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SUMMARY:The Role Of Big Money In U.S. Elections
DESCRIPTION:Join this informative discussion with a group of campaign finance law experts from the nonpartisan\, nonprofit Campaign Legal Center to learn how big money special interest spending—often from secret sources—is affecting our elections and the solutions. Topics will include the evolving and increasingly powerful role of super PACs and other ostensibly “independent” groups that influence U.S. elections and why federal regulators frequently fail to enforce federal campaign finance rules. The experts will discuss what money-in-politics concerns they anticipate in the run-up to the 2024 elections and what can be done (and is already being done) to address these problems\, including in the courts\, ballot initiatives\, legislative and regulatory reforms at the state and local level. \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yMDfWn8FQ4SDPETlUGFJlQ \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \nThis event is from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST on Thursday March 21\, 2024 \n\nSpeakers: \nErin Chlopak – Senior Director\, Campaign Finance \nErin leads CLC’s work to promote and defend strong campaign finance laws and ensure that existing laws are enforced. Erin’s expert analysis on campaign finance issues has been featured in national media outlets including the Washington Post\, National Public Radio\, BBC\, Forbes\, and USA Today. \nBefore joining CLC\, Erin spent nearly a decade working on a wide range of campaign finance issues in the Federal Election Commission’s Office of General Counsel. From 2017 to 2018\, Erin led the FEC’s Policy Division\, overseeing all legal recommendations regarding FEC regulations\, advisory opinions\, and other legal policy guidance. From 2009 to 2017\, Erin served as an attorney and then as assistant general counsel in the FEC’s Litigation Division\, litigating a wide range of campaign finance cases. \nErin is a graduate of American University’s Washington College of Law\, where she served as editor-in-chief of the American University Law Review\, and she received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. She clerked for Judge Helen Gillmor of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. \n \nSaurav Ghosh – Director\, Federal Campaign Finance Reform \nSaurav leads CLC’s efforts to uncover campaign finance violations\, file complaints seeking administrative enforcement\, and pursue legislative and regulatory reforms to strengthen and ensure the consistent and robust enforcement of federal campaign finance laws. \nAfter starting his legal career in private practice\, Saurav served for almost seven years in the Enforcement Division of the Federal Election Commission’s Office of General Counsel\, investigating alleged violations in dozens of campaign finance matters. Saurav also previously served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. \nSaurav received his law degree from Stanford Law School (J.D.)\, where he was awarded the Carl Mason Franklin Prize in International Law and published in the Stanford Law Review\, and his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  After law school\, Saurav clerked for the Honorable John M. Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. \n \nKevin P. Hancock – Director\, Strategic Litigation \nKevin litigates to protect voting rights\, ensure fair redistricting and to reform the campaign finance system. \nBefore joining CLC\, served for nearly a decade in several capacities as an attorney at the Federal Election Commission (FEC)\, including as an acting assistant general counsel for litigation and as senior counsel to FEC Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub. Kevin graduated valedictorian from Seton Hall University School of Law\, where he was editor-in-chief of the Seton Hall Law Review. He clerked for the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit\, and the Honorable John C. Lifland of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. \n \nAaron McKean – Legal Counsel\, State & Local Reform \nAaron works with state and local partners to develop and advocate for campaign finance reforms that lift the voices of voters and lead to a more transparent democracy. \nPrior to joining CLC\, Aaron was a legislative attorney at the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau\, a nonpartisan legislative service agency\, drafting legislation for members of the Wisconsin Legislature. He also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Azerbaijan from 2009 to 2011. \nAaron is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. \n  \n\n\nEvent Co-sponsors:
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SUMMARY:The Problem With Politics Isn't What You Think It Is. And Neither Is the Solution
DESCRIPTION:Learn what is at the root cause of our political dysfunction (an anti-competitive system) and the solutions.  During this webinar\, we will learn about: \n\n  How the existing electoral systems deliberately contribute to gridlock and dysfunction.\n  Why competition plays a crucial role in holding elected officials accountable for delivering results.\n  How proposed solutions differ.\n  The promising governing results are already being seen.