Lets take the elections to our stakeholders!

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ON THE ROAD TO ELECTION DAY
MAY 10, 2014
ECWA took the elections to the stakeholders with the
support of EmpowerLA, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
and the Crenshaw Farmers Market.

We were able to double our voter turnout from 2012!


September 2013 - Congress
of Neighborhoods Award
SEPTEMBER 2013
MEETING ATTENDANCE
OUTREACH STATUS
October 2013
POSITIVES:
1) Website - Working and Current
2) Active Social Media Accounts - Facebook
and Twitter
3) Agendas emailed to apprx 500 stakeholders
for monthly Town Hall, Board
(Administrative) and Public Land Use &
Beautification Committee Meetings
First-time Events &
New Outreach
Opportunities

Promoting the new
MYLA311 app &
making new contacts.
ELECTION OUTREACH:
1st Outreach Committee Meeting
GETTING TO OUTREACH
October 2013 - 8th Annual Taste of Soul with
all Board Members & friends of the Board
November 2013

Save the Date Flyer
The flyers were posted on
the Crenshaw Starbucks
community board
Decision: Where to Hold the
ECWA Elections
2012: From Hillcrest Elementary
2014: To Jim Gilliam Recreation
Let s Go Where
the People Are!
Crenshaw Farmers Market, an integral component
of the Malls B-Fit Campaign, relocated to the
RAVE Theatre Promenade December 2014
December 2013
The Road To Empowerment Has a Home Base
Armed with a people -and activity- filled
Board & flyers in English and Spanish
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ELECTION FLYERS
GETTING TO OUTREACH
December 2014
50 Year Commemoration of the Baldwin Hills
Dam Disaster at Kenneth Hahn Park
ECWA Holiday
Decorations doing
Outreach
December 2013 - Annual
Holiday Poinsettia Planting,
co-sponsored by Baldwin Hills
Crenshaw Plaza, Leimert
Park Merchants & others.
KEEPING A HOLIDAY PROFILE
LEIMERT PARK 20/20 VISION
January 2014: The stakeholder-driven push to
revitalize Leimert
Park Village began
from our Farmers
Market outpost with
an announcement in
the Markets weekly
email blast.
Candidate Registration
Problems
We lost the use of our website during the
registration period, which meant we lost an
important portal to EmpowerLA.
COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP

ECWA co-sponsored
an event where candidates
passed out the general
election flyers and NC
meeting info.
NextDoor as a regular Outreach tool:
RETURNING MEMBERS RUN FOR NEW ROLES!
CHAIR
CO-CHAIR
Danielle Lafayette
Corresponding Secretary
& South LA Budget
Advocate
Misty Wilks
Member At-Large &
Leimert Park Village
20/20 participant
Yvonne Ellett
Recording Secretary &
former Outreach
Committee Chair.
NEW CANDIDATES!
RECORDING SECRETARY
AREA 3 REP
Edmond Warren
Past member of the
Teen Council & Park
Advisory Board
Representative.
Diane Robertson
New Leimert Park home-
Owner, reached through
the Leimert Park Vision
20/20 Project.
Robin Gilliam
Strong inter-generational
ties to Leimert Park.
RETURNING AREA REPS
AREA 2 REPS
AREA 1 REPS
Mary Jones-Darks

Washensky Wilson

Jackie Ryan
Former Area 3 Rep

Carl Morgan
PLUB Committee Chair

West Adams Bike Train Promoted the ECWA, NANDC & UNNC Elections!
Farmers
Market
E-Blast

Setting up the Election Kiosks
at the Farmers Market:
ELECTION
DAY
ELECTION DAY
Outreach Materials rest next to
the election booth
Election Chair Nick Hill tapes up
the signage and wayfinding
ELECTION DAY
The Slate as a Poster:


Our Pollworkers!
Earlez Grille was the perfect way
to say, "Thank You," to our voters
and volunteers. The community
was happy to see Earlez back at
it. The local eaterie closed in
September 2013 when the Metro
Crenshaw/LAX construction
purchased & demolished its
former location.
ELECTION DAY
Yoga instructor at Lula
Washington Dance Theater
ELECTION DAY
The farmers were happy as the event
helped increase sales for the day.
New stakeholders voted.
The Leimert Park 7/11 owner brought
his employees to vote and provided
pizza for stakeholders and volunteers!

ELECTION DAY
Voters received the top portion of their
Appreciation Coupon and the bottom portion
was redeemed for their meal.
OUTREACH STATUS
May 2014
POSITIVES:
1) Website - Up and running again.
2) Active Social Media Accounts - Facebook,
Twitter, Next Door & Instagram
3) Agendas and Community News emailed
through Constant Contact to a refreshed and
updated email list.
4) ECWAs Office away from the Office
anytime at the Farmers Market
REAL ELECTION RESULTS
June 2014
1) 30% New Board Members
2) Working data base that is continually updated
3) More Stakeholder Attendance at PLUB, Board
and Town Hall Meetings
4) A solid partnership with the Crenshaw Farmers
Market

Active Election Outreach increased ECWAs Mailing list names, increased
meeting attendance and improved our visibility.
June 2014 Meeting
The Crenshaw Famers Market setting was a
glimpse of our Los Angeles: culturally and
economically diverse stakeholders,
communing together during perfect weather,
supporting local small businesses while
participating in civic engagement.

#LACivicJoy