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SUMMARY:Norm Eisen\, Special Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee on Impeachment
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URL:https://bigtentusa.org/event/norm-eisen-special-counsel-to-the-house-judiciary-committee-on-impeachment/
LOCATION:BigTent Zoom Room
CATEGORIES:BigTent Spotlight Speaker Series,BigTent Events,Preserving Democracy
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SUMMARY:Tent Talk: Sylvester Johnson III\, VoteRiders with Jessica Craven
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, May 2nd\, at 12:00pm ET\, Sylvester Johnson III\, National Volunteer Manager and Voter ID Coalition Coordinator at VoteRiders is coming back for another Tent Talk. He will provide results from the 2022 elections\, discuss which voter ID states they will be focusing on in 2023\, the disenfranchisement of youth voters that is happening across many states\, and what we can do to help. The renowned Jessica Craven will be moderating the discussion! \nJessica Craven is a full time activist\, community organizer\, political TikTok creator\, and elected member of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party’s Central Committee. She’s also the author of “Chop Wood\, Carry Water\,” a daily actions e-mail. \nABOUT VOTERIDERS:  \nVoteRiders is a nonpartisan voter protection organization which helps voters navigate the Voter ID law requirements in various states across the country. We will learn about their work and begin sending letters making sure eligible voters have the ID and information they need to cast a ballot that counts. VoteRiders’ mission is to ensure that no eligible voter is prevented from casting a ballot that counts due to voter ID laws\, either directly from lack of acceptable ID or indirectly because of voter confusion. VoteRiders educates voters and assists citizens to secure their voter ID. We inspire and support organizations\, volunteers\, and communities to sustain such voter ID education and assistance efforts. \nBARRIERS TO THE BALLOT: \nTens of millions of voters find that obtaining an ID that fulfills voting requirements is costly and confusing. It often requires navigating arcane systems and bureaucratic barriers that cost time and money. All to exercise a basic freedom that should be equally accessible to all Americans. \nWe also see massive confusion about voter ID rules in EVERY STATE – among voters and poll workers alike. State laws are complicated to understand and often changing. Confusion can easily lead to disenfranchisement for too many Americans unless we take action.
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LOCATION:BigTent Zoom Room
CATEGORIES:Tent Talks,BigTent Events,Preserving Democracy
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SUMMARY:Tent Talk: Ballotpedia
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, May 16th at 12pm ET Ballotpedia will be joining us to discuss citizen-led legislation (ballot measures)\, why it’s important\, and ballot measure trends they are seeing around the country. Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics\, and the nation’s premier resource for unbiased information on elections\, politics\, and policy As a non-partisan resource\, they provide their readers curated content on all levels of U.S. politics that is relevant\, reliable\, and available for all. \nABOUT OUR SPEAKERS: \nGeoff Pallay is Ballotpedia’s Editor in Chief. He has been in that role since March 2015\, overseeing Ballotpedia’s editorial department. Since joining Ballotpedia’s staff in 2010\, Geoff has made it a life’s purpose to bring neutral\, high-quality encyclopedic information to political consumers. \nDuring his time at the company\, the encyclopedia has grown by more than 200\,000 pages. As Editor in Chief\, Geoff is responsible for managing the encyclopedic content and political coverage while ensuring that proper systems and structures are in place throughout the department. \nOver the years\, Geoff has been intimately involved in launching many of the new projects at Ballotpedia\, including coverage of state legislatures\, Congress\, redistricting\, public policy\, municipal officeholders\, presidential elections\, and legislation tracking. Geoff serves as the final decision-maker over much of the newsletter and front page content as well as editorial coverage and strategies. \nGeoff’s other roles at Ballotpedia have included Associate Chief Content Officer (2014-2015)\, Director of Research (2013-2014)\, and Director of Strategic Projects (2013). \nPrior to joining Ballotpedia\, Geoff was a policy analyst for the South Carolina Policy Council and a copy editor for the Beaufort Gazette. Originally from New Jersey\, Geoff studied journalism and history at Emory University before earning a Masters of Public Administration at the College of Charleston. Geoff lives in Charleston\, South Carolina\, with his wife and two children\, where he also serves as Neighborhood Association President in his community. \nRyan Byrne is the Managing Editor of the Ballot Measures Team at Ballotpedia. Ryan has been researching and writing about ballot measures for Ballotpedia since 2013. His ballot measures analyses have been featured in the New York Times\, NPR\, and The Hill.
URL:https://bigtentusa.org/event/tent-talk-ballotpedia/
LOCATION:BigTent Zoom Room
CATEGORIES:Tent Talks,BigTent Events,Preserving Democracy
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Speakers: Jonathan Alter and David Greenberg
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Alter and David Greenberg will join us to provide a historical framework for our current political and cultural reality. They will define the events in modern history that led us to this moment. Evangeline Morphos will moderate conversation. \nABOUT OUR SPEAKERS: \nJonathan Alter is an award-winning author\, political analyst\, documentary filmmaker\, columnist\, television producer and radio host. \nAlter’s most recent book is “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter\, a Life.” (2020)\, which received uniformly favorable reviews. His earlier books include three New York Times bestsellers: “The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies” (2013)\, “The Promise: President Obama\, Year One” (2010) and “The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope” (2006)\, also one of the Times’ “Notable Books” of the year. \nA former senior editor and columnist at Newsweek\, Alter is a longtime political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.  He co-produced and co-directed the HBO documentary “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists\,” which won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary. In 2013-2014\, he was an executive producer of “Alpha House\,“ a comedy on Amazon. \nOver the years\, Alter has written for the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Washington Monthly\, the New Yorker\, Bloomberg\, the Daily Beast and other publications. In 2021\, he launched a weekly Substack newsletter called “OLD GOATS\, Ruminating with Friends\,” which includes frequent columns and his conversations with accomplished people of wisdom and experience. Since 2016\, he has hosted “Alter Family Politics“ each week on Sirius XM\, 102 with his three adult children. \nDavid Greenberg is a professor of History and of Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, and a frequent commentator in the national news media on contemporary politics and public affairs. He specializes in American political and cultural history. His most recent book\, Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency (W.W. Norton\, 2016) examines the rise of the White House spin machine\, from the Progressive Era to the present day\, and the debates that Americans have waged over its implications for democracy. \nEvangeline Morphos is a producer and educator who has worked in theatre\, film\, and television; and for twenty-five years was a Professor in the Theater and Film Divisions of Columbia University\, where she established the University’s first courses in television and in new media. Evangeline has consulted on numerous new media projects for Democratic political campaigns\, and has been active in arts advocacy. She writes frequently on the arts and politics for The Wall Street Journal\, Politico\, Reuters and NBC.com.She graduated from Wellesley College\, and has a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her late husband was the American political historian Alan Brinkley.
URL:https://bigtentusa.org/event/spotlight-speakers-david-greenberg-and-jonathan-alter/
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