League of Women Voters of Tennessee Education Fund

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PO Box 158369 Nashville, TN 37215

EIN Number: 23-7166868

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Phone: 629-777-5677

Hours: No Set Business Hours - Call to Inquire

Website: https://www.lwvtn.org/

Email: lwvtenn@gmail.com

NTEE Code: R40: Voter Education & Registration

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

The League of Women Voters of Tennessee Education Fund conducts voter service and citizen education activities. It is a nonpartisan nonprofit public policy educational organization, which:Builds citizen participation in the democratic process. Studies key community issues at all government levels in an unbiased manner. Enables people to seek positive solutions to public policy issues through education and conflict management.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Voter registration & dissemination of non-partisan information The core work of LWV is to promote informed and engaged citizens. LWV provides voting information and voter registration in a variety of venues including high schools, community fairs, and meetings of civic organizations. For many voters, www.Vote411.org is an important on-line voter resource that is activated prior to each election cycle. It will be heavily promoted. LWV is also exploring a variety of print and multi-media resources to help all registered voters feel confident that they have the resources they need in order to vote and feel motivated to do so. Engaging First Time Voters LWV will be exploring innovative ways to motivate high school students and community college students to be active participants in community life by registering to vote -- and then actually casting their first vote. Research shows that young adults who vote within the first year of registering to vote are more likely to make it a lifetime habit. Our new website, www.myfirstvoteTN.org, is intended to reach this audience.We are also conducting a major outreach to make sure that high school students and community college students have appropriate photo ID for voting. Many students need information about the process of acquiring a TN Identification License as an alternative identification document if they do not have a driver's license. Candidate Forums Publicizing and convening community forums for candidates in local elections in collaboration with other community organizations as well as holding substantive forums on issues of public policy are important programmatic elements for LWV. Suffrage Ballet LWVN has commissioned the Nashville Ballet to create an original ballet that tells the incredible story of how the women of America got the right to vote because of the one vote cast in Tennessee with the passage of the 19th Amendment. This ballet, along with the accompanying curriculum for teachers, will be presented to middle school audiences throughout middle Tennessee beginning in 2018 and running through 2020 -- the 100 year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.

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Services Offered

  • Citizenship Education
  • Music & Performing Arts Programs
  • Voter Education & Registration

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