Get Out the Vote 2024: A Friends Messaging Campaign

Webinar Description

Telling the story of the National Wildlife Refuge and Hatchery Systems is crucial for public awareness and legislative support; but we know it can be daunting to create effective messages from scratch. Matthew Emmer with CORFA developed a campaign for Friends groups with a framework to tackle these important conversations locally while also sharing in a nationwide effort.

To assist Friends in your advocacy efforts he created a 2024 Messaging Kit. This kit provides a collection of assets and branding so that all Friends groups across the country can effectively communicate the challenges and needs of their individual sites, while maintaining a cohesive visual identity with the larger System.

Assets will address the current election season along with an overall message of support for the National Wildlife Refuges and Hatcheries.

While certain elements of this kit can be used to support in-person activities we have designed the campaign to be a digital-first, social media driven, experience.

We hope this kit will be a welcome addition to your advocacy efforts and that it will become an annual staple for you to use in each election cycle in the future.

Webinar Recording and Slides (8/21/24)

• Webinar Recording
• Presentation Slides

Resources:

• Get Out the Vote Messaging Kit
• 501(c)(3) Staying Nonpartisan: Permissible Election Activities
• Vote As If Your Wildlife Depended On It – graphic
• The Flying Checkmark – graphic
• Flying “Support’ Checkmark – graphic
• Ordering T-Shirts
• Ordering stickers
  • If you use this link Stickermule will give you $10 in store credit to get you started!
• Special Use Permit Form For Refuge System Events 
  

Presenters:

• Matthew Emmer – President, Friends of the Savannah Coastal Wildlife Refuges. Board Member, Coalition of Refuge Friends and Advocates.
• Desiree Sorenson-Groves – Vice President of Land & Habitat Conservation for Defenders of Wildife, Coalition of Refuge Friends and Advocates’ Advisory Council

Questions:

Email CORFA at coalitionrefugefriends@gmail.com