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• TLBC 2019 African American Summit

  • Start
    24 Feb 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM (CST)
  • End
    26 Feb 2019
  •  
    2:00 PM (CST)
  • Location
    Austin, TX

  Join the Texas Legislative Black Caucus for our 2019 African American Legislative Summit!! This year theme is "The Fierce Urgency of Now: State of Black Lives in Texas"

  by Texas Legislative Black Caucus

  Date And Time

  Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 8:00 AM –

  Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:00 PM CST

  
  

  Location

  Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol

  701 East 11th Street

  Austin, TX 78701

  CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM by Monday, February 4, 2019 

  Schedule of Events

  Sunday, February 24th ( All Day at the Sheraton)

  9:00 am-5:00 pm Registration at the Sheraton Hotel

  1:00pm-4:00 pm Gospel Scholarship Brunch

  7:00 pm-9:00 pm Founders Reception

  Monday, February 25th

  8:00 am-4:00 pm Registration at the Sheraton Hotel

  6:00 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast at Sheraton

  9:00 am-10:00 am  Opening Session: Welcome and TLBC Legislative Agenda

  10:15-11:30 am  Concurrent Breakout Sessions

  • The State of Texas HBCUs

  • The Pipeline: Juvenile Justice Reform

  • The Silent Killer: Mental Health in the Black Community

  • There Goes the Neighborhood: The impact of gentrification on communities of color

  12:00 pm-2:00 pm Luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel

  3:00 pm-4:15 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions

  (Sheraton Hotel and Capitol)

  • The Black Dollar and Community Development: Roundtable Discussion with TAAACC and TLBC Members regarding HUB

  • Where’s the Village: How suburban flight crippled the community relations

  • Broken Families, but new chances: Investigation into Family Violence and finding the correct homes for our children

  • The Power of Now!

  • 2020 Census/Redistricting

  7pm-10pm  Chair’s Gala with Outstanding Texan Award

  Tuesday, February 26th

  10:00 am Resolutions on House floor

  11:00 am-5:00 pm Advocacy Day

  (Organizations visiting legislators offices and attending committee hearings)

  12:00 pm-2:00 pm  Historical Lunch on the South Lawn

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• Vino & Voting

  • When
    28 Feb 2019
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Atlanta, GA

  Vino & Voting

  by League of Women Voters of Georgia

  Date And Time

  Thu, February 28, 2019

  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST

  
  

  Location

  Barcelona Wine Bar

  240 North Highland Avenue Northeast

  Atlanta, GA 30307

  
  

  Description

  Please join us for a conversation about the future of voting and elections in our state. This is a great opportunity to learn about Election Protection, Redistricting Reform, and the Democracy Act Bill set to drop in February. Enjoy a glass of wine while listening to our guest speaker Sean Young, Legal Director of the ACLU. RSVP now to reserve your seat - don't miss this opportunity to get involved and to protect our democracy.

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• Playing the Long Game" FDGA Orientation for Citizen Lobbyists

  • When
    1 Mar 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Atlanta, GA

  Playing the Long Game" FDGA Orientation for Citizen Lobbyists

  by Fair Districts GA

  Date And Time

  Fri, March 1, 2019

  9:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST

  
  

  Location

  307 Coverdell Legislative Building (CLOB)

  18 Capitol Square SW

  Atlanta, GA 30334

  Description

  Improve your ability to communicate with legislators about redistricting reform and SR 52, the Democracy Act. This orientation will be held on March 1, 2019 at the Coverdell Legislative Office Building (CLOB) from 9 AM to 11:30 AM. Topics will include the following presentations:

  *Talking with Legislators and Making Effective Use of Ropeline Conversations: Advice for Citizen Lobbyists--Representative Bee Nguyen

  *The Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee—Senator Jen Jordan

  *Advocating for Support: the Democracy Act Pledge—Stephanie Ali, ACLU-GA

  *Joining an FDGA Citizen Lobbyist Team: the FDGA Adopt-a-Legislator Program--Pat Byrd, FDGA

  *Q&A Discussion
  

  Please arrive by 8:30 AM for check-in and registration. The program will begin promptly at 9:00 AM. We hope to see you there!

  NOTE on registration: Attendance is free; just select the "Free General Admission" ticket. If you can make a donation to help FDGA with events and other support for advocates for redistricting reform, you can select the "Help FDGA Fight Gerrymandering" donation ticket. Whatever choice you make, we value your participation in this work.