\n\n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hr-_eAIvQ5y8EhaOYAmjMw \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \nThis event is from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST on Thursday\, February 15\, 2024 \n\nSpeakers: \nRichard Barton is a professor of Public Administration and International Affairs. His research focuses on election systems\, legislative institutions and American political economy. His peer-reviewed publications include “A Primary Threat: How Ideological Primary Challengers Exacerbate Polarization in Bill Sponsorship” and “Upending the New Deal Regulatory Regime: Democratic Party Position Change on Financial Regulation.” He authored the white paper reports “California’s Top-Two Primary: The Effects on Electoral Politics and Governance” and “Louisiana’s Long-Term Election Experiment: How Eliminating Partisan Primaries Improved Governance and Reduced.” His op-eds have been published by over 50 different outlets including the Washington Post and CNN. He is a Democracy Fellow with the Unite America Institute\, where he conducts research and thought leadership on the effects of primaries and alternative electoral institutions on governance He earned a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University. \nKatherine M. Gehl is the founder of The Institute for Political Innovation (IPI)\, a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 2020 to catalyze modern political change in America. Katherine is the originator of Politics Industry Theory\, and author of “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy\,” which she co-authored with Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter.  Katherine is a veteran of the public and private sectors. The former president and CEO of Gehl Foods\, a $250-million high-tech food-manufacturing company based in Wisconsin\, she increased the equity value of the company by nearly 19x over seven years before selling the company in 2015. In the public sector\, Katherine served on the Board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)\, the US government’s development finance institution. She is on several nonprofit boards and is an active philanthropist. She is also the honorary co-chair of the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers\, and the co-founder of Democracy Found. \nKevin Johnson\, the moderator\, is the Executive Director of Election Reformers Network\, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to modernizing U.S. democratic institutions threatened by polarization. Kevin leads ERN’s programs in impartial election administration\, independent redistricting\, and voting rules. Mr. Johnson is also a member of the Carter Center’s Election Expert Study Team\, which supports Carter Center programs in the U.S. Mr. Johnson’s election reform experience includes seven years overseas with the National Democratic Institute\, ten years on the Board of Common Cause Massachusetts\, and advisory positions with American Promise\, Rank the Vote\, and Voter Choice Massachusetts. Mr. Johnson has authored more than two dozen election-related opinion pieces in outlets including The Washington Post\, The Hill\, Governing\, and The Daily Beast\, along with longer reports on topics such as partisan election administration and gerrymandering.  Mr. Johnson has an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Yale. \n  \n\n\nEvent Co-sponsors:
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SUMMARY:Protecting the freedom to vote from election disinformation and anti-voter legislation
DESCRIPTION:  \nDemocracy in the balance: Election and voter issues remain grave concerns. Trevor Potter and Hayden Johnson will explore peak pandemic voter access expansion policies\, the rise of the “election denier\,” as well as election manipulation efforts and post-2020 efforts to roll back voter access. Potter and Johnson will provide the CLC response. \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f57vOao6RwCLJAQLT2SoNA \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \n\nSpeakers: \n \nTrevor Potter is the president of the Campaign Legal Center (CLC)\, an organization dedicated to advancing democracy through law. A Republican former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission\, Trevor was general counsel to John McCain’s 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns and an adviser to the drafters of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. The American Bar Association Journal has described Trevor as “hands-down one of the top lawyers in the country on the delicate intersection of politics\, law\, and money.” Trevor has appeared widely in national broadcast and print media. To many\, Trevor is perhaps best known for his recurring appearances on The Colbert Report as the lawyer for Stephen Colbert’s super PAC\, Americans for a Better Tomorrow\, Tomorrow\, during the 2012 election. \n \nHayden Johnson is an attorney on litigation and policy projects across CLC’s programs. Highlights from his CLC work include litigating disputes during the 2020 election\, contributing to the development of the Electoral Count Reform Act\, confronting voter intimidation\, and advocating against gerrymandering. \n  \n  \nKevin Johnson\, the moderator\, is the Executive Director of Election Reformers Network\, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to modernizing U.S. democratic institutions threatened by polarization. Kevin leads ERN’s programs in impartial election administration\, independent redistricting\, and voting rules. Mr. Johnson is also a member of the Carter Center’s Election Expert Study Team\, which supports Carter Center programs in the U.S. \nMr. Johnson’s election reform experience includes seven years overseas with the National Democratic Institute\, ten years on the Board of Common Cause Massachusetts\, and advisory positions with American Promise\, Rank the Vote\, and Voter Choice Massachusetts. \nMr. Johnson has authored more than two dozen election-related opinion pieces in outlets including The Washington Post\, The Hill\, Governing\, and The Daily Beast\, along with longer reports on topics such as partisan election administration and gerrymandering.  Mr. Johnson has an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Yale. \n\nEvent Co-sponsors:
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/protecting-the-freedom-to-vote-from-election-disinformation-and-anti-voter-legislation/
