READY AIM ADVOCATE

After learning of the limitations imposed on Head Start programs regarding voter registration and education, Rose Eichelberger, then a parent representative on the YWCA St. Louis Head Start/Early Head Start Policy Council, created R.A.A.! - Ready, Aim, Advocate! Committee. We are a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer-based organization whose main focus is volunteerism, goal setting, financial and life skills training and education, advocacy training and voter education in low-income communities... In 2007, R.A.A.! presented its educational workshop, "Know Your Vote", to several local Head Start facilities and churches. As a result, we were able to get over 300 new voters registered and to the polls during the November 2007 elections. Our work continued and expanded throughout 2008 with a series of workshops on Advocacy, Financial Literacy, Job Readiness, and Being a Volunteer; voter registration drives; and guest speaker spotlights. We accomplished our goal for 2009 and increased the..

Primary location: Saint Louis United States