Join the Women's Center, Africana Center, and JumboVote for a screening of the documentary "Suppressed: The Fight to Vote" and a discussion about voting rights in America. This new documentary by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, & the NRA) weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. The issues Georgians faced included polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, extreme wait times and a host of voter ID issues – all of which disproportionately prevented many students and people of color from casting their ballots. Suppressed: The Fight to Vote features experts, poll watchers and everyday Georgians speaking to the reality of voter suppression and the threat it poses in 2020. In a race that was ultimately decided by 54,723 votes, the film exposes that the basic constitutional right to vote continues to be under siege in America.
WHEN
March 11, 2020 at 7:00pm - 8pm
WHERE
Tufts University- Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room
15 Talbot Ave
Medford, MA 02155
United States
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15 Talbot Ave
Medford, MA 02155
United States
Google map and directions
CONTACT
JumboVote
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