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SUMMARY:The Supreme Court and Originalism
DESCRIPTION:Throughout US history\, judges\, scholars\, and citizens have argued about how to go about interpreting the US Constitution.  The current Supreme Court has embraced a methodology called “originalism” or “original public meaning.”  But what exactly is “originalism”?  What is its backstory?  How does it differ from other approaches to interpretation?  Are there good arguments for and against it?  How does the Court’s focus on this one methodology shape its decisions and affect our lives?  Three distinguished authorities will help us understand originalism and its discontents. \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uXBiWcBCRb-Klm_onMC-DA \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \nThis event is from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST on Thursday January 19\, 2023 \n\nSpeakers: \nPerry Dane is a Professor of Law at the Rutgers Law School.  He was previously on the faculty of the Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to William J. Brennan\, Jr.\, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. \nHis academic interests include Constitutional Law and Theory\, Conflict of Laws\, Religion and the Law\, legal pluralism\, the jurisprudence of Jewish law\, the law of marriage\, and interfaith dialogue.  In 2011\, Professor Dane received the Inaugural Dean’s Award for Scholarly Excellence at the Rutgers School of Law – Camden.  He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. \n  \nSusan Herman is the inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. Like Ginsburg\, she served as General Counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union. In October 2008\, Herman was elected as the seventh President of the ACLU\, a position she held until stepping down in January 2021. She teaches courses in Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure\, and seminars including Terrorism and Civil Liberties\, Law and Literature\, COVID-19 and the Constitution\, and Current Issues in Constitutional Law. \nHerman has written and spoken widely in the areas of Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure.  Her publications include several books as well as articles in law reviews\, periodicals\, and online venues. Her book\, Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy (Oxford University Press 2011; paperback edition 2014)\, was awarded the Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize.  She has discussed constitutional law issues on radio\, including a variety of NPR shows; on television\, including programs on CNN\, CSPAN\, MSNBC\, NBC\, and PBS; and has been a frequent speaker at conferences and events organized by schools\, universities\, and law schools; by groups ranging from the Federal Judicial Center to the U.S. Army War College to Wikimania; and at international conferences like Web Summit and Collision. \n  \nJack Rakove is the emeritus William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) Law at Stanford University\, where he has taught since 1980. He was educated at Haverford College\, where he earned a B.A. in History in 1968\, the University of Edinburgh\, and Harvard\, where he received his Ph.D. in History in 1975. He is the author of eight books\, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution\, which won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in History\, the 1997 Faunces Tavern Museum Book Award\, and the 1998 Society of the Cincinnati Book Prize; Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America\, which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize; and Beyond Belief\, Beyond Conscience: The Radical Significance of the Free Exercise of Religion. He is currently at work on The Ticklish Experiment: A Political History of the Constitution\, 1789-2024. \n\n\nEvent Co-sponsors:
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SUMMARY:Immigration: Myths/Realities and the Future
DESCRIPTION:Americans understand that we all are immigrants whether our ancestors arrived willingly for economic opportunity or sought refuge and asylum from persecution. Most of our families have stories about struggles as newcomers as well as the uplifting and positive stories of becoming successful Americans. Immigration today is still fraught with conflict and controversy. To arrive at the policies and reforms that work for both human and national interest requires an understanding of what is occurring with our current immigration challenges. Our distinguished experts will walk us through this difficult process. \nSpeakers: \nSteven Hubbard\, Ph.D. is a data scientist at the New American Economy where he conducts research and data visualization projects related to how immigration impacts our economy. Most recently\, he was a Zolberg Fellow at The New School and International Rescue Committee where he conducted research on Syrian refugees living in Jordan. With a deep interest in photography\, he recognizes the importance of visualization to communicate complex data problems and facilitate data driven decision making. Hubbard has over 20 years of experience in college teaching\, research\, and administration at New York University\, The University of Iowa\, and Hamline University. \n  \n \nJennifer Hunt is Professor of Economics at Rutgers University. From 2013-2015\, while on leave from Rutgers\, she served first as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor\, then as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Prior to joining Rutgers in 2011\, she held positions at McGill University\, the University of Montreal\, and Yale University. Hunt is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Her current research focuses on the geographic diffusion of technology adoption\, while past research has also encompassed immigration\, wage inequality\, unemployment\, the science and engineering workforce\, the transition from communism\, crime and corruption.  