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DESCRIPTION:EVERY VOTE COUNTS: PROTECTING OUR VOTING RIGHTS\n\nCosponsored: League of 
 Women Voters & Mechanics' Institute San Francisco\n\nDay & time: Thursday, 
 July 07, 2022 @ 6:00pm\n\nLocation: Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, 
 San Francisco, CA 94104\n\nMore info & free tickets: 
 https://www.milibrary.org/events/every-vote-counts-protecting-our-voting-rights-onsite-mechanics-institute-cosponsored-league\n\nMasks 
 and proof of vaccination are required. \n\nEvent is FREE to all. Advance 
 Registration Required. \n\n\nThe program will focus on critical issues of 
 voting rights today and what organizations and diverse communities are 
 doing to support, strengthen, and secure voting rights for all. 
 \n\nDanielle Deibler, VP of Voter Services at the League of Women Voters of 
 San Francisco, \nwill talk about the League’s activities regarding the 
 Census and redistricting, providing Pro/Con guides in various languages, 
 and canvassing to women and vulnerable communities. \n\nHarini Krishnan, 
 Chair of Community Organizing Campaigns and Training for South Asians for 
 America will explain the outreach to her community and the impact on 
 elections. \n\nBrittany Stonesifer, staff attorney with the American Civil 
 Liberties Union who specializes in voting rights will give details about 
 the ACLU’s important public advocacy. Come participate in this 
 informative conversation!\n\nThis event is part of a series funded in part 
 by the NEH on Civil Rights.\n\n\nDANIELLE DEIBLER\n\nDanielle Deibler is 
 the co-founder and CEO of MarvelousAI, a natural language technology 
 startup to expose bias and misinformation in online media. She started at 
 the League of Women Voters of San Francisco as a volunteer on the Pros & 
 Cons Guide, and values the guide for making voting decisions. Danielle has 
 worked at League voter registration events and on the Speakers Bureau. 
 Danielle leads threat intelligence at global nonprofit Quad9 and she has 
 decades in internet security, networking, software engineering, machine 
 learning, and artificial intelligence technologies. She was CEO and 
 co-founder of leading reg-tech company Compliance.ai, CTO at internet 
 gaming company KIXEYE, and entrepreneur in residence at Trinity Ventures. 
 Danielle has held senior leadership positions in engineering, business, and 
 product management.\n\n\nHARINI KRISHNAN\n\nHarini Krishnan is a former 
 Lead Volunteer Organizer for the Presidential Campaign of Vice President 
 Kamala Harris in California in 2019, Harini co-founded NorCal Joyful 
 Warriors for Joe and Kamala in early 2020, was elected as a Biden Delegate 
 to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, and was featured in several 
 videos at the historic convention. Harini was also a founding member of 
 Kamala Harris For the People South Asian Finance Council, and a member of 
 the National Finance Committee of both VP Harris and President Biden's 
 Presidential Campaigns.In addition to her involvement with Presidential 
 campaigns, Harini is an elected Assembly District 22 Delegate and appointed 
 Platform Committee Member of the California Democratic Party; a San Mateo 
 County Democrats Central Committee Alternate and Co-Chair of Events & 
 Fundraising committee; a Board Member of Fund Her, which elects progressive 
 women to state legislatures nationwide; Board Member of Equal Access 
 International, an International NGO which combines media programming with 
 community mobilization to address gender inequities and increase civic 
 engagement; Vice Chair of the San Mateo County Arts Commission; and a 
 well-known Indian Classical Vocalist and Lecturer for the past two 
 decades.\n\n\nBRITTANY STONESIFER\n\nBrittany Stonesifer is a Voting Rights 
 Attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, where she advocates to protect 
 voting rights for underrepresented Californians and reduce barriers to 
 voting caused by the registration process. Since joining the ACLU in 2019, 
 Brittany has helped lead a successful campaign to restore voting rights to 
 Californians who are returning home after completion of a prison sentence 
 and obtained major improvements to the California Motor Voter System which 
 registers millions of people to vote through the DMV. She also works with 
 advocates across the state to protect voters during each statewide election 
 and to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not force California voters 
 to choose between protecting their health and exercising their right to 
 vote. Before coming to the ACLU, Brittany advocated for criminal legal 
 reform, including voting access for Californians with convictions. Brittany 
 received her law degree from U.C. Hastings College of the Law, where she 
 specialized in civil rights and international human rights law.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/19/18850558.php
SUMMARY:Every Vote Counts: Protecting our Voting Rights
LOCATION:In-person (free): Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 
 94104\n\nREQUIRED: Masks and proof of vaccination are required
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/19/18850558.php
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