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CAUSE Partners with APALC for 'Your Vote Matters! 2012"

YVM 2012
We are proud to announce our partnership with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) for its "Your Vote Matters! 2012" civic engagement campaign. This program was launched to empower and mobilize community members to exercise their voice at the ballot box, with a push to support Proposition 30 in the November 6th elections. CAUSE is one of the many non-profits collaborating with APALC to get members of the API community out to vote (please note that since we are a non-partisan organization, we are NOT advocating for the support of particular candidates or for the support of propositions, like Prop 30).

Call for Volunteers:
YVM 2012 Volunteer Opportunities
The APALC office will be holding mandatory phone bank volunteer trainings on the following days:

  • Tuesday, September 25th, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Saturday September 29th, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, September 30th, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Interested volunteers get to CHOOSE ONE 2-hour session to attend from the three options above. 

The trainings will be held at the APALC Office, which is located at:
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel: 213.977.7500

Official phone banking will begin on Monday, October 1st and will run Mondays through Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. leading up to the day before Election Day (Nov. 6th). Phone banks will be held either at the APALC or the CAUSE offices (260 S. Los Robles Ave. #118, Pasadena, CA 91101).

Volunteers will be able to create their own schedules! 

Also, did we mention that stipends will be given to those who volunteer?

Please email Sophia Islas at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are interested in volunteering or if you need further information!

Official Campaign Description:

APALC's “Your Vote Matters! 2012” is a campaign to empower and mobilize community members to exercise their voice at the ballot box, with a push to support Proposition 30 in the November 6th elections.  Your Vote Matters! 2012 includes 13 community based organizations and five youth groups that represent nine ethnicities in Southern California: Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, South Asian, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Your Vote Matters! 2012 campaign is a project of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center with the purpose of empowering, mobilizing, and protecting the rights of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Voters. APALC is a 501c3 non-partisan organization that does not advocate on behalf of parties or candidates. However, we will educate voters on select propositions.