Suffolk Law, 4/13: PANEL DISCUSSION ON VOTING RIGHTS

4/06/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

SUFFOLK LAW CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT TO HOLD PANEL DISCUSSION ON VOTING RIGHTS

Keynote Speaker: Representative Alisha Morgan , Georgia House of Delegates

When: Thursday April 13, 2006 4:45 pm-7:30 pm
Where: Suffolk University Law School, First Floor, 120 Tremont St.
Includes: Panel Discussion, Hors d’ouerves, & Refreshments

Panelists include: John Bonifaz , National Voting Rights Institute; James Fleischmann , Mass Ballot Freedom Campaign and Atiya Dangleben, Mass VOTE.

The Suffolk Law Civil Rights is dedicated to the study of how racism and
social and economic stratification have oppressed and denied equal
opportunities to large segments of American society. The Project seeks to engage in concrete projects to advocate change by challenging our peers, our institution, and our larger communities to fulfill the promise embodied in the U.S. civil rights movements.

The esteemed panel will discuss the 2005 Georgia Poll Tax which was pre-cleared by the Department of Justice, and the status of voting rights in America today -- 40 years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Other topics include racial and political gerrymandering, fusion voting, and the causes of voter apathy.

For more information on The Panel discussion or the Suffolk Law Civil Rights Project please contact:

Professor Frank Cooper
617-573-8530
fcooper@suffolk.edu

Erika Jacobsen White
857-891-1577
erika_jacobsen@hotmail.com

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