One Vote Film Couch Party
Event Information
About this Event
Join us during National Voter Education Week to turnout the vote this election from the comfort of your own couch while watching a movie!
The Students Learn Students Vote coalition, Andrew Goodman Foundation, Campus Election Engagement Project, Campus Vote Project, Student PIRGs, and Vote for Astra are proud sponsors of Campus Couch Parties.
Couch Parties are a fun and safe way to make sure everyone you know has a plan to vote this election--from being registered to vote, to planning to vote by mail or in-person.
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge staff will provide a 20 minute training session on how to download the Outvote app to your phone. Outvote allows you to sync contacts in your phone so that you can send pre-written texts about registering to vote and making a plan to vote to all your friends. After the training, the texting begins as we hang out "together" and watch the film One Vote!
One Vote is a small film about a big topic: American democracy.
The characters of One Vote include the charismatic owner of the last tavern polling place in the US; an Alaskan family that travels miles of snow-covered roads by dogsled to reach their polling place; an iconic American investor who devotes his Election Day to transporting voters in Omaha needing a ride to vote; a gospel-singing physician who heals and empowers disenfranchised citizens in rural South Carolina; and a former felon, casting an emotional vote in Kentucky for the first time since his right to vote was restored. Their stories connect us with the struggles of generations past, as well as voters' dreams for the future.
At times funny, surprising and heart-wrenching, the film eschews partisan politics in favor of an honest portrayal of voters' Election Day experiences.
At a moment of unprecedented cynicism about the political process, One Vote bears hopeful witness to the humanity and rich diversity of American voters, and to the unsung stories that comprise our exercise of democracy.
This event will be hosted on the OVEE platform. We will send an email to you on October 8th with the link and process to join the OVEE platform. The link can also be accessed here: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/2xm8o
You will need to create a free account with OVEE to join the event.