She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard and her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \n  \nDouglas S. Massey is the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs\, with a joint appointment in The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. A member of the National Academy of Sciences\, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and the American Philosophical Society\, he is the current president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and is a member of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences and co-editor of the Annual Review of Sociology. Massey’s research focuses on international migration\, race and housing\, discrimination\, education\, urban poverty\, stratification\, and Latin America\, especially Mexico. He is the author\, most recently\, of Brokered Boundaries: Constructing Immigrant Identity in Anti-Immigrant Times\, coauthored with Magaly Sanchez and Published by the Russell Sage Foundation. \n  \nCarlos Vargas-Ramos\, the moderator\, is the Center for Puerto Rican Studies’ Director for Public Policy\, External and Media Relations\, and Development.  He is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University\, where he teaches on immigration\, race and ethnicity\, and urban politics. As a social scientist\, he has worked on the impact of migration on Puerto Rican political behavior\, political attitudes\, and orientations\, as well as on issues of racial identity.  A political scientist by training\, Dr. Vargas-Ramos is co-editor\, along with Edwin Meléndez\, of Puerto Ricans at the Dawn of the New Millennium\, and author\, among others of “The role of state actors in Puerto Rico’s long century of migration\,” in Anke Birkenmaier\, editor\, Caribbean Migrations: The Legacies of Colonialism (2020)\,  “Puerto Ricans: Citizens and Migrants— A Cautionary Tale\,” which appeared in Identities: Global Studies in Identity and Power\, 20(6): 665-688\, (2013)\, and “Migrating race: migration and racial identification among Puerto Ricans\,” was published in Ethnic and Racial Studies. 37(3): 383-404 (2014). \n  \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w4pgt8KLRg6CMd2fzJiJAg \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \nThis event is from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST on June 17\, 2021 \n\nEvent Co-sponsors: \n\n    
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SUMMARY:Dog whistle racism\, race-class fusion politics\, and our future
DESCRIPTION:Over the last half-century\, the Republican Party has exploited social divisions—and racism in particular—to win power\, and then has ruled primarily on behalf of the ultra-wealthy. Meanwhile\, the Democratic Party has struggled to respond effectively and has even stooped to imitation. In this conversation\, Ian Haney López lays out the history of dog-whistle politics and Donald Trump’s place within it. Then he suggests a clear way forward. His research—discussed in his most recent book\, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class\, Winning Elections\, and Saving America—demonstrates that dog whistle politics can be defeated. Drawing on these results\, this lecture assesses the looming 2020 presidential election. \n\nIan Haney López is the originator of the race-class approach to beating dog-whistle politics. A law professor at UC Berkeley who specializes in Critical Race Theory\, his focus for the last decade has been on the use of racism as a class weapon in electoral politics\, and how to respond. In Dog Whistle Politics (2014)\, he detailed the fifty-year history of coded racism in American politics. He then co-chaired the AFL-CIO’s Advisory Council on Racial and Economic Justice and co-founded the Race-Class Narrative Project. In Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class\, Winning Elections\, and Saving America (2019)\, Ian explains Trump’s complex relationship with dog-whistling and further develops the race-class response. \nIan is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California\, Berkeley. He has published four books and two anthologies and lives in Richmond\, California. \n  \nRoger Berkowitz\, moderator\, Academic Director\, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professor of Politics\, Philosophy\, and Human Rights at Bard College. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAdrian Costa\, a student representative\, is a Senior majoring in both Political Studies and Theatre & Performance at Bard College \n  \n  \n  \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wg8auw8TRhqOtE_cwMrGhg \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \n\nEvent Sponsors: \n   
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SUMMARY:Understanding Systemic Racism and Challenges for Policy Change
DESCRIPTION:Racism has been the underside of America throughout our history. The manner with which we have treated Racism has led to our current moment. How we acknowledge and confront Racism today will have a major impact on our future. This means examining our institutional challenges\, class struggles\, and more\, important\, ourselves. \nComing to terms with our history\, finding the strength and courage to make a change will be discussed by our thoughtful distinguished experts. \n  \n\n \nDavid Dante Troutt is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar at Rutgers Law School-Newark where he also directs the Center on Law\, Inequality\, and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME).  Current CLiME research initiatives examine gentrification\, equitable growth strategies in Newark\, and place-based disparities in the context of fair housing\, psychological trauma among school children\, child welfare\, and other areas of institutional inquiry.  