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Community Commitment

Civic Muscle

Voting in Manchester?

Learn more about voting, review the City of Manchester's Voter Registration and Elections.

Learn More About Registering to Vote

Visit www.sos.nh.gov/elections/register-vote for more information

MCAC holds the spectrum for our community to enter wherever they are, ensuring full citizen participation and contributing to a healthy democracy.

Our Approach

  • Education is year-round and embedded into all of our programs

  • Relationship based - culturally approached 

  • Language accessible (Spanish, French, Swahili, Nepali) 

  • Cultivate a sense of belonging in the civic process (I have a voice and I feel confident using it)

  • Emboldening marginalized communities to make choices that are authentic to them! 

  • Education focused 

  • Lessened confusion on down ballot candidates 

  • Filled a known gap in voter knowledge about down ballot races. 

  • Accessible materials and culturally sensitive approaches to outreach

Non-Partisan Voter Education

  • Overload of information

  • Accessibility barriers through multilingual information 

  • Dissemination of voter information through a community co-designed voter guide 

  • Knowledge gaps on the ballot

  • Building trust in the process

  • Act as a bridge for civic engagement ​​​

  • Town Hall Voter Education and community engagement around Primary elections as well as the US election

  • Canvassing in partnership with culturally relevant voting brochure in diverse languages

  • Home visit: one-on-one with families or individuals providing voting education

Community of Healing

MCAC centers healing by creating safe, welcoming spaces

Where individuals and families can gather, connect, and grow together. 

Hosting gatherings of community members who are exploring diverse healing practices

Supporting our non-traditional modalities in our existing systems. 

Health Equity

We engage our community in conversation, in workshops, and co-created campaigns that help us create holistic conditions for the wellbeing of our community.

Co-led with community members, we work together on a preventative strategy that works across multiple sectors.

​We address physical, mental, and emotional health through initiatives like:

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  • Vaccine awareness and education

  • Mental health and brain health conversations 

  • Healing / friendship circle

  • Healthy eating and food justice 

  • Somatic and fitness classes 

  • Wholistic body health 

  • Mental Health first aid certification training and training the trainer processes

  • Multilingual CPR, Safety, & First aid Training

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