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• Reclaim the Power of Your Vote: Learn about PA Redistricting Reform

  • When
    1 Mar 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Pittsburgh, PA

  Reclaim the Power of Your Vote: Learn about PA Redistricting Reform

  
  

  By Draw the Lines PA and Fair Districts PA

  
  

  Date And Time

  Fri, March 1, 2019

  5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST

  
  

  Location

  Biddle's Escape

  401 Biddle Avenue

  Pittsburgh, PA 15221

  Description

  Please join us at Biddle's Escape on March 1st to learn about gerrymandering and how you can help to stop it! There will be beverages, food, and experts to speak with about gerrymandering. Additionally, you will have the chance to enter a competition and win a cash prize!

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• Slay the Gerrymander Happy Hour

  • When
    1 Mar 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Pittsburgh, PA

  Slay the Gerrymander Happy Hour & Reclaim the Power of Your Vote

  by Draw the Lines PA and Fair Districts PA

  Date And Time

  Fri, March 1, 2019

  5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST

  
  

  Location

  Biddle's Escape

  401 Biddle Avenue

  Pittsburgh, PA 15221

  
  

  Description

  Reclaim the Power of YOUR VOTE!

  Join Fair Districts PA and Draw the Lines PA for a fun, fact-filled Happy Hour at Biddles Escape

  Enjoy good conversation, light bites and beverages, and a few games for a chance to win prizes!

  Learn about:

  How gerrymandering can affect your access to fair representation.

  Advocacy efforts and steps you can take to address redistricting reform in PA as we gear up for 2021, the census, and redrawing of district lines.

  A new citizens’ advocacy effort that allows PA voters- YOU- to learn how to draw your own state voting districts using digital mapping software, and…

  Mapping competitions that that give you a chance to win cash prizes AND save democracy!

  Special Guest Speakers:

  Will Anderson, Small Business Owner, B-PEP Planning Council, PA Workforce and Development Committee

  Anna Fisher, Associate Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University and Fair Districts PA spokesperson

  Rachel Colker, Western PA Coordinator, Draw the Lines PA

  This event is free and open to the public.

  Join Us!

  Special Thanks to Biddles Escape for hosting this important event.

  Learn more at:

  www.drawthelinespa.org

  www.fairdistrictspa.com

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• Ensure Your Vote Counts: Community Forum

  • When
    3 Mar 2019
  •  
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Charleston, SC

  Ensure Your Vote Counts: Community Forum

  by League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area

  Date And Time

  Sun, March 3, 2019

  2:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST

  
  

  Location

  Charleston County Main Library

  68 Calhoun Street

  Charleston, SC 29401

  Description

  With aging and broken voting machines, legislative districts drawn to protect incumbents, and political campaigns awash in secret contributions, South Carolina voters sometimes question whether their votes matter. How can we improve our election system and restore public confidence?

  Come hear experts define these issues, learn how citizens can equip themselves to demand fair election systems and practices, and ask your questions to our distinguished panel:

  Representative Peter M. McCoy, Jr., S.C. House, District 115; Chair, House Judiciary Committee

  Joseph L. Debney, Director of Elections, Charleston County

  Dr. Duncan Buell, Professor of Computer Science, University of South Carolina; nationally-recognized expert on voting technology and security

  Lynn Teague, Vice President, Issues and Action, League of Women Voters of SC

  In the next year South Carolina will purchase a new voting system to replace the current decades-old system. How do we advocate for a system that will ensure secure, accurate, re-countable, transparent and verifiable elections?

  Also, learn how proposed legislation would put an independent committee in charge of redrawing district lines, instead of politicians drawing the lines and choosing their voters, resulting in gerrymandering.

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• Gerrymandering 101

  • When
    14 Mar 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Pittsburgh, PA

  Gerrymandering 101

  by AAUW North Hills Pittsburgh Branch

  Date And Time

  Tue, May 14, 2019

  7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

  
  

  Location

  La Roche College, Zappala College Center (Ryan Room)

  9000 Babcock Blvd.

  Pittsburgh, PA 15237

  Description

  The AAUW North Hills Pittsburgh Branch is hosting a public education program on reforming Pennsylvania’s redistricting process. Fair Districts PA Suzanne Broughton will represent Fair Districts PA and Rachel Colker will represent “Draw the Lines.” PA’s current redistricting process and its undermining of democracy will be explained. And a solution to the problem will be offered. Suzanne will also discuss the legislation in Harrisburg and FDPA’s strategy going forward.

