Formations et événements

• Formations CHARGE
  • CHARGE partners will host a Redécoupage du district du Community College session on Thursday, August 26 (TODAY!) at 5:00 pm PT/8:00 pm ET for those who might have missed previous sessions. This will focus primarily on tips for testifying and providing input to those drawing redistricting maps. Inscrivez-vous ici.
  • Evaluating and Analyzing Redistricting Maps for Advocacy Campaigns: In anticipation of proposed maps coming out from official entities and interested groups, this webinar will deepen community leaders’ knowledge of how to evaluate and analyze those maps, including learning how to evaluate for Voting Rights Act compliance, looking at other redistricting criteria, learning how to use open-access redistricting software. This training will take place on August 31, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET. The goal is to equip community leaders to effectively analyze and evaluate proposed district maps in order to advocate effectively for their communities. Inscrivez-vous ici.
• Tous pour la démocratie, Indiana’s Coalition for Independent Redistricting, announced a first-in-the-state community mapping contest that allows Hoosiers to win cash prizes for drawing fair district maps in this year’s redistricting cycle. The winning maps will be used as the standard by which to judge the maps drawn by the Indiana General Assembly and will be a valuable tool to hold them accountable for the mapping decisions they make. All IN for Democracy will urge the legislature to pass the citizen-drawn maps instead of the partisan-designed maps produced under an opaque and conflicted process. En savoir plus ici.
• Le Hawaiʻi State Reapportionment Commission will meet on Thursday, August 26 at 11:00 a.m. (HST) via Zoom. Find the Zoom meeting link and view the upcoming meeting agenda here.
• New Mexico: Voter Expression, Not Voter Suppression: August 28, 2021 from 1:00 to 3:15 pm MT. Sponsored by the nonpartisan Southern New Mexico Suffrage Alliance: American Association of University Women (AAUW), Doña Ana County Clerk’s Office, League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico (LWVSNM), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP- DAC), GFWC Progress Club of Las Cruces, and a few individuals. Inscrivez-vous ici.
• Cause commune Pennsylvanie organise des heures de bureau pour tous ceux qui ont déjà reçu til pleut sur Districtr et cCartographie communautaire en Pennsylvanie pour poser des questions, vous entraîner à dessiner des cartes communautaires et vous connecter avec d'autres cartographes et formateurs. Si vous êtes intéressé en devenant un cocartographe communautaire en Pennsylvanie, envoyez un e-mail à Khalif Ali à kali@commoncause.org. Les heures de bureau auront lieu à midi HE le Aug 27, Sep 3, and Sep 10. Inscrivez-vous ici.
• Cause commune Maryland is organizing people power across the state to ensure Marylanders play an active role in shaping their own representation. Join them on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 at 11am ET for a Redistricting Teach-In. The teach-in will cover the latest MD redistricting updates and include trainings on how to testify, map your community, write letters to the editor, and more. Don’t miss out! RSVP to join us! 
• Floride Redistricting: Join Equal Ground for “Understanding Florida’s 2020 Redistricting Process” on August 31 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm ET. Now that the census data has been released, we will dive into what Floridians can expect in the upcoming state and congressional redistricting process.  Inscrivez-vous ici.

Ressources 

• Cause commune et Initiative sur la politique pénitentiaire have partnered on the creation of a step-by-step guide on how to count incarcerated people at their previous address for redistricting purposes. This process avoids the skewing of population counts that occurs when counting imprisoned people where they are being imprisoned. View this resource here.

Nouvelles

• 🏆Wins of the week: ending prison gerrymandering🏆
  • California will remove federal prison population from state’s redistricting data. California Citizens Redistricting Commission press release. August 20, 2021. See the letter that the California Black Census & Redistricting Hub and Prison Policy Initiative sent to the Commission advocating for an end to federal prison gerrymandering.
  • « Nous défendons l’égalité de traitement devant la loi. » La Pennsylvanie abolit le découpage électoral dans les prisons. Time Magazine. 24 août 2021.
• National:
  • Keep it In Perspective with Christian Hanley: Packing and Cracking. August 25, 2021. Hear yours truly give an update on the fight for fair maps on Hanley’s podcast.
  • Democrats face new hurdles in legal fight over redistricting. Associated Press. August 20, 2021. 
• Californie: 
  • La commission de redécoupage de Brentwood annonce ses membres. La Presse. 24 août 2021.
  • Little Tokyo cherche à éviter de retomber dans le piège du redécoupage électoral. Le Rafu Shimpo. 24 août 2021.
• Colorado: Les résidents du comté de Douglas expriment leur opinion sur les cartes de redécoupage. Englewood Herald. 24 août 2021.
• Géorgie: State leaders explain what redistricting means for Savannah. Fox 28. August 20, 2021. 
• Kansas: Population shifts in Kansas set up redistricting changes. WIBW. August 17, 2021.
• Mississippi: 
  • Les citoyens demandent un processus de redécoupage transparent et équitable lors de l'audience finale à l'échelle de l'État. Le Northside Sun. 24 août 2021. 
  • Drawing the lines: Residents voice concerns on redistricting Mississippi after 2020 Census. Hattiesburg American. August 23, 2021.
• Caroline du Nord: 
  • Back to the drawing board: FAQ sur le redécoupage des circonscriptions en Caroline du Nord en 2021. Carolina Public Press. 24 août 2021.
  • PW special report: Demystifying the redistricting process. NC Policy Watch. August 20, 2021.
• Ohio: 
  • Ohio Redistricting Commission launches public input website. The Highland County Press. August 22, 2021.
  • Public hearings set on redistricting. Review Times. August 17, 2021. 
• Pennsylvanie: Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Holding Redistricting Hearing. CBS Pittsburgh. August 25, 2021.
• Texas: 
  • Texas Democrats Return Home To A New Battle: Redistricting. NPR. August 21, 2021.
  • Experts explain how redistricting can affect diverse Texas communities. KTSM. August 17, 2021l.
• Utah: Utah’s Redistricting Process Kicks Off. KPCW. August 20, 2021.
• Virginie: Pope & Schapiro: Census Data And Redistricting. WVTF. August 20, 2021.
• Wisconsin: Outagamie County residents can give input on what their communities look like for redistricting. The Post Crescent. August 19, 2021.
• Wyoming: Legislators begin redistricting process. The Sheridan Press. August 21, 2021.

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