Teach-in Tuesday companion guide: 2019-2020 events: The Power of the Vote

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.

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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