  • This event’s goal is to raise the public’s awareness of the importance of redistricting reform.

  • This program offers a tour of the issues, history, and the state of play now in Pennsylvania with a rundown on how Draw the Lines connects to reform efforts. The program will be interactive.

  • Local elected officials will be invited to attend.

  • Fair Districts PA Speaker: Suzanne Broughton

  • Draw the Lines Speaker: Rachel Colker

  • The event is free & open to the public. Coffee/tea and light snacks will be offered.

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• Awakening: Voting Rights & Redistricting Summit

  • When
    14 Mar 2019
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Baton Rouge, LA

  Awakening: Voting Rights & Redistricting Summit

  March 14th, 2019

  Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, LA

  Background

  AWAKENING is a series of summits aimed to engage Louisiana citizens in important conversations around the most pressing policy issues. Summit outputs support a policy think tank for elected officials interested in progressive policies impacting communities of color. Working group organizations as of 12/29/18 include the Louisiana Institute of Public Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy organization; the Louisiana State NAACP, an organization that fights to ensure political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and eliminate race-based discrimination; and Prophetic Voices, a coalition of concerned clergy who seek to galvanize the faith community to address and help generate solutions for the religious and socio-political concerns of communities whose voices are ordinarily ignored and/or silenced.

  Schedule as of 12/29/18

  Location: Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  Panel: Voting Rights & Redistricting in the 21st Century: 6:30PM – 8:00PM

  Confirmed Participants as of 12/29/18

  Moderator: Alejandro “Al” Perkins: Undergraduate degree in Political Science from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1999 and Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law Center (SULC) in 2004. After a two-year judicial law clerkship for the Honorable Judge Wilson Fields at the 19th Judicial District Court, joined Hammonds, Sills, Adkins and Guice law firm. Al is a litigator specializing in complex litigation, general liability, workers’ compensation, labor and employment, education law and insurance defense and as of January 2013 he is the youngest partner of the firm.

  Panelist: Jay Augustine: A faith-based leader in social justice, he is the 46th senior pastor of Historic St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown New Orleans, the birthplace of African Methodism in the Deep South and the author of “Sometimes Seeing is Believing: Reflections on Faith & the Black Family Because of the Obamas,” published in Mr. President: Interfaith Perspectives on the Historic Presidency of Barack H. Obama (2016) and The Keys Are Being Passed: Race, Law Religion & the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement (2014), a book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the American Civil Rights Movement.  

  
  

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• How to Make a National Impact with Rita Bosworth

  • When
    21 Mar 2019
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Nashville, TN

  Listen and Learn: How to Make a National Impact with Rita Bosworth

  by Sister District Nashville

  Date And Time

  Thu, March 21, 2019

  6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

  
  

  Location

  TN Democratic Party Headquarters

  319 Plus Park Blvd

  Suite 202

  Nashville, TN 37217

  Description

  Rita Bosworth Meet and Greet

  Join us for our third event of 2019, a conversation with Rita Bosworth, the founder and executive director of Sister District Project! Her journey as an organizer is inspiring, and the work she has done to link activated democrats throughout the country has given hundreds of people the chance to make a difference in important tight elections. She will be discussing Sister District’s 2019/2020 Last Chance Strategy, the organization’s strategic plan to help secure state legislative elections integral for 2021 redistricting.

  There are just three states holding state legislative elections this year and it is going to be as important as ever to elect progressive leaders to build Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia into the great states they have the resources and heart to be.

  Learn how you can pitch in to help elect Democrats in critical 2019 races! A meet & greet and networking potluck will be held immediately after. Bring your favorite food or drink to share!

  By registering for this event, you agree to join the Sister District Nashville's and Sister District national's mailing lists. Collectively, you can expect just 1-4 substantive, action-oriented emails per month. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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• NCSL REDISTRICTING SEMINAR: PROVIDENCE

  • Start
    20 Jun 2019
  • End
    23 Jun 2019
  • Location
    Providence, R.I.

  Providence, R.I., will host the first of NCSL's five Getting Ready to Redistrict: Seminars for Practitioners and Others.

