Voting Rights: What You Can Do to Combat Voter Suppression

The right to vote as established in Article 21 of the UDHR is the bedrock of democracy and essential to the fulfillment of other rights. Yet this fundamental right is under attack. This module is designed to address the problem of voter suppression and voter apathy by engaging participants in ways they can promote voting and voting rights in their own communities and classrooms.

As the next event in the Training as Action Series, Bard Vice President for Civic Engagement Erin Cannan and Yael Bromberg Esq., a constitutional rights attorney, leading legal scholar of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and lecturer at Rutgers Law School, who additionally serves as special counsel and strategic advisor to the president/CEO of the Andrew Goodman Foundation, will facilitate.

The objectives of the talk are:

• Establish the importance of voting and civic engagement to human rights and democracy
• Discuss modern day voter suppression and voter apathy
• Develop ways to promote the vote and combat voter suppression in one's own community
• Explore how to integrate voting education and action into classroom curriculum

Register right here.

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For more information, call 845-758-6822.

Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Online Event

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