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DESCRIPTION:Tuesday, July 20, 1 PM, SF Gray Panther Meeting\nWhat Can We Do About Voter 
 Suppression & The Threat To Democracy? Activists Respond.\n\nThis year 17 
 states have enacted 28 new laws to make it harder for people to vote. There 
 have been nearly 400 voter suppression bills introduced in 48 states.  What 
 does this mean for our democracy?  And what can we do or should we do about 
 it?  Find out from a panel of Bay Area activists.\n\nZoom link:  
 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86273983265;  Meeting ID: 862 7398 3265;  call 
 in:  1 669 900 9128, then enter 862 7398 3265 ##\n\nSpeakers 
 include:\n\nJan Ben Dor:  Michigan Gray Panther leader and founding member 
 of the Michigan Election Reform Alliance (MERA), which fights for elections 
 that uphold democracy on behalf of voters to maximize representation for 
 all US citizens.\n\nLarry Baskett is an activist with Indivisible San 
 Francisco and Indivisible East Bay and is on their steering committees. He 
 will speak about Republican voter suppression and Indivisible’s local and 
 national activism response to it. He's a mechanical engineer who spent a 
 year as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the California State 
 Senate.\n\nJanani Ramachandran is a candidate for  California State 
 Assembly District 18, which represents the cities of Oakland, Alameda, and 
 San Leandro in the Bay Area of California. Janani is a social justice 
 attorney and community activist; she has served on the Oakland Public 
 Ethics Commission and is on the California Commission on Asian and Pacific 
 Islander American Affairs. She is a graduate of Stanford University and 
 Berkeley Law.\n\nRichard Becker is the West Coast Coordinator of ANSWER 
 (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) which is composed of many antiwar and 
 civil rights organizations.  Becker is a long time activist and organizer 
 against war and racism and for global solidarity for social 
 justice.\n\nContact:\nArt Persyko, SF Gray Panthers 
 Convener\nartpersyko@gmail.com\n650-228-4188\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/17/18843808.php
SUMMARY:What Can We Do About Voter Suppression & The Threat To Democracy? Activists Respond.
LOCATION:Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86273983265;  Meeting ID: 862 7398 
 3265;  \ncall in:  1 669 900 9128, then enter 862 7398 3265 ##
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/17/18843808.php
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