Waiting for hours in line to vote, spending hours on a Tuesday night at a School Board meeting to make your comments heard, and serving on a citizen task force are all activities that pose logistical and financial challenges for parents.
Attorney Rachel Sowray founded a nonprofit to begin to address this barrier. Politisit (babysit + politics) reimburses childcare expenses for individuals and groups while they attend civic engagement meetings and activities.
Listen to a conversation with Rachel Sowray on the timely new podcast series Voting Now, created by the Oregon Historical Society and Oregon Bar Association.