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More than 100 Latina Moms and Families Will Gather to Watch Second Presidential Debate Sunday Night

October 6, 2016
MomsVote

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

More than 100 members of Cleveland’s Latina community will gather to watch the second Presidential debate this coming Sunday in the battleground state of Ohio. This year’s presidential election may be the most important ever, especially for Latinas and Latina moms. In addition to being a key battleground state, Ohio has a rapidly growing Latino and Latina population.
 
To encourage awareness of the issues in the election and make sure that all eligible voters register and vote, MomsVote/LatinasVotan is holding a debate watch and voter registration party:
 
8pm – 11pm, Sunday, October 9
Urban Community School Auditorium
4909 Lorain Avenue
Cleveland
 
Between2000 and 2014, Ohio’s Latino population grew by more than 83 percent compared with the state’s overall population growth of two percent. The Latino electorate has also increased significantly, by 36 percent between 2008 and 2012 and there are approximately, 28,000 newly-eligible Latino voters in Ohio since the last Presidential election.
 
The Debate Watch party is sponsored by MomsRising/MamásConPoder, VotoLatino, Ohio's Voice, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, La Mega 88.7 FM, and Urban Community School. 
 
MomsRising/MamásConPoder volunteer, Claudia Longo who is organizing the event, said, “Cuyahoga county carries the most delegates in the state and Ohio is one of the most critical states in deciding this year's election.”
 
The deadline for voter registration in Ohio is October 11.
 
Event Hashtags: #MomsVote #LatinasVotan #MamásVotan #Ohio #Elecciones2016 #VotoLatino 
 
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LatinasVotan is a project of MomsRising/MamásConPoder and #WeAllGrow Latina Network, a community of Latina digital influencers. The project is using the range of social media (including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope and SnapChat, to encourage Latina voter registration and turnout and is focusing on the issues in the 2016 election that affect Latina moms and their families. 
 
#WeAllGrow Latina Network has been a leader in the Hispanic influencer space since 2010: An experienced bicultural digital influencer marketing agency, creators of a successful series of offline events, as well as the oldest and largest network of influential Latina creators and writers online.
 

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