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The Voting Rights Act Conference was a great success.
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated.

Information about the conference, including agenda, is below.

Voting Rights Act Conference

Join us as we address a critical issue that affects the future of the state’s democracy – the reauthorization of three important provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA).  These provisions will expire in 2007 unless Congress votes to renew them. 

According to Rosalind Gold, Senior Director of Policy, Research and Advocacy for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, “The VRA has played a key role in the political empowerment of California’s diverse ethnic communities.  Our February 4 conference will provide civic and grassroots leaders with the tools they need to mobilize throughout the state for the reauthorization of legislation that is crucial for our continued political progress.”

                    
                   Voting Rights Act educational flyer

Details

When: February 4, 2006

Where: USC Davidson Conference Center, 3415 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089. 

Who: The public is invited. 


                  Click here to see a copy of the agenda (pdf)

The conference’s co-sponsors include:

• ACLU of Northern California
• ACLU of Southern California
• Asian Law Alliance
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)
• California Common Cause
• Chinese for Affirmative Action
• Korean American Coalition - Los Angeles
• Korean Resource Center
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
• League of Women Voters of California
• League of Women Voters of Los Angeles
• Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
• National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund
• National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
• Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance
• People For the American Way, Western Regional Office
• Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)
• Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP)

For more info: Please call toll-free: 1 (866) 952-4222 or (213) 747-7606, ext. 138 or e-mail info@calvec.org