First Thursdays film series takes on issue of voter
suppression
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“Our democracy hangs in the balance. This is not an
overstatement.” — Michelle Alexander in the NY Times, June 8, 2020
Attempts to interfere in our election by Russia and other
foreign players have received much deserved attention since 2016. But an even
more insidious threat to our democracy may be homegrown: voter suppression.
“In a close election the rules matter,” says Rick Hasen of
UC Irvine and author of Election Meltdown, “and if the rules can be
manipulated it can affect the outcome of elections.”
Recognizing that voting rights are civil rights, the
July selection for the MD LMP First Thursday film series is a provocative
and disturbing documentary that takes a sobering look at the hydra that is
voter suppression: Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook.
Narrated by Jeffrey Wright, Rigged chronicles how our
right to vote is being undercut by a decade of dirty tricks - including the
partisan use of gerrymandering and voter purges, and the gutting
of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. The film captures real-time
voter purges in North Carolina and voter intimidation in Texas.
We are honored to welcome a distinguished panel to discuss
the film:
David Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick
Douglass, Prophet of Freedom
Tim Smith, award-winning producer of Rigged
Gilda Daniels, Associate Professor at University of
Baltimore School of Law and author of Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter
Suppression in America
The cause and course of racial justice in our
nation is intimately bound to the outcome of the 2020 election. It’s therefore
incumbent upon all of us to understand the grave and imminent threat that voter
suppression poses to “free and fair elections” and what we, as citizens, can do
to protect the vote and our democracy.
Please join us on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 7.00p for
an important discussion of the issue and this film. We look forward to seeing
and hearing from you then.
When you register, you will receive a link and password allowing
you to screen the film on your own for free, in advance of the
discussion.
Attendance at the panel discussion is also free, but you
must pre-register here.
https://mdlynchingmemorial.networkforgood.com/events/21517-first-thursday-film-discussion-series
For more information go here: https://www.mdlynchingmemorial.org/
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