Resources

Looking for additional resources and support to help plan your Civic Holiday celebrations? No matter how you’re activating voters this year, all the holidays have plenty of resources to start up and expand this work – no matter your experience level or capacity. That’s one of the best things about the holidays! We try to make this work as easy as possible to engage voters in your community.

The resources below are only a small sample of what you can find through all the holidays’ websites, partner toolkits, and trainings.

Event Planning + Brainstorming

Civic Holidays: Event Planning Worksheet
Use this resource to begin your activation planning! Spark new ideas, organize your event planning, understand your audience, set goals, and more! Everything you need to build the foundation to a meaningful Civic Holidays activation.
National Voter Education Week – Partner Toolkit
This page provides resources for planning and promoting National Voter Education Week (NVEW) celebrations, including sample press materials, activation ideas, and voter education talking points.
National Voter Education Week: Voting Rights Trivia Questions and Materials
National Voter Education Week: Template Materials for Seeking In-Kind Support
Vote Early Day Event Planning Guides for:
Campus Takeover has toolkits to help campuses plan events for

Social Media Graphics

National Voter Education Week: Key Issues in Local Elections
National Voter Education Week: Spotting and Fighting Misinformation Online
National Voter Education Week: General Voter Education (English, Spanish, Bengali, Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, Tagalog, and Vietnamese)
Vote Early Day: Social Media Graphics

Customizable Content

National Voter Education Week: Customizable Social Media Graphics
National Voter Education Week: Template Slide Deck
Vote Early Day: Customizable Social Media Graphics
Campus Takeover customizable graphics
Campus Takeover Customizable poster

Partnerships

National Voter Education Week – Trusted Messenger Strategy
Trusted messengers can help break down barriers to information and motivate civic action in ways that are uniquely effective to their specific audiences. By partnering with them while celebrating the Civic Holidays, you can amplify your efforts and reach members in your community that may not be already tapped into civic life.

SLSV Coalition x The Team – Athletic Engagement Guide
Working on college campuses? This guide will help you identify the right people to contact at your institution, advise on how to approach them in a manner that facilitates trust and collaboration with your institution’s athletic department, and offer ideas for how to incorporate student athletes into upcoming nonpartisan student voter mobilization!

Sample Scripts

National Voter Education Week – Partner Toolkit
This page provides resources for planning and promoting National Voter Education Week (NVEW) celebrations, including sample press materials, activation ideas, and voter education talking points.
Vote Early Day – Announce Your Celebration Sample Email
Vote Early Day – Recruit Volunteers and Partner Organizations Sample Email:

Print at Home

Civic Holidays: Print at Home Posters
National Voter Education Week: Print at Home One-Pagers
Vote Early Day: Print at Home Swag

Non-English Resources

National Voter Education Week: Spanish Language Graphics
National Voter Education Week:Asian Language Graphics
Vote Early Day: Posters in Multiple Languages

Training Recordings

2025 Trainings:

Local Action, National Impact: Celebrating the Civic Holidays to Boost Voter Engagemen t

Learn how to make the most of the Civic Holidays, especially during a state & local elections year. Whether you’re new to the Civic Holidays or looking to deepen your involvement, this training will provide you with activation ideas, even planning best practices, and messaging strategies so you can speak confidently and clearly about your state and local elections.

Hosted by: National Voter Registration Day, National Voter Education Week, Vote Early Day, Election Hero Day

Collaborate to Activate: Powering Campus Takeover through Strategic Partnership s

Designed for both nonprofit and campus partners, this training will equip you with the tools and insights to make partnerships a core part of your civic engagement strategy. Hear directly from campus and nonprofit leaders who have successfully built impactful coalitions, so you can leave with replicable ideas and inspiration for your own work.

Hosted by: Campus Takeover

Level Up Your Civic Holidays Activations: Go Beyond Tabling, Free Food, and Merch

Learn how to to take your Civic Holidays celebrations beyond free food and swag to design interactive, eye-catching, and impactful activations that draw people in.

Hosted by: National Voter Education Week, Vote Early Day, Campus Takeover, Center for Artistic Activism

Smart Strategies for the Civic Holidays: Plan, Partner, and Activate with Limited Time & Resources

Perfect for small teams and volunteer-led organizations, this session is all about finding tools, strategies, and creative ideas to make a big impact even with limited capacity. Learn how to set clear goals, identify your target audience, what resources you have access to, and how you can build capacity with partnerships and volunteer recruitment.

Hosted by: National Voter Education Week, Vote Early Day

2024 Trainings:

Past Trainings: