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CFB outlines its timeline for community outreach and event planning
3:34:32
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Amanda Melillo from the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) explains their timeline for community outreach and event planning for upcoming elections. Council Member Stevens presses for more specific information about outreach efforts in The Bronx.
- CFB starts events for upcoming elections generally in March
- January and February are used for reaching out to community organizations and setting up calendars
- Stevens expresses frustration at the lack of specific information about organizations CFB is working with in The Bronx
- The exchange highlights the need for more detailed and transparent communication about outreach efforts in specific communities
Amanda Melillo
3:34:32
So we start our events for the upcoming election that's in June.
3:34:35
We start those events generally in March.
3:34:37
We will take January and February to reach out to community based organizations, set up our calendars, reconnect
3:34:45
our partners on the ground, and then begin in our
3:34:50
I don't have that list offhand, but we will get it to you.
Gale A. Brewer
3:34:45
with
Althea V. Stevens
3:34:48
What organizations are you working with in The Bronx?
3:34:53
I have no information, okay.
3:34:54
Well I just and so just understand the frustration with a person who's in The Bronx who in The Bronx specifically have low voter turnout and it consistently falls on the elected officials to do this outreach and even to say that you don't have the organizations that you're working with, like how many are you working with?
3:35:13
Like those things are important because then that also gives us information that we can use to then go to those organizations and partner with them and continue to uplift this work.
3:35:23
So we can definitely have a continued conversation offline because I clearly have a whole bunch of questions and a whole bunch of concerns about this and how we continuously kind of drop the ball in a place that already feels like the government doesn't hear them and don't have them and are not part of the conversation, and I I just want to note this is one of the reasons why because like we're not giving them the extra love and attention that is necessary in order for this to continuously be rolled out effectively.
3:35:51
Thank you.
Justin Brannan
3:35:54
Chair Ressler.