According to the Brennan Center for Justice, “Criminal disenfranchisement laws strip voting rights from people with past criminal convictions, excluding millions of Americans from [America’s] democratic process.”

On September 11, 2019, the Brennan Center for Justice [brought] together impacted individuals, lawmakers, advocates, scholars, election officials, and leaders from law enforcement and faith communities for a discussion on how to advance voting rights restoration.

View [the] agenda here.

Speakers [included]:

Keynote: Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey

Justin Allen, Community Organizer, Millions for Prisoners New Mexico
Rachel Anderson, General Counsel, Office of the Nevada Attorney General
Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Dauras Cyprian, Senior Organizer, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/All of Us or None
Anthony Dixon, Director of Community Engagement, Parole Preparation Project
Jena Marie Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State
Alexes Harris, Presidential Term Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
Holly Harris, President and Executive Director, Justice Action Network
Matt Hogan, Partner, ALG Research
Patty Kuderer, Washington State Senator, 48th Legislative District
Jim Liske, U.S. Director, Movement.org
Jim Johnson, Brennan Center Senior Fellow
Jhody Polk, 2018 Soros Justice Fellow
Esther de Rothschild, Founder, The Love Vote
Sarah Walker, Founder, Minnesota Second Chance Coalition
Andrew Warren, 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney, Hillsborough County, Florida

Ayling Dominguez, Research and Program Associate, Democracy Program, was the main contact for the event.