  To find out more about the other cities and seminars, click here. If you are a legislator, legislative staffer, a commissioner, a commission staffer, an outside advocate or just an interested member of the public, these seminars are for you.

  In 2½ days, NCSL will deliver knowledge and practical instruction that you can customize for your state and your role in the process. Expect answers to:  

  • What’s the legal landscape for redistricting?
  • What technology is available for redistricting?
  • What data are useful to use for redistricting?
  • How do states balance various principles and priorities when they redistrict?
  • How do you involve the public in the process?

  http://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/redistricting-seminar-providence.aspx 
  

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• NCSL REDISTRICTING SEMINAR: COLUMBUS, OHIO

  • Start
    24 Oct 2019
  • End
    27 Oct 2019
  • Location
    Columbus, OH

  Columbus, Ohio, will host the second of NCSL's five Getting Ready to Redistrict: Seminars for Practitioners and Others.

  To find out more about the other cities and seminars, click here. If you are a legislator, legislative staffer, a commissioner, a commission staffer, an outside advocate or just an interested member of the public, these seminars are for you.

  In 2 1/2 days, NCSL will deliver knowledge and practical instruction that you can customize for your state and your role in the process. 

  Expect answers to:  

  • What’s the legal landscape for redistricting?
  • What technology is available for redistricting?
  • What data are useful to use for redistricting?
  • How do states balance various principles and priorities when they redistrict?
  • How do you involve the public in the process?

  http://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/ncsl-redistricting-seminar-columbus-oct-24-27-2019.aspx 
  

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• NCSL REDISTRICTING SEMINAR: LAS VEGAS

  • Start
    6 May 2020
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    (PDT)
  • End
    10 May 2020
  •  
    (PDT)
  • Location
    Las Vegas, VA

  Las Vegas will host the third of NCSL's five Getting Ready to Redistrict: Seminars for Practitioners and Others.

  To find out more about the other cities and seminars, click here. If you are a legislator, legislative staffer, a commissioner, a commission staffer, an outside advocate or just an interested member of the public, these seminars are for you.

  In 2½ days, NCSL will deliver knowledge and practical instruction that you can customize for your state and your role in the process. Expect answers to:  

  • What’s the legal landscape for redistricting?
  • What technology is available for redistricting?
  • What data are useful to use for redistricting?
  • How do states balance various principles and priorities when they redistrict?
  • How do you involve the public in the process?

  http://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/ncsl-redistricting-seminar-las-vegas-may-6-10-2020.aspx
  

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• NCSL REDISTRICTING SEMINAR: PORTLAND, ORE

  • Start
    24 Sep 2020
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    (PDT)
  • End
    27 Sep 2020
  •  
    (PDT)
  • Location
    Portland, Oregon

  Portland, Ore., will host the fourth of NCSL's five Getting Ready to Redistrict: Seminars for Practitioners and Others.

  To find out more about the other cities and seminars, click here. If you are a legislator, legislative staffer, a commissioner, a commission staffer, an outside advocate or just an interested member of the public, these seminars are for you.

  In 2½ days, NCSL will deliver knowledge and practical instruction that you can customize for your state and your role in the process. Expect answers to:  

  • What’s the legal landscape for redistricting?
  • What technology is available for redistricting?
  • What data are useful to use for redistricting?
  • How do states balance various principles and priorities when they redistrict?
  • How do you involve the public in the process?

  http://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/ncsl-redistricting-seminar-portland-ore-september-24-27-2020.aspx

  
  

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• NCSL REDISTRICTING SEMINAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.

  • When
    15 Jan 2021
  • Location
    Washington, DC

  Washington, D.C., will host the last of NCSL's five Getting Ready to Redistrict: Seminars for Practitioners and Others.

  To find out more about the other cities and seminars, click here. If you are a legislator, legislative staffer, a commissioner, a commission staffer, an outside advocate or just an interested member of the public, these seminars are for you.

  In 2½ days, NCSL will deliver knowledge and practical instruction that you can customize for your state and your role in the process. Expect answers to:  

  • What’s the legal landscape for redistricting?
  • What technology is available for redistricting?
  • What data are useful to use for redistricting?
  • How do states balance various principles and priorities when they redistrict?
  • How do you involve the public in the process?

  http://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/ncsl-redistricting-seminar-washington-dc-january-2021.aspx

  
  

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