Get involved in Faith Vote Columbus; Several walk dates remain

May 27, 2008 - On Saturday May 24, Columbus congregation members and students joined the Columbus Faith Vote effort to register voters and educate on the importance of voting. The walk began as St. Dominics Church on the eastside.

(above) Father Jim Colopy, left, pastor of St. Dominics Church in Columbus and Kisito Kikam, right, a student at the Ohio State University, went door-to-door in the neighborhood near the church. At this particular house, everyone was not only registered to vote, but very excited about the upcoming election.

Faith Vote Columbus is a non-partisan coalition of religious congregations, neighborhood associations, and labor unions, including OCSEA.

Some of the goals of the group include increasing voter turnout in urban precincts, protecting the right to vote, and recruiting and training volunteers to engage in neighbor-to-neighbor non-partisan voter education campaigns.

Participate in an upcoming Faith Vote Columbus voter registration walk:

• Saturday, May 31, 9:30 a.m. - Second Baptist
  186 N. 17th St., Columbus, OH 43203
  (614) 253-4313 - Get directions
  

• Saturday, June 7, 9:30 a.m. - Grace Baptist
  1182 N. 6th Street (Weinland Park)
  Columbus, OH 43201
  Get Directions
  

• Saturday, June 14, 4 p.m. - New Salem Missionary Baptist Church (Linden)
  2956 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, OH 43224
  (614) 267-2536 - Get directions
  
  
• Saturday, June 21, 9:30 a.m. - First Church of God
  3480 Refugee Rd, Columbus, OH 43232
  (614) 338-8338 - Get directions
  
  
• Saturday, June 28, 9:30 a.m. - Asbury North United Methodist
  1586 Clifton Ave., Columbus, OH 43203
  (614) 258-8154 - Get directions

See Related

About Faith Vote Columbus

Faith Vote Columbus invites union members to participate in voter registration walks; Check Schedule

Faith Vote Columbus Brochure (PDF)

Ohio Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)

Industrial Areas Foundation

Voter Registration

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