| What: | The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Where Do We Go From Here? |
| When: | Friday, April 13, 2012, 9 am – 5 pm |
| Where: | State House Annex, 225 West State Street, Trenton New Jersey 08625 |
| Sponsored by: | Rutgers Law Review at Rutgers School of Law–Newark and Rutgers Institute for Professional Education |
| 9 – 9:15 am | Registration |
| 9:15 – 9:45 am | Protecting the Right to Vote: The Voting Rights Act a Half Century Later, Where Are We and What Challenges Remain Hon. Gary Stein, retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice and Adjunct Professor at Rutgers School of Law–Newark |
| 9:50 – 11:10 am | Do Current Redistricting Processes Fulfill the Mandate of Section 2 or Play Politics With the Goal of Promoting Minority Representation? Professor Mark Alexander, Seton Hall University School of Law Angelo Genova, Partner, Genova, Burns, Giantomasi & Webster Myrna Pérez, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program, the Brennan Center for Justice Dean John J. Farmer, Jr., Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator |
| 11:20 am – 12:50 pm | Voter Protection or Voter Suppression: Do Recent Legislative Actions Strength Our Democracy or Undermine Its Strength Ryan Haygood, Director, Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Professor Lorraine Minnite, Rutgers University Brenda Wright, Director, Democracy Program at Dēmos Vice Dean Ronald K. Chen, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator |
| 12:50 – 1:20 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2 pm | Remembering the People and Practices Leading to the Passage of the Voting Rights Act David Goodman, President, the Andrew Goodman Foundation for Social Justice, Human Dignity and Civil Rights |
| 2 – 3 pm | Featured Speaker Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice |
| 3:10 – 4:40 pm |
The Voting Rights Act Half a Century Later: Where Do We Go From Here |
Media Contact: Janet Donohue
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E-mail: jdonohue@andromeda.rutgers.edu
