September 20, 2014

Last week, we signed onto a voter engagement campaign called "Your Vote Matters" with Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) whose mission is to promote a fair and equitable society for all by working for civil and human rights and empowering Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other underserved communities. Because of the commonalities in our missions, we see possibility to learn and grow from each other.

The aim of this campaign is to empower and mobilize community members to exercise their voice at the ballot box. Your Vote Matters! mobilizes in every major election. They work with multiple community-based organizations and youth groups. AAJC is interested in expanding their campaign to the American Muslim community. As a result of this campaign, we will be going mosque to mosque in LA County with different tools to help people to register to vote. We will also be recruiting people to participate in phone banks with AAJC. If you would like to hold an event at your mosque or volunteer for this campaign, please email MPAC Fellow Abeer abeer@mpac.org