Volunteering Opportunities

VDRs needed to register voters at Richland College. Dorit Suffness will be leading the volunteers on campus that day. She will have applications and all supplies and will arrange for application delivery after the event.

Meet in the Student Life office in El Paso Lounge.

Volunteers needed to educate voters at Dallas College- Cedar Valley Campus in Building N, Room 1051. Cathy Murphree (cathymurphree@gmail.com, 214-529-4103) will be leading this event.

She will provide applications and all supplies and will arrange for application delivery after the event.

Help our members track the City of Dallas Council meetings.

Ways You Can Help:

1. Follow Dallas Documenters for on-the-ground insights and meeting notes: Dallas Free Press Meeting Briefs https://dallasfreepress.com/public-meeting-briefs/

2. Monitor news sources for City of Dallas coverage.

3. Watch Council meetings and commission meetings to track discussions on issues. Meetings are typically the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. You can confirm the meeting dates here: https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/council_calendar.pdf. Videostream is accessible at http://bit.ly/3WKHMUh

Lastly, provide a very brief summary or highlight about the meeting. Or let Diane know if the Dallas Documenter report is sufficient. We hope your efforts will give the LWVD Board advance notice of when the League should advocate for an issue to the Trustees. The advocacy is done by the President - not the Observer.

Once you sign up, Diane Tasian will receive an automatic email and follow up with you.

Thank you for helping us stay informed and advocate for our community!

Diane Tasian, Director of Volunteers

volunteer@lwvdallas.org

Help Our Advocacy Chair Track the Dallas County Commissioner Court meetings.

Ways You Can Help:

1. Follow Dallas Documenters for on-the-ground insights and meeting notes: Dallas Free Press Meeting Briefs https://dallasfreepress.com/public-meeting-briefs/

2. Monitor news sources for voting-related and other county coverage.

3. Watch Commissioner Court meetings and community meetings to track discussions on issues. Meetings are typically the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month beginning at 9am, except for July when the Court meets only on the first Tuesday. Videostream is accessible at https://dallascounty.civicweb.net/portal/

Lastly, provide a very brief summary or highlight about the meeting. Or let Diane know if the Dallas Documenter report is sufficient. We hope your efforts will give the LWVD Board advance notice of when the League should advocate for an issue to the Trustees. The advocacy is done by the President - not the Observer.

Once you sign up, Diane Tasian will receive an automatic email and follow up with you.

Thank you for helping our members stay informed and advocate for our community!

Diane Tasian, Director of Volunteers

volunteer@lwvdallas.org

Help keep LWV Dallas members informed about the City of Dallas Independent School District board meetings.

Ways You Can Help:

1. Follow Dallas Documenters for on-the-ground insights and meeting notes: Dallas Free Press Meeting Briefs https://dallasfreepress.com/public-meeting-briefs/

2. Monitor news sources for ISD-related coverage.

3. Watch ISD board meetings either in person or virtually to track discussions on issues. Meetings are typically on the 4th Thursday of the month in the board room at 6pm. There are some exceptions to the schedule. Please confirm the calendar at go.boarddocs.com.. Videostream is accessible at dallasisdtx.swagit.com.

Lastly, provide a very brief summary or highlight about the meeting. Or let Diane know if the Dallas Documenter report is sufficient. We hope your efforts will give the LWVD Board advance notice of when the League should advocate for an issue to the Trustees. The advocacy is done by the President - not the Observer.

Once you sign up, Diane Tasian will receive an automatic email and follow up with you. We will meet with Ellen Steger of LWV Richardson who has been following RISD for years to get advice.

Thank you for helping our members stay informed and advocate for our community!

Diane Tasian, Director of Volunteers

volunteer@lwvdallas.org

This has been rescheduled to January 30 due to the weather.

VDRs needed to register voters at Latino Cultural Center. Norma Arratia (narratia227@gmail.com, (214) 243-5759) will be leading this event. She will provide all supplies and will arrange for application delivery after the event. She will be there for set up at 5pm.

Register and educate voters at True Lee Missionary Baptist Church on this day before the voter registration deadline. Casey Thomas will meet you in the foyer and show you the room set up for you.

Calling all volunteers to deliver Voters Guides and rack cards (formerly known as bookmarks) across Dallas County.  We will distribute the materials to you on February 5 and you will have until February 13 to complete your deliveries.

Sign up:

• Registering for a time slot gives us a way to communicate with you.  
• The time slots will also help us ensure we have enough Distribution support on hand when you come pick up your bundles.
• The time slots begin at 9:30. We will text you to let you know that the materials have been delivered to the Library. You will have until 4 pm to come pick up your materials.
• The time slots are only for Thursday, February 5 since picking up materials is the critical first step.
• We believe a team of 2 or 3 people for each of the 9 sectors of the county will make this process go smoothly.
• If you would prefer to be a Distribution SUPPORT volunteer, please see that volunteer opportunity.

Pick up your bundle(s):

• Thursday, February 5, at the Oak Lawn Library, 4100 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX 75219. We are using the same pick up location and process we did for the last two elections.
• After 4pm on February 5 all material will be moved to the office at BIll J Priest. If you missed the Thursday pick up, bundle pick-up will be by appointment at our new office location, Room 109, Bill J. Priest Center - Dallas College, 1402 Corinth Street, Dallas, TX 75215 .  Please call/text Diane Tasian, 214 850-7054, to arrange a time to meet at our office. 

Check out process:

• When you come to pick up guides and bookmarks, you will be able to select your delivery area(s). The cover sheets for each drop-off location will be sorted into 9 sectors. Cover sheets will include the drop-off address and any contact info we have. 
• You will hand your selection to support volunteers who are pulling the bundles together. They will direct you to the waiting area where we will have coffee and sweets. They will gather your selections and when done will direct you to the check-out table. At the check-out table your cover sheet(s) and the bundles are verified.
• Then we will help you load everything into your vehicle. 

Deliveries:

• You choose when to make your deliveries. 
• We are hoping to complete deliveries by Friday, February 13, so voters have this information in time for Early Voting. Ballot by Mail voters will have already received their ballots, but may want to visit their neighborhood library to read the Voters Guide.

If you have any questions, please call/text Diane Tasian, 214-850-7054 or Madge Cruse, 214-728-5599.

Please help us Support the Distribution volunteers as they gather their bundles.

We need:

• 4 to 5 people to help pull bundles of Voter’s Guides and rack cards (formerly known as bookmarks) after the distribution volunteers select the drop-offs they want to do. Then you will them load their cars.
• 1 to 2 people to help the team at the check-out table verify the cover sheets and material being given to the delivery volunteers are accurate..

When and where we need your help:

• on February 2 at the Oak Lawn Library

Sign up:

• Registering for a time slot gives us a way to communicate with you.  
• The time slots will also help us ensure enough volunteer support when distribution volunteers come pick up their batches.
• We believe a team of 7 people will make this process go smoothly.

If you have any questions, please call Diane Tasian, 214 850-7054 or Madge Cruse, (214) 728-5599.

Register and educate voters at the Cedar Hill Block Party. They are expecting 2000 people at this fun family event. This will be the fourth year we have participated.