NPAction Update
Vol 5, Issue 1
January 5, 2007

Welcome to the NPAction Update.

Making Their Issue Visible: The Vote for Homes! Coalition Sponsored by Project H.O.M.E.,the Vote for Homes! Coalition is a nonpartisan advocacy group based in Philadelphia working to register and mobilize low income and homeless people to vote. This highly organized and involved method of promoting an advocacy agenda while empowering low income voters is inspiring. The Vote for Homes! Coalition has registered over 8,500 voters and proven to successfully help homeless individuals overcome voting barriers. The coalition has been active since the Philadelphia mayoral race in 1999, when they embarked on an effort to get issues affecting low-income citizens, particularly housing, on candidates' agenda. It has now grown into a project that empowers and educates an entire bloc of citizens. Click here to read more.

*"Steal This Code": Put NPAction on Your Site*

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"Steal the Code" today
http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/600/1/1988

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