WVR Sept 12 WVR Program-Vote Smart: Navigating the November Ballot

Thursday, September 12, 7 p.m.
In-person program at The Center of Clayton
50 Gay Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63105
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; program begins at 7 p.m.
Program is free and open to the public.
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With critical elected offices and amendments on the November ballot, Missouri voters will have the opportunity to impact the lives of state residents for years to come. 

Representatives from the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, and Missourians for Health Families and Fair Wages will join us to speak about protecting our voting rights, clarification of important ballot measures and the status of current court challenges. They will share ways we can each take action to work for passage of amendments we care about and to ensure that our voices are heard!

Speakers: 

Denise Lieberman, director and general counsel at Missouri Voter Protection Coalition

Denise Lieberman is a nationally recognized voting rights expert and movement lawyer. In addition to coordinating the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition since 2006, Lieberman spent nearly 15 years in the national voting rights arena, most recently as director of Power & Democracy at Advancement Project where she oversaw a $3.2 million program budget for the organization’s voting rights work at the national level and in multiple states. Now back in Missouri full time, Lieberman is also faculty director of the Voter Access and Engagement Initiative at Washington University in St. Louis, where she is an adjunct professor of political science and law. She also serves as a consultant to the Brennan Center for Justice.

A renowned constitutional and civil rights lawyer for 25 years, Lieberman has been at the forefront of voting rights debates in her home state of Missouri and across the country, presenting testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Voting Rights Advancement Act, and serving as attorney of record in some of the nation's most high-profile and impactful voting rights cases over the last decade.

M'Evie Mead, director of strategic partnerships Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages

M'Evie Mead (she/her) is the current director of strategic paternerships with Missouri Jobs With Justice, and is building out the coalition to support Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages a campaign to allow 1 in 3 workers in the state who cannot currently earn paid sick days to care for themselves and their families without losing a paycheck. Mead also staffs the Will of The People Coalition defending Missouri’s 100+ year tradition of direct democracy through the initiative petition process.

Mead has spentover 25 years leading progressive power building work in Missouri and nationally. Mead came from Washington DC to Missouri to serve as executive director of Missouri NARAL (now Abortion Action Missouri) and went on to build the organizing power, building, and policy programs for Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri (now absorbed in Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest MO). 

From 2016-2015, Mead worked with colleagues from across the country to co-create a national organizing model for Planned Parenthood called the Path to Power. Thousands of Planned Parenthood organizers and volunteers have been trained through the Path to Power University. Mead served as a interim executive director for LeadMO and LeadMO Action. Mead helped LeadMO Action successfully hire a new permanent executive director and worked with an amazing staff and board team to execute strategic priorities during the transition. Mead has served in leadership positions on the boards of the Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative (MOVE Action), Progress MO, Women’s Political Caucus and Planned Parenthood’s State Public Affairs Network. 

Maggie Olivia, senior manager of public policy at Abortion Action Missouri

Maggie Olivia (she/her) is the senior manager of public policy at Abortion Action Missouri. She is also a volunteer clinic escort and abortion storyteller through Abortion Action Missouri programs. In her current role Olivia represents Abortion Action Missouri to stakeholders, coalition partners, elected officials, and media representatives as the organizational lobbyist and communications department lead. With bachelor's degrees in political studies and communications from mid-MO, Olivia is a lifelong Missourian with a deep love for the midwest. 

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