Schedule
Representative Government – Voting and Beyond
Moderators:
Summer Chandler, SULC
Mr. Cedric LeBlanc, SULC
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020 |
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TIME |
PRESENTATION |
SPEAKER |
9:00 am |
Welcome |
Summer Chandler, |
9:00 - |
Accessible Ballots, Accessible Government: Ensuring Equality for Individuals with Disabilities |
Prof. Katherine MacFarlane, |
9:30 - |
The Voting Rights Paradox: How Election Integrity Measures Damage Confidence in Elections |
Professor Atiba Ellis, Marquette University Law School |
10:00 - |
What Participatory Budgeting can Teach Us About Voter Participation and Outcomes |
Amir Farokhi, |
10:30 - |
Suppressing the Vote through Partisan and Racial Gerrymandering |
McKay Cunningham, Latonia Haney Keith, |
11:00 - |
The Voting Rights Act and Judicial Elections in Louisiana |
Dr. Ernest L. Johnson, Sr., Executive Director and Past President, Louisiana NAACP; Adjunct Professor, SULC |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Obstacles and Opportunities: a Historical Overview of Faith Communities in Citizen Participation |
Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine, St. Joseph AME Church Durham, NC |