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Juneteenth Film Discussion of 'Suppressed: The Fight To Vote'

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Date:
Friday, June 19, 2020
Time:
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Location Details:
Online via zoom

Juneteenth Film Discussion of "Suppressed: The Fight To Vote"

Zoom: fcnl.org/qwc-stream or https://zoom.us/j/854441827#success

When: Friday, June 19 @ 3:15 PM - 5 PM PT (6:15 PM - 8 PM ET)

FCNL invites you to join us for a screening and discussion of "Suppressed: The Fight To Vote," which explores the voter suppression tactics used by Brian Kemp in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election. The film will be screened at 3:15 PM PT (6:15 PM ET), with a discussion directly after at 4 PM PT (7 PM ET). The panel will be led by José Woss, FCNL’s legislative manager on criminal justice and election integrity.

Join the Zoom video conference online: June 19, 2020 @ 3: 15 PT (6:15 PM ET). Go to: fcnl.org/qwc-stream when the event is set to begin. Or call: US: +1 646 558 8656. Webinar ID: 854 441 827#.

ABOUT: 'Suppressed: The Fight to Vote'

'Suppressed: The Fight to Vote', the 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.

https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed
Added to the calendar on Wed, Jun 17, 2020 9:30AM

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by Tom Steyer & Rev. Dr. William Barber
OPINION PIECE: Republican vote suppression is a 2020 scandal. Georgia's primary proved it.

Rev. Dr. William Barber (Poor People's Campaign) & Tom Steyer

"Though voter suppression has been a quiet tool of Republican administrations for decades, opposition to an expansion of the franchise has become a clear talking point for the Republican Party in 2020. This assault on the franchise is an attack on the very idea of American democracy and its promise of equality for all."

"The greatest fear of this President and his enablers is that the millions of poor and low-income voters — Black, white and brown — who didn't vote in 2016 will turn out for transformative change in 2020."

For the full article, go to: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/republican-vote-suppression-2020-scandal-georgia-s-primary-proved-it-ncna1231217
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