US Elections - A Frenchman Works to Promote Citizenship Awareness in America with Playing Cards named "I Love America"
After a strong performance in France, through the use of his educational card games on the local regional and European elections (March and June 2004), Rachid NEKKAZ*, President of I Love Democracy, has presented his new educational playing cards to the US Mayors (Boston: June 25-29 2004). The name of his playing cards: "I Love America"
Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 9, 2004 -- The "I Love America" playing cards - created with the help of Cecile Le Roux, a Franco-American Stanford graduate - is made of 165 questions and answers. It presents American institutions, their history, the President's prerogatives and those of key players in American government ($1 starting at 100,000 pieces).
In order to fight against low voter turnout in the United States 94 million Americans don't vote; that's 54% of Americans over the age of 18 - also, 55 million people are not even signed up to vote, meaning 32.5% of the US eligible voters.
Rachid Nekkaz Imagined a Simple Way for American Cities to Help Save Democracy:
Each Child who Accompanies One of His or Her Parents to the Urns on Voting Day Gets a Free Card Game the Next Day, Courtesy of His Mayor, at the City Hall.
There are two goals for this playing cards:
| | - To sensitize children and youth about all that is at stake during election periods and to set the stage by helping them follow the November 2004 elections
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| | - To truly fight against low turnout through an educational approach designed to be fun and to last over the long term.
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| | - Rachid Nekkaz is not a beginner at working worldwide on the subject of citizenship. In 1999, he convinced 7 Chiefs of State (including Bill Clinton) to participate in his Q&A book, Millenarium, What Future for Humanity ? (Robert Laffont, editor) covering the concerns of youth about their future after the year 2000.
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ABOUT US
The I Love Democracy Organization
Presentation
I Love Democracy is an apolitical citizenship-oriented organization which was created in France in 2002. Its projects concern Europe and the United States.
Objectives
The I Love Democracy organization looks to develop citizenship all over the world through two main focuses:
On the legislative level:
Inciting democratic governments to adopt a new law that would automatically sign up all eligible citizens onto electoral lists. In France, this idea is supported by the signature of 310 Deputies and 1050 Mayors.
In the field:
Fighting against low voter turnout during election periods: This is done thanks to an educational tool aimed at youth and adults alike: a citizen card game. The educational operation is conducted with the support and partnership of City Halls and Mayors.
In the United States, the most powerful and largest democracy in the world, 94 million Americans do not vote. Among them, 56 million are not even signed up onto an electoral list. We cannot leave America in this situation.
America must lead the rest of the world by example -- and democracy means voting.
In order to achieve this, all key players -- politicians, non-profit organizations and major companies -- should mobilize to develop citizenship in America, using effective tools during election periods. Election periods are key times for democracies in order to legitimize their democratic status.
Contact:
The "I Love Democracy" Organization
Rachid Nekkaz, president
49 avenue Foch - 75116 Paris - France
Email : contact@ilovedemocracy.org
Tel : 011 - 33 6 60 41 90 59
Fax : 011 - 33 1 34 29 22 47
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