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"Civil Rights on the Ballot: The 2024 Election" Speakers Series
The Emory University Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice will host a timely panel series "Civil Rights on the Ballot: The 2024 Election." The panel series will convene a field of experts to discuss how upcoming federal and state elections could impact critical issues related to social justice, including discrimination and economic inequity.
Each event will take place in Hunter Atrium, Gambrell Hall from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
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Wednesday, October 2 - Voters Rights
Speakers
Andrea Young, Executive Director, ACLU of Georgia
Aklima Khondoker, Chief of Programs & Strategy, Demos
Wednesday, October 9 – Racial Justice
Speakers
Carol Anderson, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of African American Studies, Emory University
Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Emory University
Tuesday, October 15 – Women’s Rights/Gender Issues
Speakers
Cynthia Neal Spence, Co-Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, Social Justice Fellows Program Director, UNCF/Mellon Programs Director and Associate Professor Faculty, Social Justice Fellows Program, Sociology and Anthropology
Wendy Greene, first tenured African American woman law professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the Director of the Kline Law Center for Law, Policy, and Social Action
Wednesday, October 23 – Economic Justice
Speakers
Marissa Jackson Sow, Associate Professor of Law, University of Richmond
Alex Zhang, Assistant Professor of Law, Emory University
Wednesday, October 30 – LGBTQ Issues
Speakers
Darren Hutchinson, Inaugural John Lewis Chair for Civil Rights and Social Justice, Emory University School of Law
Anthony Michael Kreis, Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University
