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JeffVotes: Voting and Healthcare
Date and time
Location
Eakins Lounge, Jefferson Alumni Hall
1020 Locust Street Philadelphia, PADescription
A presentation by Alisha Maity, MS4 at SKMC and co-founder of JeffVotes, accompanied by a discussion of the importance of voting as seen from a healthcare perspective. This talk will cover a brief history of voting rights in America, the intertwined and oft-overlooked relationship between health and voting, and what we can do as health professionals to make a difference in our communities with respect to voter turnout. Research for this presentation was completed during SKMC's Health Advocacy elective, which allowed Alisha to work at the Committee of Seventy, an independent and nonpartisan civil leadership organization with the goal of expanding voting rights. Additionally, as a co-founder of student organization JeffVotes, Alisha will talk about the successes and future goals of the JeffVotes initiative to allow for hospitalized patients to vote on Election Day. Read more about JeffVotes in the Inquirer here.
Pre-registration is appreciated. Lunch will be provided, first-come first-served.
Related readings below (to read in advance or after!):
1. Voter Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump, New Yorker
3. How health affects voter turnout, Journalist's Resource
4. Fallout from Election Day Chaos Continues in Indiana's Porter County, The Intercept