The APANO Voter Outreach Training & Education (VOTE) Network organizes and supports the development of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community organizations in Oregon to achieve social justice through advocacy and civic engagement. We recognize that when working together, we can form meaningful partnerships to address the needs of our diverse communities. The APANO Network ensures that the leaders and voices of our vibrant communities are deeply involved in our efforts.
The purpose of the network is to create a regular forum for understanding community needs, increasing cooperation, and building collective power to improve the lives of AANHPI communities in Oregon. The network is also an infrastructure for providing leadership training, raising financial resources to support local organizing, and building a movement for our communities.
Benefits of becoming a member of APANO's VOTE Network:
Grant and Sponsorship Opportunities
Collective relationship building with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander leaders, electeds, funders, and policymakers
Priority access to leadership development and trainings
Opportunities in the integrated voter engagement cycle
Strategic planning for base building, campaign development, legislative issues, and voter engagement.
Affiliation with statewide and national networks to leverage for local and regional funding support
VOTE Network grant/ Sponsorship opportunities for advocacy and civic engagement, Community Building, and Voter Education
Access to Voter Action Network databases for data management, voter history, and online event management
VOTE Network Membership Expectations:
Participate with Monthly Happy Hour Meetings and Updates
Provide a Profile of their Organizations for the APANO Action Fund Website
Participate with APANO Call to Actions
Attend annual retreat
2024 Focus Areas:
Partners will engage in meaningful opportunities that will help their analysis of community needs in their region, and participate in local and statewide advocacy and civic engagement activities. Throughout the year, we will partner up with organizations to collaborate in these areas:
Organizational Capacity Building
Explore collaborative leadership development, capacity building and organizing strategies,
Develop Partnerships and Collaborations between VOTE Network organizations.
Expand the AANHPI Non-Profit Field by providing toolkits, train the trainers, processes,
Policy Advocacy
Create a shared policy agenda in the 2024 short2024 short legislative session that will help advance our AANHPI communities and strategize priority agenda for 2025 long legislative session and strategize priority agenda for 2025 long legislative session
Grasstops advocacy for policies at the local, state, and federal level through policy work groups, coalition building, and working with elected officials and government agencies
Grassroots advocacy for policies at the local, state, and federal level through base building, town halls, and organizing communities to participate.
Deepen Vote Network partner's understanding of various political processes in city, county, and statewide governments. Deepen Vote Network partner's understanding of various political processes in city, county, and statewide governments.
How an idea becomes a bill
How to prepare testimony
Lobbying 101
Collaborate on strategies to expand engagement around advocacy and leadership development.
Civic Engagement
Organizing effective voter registration and education activities.
Rank Choice Voting
Voter registration
Ballot and Measure Endorsements
Precinct Committee Person
Creating messaging that will turnout and engage AANHPI voters.
Managing misinformation in our communities
Relationships and Base building
Political Engagement and Activation
Participate in endorsement committee interviews
Engage in strategy sessions to identify key areas to organize
If you have any questions or trouble completing the form please email: Contact@APANOActionFund.org