Voting Rights Act the Focus of Constitution Day at Oakton

Recently, the Supreme Court removed Section 4 from the Voting Rights Act, designed to prevent voter discrimination. Will what remains of the Act truly protect the interests of minority voters? Join a panel of expert attorneys, educators, and community leaders at Oakton Community College as they discuss this timely topic on Constitution Day, Wednesday, September 18. This free event runs 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Des Plaines campus, 1600 East Golf Road, Room 1610.

Featured panelists include: Patrick Keenan-Delvin, deputy director of the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy; George Mitchell, president of the Evanston Branch of the NAACP; Merilee Waters, chair and professor of paralegals studies at Oakton; and Cheryl Wollin, a board member of the Evanston League of Women Voters and former Oakton political science lecturer.

Light refreshments will be served. The discussion is sponsored by the Oakton’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and the Division of Social Sciences and Business.

For more information, contact (847) 635-1900.