This year is the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the ballot, and the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. Yet, women of color have faced unique challenges in exercising their rights...and still, we persist. Community partners hosted a keynote speaker and panel discussion on the topic on September 27, 2020 at 3:00 pm.
Watch the recording here!
*Content begins ~2:00*
Keynote:
Valerie Ann Johnson, PhD
Dean of Arts, Sciences, & Humanities
Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Social Justice Shaw University
Panelists:
Mary Jones Phillips, PhD, African American
Kim Pevia, CEO, Lumbee
Annette Rodriguez, PhD, Latina/Chicana
Hongbin Gu, PhD, Asian American
Lucy Lewis, Community Activist, White