Page 2 - Kansas Appleseed Case Statement 2021

WHO WE ARE

We are a not-for-profit organization working

in community engagement and advocacy to
ensure all Kansas communities are thriving,

inclusive, and just.

WHAT WE DO

• Fight to end hunger

• Protect and expand juvenile justice reforms

• Eliminate suspension of driver’s licenses due to failure to pay fines

• Advance compassionate immigration policies

• Challenge voter suppression

• Improve stability for children in foster care

• Encourage greater civic engagement

• Help Kansans find their voices and participate in our democracy

HOW WE DO IT

ORGANIZING state that historically has had low
voter turnout. For three years, we
Working for and with impacted
Kansans, Kansas Appleseed often takes focused our efforts on voter registration
its work to those individuals who are and education -- helping residents
closest to the problem and who want to understand what is at stake in each
seek change in their local communities. election. As a result, from 2016 to
In recent years, our organizing has 2020, voter turnout increased by 12%
been to expand Medicaid, increase in Southeast Kansas, compared to 3%
participation in the census, and work to in the rest of the state. Additionally,
fix the state’s broken foster care system. Kansas Appleseed took extra care in
reaching out to low propensity voters

One of our greatest successes has through a concentrated get out the vote
been an increase in voter turnout in strategy. That effort resulted in a 48%
Southeast Kansas, a region of the increase in voter turnout.