Voting Rights & DC Statehood Roundtable

DESCRIPTION

6-8 p.m.

Part II in a three-part series on the mos important human rights issues in DC.

Speakers
Bo Shuff: Executive Director of DC Vote
Charles B. Thornton: DC Corrections Information Council (CIC) Board Chair and DC Office of Human Rights (OHR) special Assistant

Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) guarantees everyone the right to p[participate in the government of their country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

No Taxation Without Representation.

Community input will be shared in DC’s UPR Report to be sent to the United Nations by the American Friends service Committee and the United Nations Association.