GETTING OUT THE VOTE

YMCAs INCREASE NONPARTISAN VOTER OUTREACH

Since 2017, the Y has been hosting registration drives for National Voter Registration Day, and engaging in other outreach efforts to help educate and prepare community members to vote. In 2024, the Y has hosted over 80 registration and outreach events, connecting with thousands of community members and registering over 600 voters.

Our partners in these efforts have been Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), Brooklyn Board of Elections, Brooklyn NAACP, Brooklyn Voters Alliance, Generation Vote, League of Women Voters, Office of Council Member Christopher Marte, Metropolitan Asian Deaf Association, MinKwon Center for Community Action, NALEO Educational Fund, NYC Votes, Office of Council Member Keith Powers, Queens Board of Elections, Queens Community Justice Center, Staten Island Board of Elections, SuperMarvelous Society, Unite NY, and the Williamsbridge NAACP.

In addition, support from Con Edison and the Y’s Center for Community Impact have helped us to launch a GOTV campaign and roll out a series of fall events across the city to energize voters. These efforts focus on equipping registered voters with information and motivating them to show up to the polls.•

(top) Volunteers from the Brooklyn NAACP show up regularly at the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Dodge, and Flatbush Ys to promote civic engagement; (above) the Queens Board of Elections at the Cross Island Y on National Voter Registration Day.

Y staff and community members at Get Out The Vote events throughout the city.