RELEASE: In Advance of Redistricting Webinar with Southern University Law Center, Louisiana Progress Releases First Two Parts of Redistricting Guide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–October 12, 2021
Thursday, October 14th, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., the Southern University Law Center, Louisiana Progress, and the National Association of Social Workers-Louisiana Chapter will present the final installment of our four-part webinar series on the Louisiana legislature. Our panel of state legislators and advocates will look ahead to 2022, with a focus on redistricting. In advance of the webinar, Louisiana Progress is releasing the first two parts of our four-part Redistricting Guide.
BATON ROUGE, LA | October 12, 2021—This Thursday, October 14th, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., the Southern University Law Center (SULC) will partner with Louisiana Progress and the National Association of Social Workers--Louisiana Chapter to present the final installment of our four-part webinar series on the 2021 Louisiana Legislative Session.
This time around, our panelists will look ahead to 2022, focusing on redistricting and the regular session. In previous installments, our rotating group of panelists explored some of the most consequential issues from the 2021 legislative session, including police reform, voting rights, anti-Trans legislation, education and healthcare issues, and more.
The webinar will be moderated by SULC’s Alfreda Tillman Bester, Esq., and panelists will include:
Rep. Randall Gaines, House District 57
Rep. Royce Duplessis, House District 93
Alanah Odoms, Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana
Ashley Shelton, Founder, President, and CEO of the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice
Stephen Kearny, Co-Founder of Fair Districts Louisiana
Michael Pernick, Redistricting Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund
Terry Landry, Jr., Louisiana Policy Director with the Southern Poverty Law Center, and
Peter Robins-Brown, Policy & Advocacy Director at Louisiana Progress
Continuing legal education credits (CLEs) for lawyers and continuing education units (CEUs) for social workers will be available. Register to attend at https://www.sulc.edu/form/632.
In advance of the webinar, Louisiana Progress is also releasing the first two parts of our four-part Redistricting Guide. Part 1 is Redistricting 101, which serves as an introduction for people who might be new to the issue. In Part 2, our Glossary, we dive deeper into key redistricting terms and ideas.
Parts 3 and 4 will follow over the next week. Part 3 will focus on Louisiana Redistricting and Part 4 will be a Redistricting Advocacy Guide. Then, over the following weeks and months, we will release redistricting presentations and analyses for the state legislature and for parishes, starting with East Baton Rouge and Jefferson Parishes.
Who: Southern University Law Center, Louisiana Progress & National Association of Social Workers- Louisiana Chapter
What:
Webinar on redistricting and the 2022 regular legislative session
Louisiana Progress release first two parts of its four-part Redistricting Guide
When: October 14, 2021, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Contact:
Peter Robins-Brown, Policy & Advocacy Director, Louisiana Progress, (504) 256-8196, peter@louisianaprogress.org
Jasmine Hunter, External Affairs Director, Southern University Law Center, JHunter@sulc.edu