C.A.

N Presentation
Slide 1: Cattaraugus CAN! - An informed community is an activated community
Slide 2: After we met and you briefed us on C.A.N, Your passion was evident and we could see
you cared deeply for the community and many issues of social injustice. We recognized that one
of our first, and perhaps our most important task was helping to effectively hone in on and
communicate where CAN adds the most timely, actionable value.

Because, after all, when everything’s important, nothing is important

Through our research, we have identified three areas that are important to the community, and
where we can effectively change: Poverty; Voting and Elections; and healthcare.

Slide 3: Poverty
We found that locals care deeply about poverty: from The Warming House to the local Giving
Tree to The Genesis House - it’s an issue important to them. Many people in the community are
affected by poverty, with 18 percent of the county’s population below the poverty line per the
2010 census. The Warming House serves more than 12,000 warm meals per year to the
community; preparing more than 100 meals per day to the homeless – so many hungry children.

Slide 4: Elections/Voting
ln the latest election cycle, about 25,444 people voted in Cattaraugus County; 58,918 people in
the county are over the age of 18; barring felons and non-U.S. citizens, all of these people are
theoretically able to vote, but only fewer than half of these people voted, and of that group, most
voted Republican. C.A.N formed in the aftermath of the 2016 election — in helping people
better to understand issues and their own voting rights, C.A.N can enact real, positive and
forceful change in this community.

Slide 5: Healthcare
Out of 62 counties in New York State, Cattaraugus County ranks 60th in terms of quality of
public health. As of 2014, 14,947 people in Cattaraugus County were enrolled in Medicaid.
80,317 people lived in the county as of the recent census; the population enrolled in Medicaid
accounts for 18 percent of the general population.

Olean General Hospital, in conjunction with the Upper Allegheny Health System (including
Bradford Regional Medical Center), provides care to more than 160,000 individuals in the area.
The hospital has a broad reach — employing thousands of area residents. The system requires
helping those in need, and we need to engage with medical professionals and hospital
administration to get them helping locals understand the benefits of single-payer healthcare.

Slide 6: C.A.N’s guiding principle will be “An informed community is an activated community.”
This will lead each of C.A.N’s individual campaigns toward poverty, elections & voting,
healthcare. Ultimately, C.A.N can spur the Cattaraugus community to action — but before
people can care, they need to know that these issues exist, and furthermore, what can be done to
make positive changes in the area.
Slide 7: POVERTY - Find yourself a copywriter :(

We have two goals for this pressing issue. We’d first educate people living in slum housing on
their rights, through distribution of informational flyers on the rights and resources available to
slum tenants in local media. We’ll also set up a tip line for slum tenants to get in touch with pro-
bono lawyers.

GOAL 2 STRAT 1:
TACTIC - PRO. BONO
OPEN TACTICS TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF POVERTY
SHAME PEOPLE PUBLICLY?

HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS AND HELP THEM FEEL EMPOWERED

We will need find lawyers willing to work at low costs to help protect slum tenants against
landlord violations. We’ll also need to work alongside the Urban Renewal Agency and aldermen
in each ward to ensure they’re speaking with tenants in slums about their situations and options.
If residents are willing, we will share evidence (hopefully photographic, but potentially
testimonial) of illegal living conditions to the local media.

EMPOWERING PR INITIATIVE
PITCH STORIES → ISOLATE OR UNCOVER STORIES ABOUT KNOWN SLUM
LANDLORDS TO PASS ON TO REPORTER’S AT OTH

OFFER CONFIDENTIAL AND ANONYMOUS MEETINGS TO

DRAW UP RESIDENCE BILL OF RIGHTS

BETTER TACTICS*****

Slide 8: VOTING AND ELECTIONS

Local politicians are often interested in championing the rights of vulnerable people, so C.A.N
should align themselves with these people. C.A.N also needs to educate the local population on
their rights and abilities in voting. First, we’d push flyers at basketball games and other events
with high concentrations of of-age locals. Second, to reach a younger audience and stir them into
active engagement later, we’d collaborate with local politicians to speak to high school classes.
Finally, we will post voting guidelines and restrictions with links on our social media pages.

STRAT 1: REMOVE OBSTACLES TO VOTING

TACTIC: MAKE TRANSPORTATION FUN

REGISTRATION FUN NIGHT DRINKING

CHANGE TO “SPORTS” OR EVENTS

HOW TO SIGN UP? → DISTRIBUTE REQUESTS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS (HOW &
TO WHOM)

After informing them of their rights, we need to ensure people actually do vote. In order to get
people voting, C.A.N will ensure those homebound or otherwise unavailable sign up for their
absentee ballots ahead of deadline. For those with an inability to reach polling places, we will
provide transportation. Third, in the months leading up to the election, we’ll hold registration
drives at Wal-Mart and other supermarket locations.
Slide 9: HEALTHCARE
Increase community knowledge and support of single-payer healthcare in the community by 100
percent within the next year.
To do this, we plan to educate locals on the ways in which single-payer healthcare benefits them.
We have several tactics to educate locals on single-payer, many of which have already been used
by C.A.N First, we will offer lectures to college-aged students on the benefits of single-payer.
We will provide pamphlets at the Warming House and Wal-Mart; Organize with Olean Medical
Group, Access Healthcare and the Upper Allegheny Health System to generate positive
information on singl
e-payer. We will then have healthcare officials from these three organizations speak at open
forums and, separately, to high school classes. Finally, as we have covered the bases of young
voters and soon-to-be voters, we’ll also speak to community members by canvassing
neighborhoods about the benefits of single-payer.

STRAT → EDUCATE

TACTICS: OUTDOOR ADS?; BUY AD IN THEATER; CREATE POSTERS TO GO IN ALL

MEDICAL OFFICES; INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES IN ALL NEONATAL PACKAGES;
PSAs FOR RADIO BROADCAST

FOR YOUR BABY’S FUTURE, HERE IS SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE

Slide 10: CLOSING

C.A.N is a wonderful organization with a purpose to help enact positive change in the
Cattaraugus County community. With this intention in mind, we came up with several tactics
that could help propel C.A.N’s original vision.