. Want to be featured? Contact us at info@raisingvoicesusa.org to learn more. Issue/Cause: LGBTQ Advocacy/ HIV Advocacy What was your first experience as an activist …

Activist Profiles, Civic and Voter Engagement, Immigration

Activist Profile: Rodman Serrano

Our Activist Profile series highlights RaisingVoicesUSA members who have found their path to civic engagement by raising their voice for the issues they’re most passionate about. Want to be featured? Contact us at info@raisingvoicesusa.org to learn more. Issue/Cause: Building electoral power in low-income communities of color on Long Island. What …

Activist Profiles, Education

Activist Profile: Nikhil Goyal

Our Activist Profile series highlights RaisingVoicesUSA members who have found their path to civic engagement by raising their voice for the issues they’re most passionate about. Want to be featured? Contact us at info@raisingvoicesusa.org to learn more. Issue/Cause: Equitable public education, criminal justice reform, universal health care, and others  What …

Civic and Voter Engagement, Educational Resources and Tools

How to Organize a Voter Registration Drive

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At our last general meeting, we talked a great deal about the importance of encouraging friends, family and neighbors to register to vote for the upcoming midterm elections. One of the best (and most fun!) ways to increase voter registration numbers and encourage participation at the polls in November is …

Action, Civic and Voter Engagement

Sign the Petition: End Gerrymandering Now

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CLICK HERE TO RAISE YOUR VOICE NOW!

Pass the Redistricting Reform Act and set up independent commissions to draw fair maps and put the people in charge, not politicians.

Voters should choose politicians — not the other way around.

But extreme partisan gerrymandering lets political insiders and party bosses draw district lines that box out their competition and protect their own power. Gerrymandering robs voters of their right to a meaningful choice at the polls, and weakens our democracy.

We must stop this kind of political manipulation for good. The Redistricting Reform Act would count all Americans and put the people back in charge by setting up independent commissions that prioritize inclusive public participation, fair representation, and transparency when drawing maps.

Tell your lawmakers — support this important bill and end gerrymandering now!

Action, Immigration, News and Events, Regional and National Events

Thank you for raising your voices for families separated at the border

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On Saturday, people around the United States came together and raised their voices in support of keeping families together. Thank you to those who joined RaisingVoicesUSA members at rallies across Long Island, and to everyone who spoke up in support of humane, compassionate immigration policy at rallies across the country.