Valerie Jarrett on Voting Rights and Overcoming Voter Suppression

Join Valerie Jarrett, distinguished Senior Fellow at the Law School for a conversation on voting rights and how we can help to overcome voter suppression. Ms. Jarrett continues to focus in her work on the importance of voting and how to increase voter participation. How can we better ensure that people of color and young people can vote? What barriers continue to persist that prevent people from voting? What issues can lawyers and law students take to address this important issue?

Valerie Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official. She served as Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and oversaw the White House Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs from 2009 to 2017. She currently serves as board chair of When We All Vote, a nonpartisan organization.

Presented by the Dean of Students Office and the Law School chapters of the American Constitution Society and the American Civil Liberties Union on October 22, 2020.