‘Suppression and Suffrage: How the women of Milwaukee will select the next president’ is March 19

To celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, the Law School’s Association for Women Lawyers and the Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL) will co-host a panel discussion titled “Suppression and Suffrage: How the women of Milwaukee will pick the next president,” on Thursday, March 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the 707 Hub.

The discussion will focus on the success of women being afforded the right to vote, the progress still to be made, and voting rights in Milwaukee. The panel will feature:

  • Taylor Barnes, Democratic National Convention women’s political director
  • Atiba Ellis, voting rights scholar and professor of law
  • Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities

The discussion will be moderated by Andrea Schneider, IWL director and professor of law.

Register via Eventbrite.