Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue: A special forum at the Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina

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Free Speech For People

in partnership with

Democracy North Carolina
The Institute For Southern Studies
North Carolina Voters For Clean Elections
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
and the American Constitution Society law student chapters at Duke Law School,
NCCU School of Law, and UNC School of Law

Invite you to attend a special forum entitled “Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue”, hosted at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, North Carolina.

Big money interests increasingly dominate our election process and threaten the basic promise of American democracy: political equality for all. Like the poll tax of the past, today’s campaign finance system operates as a barrier to equal and meaningful participation in the political process. This special forum addressed the question of money in politics from a civil rights perspective.

WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 6:30-8:30 pm

WHERE: Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St., Durham, NC 27701
(approximately 15 minutes walking distance from NCCU)

SPEAKERS:

Nicole Austin-Hillery of Brennan Center for Justice
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley
Professor Guy-Uriel Charles of Duke Law School
Chris Kromm of the Institute for Southern Studies
North Carolina State Senator Floyd McKissick, Jr.

This conversation was moderated by Bob Hall, Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina.

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