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On Thursday, November 11 at 6:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. PT) The Andrew Goodman Foundation invites you to join us for The Rise of The Youth Vote and Reactive Restrictions, featuring a conversation with Clarence B. Jones.
In our fight to protect young people’s voices and votes, there are no off-years. In 2021, we are strategizing and organizing to meet the challenges coming towards us in the 2022 midterm elections. In 2020, our country saw record-breaking youth voter turnout with 50% of 18- to 29- year olds casting their ballot. This turnout has been met with an alarming number of new anti-voter bills that aim to restrict their freedom to vote. As of October 4, 425 restrictive voting bills have been introduced in 49 states. Many of the newly introduced anti-voter bills take aim at restricting early and absentee voting, enacting stricter voter ID laws, and making voter registration harder. With 70% of youth voting early or by mail in the 2020 election, the new laws target young voters with almost surgical precision. Among the hardest suppressed is the student population.
Join us as we share with you our vision and present a focused example of the campaign strategy of our student Ambassadors going into 2022. Register below! If you are unable to attend, please consider giving a donation by clicking on the donate button below.
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Clarence B. Jones, Esq.
Clarence B. Jones was a counsel and speechwriter for Martin Luther King, Jr. During his
residency at the King Institute, Jones has worked on his memoirs and has published two
books: What Would Martin Say? (2008) and Behind the Dream: The Making of the
Speech that Transformed a Nation (2012). He has received numerous state and national
awards as well as an honorary doctorate in recognition of his significant contributions to
American society. In addition to his accomplishments in the Civil Rights Movement, Jones
was the first African-American partner in a Wall Street investment banking member firm
of the New York Stock Exchange and was selected twice by Fortune Magazine
as “A Business Man of the Month.”
Hosted By The Andrew Goodman Foundation Board of Directors
Austin Boral | Dale (& Max) Berger | Fred (& Martha) Farkouh | Charles (& Kirsten) Imohiosen | Robert (& Carla) Masters | Jonian Rafti
Amy Solas (& Richard Klein) | Andrew Tomback | Corey (& Suzanne) Weiss
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