{"id":13227,"date":"2020-09-22T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=13227"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:48:02","slug":"oprah-winfrey-naacp-and-national-voting-rights-leaders-join-together-for-national-town-hall-own-your-vote-our-lives-depend-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/22\/oprah-winfrey-naacp-and-national-voting-rights-leaders-join-together-for-national-town-hall-own-your-vote-our-lives-depend-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Winfrey, NAACP and National Voting Rights Leaders Join Together for National Town Hall: &#8220;OWN Your Vote: Our Lives Depend on It&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13229\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote-260x260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/oprah-own-your-vote-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oprah Winfrey and OWN have joined together with the NAACP and national voting rights leaders to host &#8220;<strong><em>OWN Your Vote: Our Lives Depend On it<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; a virtual conversation aimed to inspire and equip thousands of voters and community leaders with specific steps they can take to register to vote, request their absentee ballots, and mobilize voters throughout their community. Slated to take place on September 24, 2020, at 8:00PM EST, the hour-long conversation will include remarks from leaders in the fight for voting rights, including Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Stacey Abrams (<em>Fair Fight<\/em>), Minyon Moore (<em>Power Rising<\/em>), Tiffany Dena Loftin (NAACP Youth and College), Judith Browne Dianis, and other key leaders. Join this conversation by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/OprahZoom\">bit.ly\/OprahZoom<\/a> and registering today!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to work with OWN, Ms. Winfrey and other key voting rights leaders as we engage our members, activists, and community leaders around the country about the importance of this election and their vote,&#8221; said Derrick Johnson, president, and CEO, NAACP. &#8220;Her voice during this critical time when communities not only need reassurance in their ability to affect change but encouragement and enlightenment on how to do so with clear impact cannot be overstated.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2537071280\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the nation reels from the effects of COVID-19, racial injustice, and voter suppression, OWN Your Vote seeks to shed light on the solution through a bipartisan registration and a get-out-the-vote campaign aimed at providing OWN&#8217;s audience of Black women with tools and resources to overcome voter suppression in the November election. The pro-social campaign connects people to urgent political actions and gives their concerns a powerful microphone by placing a spotlight on crucial community issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OWN is proud to partner with the NAACP and prominent voting rights leaders to hold this important conversation to energize and engage our community to vote this November,&#8221; said Tina Perry, president of OWN. &#8220;This is a critical time in our history to come together and raise our voices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Along with shedding light on why this moment is paramount for Black women to use their voice, Ms. Winfrey will also moderate a panel discussion that will bring attention to barriers to voting, what everyone should know about this election, and how they can overcome voter suppression in their community.<\/p>\n<p>The OWN Your Vote campaign has been informed by a study OWN conducted with over 700 Black women of voting age to identify critical issues affecting them. The political impact tracking study determined that affordable health care and racism\/discrimination are the two most relevant issues to Black women this election season.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2238156396\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>OWN Your Vote Partner Organizations include:<br \/>\nAdvancement Project National Office<br \/>\nAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated<br \/>\nAME Church Social Action Commission<br \/>\nDelta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated<br \/>\nFair Fight Action<br \/>\nHigher Heights Leadership Fund<br \/>\nJoseph and Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights<br \/>\nThe Kapor Center<br \/>\nThe King Center (Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.)<br \/>\nLawyers&#8217; Committee for Civil Rights Under Law<br \/>\nThe Links, Incorporated<br \/>\nNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People<br \/>\nNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)<br \/>\nNational Council of Negro Women<br \/>\nNational Urban League<br \/>\nPower Rising<br \/>\nPower to the Polls<br \/>\nSigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated<br \/>\nSistahs in Business Expo<br \/>\nVote Run Lead<br \/>\nVote.org<br \/>\nVoteAsIf.org<br \/>\nWhen We All Vote<br \/>\nWoke Vote<br \/>\nZeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated<\/p>\n<p>Link to OWN YOUR VOTE Website: OWNYourVote.TV<\/p>\n<p>Social Media Handles: FB: @OWNTV \/\/ http:\/\/ facebook.com\/owntv IG: @OWNYourVote \/\/ https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ownyourvote\/ TW: @OWNYourVote \/\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/OWNYourVote<\/p>\n<p>About NAACP<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. The NAACP is a c4 organization (contributions are not tax-deductible), and we have a partner c3 organization known as NAACP Empowerment Programs (contributions are fully tax-deductible as allowed by the IRS). NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund &#8211; also referred to as the NAACP-LDF was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. 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