California Native Vote Project

🌿 We the Resilient is back with its 2nd edition! ✊🏽 The California Native Vote Project is proud to share this powerful publication uplifting Native stories, sovereignty, and strength across California. 🌟 📊 Dive into updated data, 🗣️ powerful community voices, and 🔑 Indigenous-led calls to action that drive civic engagement, movement-building, and intergenerational leadership. 📖 From democracy and education to economic justice and water rights – this edition reminds us that our resilience is our power. 🔗 Access and download the report TODAY through the QR code or the link in our bio. - #WeTheResilient #NativeVoices #CaliforniaNativeVoteProject #CNVP #NativePower #Resilience

Join us this 🗓️Wednesday, May 20 at ⏰6:30 p.m. PDT – for a community conversation about what’s at stake in this year’s 🗳️Primary Election – and why it matters for Native communities across California. Register to join our online webinar with 🔗 in bio or tune in live on our Facebook page @CANativeVote ! Voting is one of the ways we exercise our collective power and protect the future of our communities. It’s how we carry forward our self-determination and shape decisions that impact our daily lives; from education and healthcare, to housing, land, and community resources. 👩🏽‍💻During this live webinar, we’ll cover: • What the Primary Election is and why it matters • What’s on the ballot • Community voices on key issues: health, education, environment, and land • How to register, cast your ballot, and make a voting plan • Key dates and deadlines you need to know 📍 Register at https://bit.ly/CNVP_ElectionWebinar_052026 🗓 Wednesday, May 20 ⏰ 6:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. PST Get informed. Learn how to register. Make a plan to vote. Show up for our Native communities. Our Future. Our Vote. Native Voices Rise. #CNVP #GOTV #NativeVote #IAmANativeVoter #PrimaryElection NativVoicesrRise

Rise & shine! ☀️Join us NOW 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 from ⏰ 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 📍The Chapter House LA @thechapterhousela (3007 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026), for a FREE youth and family gathering that will focus on improving how LAUSD serves Native students and shaping priorities for the year ahead. Students ages 14 to 18 will share their experiences in LAUSD schools, learn about civic engagement, and help shape our campaign. Parents and caregivers will connect with other Native families and learn how to advocate alongside their students. Together we'll share a meal, ground in culture and community, and build the relationships that move this work forward. The Chapter House LA is a space for Indigenous Peoples and allies to appreciate art, convene, and collaborate. Lunch is provided. Younger siblings are welcome! See you there! Register now with 🔗 in bio (or scan the flyer QR code) or upon arrival. See you soon! #CNVP #LAUSD #NativeEducation #NatuveYouth #IndigenousEducation

📲Register now for our (LAUSD) Native youth and families gathering - this 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 from ⏰ 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 📍The Chapter House @thechapterhousela (3007 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026). This FREE youth and family gathering will focus on improving how LAUSD serves Native students and shaping priorities for the year ahead. Students ages 14 to 18 will share their experiences in LAUSD schools, learn about civic engagement, and help shape our campaign. Parents and caregivers will connect with other Native families and learn how to advocate alongside their students. Together we'll share a meal, ground in culture and community, and build the relationships that move this work forward. The Chapter House LA is a space for Indigenous Peoples and allies to appreciate art, convene, and collaborate. Lunch is provided. Younger siblings are welcome! Transportation support available upon request. See you there! RSVP with 🔗 in bio (or scan the flyer QR code) #CNVP #LAUSD #NativeEducation #IndigenousEducation

Calling all Native & Indigenous LAUSD highschoolers & their families. This Saturday @thechapterhousela Find community, food & a brighter future for Indigenous & Native students in LA. Registration link in @canativevote 's bio

Voting is one of the ways we exercise our collective power and strengthen our communities. It’s how our Native communities help shape decisions that affect our daily lives and collective future, including education, healthcare, housing, land, and the wellbeing of our communities. Make your plan today to vote in California’s Primary Election on June 2. 🗳️ Key Dates Ahead: ✅ May 18: Last day to register to vote in the CA Primary Election (same-day voter registration is available through Election Day at county elections offices and voting locations) 🏛️ May 23: Early in-person voting begins in Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) counties 📌 May 30: Early voting locations open across California 🗓️ June 2: Primary Election Day (last day to vote or return your ballot by 8:00 p.m.) Keep these key dates in mind and vote as early as possible. Talk with your friends and family and make a plan to vote together! Learn more at /what-we-do/vote-2026/ or 🔗 in bio. Our Future. Our Vote. Native Voices Rise. #CNVP #GOTV #NativeVote #IAmANativeVoter #PrimaryElection

For generations, our people have fought to be seen, heard, and respected. Today, we carry that forward through our lived experiences, our stories, and our vote. Voting is one of the ways we exercise our collective power and protect the future of our communities. It’s how we uphold our self-determination, protect our people and lands, and have a say in the decisions that shape our lives – from education systems and healthcare access, to housing stability and resource allocation to our communities. This election, we raise our voices together. The California Primary Election is 🗓️ June 2. Are you registered and ready? Make a plan to vote on June 2 and carpool to the polls! Check your status or register today at https://covr.sos.ca.gov. 🔗 in bio. Our Future. Our Vote. Native Voices Rise. #CNVP #NativeVote #GOTV #IAmNativeAndIVote #NativeVoicesRise

