With Forward Montana and Forward MT Foundation’s Thanking Tuesday coming up — a day we get to celebrate all of the amazing people who make our work a success — I’m feeling all sorts of gratitude for the amazing staff, board, volunteers, members, and donors I get to work with every day. I’m not sure if…
Student Voter Day was a wonderful time for students on campuses across Montana to turn in their absentee ballots, getting them to become passionate about voting. Students absolutely loved the free coffee, donuts, and hot chocolate along with the wide array of stickers that were available throughout the day. Alix and Ali, the field organizers…
Ever since I started working for Forward Montana Foundation, I’ve tried to encourage my 23 year old brother, Creath, to register to vote. One of my most recent attempts led him to respond, “Voting is just not something I ever think about doing. I don’t ever feel like I make an impact, so I really…
When you think of Forward Montana Foundation, what comes to mind? Voter registration, of course. For years now we’ve made it our business to make sure every single millennial in the state of Montana gets registered to vote. With the primaries behind us, it’s time to dive right back onto the streets, clipboards in hand,…
Woah–what a primary! Our incredible team of staff and volunteers gave up weekends and evenings of free time to make sure their friends and classmates had everything they needed to cast their vote this June. And we did GOTV in style–with home-cooked meals from community members, posted up in the sunshine with friends, and during…
By Erin Miller, Missoula Field Manager As one of the newest staff members of the Forward Montana team, when I first heard the acronym GOTV, I had about 20 guesses as to what it could be, finally concluding it was probably another Google doc. My name is Erin and I’m the Missoula Field Manager, which…