He emphasizes using the law and interdisciplinary study to understand structural inequality and to formulate legal and policy reform strategies.  Troutt teaches tort law\, intellectual property\, and a multidisciplinary approach to racial and economic inequality called metropolitan equity (land use\, civil rights\, state and local government\, housing\, and poverty law).  His most recent book\, The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America (NYU Press)\, examines six cultural assumptions that have informed legal rules and public policy across American communities to reveal how they contribute to structural inequality at a time of immense demographic change. \n  \n​Alex S. Vitale is a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and a Visiting Professor at London Southbank University. He has spent the last 30 years writing about policing and consults both police departments and human rights organizations internationally. Prof. Vitale is the author of City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics and The End of Policing. His academic writings on policing have appeared in Policing and Society\, Police Practice and Research\, Mobilization\, and Contemporary Sociology. He is also a frequent essayist\, whose writings have been published in The NY Times\, Washington Post\, The Guardian\, The Nation\, Vice News\, Fortune\, and USA Today. He has also appeared on CNN\, MSNBC\, CNBC\, NPR\, PBS\, Democracy Now\, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. \n  \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vo6Jw95nRF6M2hvBz_9GCg \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \n\nEvent Sponsors: \n   
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200723T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200723T213000
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SUMMARY:Policing: The Change America is Awaiting
DESCRIPTION:Americans have taken up the fight for fairness and equity in the policing of their communities. The numerous stakeholders for change and reform are debating concerns for what it will take to create model policing that serves the interests of our communities and policing as well. Three experts will help “unpack” this long-festering issue. They bring to our discussion experience in policing\, activism\, research\, and solutions they believe essential for reform and change. \n  \nSpeakers: \nANDREW COHEN is a senior editor at the Marshall Project and a Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. A former senior legal analyst for CBS News and 60 Minutes\, he has covered law and justice in America since 1997 online\, in print\, and on radio and television. \nDR. EVELYN GARCIA is a scholar-activist with over 35 years of experience in the field of policing. She is currently the Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminal Justice\, Political Science and International Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her many publications center on ethical issues in criminal justice. \nDR. JASON WILLIAMS is an Assistant Professor of Justice Studies at Montclair State University and author of “Black Males and the Criminal Justice System.” A dedicated criminologist\, he is deeply involved in issues of racial disparity and mistreatment. \nSARAH RYLEY\, the moderator\, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist. Her data-driven stories on policing have appeared in New York Daily News\, ProPublica\, BuzzFeed News\, and The Trace\, and have triggered numerous reforms\, including the passage of two-dozen laws in New York City. \nSee FLYER for more information. \n  \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jZP4R1fxQYaUa60eaqbrMA \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \n\n  \nMany thanks to our co-sponsors who make these events possible:
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/policing-the-change-america-is-awaiting/
LOCATION:Webinar and Facebook Live Stream
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200611T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200611T213000
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SUMMARY:Stop the Madness! Why the US Government Increases Inequality in Good Times and Bad
DESCRIPTION:Economic inequality is a central theme in the Presidential campaign. Progressives have proposed that one way to reduce inequality is with a tax on the accumulated wealth of the richest Americans\, yet an influential theory in economics\, endorsed by the right\, argues that the ideal tax on wealth is zero. Is a wealth tax a good idea\, a bad idea\, or both? \n  \nProfessor Eric Schoenberg is a former investment banker\, a member of the Patriotic Millionaires\, and has taught at Wharton\, Columbia Business School\, and NYU before taking his current position in Columbia’s Psychology Department.  His multiple video appearances on tax policy have garnered more than 40 million views online\, including this encounter with Fox News host Stuart Varney:  https://www.facebook.com/PatrioticMillionaires/videos/1643177482371735/?id=126877 \n  \n  \n  \nPeter Coy\, the moderator\, is Economics Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. He writes on a wide range of economic\, social\, and financial issues. He is a regular contributor to the magazine’s “Remarks” column. Mr. Coy came to Businessweek from the Associated Press in New York\, where he served as a business news writer since 1985. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTo RSVP for the Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A5-Km3KHRqeIF1iZfcjAyw \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live/ \n(Webinar access is limited to the first 100 RSVPs\, and will include the ability to ask questions.  If you only want to watch the event\, please use the Facebook Live link on the night of the event.)
