Join DC Vote at a Building the Election Reform Movement Meetup for a discussion on the status of the DC House Voting Rights Act (H.R. 157) and the Advancement Project's National Right to Vote. Speakers include Eugene D. Kinlow, Public Affairs Director for DC Vote and Edward Hailes, Senior Attorney and Power and Democracy Director for the Advancement Project.
* When: 7:00-8:30 PM on Thursday, April 23, 2009* Where: DC Vote office at 2000 P Street, NW, Suite 200
A few blocks walk from the Dupont Circle Metro Station (red line)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2000+P+Street,+NW+Washington+DC
Capacity is limited. Please RSVP to reserve your space by replying to: jenkarius@gmail.com
Please forward to all who might be interested.
The Advancement Project is a policy and legal action group that creates strategies for achieving universal opportunity and a racially just democracy. The Advancement Project's Right to Vote Public Education Initiative seeks to increase public awareness of the need for stronger voting rights enforcement, including the ramifications of an affirmative, federally protected right to vote. This initiative is an extension of U.S. Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.'s pioneering work (House Joint Resolution 28), which spearheaded the most recent movement to enshrine the right to vote into the U.S. Constitution by amendment.
Building the Election Reform Movement Meetup is a monthly meetup that provides an opportunity to receive information about election reforms, and to mobilize in support of current local and national campaigns and actions relevant to the DC metro area. The Meetup prioritizes from the perspective of wishing to grow a broader, more inclusive representation through election reform and the advancement of voting rights to strengthen our democracy.
If you have any questions or to RSVP, please contact Jennifer Karius of the Building the Election Reform Movement Meetup at jenkarius@gmail.com.
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