Rock the Congress: San Francisco & Peninsula

The overall goal of this presentation is to provide participants with a simple breakdown of the U.S. electoral system, and the importance and role of civic and voter engagement in the creation of local, state, and national policies that either protect, or further erode, individual rights, particularly those of the estimated 11 million+ undocumented immigrants in the U.S., currently under attack by the Trump administration.
We will give a basic demographic overview of the current eligible voter population, including average voter turn-out and other basic voter demographics locally, at the state, and at the national level. We will discuss the relationship between voter engagement (being a constituent), civic engagement/advocacy, and local, state, and national policy (i.e., laws that impact our everyday lives). And we will give local, state and national examples of how voter/civic engagement has impacted local policies, including DACA, Sanctuary Cities, Universal Legal Representation and other community driven policies/laws.