Our Native youth voices matter, and our creativity is part of how we protect our communities, uplift Native student voices, and shape the future. ✨ Join us this 🗓️ Saturday, May 9 in Los Angeles from ⏰ 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. for “Our Voices, Our Future – Sign Making,” a Native youth art build for LA region and LAUSD Native youth ages 16–25, rooted in creativity, community, and collective power. This event is FREE. Register with the 🔗 in bio (location available upon registration). As part of our American Indian/Alaska Native education youth organizing work, this gathering creates space for Native youth and LAUSD students to connect, build community, express themselves, and strengthen Native student voices through art, storytelling, and organizing. Together, we’ll create community protector signs and artwork grounded in Native pride, cultural identity, collective care, and the future we’re building for our communities. Bring your friends and come create with us! #CNVP #NativeYouthPower #OurVoicesOurFuture #CommunityProtectors #NativeOrganizing #LAUSDNativeYouth

The California Native Vote Project (CNVP) condemns last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, where the Supreme Court essentially nullified Section 2 of the VRA, making it difficult to challenge map dilution and racial discrimination. The decision narrows tools long used to challenge voting maps that dilute the political power of communities of color, and places American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Latino/e and other historically excluded communities at greater risk of disenfranchisement in elections for Congress, state legislatures and local government. For Native peoples, the consequences run deep. Native communities have faced generations of exclusion from the ballot box through voter suppression, vote dilution, packing, splitting and other systemic barriers. The Voting Rights Act has been one of the most important legal tools Native communities have used to challenge that discrimination — including landmark cases in Alaska, Arizona, Montana, the Dakotas, and beyond. While Native organizers have won meaningful progress, this decision threatens to roll back the very protections that made those wins possible. CNVP believes representation does not happen by accident. It requires laws, accountability and community participation. The decision underscores the urgency of CNVP's mission to build Native political power across California through voter engagement, leadership development, policy advocacy, research, and organizing on education, health, housing and other community priorities. WHAT YOU CAN DO Californians who want to defend Native voting power can take action today: ✍🏽Sign up for civic engagement and organizing trainings at /get-involved. 🫶🏽Support CNVP's work with a donation at /donate. Read our full statement at /cnvp-news/ or 🔗 in bio. #CNVP #louisianavcallais

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Week (MMIP), and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Day May 5 (MMIWR), is a time to honor the lives of our Native relatives who should still be with us, and to confront the systems that have allowed this crisis to persist for generations. As AI/AN and Indigenous people, we face disproportionate rates of violence, disappearance, and murder, often with little accountability or media attention. This is not just a statistic; it is a reflection of ongoing injustice tied to settler violence, jurisdictional gaps, underinvestment, and the erasure of our Native communities. At the California Native Vote Project, we believe visibility must lead to action. Advocacy, civic engagement, and community power are critical to ensuring our Native voices are heard and protected. Join us tomorrow in 📍Sacramento, CA on May 6 – from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – for the Annual Candlelight Vigil for Missing & Murdered Indigenous People at the State Capitol West Steps; as we stand alongside community leaders and partners to uplift Native voices and push for policies that protect and serve our communities. 📸 CNVP archive images from 2023 and 2024 MMIP CA State Capitol vigils. #CNVP #MMIP #MMIWR

📢 We are calling on American Indian and Alaska Native community members to join a day of action— 🚫 no work, no shopping, and no school. We’ll gather tomorrow at ⏰10:00 a.m. on 🗓️ Friday, May 1 at 📍Southside Park, on Miwok and Nisenan land (Sacramento), to walk together in the march. For our communities, this day is more than a strike. It’s a reminder that the systems we are asked to step away from were built on our lands and through the labor of our people. We continue to show up for one another—holding our communities, our cultures, and our responsibilities to the land. May Day is a chance to be visible, to stand together, and to move in unity. We are still here. We are still organizing. And we are still fighting for our future. Please register using the QR code or 🔗 in bio to receive details about where we’ll meet at the park. #CNVP #MayDay #Sacramento #maydaysacramento #NativeResistance

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Native students and families, this space is for you! CNVP is committed to furthering Native educational justice in LAUSD, and we want your voice in it. Join us on 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 from ⏰ 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 📍The Chapter House LA @thechapterhousela (3007 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026) for a FREE youth and family gathering focused on improving how LAUSD serves Native students and shaping priorities for the year ahead. Students ages 14 to 18 will share their experiences in LAUSD schools, learn about civic engagement, and help shape our campaign. Parents and caregivers will connect with other Native families and learn how to advocate alongside their students. Together we'll share a meal, ground in culture and community, and build the relationships that move this work forward. The Chapter House LA is a space for Indigenous Peoples and allies to appreciate art, convene, and collaborate. Lunch is provided. Younger siblings are welcome. Transportation support available upon request. RSVP with 🔗 in bio (or scan the flyer QR code) #CNVP #LAUSD #NativeEducation #IndigenousEducation