#UNBOUND Trailer for 'Unrigging the Rules for the Rising American Electorate'

Premiering May 7th, 7pm at youtube.com/baybookfest

Official trailer for the Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND virtual program "Unrigging the Rules for the Rising American Electorate." The full, one-hour episode premieres on our Youtube Channel May 7th at 7pm. Tune-in then at youtube.com/baybookfest to participate in the live chat and visit our website for more details on our #UNBOUND virtual series: baybookfest.org

DESCRIPTION:
Who holds America’s future in their hands? Who has the potential to dramatically reshape our political landscape, just by exercising their right to vote? The past few years have seen an exciting infusion of political engagement from a diverse electorate, as young people, people of color, and single women are mobilizing and making their voices heard. For every victory and milestone, however, there is an equally coordinated—if insidious—attempt to disenfranchise these citizens from turning out to vote. From polling station closures to gerrymandering, from voter ID laws to the purging of voter rolls, suppressive tactics are deliberate, methodical, and ubiquitous. We’ll learn how to unrig the rules to ensure these rising new voices—and their votes—are counted, with insights from bestselling authorities on voting rights: Steve Phillips, founder of Democracy in Color and author of Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority; and Unrigged author David Daley, whose 2016 bestseller Ratf***ed has become an urgent reference point for the upcoming round of redistricting to follow the 2020 census. Moderated by indigienous activist and journalist Rebecca Nagle, whose groundbreaking podcast, This Land, won the prestigious American Mosaic Journalism Prize.

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