NYDLC Minority Voting Rights Committee meeting As we look forward to new leadership in Albany and the White House, we will continue to develop ideas about how we can best preserve and improve minority voting rights, and to benefit from the knowledge of experts in the field. Please join our next committee meeting on
Wednesday, January 14 7pm Dewey LeBoeuf 1301 Avenue of the Americas (52-53rd St.) Guest Speaker: MARK CRISPIN MILLER RSVP to debra.coo...@nydlc.org If you would like to join us by phone: Call-in number: (218) 936-7999 Passcode: 263144# We will continue to discuss our voter protection experiences from before and on Election Day, and how we can most effectively proceed with policy, legislative and voter education improvements. To lead our discussion, we are fortunate to be joined by Mark Crispin Miller, a distinguished professor and voting rights advocate: Mark Crispin Miller is a Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. He is the author of several books, including Boxed In: The Culture of TV; The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder; Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order and Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform. He is also the editor of Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008. His essays and articles have appeared in many journals, magazines and newspapers throughout the nation and the world, and he has given countless interviews worldwide. Professor Miller's blog, News From Underground, was (and continues to be) an excellent source of news on legislation, litigation, and other voting rights issues throughout the recent election campaign. Miller is the editor of Icons of America, a book series published by Yale University Press. (His own contribution to the series, a book about the Marlboro Man, will be published by YUP in 2009). Miller's 2004 off-Broadway show, A Patriot Act, performed at the New York Theater Workshop, is available on DVD (<http://www.patrionation.us/>www.patrionation.us). Miller earned his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1971, and his doctorate in English from Johns Hopkins University in 1977. Although he specialized in Renaissance literature, Miller is best known as a media critic. Before joining New York University, Miller served as director of film studies at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Miller will talk about the need to keep working for election reform, despite President-elect Obama's victory - and the fact that several million of our fellow citizens were still disenfranchised in this last election. Please bring your suggestions, questions, colleagues and friends. Also note: NYDLC Steering Committee/Annual General Membership Meeting (with officer elections) - Thursday, January 22, 7pm, Dewey LeBoeuf Hope to see you soon! Many thanks, Debbie Debra S. Cooper Chair, Minority Voting Rights Committee New York Democratic Lawyers Council A Voting Rights Project of the New York State Democratic Party and the DNC debra.coo...@nydlc.org 917-806-6495 www.nydlc.org The New York Democratic Lawyers Council is a project of the New York State Democratic Party and a chapter of the National Democratic Lawyers Council. We are a coalition of lawyers and others dedicated to fostering universal participation and trust in the electoral process by ensuring that: · All eligible persons can easily register to vote, · All registered voters are able to vote simply, fairly, and without intimidation, and · All votes are counted and all voting systems are open and reliable. The Minority Voting Rights Committee addresses voting rights issues that have a high impact on minority communities, particularly those racial and ethnic groups that have previously experienced or are currently experiencing disenfranchisement, to ensure that minority voters, including new citizens, are granted fair access to the polls, and to ensure preservation of the principles of the Voting Rights Act. Windows Live Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. <http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009>See how it works. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to newsfromunderground-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
