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REMOVING BARRIERS – STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY: COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
March 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
Why should everyone care that some communities are not active participants in our civic society? Recent tests to our country’s democratic processes remind us of the fragility of our system. For democracy to thrive it needs an educated electorate and systems that allow for full and fair participation by everyone. Join Lippitt House Museum and the Providence League of Women Voters for a series of discussions on the systematic barriers that keep youth and adults of color from fully participating in our democratic society. The FREE discussions will be held virtually via Zoom. Pre-registration required.
Youth Activism & Civic Responsibility
Monday, March 15, 2021
6:00 PM
Student youth leaders with the Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education (ARISE), a program that combines leadership training and community organizing to mobilize Southeast Asian and other Rhode Island youth of color for education justice, will lead a conversation with Rhode Island civil rights leaders of earlier generations. They’ll discuss motivations for their civic engagement, similarities and differences in their strategies, barriers to overcome, and goals yet to realize. The youth leaders will share how ARISE’s emphasis on civic responsibility informs their activism.
Barriers to Democratic Participation for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Monday, March 22, 2021
6:00 PM
Staff and adult students of the Reentry Campus Program, which provides current and formerly incarcerated individuals with affordable pathways to post-secondary education programs critical to the reentry process, will lead a conversation with leaders who make policies impacting formerly incarcerated individuals. The dialogue will explore barriers that keep formerly incarcerated individuals from fully participating in democratic processes, such as affordable housing, and access to adequate education — including civics education and voting rights for people currently in the criminal justice system.