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When Christina Duren started working to get out the vote, she never dreamed that she\u2019d get a personal thank you from Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n

But when Duren shared the stage with Obama<\/a> at a Miami rally sponsored by When We All Vote<\/a>, the former first lady stopped to talk with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was just like I imagined her, kind, sweet, and very genuine,\u201d says the Miami resident, founder of the Beautiful Brown Girls Brunch Club<\/a>, a Meetup<\/a> group with more than 27,000 members across the country. \u201cShe gave me the biggest hug. That really warmed my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duren decided to talk with her members about voting after Meetup encouraged its member groups to discuss the importance of voting in the midterm election. More than 100 Meetup organizers, including the Beautiful Brown Girls Brunch Club, devoted time to talk about the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Christina Duren, founder of the Beautiful Brown Girls Brunch Club, met Michelle Obama at a When We All Vote rally.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

WeWork<\/a> also worked to increase voter registration, setting up voter registration hubs in 25 cities across the country<\/a>, including public hub buildings in 10 cities that were open to the public. These hubs allowed people to register online, check their registration status, or find out what steps they need to take to become a registered voter. WeWork, which also partnered with Nonprofit VOTE<\/a> and TurboVote<\/a>, registered more than 1,000 new voters.<\/p>\n

WeWork employees say the voter registration drive was an immediate success in locations around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe buzz started spreading before we even starting signing people up,\u201d says Claire Inman, community lead at Kansas City\u2019s WeWork Corrigan Station<\/a>. \u201cWe made sure it was quick so that people could just stop in and register in a few minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inman says that as well as WeWork members, other tenants in the building heard about the program and started dropping by to register to vote.<\/p>\n

Carolina Marrero, community Lead at Miami\u2019s WeWork Ponce de la Leon<\/a>, says members were appreciative about the company\u2019s voter registration efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur members appreciated that that we were taking the lead on this issue,\u201d says Marrero. \u201cPeople here care a lot about community, and they felt like this was something that would directly benefit the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chloe Brown, community manager of WeWork 1920 McKinney Avenue<\/a> in Dallas, jokes that her background doing voter behavioral research in graduate school definitely helped. She knew exactly how to get people to register.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got the best cupcakes in town,\u201d she says. \u201cThey were in patriotic colors. When people walked by we\u2019d say, \u2018Do you want a cupcake? All you have to do is register to vote.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown says many people they registered would be first-time voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of them told us they didn\u2019t even know how to begin with the voting process, so never registered,\u201d she says. \u201cJust our being there changed that for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duran says her own involvement in getting people to vote is personal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI vote to honor my grandfather, who can remember a time when he could not vote, and my grandmother, a daughter of Bahamian immigrants, who, even when she could no longer walk, mailed in her ballot for every election,\u201d says Duran.<\/p>\n

She wants the praise from Obama is important not only for her, but for her entire group.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was so sincere and sweet,\u201d says Duran. \u201cI told her about Beautiful Brown Girls and she immediately said: \u201cI\u2019m a beautiful brown girl too!\u2019\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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