Redistricting data is coming in a little over two weeks. Are the states ready?
July 28, 2021
Trainings and Events
Florida Redistricting: Join Equal Ground on Thursday July 28th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET for the Partnership Organization Redistricting Staff/Super Volunteer Training, a live training on Florida’s redistricting process. Click here to register. For more information about Equal Ground and On-Demand Training around Florida's redistricting process visit this link.
Mapping Mondays and Testimony Thursdays with Fair Count in Georgia! Come join us on Mondays and Thursdays at 7pm ET to learn about redistricting and how to make sure your voice is heard in the redistricting process! On Mondays we will focus on drawing community maps and on Thursdays we will help you build out testimony for redistricting public hearings. Register for Mapping Mondays here and Testimony Thursdays here.
Fair Districts Ohio is hosting a webinar "Redistricting: Prepping for Public Hearings" on August 2 at 7:00pm. Register here.
The New Mexico Citizen Redistricting Committee invites you to participate in the redistricting process. They will hold seven meetings from August 2 to August 12, open to the public. Find meeting dates, times, and details here.
The Ohio Council of Churches is hosting a webinar "Bring the Power Back to the People: Map Drawing and Redistricting Reform" on August 10 at 7:00pm. Learn more here.
Fair Districts Ohio is hosting "Drawing the Lines: A Forum on Community Mapping in Northeast Ohio" on August 10 at 7:00pm. Register here.
In 2011, Wisconsin state legislative and congressional districts fell victim to one of the most partisan gerrymanders of any state in the nation. Can we adopt a redistricting process that is non-partisan, fair, and puts voters before politicians? And what does the redistricting process, now underway, look like? Common Cause Wisconsin invites you to a statewide webinar on Aug 17, 2021 at 06:00 PM Central Time that features leading state legislative reform leaders, policy and legal experts and you -- for a lively 90 minutes of interesting discussion and your questions. Free and open to the public. Register here.
Hawaii: The deadline for the Hawaii Reapportionment Commission to produce redistricting maps was extended. Proposed legislative and congressional maps are to be publicly available by January 8, 2022 and final maps are to be filed February 27, 2022. Read the court’s order here.
Fair Districts Ohio is seeking a GIS Technology Liaison who can to help facilitate the Ohio Redistricting Competition by providing technical assistance to GIS related technologies. Learn more here.
Equal Ground (FL) is hiring for their Redistricting Fellowship Program! This is a remote position where Fellows would be responsible for executing an individualized redistricting plan and goals by the completion of the fellowship, educating your region on the redistricting process and intervention points, and serving as a redistricting process monitor via pre-recorded and live trainings. Multiple positions are available. To apply click here!
The Redistricting Data Hub is currently looking for a full-time training coordinator to support nonpartisan redistricting efforts across the country this cycle. Learn more here.
The City of Brentwood in Contra Costa County (CA) is accepting applications until August 2 for its hybrid redistricting commission. Apply here.
The County of Mendocino (CA) is seeking applicants for its Community-Based Advisory Redistricting Commission. Applications are due August 6. Apply here.
