The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee (ACLU-TN) is holding a Right To Vote Conference entitled Breaking the Chains: From Jail Cell to Voting Booth on Thursday, May 3, from 8:30 to 4:30 at the United Steelworkers Union Hall (3340 Perimeter Hill Drive).
Conference highlights include:
- Marc Mauer addressing The US Record on Punishment (The Sentencing Project, Washington, DC);
- Jeff Manza discussing key findings published in his book Locked Out, Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL);
- Rachel Bloom contrasting international disenfranchisement practices with the US record (National ACLU, Washington, DC); and
- Nancy Abudu highlighting pending challenges to the child support and restitution provisions of the current Tennessee law (ACLU Southern Voting Rights Project, Atlanta, GA).
Workshops are designed to:
- Answer attorney and paralegal questions about the new law and share methods for addressing voter restoration issues (CLE credits available);
- Offer agencies, organizations and churches strategies to help former felons register to vote (CEU credits available);
- Help former felons and their family members to improve their public speaking skills to better persuade the public to support voter re-enfranchisement.
For further information or to register contact the ACLU-TN Right to Vote Campaign at 615-320-7143 or rtv@aclu-tn.org, or visit the website at www.aclu-tn.org.
About Terry McMoore 
Terry McMoore is the C.E.O. / Director, of the (BROTHERS KEEPER ADVOCACY GROUP), which is a full service Political, Economic and Civil Rights / Civil Liberties Empowerment Agency.
"All Power To The People" is Our Motto.
"Power is Never Given, It is Always Taken", is What We Live By.
Mr. McMoore is a member of the following organizations:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Former NAACP Tennessee State Conference of Branches Press & Publicity Chair,
Hispanic Organization for Progress & Education (HOPE),
Clarksville Urban Resource Center,
League of Voter Empowerment (L.O.V.E.),
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
Professional Political/Civil Rights Activist Association.
Contact Terry at
Email: terrymcmoore@hotmail.com
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TopicsACLU, Activism, Civil Liberties, disenfranchisement, former felons, former felons right to vote, Right to Vote
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