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[PAST EVENT] Systematic Suppression: A Panel Discussion on Mass Incarceration and Voter Disenfranchisement
February 25, 2016
6pm
William & Mary BLSA, along with our co-sponsors, Election Law Society, Revive My Vote, The Center for Student Diversity, The Lemon Project, and The Mason School of Business, presents our annual Symposium on Race and the Law.
This year's theme, "Systematic Suppression," aims to candidly address two hot button topics: Mass Incarceration and Voter Disenfranchisement. Following an educational and enlightening panel discussion, join us for a reception where you may directly interact with the panelists.
Panelists:
David Baugh: Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Attorney
Jamira Burley: Senior Campaigner, Amnesty International
Andrea James: Founder, Families for Justice as Healing
Nicole Porter: Advocacy Director, The Sentencing Project
William C. Smith: Maryland House of Delegates
Levar Stoney: Secretary of the Commonwealth (Virginia)
Kim Tignor: Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Reception to follow!
This year's theme, "Systematic Suppression," aims to candidly address two hot button topics: Mass Incarceration and Voter Disenfranchisement. Following an educational and enlightening panel discussion, join us for a reception where you may directly interact with the panelists.
Panelists:
David Baugh: Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Attorney
Jamira Burley: Senior Campaigner, Amnesty International
Andrea James: Founder, Families for Justice as Healing
Nicole Porter: Advocacy Director, The Sentencing Project
William C. Smith: Maryland House of Delegates
Levar Stoney: Secretary of the Commonwealth (Virginia)
Kim Tignor: Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Reception to follow!
Contact
Please contact [[e|bamcgill, Brittany McGill]] with any questions.
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