Voting Rights Symposium Finding solutions to protect our most sacred right Thursday, October 28, 2021 5 to 7 p.m. (EDT)

 

Voting Rights Symposium  Finding solutions to protect our most sacred right Thursday, October 28, 2021 5 to 7 p.m. (EDT) A non-partisan, virtual symposium co-sponsored by Quinnipiac University School of Law and The Campaign School at Yale University Register   As the country wrestles with the state of voting in 2021, the focus is on what many perceive as new attacks on voting rights. Join a national panel of preeminent voices – including advocacy leaders, community activists, engagement strategists and elected officials – as they reflect on an all-hands-on-deck approach to fighting new forms of the age-old issue of voter suppression. Among the topics: The latest on voter suppression, voter intimidation and voter misinformation The state of legal challenges to voting suppression laws How political and local legislation can be moved to help protect voting rights Overcoming obstacles designed to suppress constitutionally protected voting rights   On the panel: Terri Sewell U.S. Congresswoman, 7th Congressional District, Alabama; chief sponsor of H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Nikema Williams U.S. Congresswoman, 5th Congressional District, Georgia, the district served by John Lewis from 1987–2020 Leah C. Aden Deputy Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Barbara Arnwine President and Founder, Transformative Justice Coalition; former Executive Director, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Johnnie Booker Retired Diversity Executive; former Global Director, Supplier Diversity, Coca-Cola; former Vice President, Resolution Trust Corporation Rhonda Briggins Organizer and Co-Founder, Vote Run Lead; Co-Chair, Delta Sigma Theta National Social Commission; former President, Georgia Transit Association John Cusick Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Sedgwick Daniels Pastor of Holy Redeemer Church of God in Christ; Jurisdictional Prelate, Wisconsin First Jurisdiction Randal Gaines State Representative, Louisiana District 57; Vice Chair, Southern Christian Leadership Conference CK Hoffler Civil Rights Lawyer, past President, National Bar Association; Chair, Rainbow Push Coalition Reginald Jackson Presiding Prelate, African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 6th Episcopal District of Georgia Patricia Russo Executive Director of The Campaign School at Yale Dov Wilker Regional Director, American Jewish Committee (AJC) Atlanta; AJC National Director for Black Jewish Relations Marilyn Ward Ford Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law   Co-sponsored by:   To learn more, contact Marilyn Ward Ford at marilyn.ford@qu.edu

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