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Twitter Space: Vote & Lead: An #NVEW2021 Conversation with Desmond Meade

October 8, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

Elections are powered by the people. So after making sure you’re #VoteReady, it’s important to make sure your community is too. Join panelists for a candid conversation on what it takes to make our democracy more accessible. From voting to redistricting, join the conversation to hear how they’re bringing their friends, families, and communities into this work and ensuring more voices are a part of our democracy.

Featuring:

    • Desmond Meade: Activist, Executive Director of FRCC, and 2021 MacArthur Fello
    • Jeffrey Clemmons: Student Organizer – President of the Huston-Tillotson University NAACP
    • Michael Collins: Director of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Vice President’s Office and former Chief of Staff to the late Congressman John Lewis
    • Sofia Lozano: Student Organizer – Texas A&M University and Communications Intern – Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project 
    • Wisdom Cole: National Director of the NAACP Youth & College Division

This will be a Twitter Space conversation. @NAACP will host the event Friday at 12p ET!

This event is sponsored in partnership with the NAACP Youth & College Division, CAA Foundation, Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project, and Twitter.

Details

Date:
October 8, 2021
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Event Category:

Organizers

NAACP Youth and College
CAA Foundation
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition
APIAVote
Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project
Twitter

Details

Date:
October 8, 2021
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Event Category:

Organizers

NAACP Youth and College
CAA Foundation
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition
APIAVote
Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project
Twitter