BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Register for this presentation at the top of this page next to "I'm interested." We will serve pizza for in-person attendees\, but ask tha t you bring your own water bottle. Please note\, space to attend this prese ntation in-person at The Ridges is limited to 30 people and registration is required to attend. A virtual option is also available to participate in t his session. \n\n \n\nThis session will explore the weakening of the Voting Rights Act and election reforms in recent years and the potential impact o n the upcoming 2024 elections. Ohio Alumnus\, Author\, and President and CE O of the Promise of Democracy Foundation\, Inc. Greg Moore will cover a bri ef history of electoral reforms which have broadened access to the ballot a nd the important role that Ohio has played in the ongoing voting rights mov ement. \n\n \n\nIf you would like to request an ASL interpreter or other ac commodation to attend this session\, please contact Mackenzie Kucharsky at kucharsky@ohio.edu. \n\n \n\nAbout the virtual presenter: \n\nGregory T. Mo ore is considered one of the nation’s leading voting rights advocates. He i s currently President and CEO of the Promise of Democracy Foundation\, Inc. \, a non-profit organization where he continues his lifelong commitment to the expansion of democracy\, voting rights and civic education. For the pas t 30 years\, Moore has held several key roles in Washington\, DC and the st ate of Ohio including serving as the Executive Director of the NAACP-Nation al Voter Fund\, Legislative Director and Chief of Staff for the late Rep. J ohn Conyers\, Jr.\, Deputy Political Director of the Democratic National Co mmittee\, Senior Strategist for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Huma n Rights. \n\nMoore helped lead a 5-year advocacy effort to reform our nati on’s archaic voter registration laws and was instrumental in helping to ste er the final passage of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (The “M otor Voter” Act). He has worked for years for expanded ballot access and in creased civic participation among underserved communities. Moore currently serves as Chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s National Board of Advisors in Washington\, DC and is author of the recently released book \, Beyond the Voting Rights Act: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Reform America’s Voter Registration Laws. \n\nMoore has been instrumental in seve ral national groundbreaking initiatives from his days as a student activist on the campus of Ohio University to his most recent advocacy work protecti ng voting rights in the state of Ohio. In the 1980s he was elected the Stud ent Senate President and was instrumental in re-establishing an elected stu dent government At Ohio University after it was dissolved in the late 1970s . He was later elected nationwide as the first African American President o f the United States Student Association\, at the time\, the nation’s oldest and largest national student association. \nHe went on to later serve as a presidential appointee to the Martin Luther King\, Jr. Federal Holiday Com mission where he worked with Mrs. Coretta Scott King and fellow commissione rs to establish the nation’s first official observances of the MLK Federal Holiday across the U.S. While serving as Director of the Voting Rights Inst itute at the DNC\, Moore led the efforts that established the Democratic pa rty’s first 50-state election protection program throughout the U.S. \nMost recently he has been highly active in the Ohio redistricting reform campai gns and voting rights initiatives. In 2021 he was appointed the Co-Chair of the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission and in 2023 help led the statew ide efforts to preserve Ohio ‘right of referendum through the No on Issue # 1 campaign last August. \n\nMoore is a graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Communications from the Scripps S chool of Communications\, and just recently completed his Master of Public Administration from the George Voinovich School of Leadership and Public S ervice in December 2021. He is a proud and active alumni Bobcat and current ly serves as the Vice Chair of the OU Alumni Association’ Board of Director s and serves as the OUAA’s Liaison to the Ohio University Foundation Board of Directors. He is an active member of the Ebony Bobcat Alumni Network\, ( EBN) and was the co-founder and the first president of the Ohio University Student Senate Alumni Society. In 2022 President Hugh Sherman selected him to serve on the President’s Council where he continues to advise Ohio’s cu rrent President Dr. Lori Stewart Gonzalez. \n \n\n \n\nhttps://us06web.zoom .us/j/84303224892\n\nMeeting ID: 843 0322 4892\n\nOne tap mobile\n+13017158 592\,\,84303224892# US (Washington DC) \n\nFind your local number: https:// us06web.zoom.us/u/kbrm1y4P0l DTEND:20240221T180000Z DTSTAMP:20241122T191636Z DTSTART:20240221T170000Z LOCATION:The Ridges Building 21\, Classroom 105 - Leadership Room SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Public Service Perspectives | Beyond the Voting Rights Act: Explori ng the Challenges to American Democracy and its Impact on the 2024 Election s UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45483048577052 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/public_service_perspectives_beyond_the_ voting_rights_act END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR