{"id":4781,"date":"2020-06-17T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/?post_type=event_post&#038;p=4781"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:45:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T20:45:43","slug":"vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it-getting-ready-for-the-august-4-election","status":"archive","type":"event_post","link":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/events\/vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it-getting-ready-for-the-august-4-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote como si su vida dependiera de ello: prepar\u00e1ndose para las elecciones del 4 de agosto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4783\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nomachot-Adiang-275x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nomachot-Adiang-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nomachot-Adiang-768x837.png 768w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nomachot-Adiang.png 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>Nomachot Adiang is the Kansas City Organizer for Missouri Health Care for All, an organization that advocates for quality affordable healthcare for all Missourians. She mobilizes and empowers people in the Kansas City metro to take action and affect health care policy in Missouri. Nomachot has been involved in community organizing work for 7 years. Recently, her work has been focused on putting Medicaid Expansion on the ballot, and mobilizing voters to vote yes on Amendment 2. Nomachot is passionate about building collective power, in ways that cultivate strong authentic relationships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4952 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Josh-Protas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"259\" \/>Josh Protas is the Vice President of Public Policy and heads the Washington, D.C. office for MAZON. In this role, which he assumed in 2012, Josh coordinates and implements MAZON&#8217;s advocacy agenda, including efforts to protect and strengthen the federal nutrition safety net, with particular emphasis on the food security needs for seniors, veterans, and military families. Josh has extensive experience working at Jewish communal agencies at both the local and national level including as Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and as Vice President and Washington Director for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. He previously served as a member of the board of directors for the Coalition on Human Needs and currently participates as part of the Vote Advisory Council for Food Policy Action. Josh earned his M.A. in Western American History and Public History from Arizona State University and his B.A. in American Studies and French Literature from Wesleyan University.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4986\" src=\"http:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Denise-Lieberman-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Denise-Lieberman-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Denise-Lieberman-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Denise-Lieberman-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Denise-Lieberman-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Denise-Lieberman-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/app\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Denise-Lieberman-1.jpg 1644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Denise Lieberman<\/strong> es una abogada de derechos civiles y experta reconocida a nivel nacional en derechos de voto. M\u00e1s recientemente, se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como Directora de Poder y Democracia en la Oficina Nacional del Proyecto Advancement en Washington DC, una organizaci\u00f3n de justicia racial, Denise tambi\u00e9n es Directora de la Facultad de la Iniciativa de Participaci\u00f3n y Acceso de Votantes en la Universidad de Washington en St. Louis y jefa de la Coalici\u00f3n de Protecci\u00f3n de Votantes de Missouri . Lieberman, reconocida abogada constitucional y de derechos civiles durante casi 25 a\u00f1os, ha estado a la vanguardia de los debates sobre el derecho al voto en su estado natal de Missouri y en todo el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>Como directora del Programa Nacional de Poder y Democracia de Advancement Project, Denise supervis\u00f3 las iniciativas de Protecci\u00f3n al Votante y Derecho al Voto de la organizaci\u00f3n en todo el pa\u00eds. Ha litigado impugnaciones a las leyes de identificaci\u00f3n con foto en Missouri, Pensilvania, Wisconsin y Carolina del Norte, donde fue asesora de la NAACP en una impugnaci\u00f3n de la &quot;monstruosa&quot; ley de supresi\u00f3n de votantes del estado que el tribunal determin\u00f3 que apuntaba a afroamericanos &quot;con precisi\u00f3n casi quir\u00fargica. &quot;<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Register for the July 16th Webinar Below:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"ngp-form\" data-form-url=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/v1\/Forms\/aVsvsYA6yUKHwoA2oMf_Eg2\" data-fastaction-endpoint=\"https:\/\/fastaction.ngpvan.com\" data-inline-errors=\"true\" data-fastaction-nologin=\"true\" data-databag-endpoint=\"https:\/\/profile.ngpvan.com\" data-databag=\"everybody\" data-mobile-autofocus=\"false\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomachot Adiang is the Kansas City Organizer for Missouri Health Care for All, an organization that advocates for quality affordable healthcare for all Missourians. 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