The Power of the Vote

The Teach-In Tuesday theme for 2019-2020 is The Power of the Vote. Events will explore the history of voting rights, current issues around voting, and the power of the vote.

Past Events

All Votes are Equal, but some are more Equal the Others

Presenter: Dr. Caleb Goltz

Tuesday, March 10, 1:30 - 2:30 pm

From Compton to Kaepernick: Political Activism through the Lens of Hip-Hop and Professional Sports

Presenter: Dr. Paul Mellick, Health and Exercise Science

Tuesday, December 10, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, OEC Auditorium

"Shoot Suffrage to Death": A Short History of Race, Violence, and the Right to Vote

Presenter: Dr. Yohuru Williams, History, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 3:30 - 4:30, OEC Auditorium

• Library resource guide

Making Waves: Women, Sport, and Social Reform

Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth Wilkinson, Associate Professor of English

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, JRC 126

• Library resource guide
• Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Wilkinson about her talk.  On WCCO radio show "Hey, it's Cory Hepola"

Strategies of the Suffragists: Lessons in Political Organizing

Presenter: Angela-High Pippert, Chair of the Political Science department. Faculty discussants: Debra Peterson and Emily James

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, OEC Auditorium

• Library resource guide
• Newsroom article about the Teach-In

• Library resources support the Action Plan to Combat Racism (blog post by Dan Gjelten and Merrie Davidson, Dec. 5, 2018)