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/tax-deadline-has-passed-but-tax-issues-have-not-are-you-a-winner-or-a-loser-why/
LOCATION:Webinar and Facebook Live Stream
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200528T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200528T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T023928
CREATED:20200511T055941Z
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SUMMARY:COVID-19: The Ongoing Financial Implications and the Long-Term Financial Outlook
DESCRIPTION:William D. Cohan is the bestselling author of\, among others\, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World and House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street. He is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and writer-at-large for AirMail. He also writes opinion columns for The New York Times. \n  \n  \n  \nPeter Coy\, the moderator\, is the economics editor for Bloomberg Businessweek and covers a wide range of economic issues. He also holds the position of senior writer. \n  \n  \n  \nTo RSVP for the Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Km9Ts0C2QH20IATXJ133Xg \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live/ \n(Webinar access is limited to the first 100 RSVPs\, and will include the ability to ask questions.  If you only want to watch the event\, please use the Facebook Live link on the night of the event.)
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/covid-19-the-ongoing-financial-implications-and-the-long-term-financial-outlook/
LOCATION:Webinar and Facebook Live Stream
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200523
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SUMMARY:Dangerous Speech Pre and Post COVID-19: Countering Online Hatred while Protecting Freedom of Expression
DESCRIPTION:When you see something hateful online\, do you respond? If so\, why? And how\, exactly? Everyone says “don’t feed the trolls.” But blocking\, ignoring\, and deleting can only go so far – and often serve to further polarize and isolate us. People around the world are choosing instead to actively resist hatred online by engaging with the trolls\, alone and in groups\, in different innovative ways. This talk will draw on 18 months of research conducted by Cathy Buerger\, Director of Research at the Dangerous Speech Project. The talk will discuss the challenges of responding to hatred online as well as best practices gleaned from this research. \nSpeaker: \nCATHY BUERGER is the Director of Research at the Dangerous Speech Project (DSP)\, a Washington\, DC-based NGO that studies the relationship between speech and violence. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Connecticut\, where her research examined how civil society activists in Ghana work together to support positive norms and to uphold human rights. Her current research at the DSP focuses on civil society responses to dangerous and hateful speech online. She is a Research Affiliate of UConn’s Economic and Social Rights Research Group\, Managing Editor of the Journal of Human Rights\, and an Editor for the Teaching Human Rights Database. \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nThis event is from 7:30pm to 9:30pm on May 21\, 2020.\n\n\n\n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hscTspyqRj6q-G0kDXwRDw \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live/ \n(Webinar access is limited to the first 100 RSVPs\, and will include the ability to ask questions.  If you only want to watch the event\, please use the Facebook Live link on the night of the event.) \n 
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/dangerous-speech-countering-online-hatred-while-protecting-freedom-of-expression/
LOCATION:Webinar and Facebook Live Stream
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200423T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200423T213000
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SUMMARY:Transforming Our Democracy with Ranked Choice Voting
DESCRIPTION:Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is a simple solution with a big impact. It promotes majority support\, contributes to more civil and issue-oriented campaigns\, gives voters more choices\, and produces a more reflective democracy. Amidst widespread frustration with politics among both voters and elected officials\, it’s no surprise that ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum across the country as a win-win solution that strengthens our democracy. \nThe RCV movement is poised to continue its momentum. BIlls in Congress would establish RCV across all congressional elections\, with both the Ranked Choice Voting Act and the more comprehensive Fair Representation Act garnering growing political and intellectual support. State activity is growing. FairVote President Rob Richie will discuss ranked-choice voting’s transformative impact and what it will take to bring RCV to states like New Jersey. \nSpeaker: \nRob Richie has been the leader of FairVote since co-founding the organization in 1992 and was named president and CEO in 2018. He has played a key role in advancing\, winning\, and implementing electoral reforms at the local and state levels. Richie has been involved in helping to develop\, win\, and implement: ranked-choice voting in states and more than 20 cities\, fair representation voting systems in numerous Voting Rights Act cases\, the National Popular Vote plan in 16 states\, and voter access proposals like voter pre-registration and automatic voter registration. \n  \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/posts/2799065263502450 \nTo RSVP for the Zoom webinar\, go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QxzwveIkRE2KeZI5ji8Uog \n(Webinar access is limited to the first 100 RSVPs\, and will include the ability to ask questions.  If you only want to watch the event\, please use the Facebook Live link on the night of the event.)
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/transforming-our-democracy-with-ranked-choice-voting/
LOCATION:Webinar and Facebook Live Stream
CATEGORIES:upcoming
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