Event Details:
Date: Monday, September 30
Time: 6 PM
Location: Lisser Hall

Mills College at Northeastern University invites students, faculty, staff, and our local communities to attend this important panel discussion on critical issues surrounding voting rights and nonpartisan activism. Host for the evening, Professor Jaci Urbani, Associate Professor of Education, will introduce the panelists, all experts on voter suppression and strategies for protecting voter rights. Highlights from the documentary “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook,” will be included to examine tactics of voter suppression during the 2016 election. We recommend viewing this 72-minute movie on YouTube prior to the event.  

Doctoral Student Christina Rodriguez will moderate our panel discussion and Q & A with representatives from: 

• American Issues Initiative  
• CA Poor People’s Campaign 
• CA Black Power Network
• Coleman Advocates  
• The League of Women Voters Oakland  
• VoteForward 

There will be multiple opportunities for voter registration and activism, including tabling by TurboVote, VoteForward, Postcards to Swing States, and CA Poor People’s Campaign.