GA Adapt & Ga Disability Vote Partnership GOTV for the Ga election Nov 8
Empowerment through voting
What is our purpose
GA ADAPT and GDVP are providing free rides to the polls for Deaf, Deaf/Blind, People with Disabilities, Elders, Native Tribal Members, People of Color, Family members.
Help us get out the vote
Donations
For any non partisan activities, please donate to our 501c3 account, Partisan activities must go through our 501c4
Non-partisan
Make a donation for non-partisan expenses. This covers things like mileage, van rental, hotels, meals, etc. Tax Deductible.
FEI # on request
Partisan
Make a donation for activities that could be classified as partisan. As a non-profit we need to be very careful with separating anything that could be construed as partisan, please use this link to a 501c4.
Thank you for your support
Our Budget
What Are we raising money for?
So far we have raised over $1000 for phone banking and transportation.
Our Budget/Fundraising goals:
- Native Outreach - $5000.00 for gas/ mileage, van rental with driver to do 10 counties (North Ga Cherokees & Muscogees and South GA not covered by Grassroots Connectors
- Estimated $ 20,000 ( 10 underserved counties without transport system: Gas and Driver's and stipend rental of personal vans)
- Drivers - 10 hrs x 2 drivers x 20 days = $4000.00
- Van rental - 2 vans x 20 days x $200 day = $8000.00
- Coordinating Services = $25 X 80 hours = $2000.00
Our Team
Our Mission
Our Goals
GDVP is a partnership of organizations within the disability community
Our Goals
Our Mission
Our Goals
- Provide accessible, affordable transportation to the polls
- 2 vans with 2 drivers in 10 cities
- All of Georgia for entire voting period.
- Educate voters about accessible formats such as ASL, T-ASL Deaf/Blind, Large Print, easier to read language, cart, visual description, etc.
- Provide nonpartisan survey to all candidates to educate them about G
- Provide accessible, affordable transportation to the polls
- 2 vans with 2 drivers in 10 cities
- All of Georgia for entire voting period.
- Educate voters about accessible formats such as ASL, T-ASL Deaf/Blind, Large Print, easier to read language, cart, visual description, etc.
- Provide nonpartisan survey to all candidates to educate them about Georgia specific issues
- Provide focused priority on areas with BIPOC with disabilities
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
To empower the disability community by encouraging the use of their voice/their vote.
To educate candidates about how to reach and serve the disability community, and the power of their vote.
Achievements
OUr successes
So far we have achieved a lot in a very short period of time.
74 state and national organizations have joined GDVP GA DISABILITIES VOTE PARTNERSHIP. Almost every type of disability group is represented in the partnership.
We have:
- supported multiple indigenous groups in increasing tribal efforts for getting out the vote. See this article in the New York Times on Native Americans mobilizing Georgia.
- identified 15 individuals in Meriwether county who need aid in getting to the polls.
- linked 10 counties with Indigenous supports to transportation partnering with Principal Chief Vonnie Mccormick.
- coordinated with 15 Grass Roots Connectors in South GA to provide vans, gas, transport in lift equipped vans for early voting and Election day
- started working with Mia Ives-Rublee, Asian Disabilities expert in GOTV
- created phone banks, text banks, and ASL outreach
- taken BLM seriously: people of color with Disabilities lead this coalition
- raised $1000 already for phone banks and transportation
- created this website
- Meetings weekly ASL Interpreters of color, CART by BIPOC, and Visual Description by people of color with Disabilities.
- Large Print available and Braille on demand.
- Phone Text nonprofits call text ASL banking