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Statewide Conference: Mapping Pennsylvania's Future-Next Steps for Redistricting Reform
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Join Fair Districts PA volunteers and supporters,national redistricting experts, and allies from other PA organizations for a one-day conference in Harrisburg to explore next steps in the effort for redistricting reform. This will be a good chance to network, learn more about advocacy and the challenges of reform in Harrisburg, and prepare for an urgent push for reform in the 2025-2026 session.
Topics will include:
-Lessons Learned from the 2021 Redistricting Cycle
-Gerrymandering 101
-Introduction to Prison Gerrymandering
-Drafting New Bills for 2025-26
-Is Gridlock Inevitable? Exploring PA’s Legislative Process
-Challenges and Opportunities in Outreach to Diverse Marginalized Communities
-Learning to Listen: the Political Empathy Project
-Learn to Draw Your Own District Map
-Organizing and Outreach for the Road Ahead
Speakers include:
-SImone Leeper, Campaign Legal Center
-Brianna Remster, Villanova University
-Susan Gobreski and Amy Widestrom, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
-Philip Hensley Robin, Common Cause Pennsylvania
-Andrew McGinley, Committee of Seventy
-Justin Villere, Committee of Seventy and Draw the Lines
-Damary M. Bonilla-Rodriguez, Civic Engagement and ACLU of PA
-Brandon Flood, The Lazarus Firm
-Lia Howard, The Political Empathy Lab
Registration $50 (rediuced price or complimentary tickets are available)
Your conference registration includes lunch, coffee and other “break beverages”, breakout sessions, free parking and materials to take home for local advocacy.