Date: Monday, March 23, 2020 Time: 6:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall

Produced in partnership with Foreign Affairs

American voters will head to the polls this year facing some of the same vulnerabilities they did in 2016. Misinformation — some of it unintentional and some malicious — continues to circulate publicly online, broadcast to mass audiences. The electronic systems on which Americans cast their ballots, meanwhile, are exposed to the risk of hacking. Russia and other adversarial states are poised to exploit these openings in order to sow chaos and foster distrust in the election; so too are nonstate groups both in the United States and overseas.

How has the outlook changed since 2016? What defenses are in place to ensure the integrity of the vote? Can disinformation be minimized without compromising Americans’ free speech? And what should federal and state officials, tech companies, activists, and community groups do? A distinguished panel discusses these challenges and steps that can be taken in the months leading up to November to ensure an election whose results Americans accept as legitimate.

The Brennan Center’s Lawrence Norden is a nationally recognized expert on election security and law. Tech reporter Kim Zetter has reported extensively on the technical vulnerabilities in U.S. voting infrastructure. Jessica Brandt of the German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy offers a global perspective. They join Foreign Affairs executive editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan.

Speakers: Lawrence Norden, Director, Election Reform, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice; Jessica Brandt, Head of Research and Policy, Alliance for Securing Democracy; Kim Zetter, journalist; author of Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon; Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Executive Editor, Foreign Affairs

Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Time: 6:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law, D’Agostino Hall

Millennials have revolutionized technology, commerce, and media, and are responsible for the major social movements of our time. Now, they’re disrupting the U.S. government — and are already serving as mayors, state senators, and representatives to Congress. In her latest book The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For, TIME correspondent Charlotte Alter profiles this class of young leaders who are remaking the nation — and explores the major economic, social, and cultural influences on millennial political attitudes.

Speaker: Charlotte Alter, national correspondent, TIME magazine; author, The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America; Mo Rocca, correspondent, CBS Sunday Morning

Date: Monday, March 30, 2020 Time: 6:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law, Furman Hall

Every 10 years the census takes a snapshot of the country to determine how our communities are represented in state houses and Congress as well as how much federal funding they get. The country’s large and growing Latino population can claim its fair share of this political power and funding by being counted in the 2020 Census. Yet, many Latinos are reluctant to stand up and be counted because of concerns about the safety of participating.

Join us for a discussion about how fair representation and Latino power depend on an accurate census count and how to improve the Latino count this spring. The event will cover:

• Why does the census matter for Latinos?

• Why are Latinos consistently undercounted?

• How does the law make being counted safe?

Speaker: Carlos Menchaca, Member, New York City Council; Co-chair, City Council 2020 Census Task Force; Emely Paez, Director of Government Affairs and Civic Engagement, Hispanic Federation; Kelly Percival, Counsel, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice; Jorge Luis Vasquez, Jr., Associate Counsel, Latino Justice

Date: Monday, March 30, 2020 Time: 6:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
Location: NYU School of Law, Furman Hall

El poder latino y el censo

Este evento es gratuito

Cada diez años el censo da cuentas de la población del país para determinar la representación de las comunidades en las legislaturas estatales y en el Congreso, y calcular los fondos federales que les corresponden. La población de latinos del país, que es cada vez más numerosa, puede hacer valer su poder político y conseguir los fondos que le corresponden si participa en el Censo del 2020. Sin embargo, muchos latinos rehúsan hacerse oír y responder al Censo porque les preocupa que participar no sea seguro.

Les invitamos a una conversación donde se explicará por qué la representación justa y el poder político de los latinos dependen de un conteo preciso y cómo impulsar la participación de los latinos esta primavera.

El evento cubrirá lo siguiente:

• ¿Por qué el censo es importante para los latinos?

• ¿Por qué los conteos de los latinos son sistemáticamente más bajos que la realidad?

• ¿Cómo nos protege la ley para participar en el censo?

Palabras de bienvenida por Michael Waldman, presidente, Brennan Center for Justice
Carlos Menchaca, miembro del Consejo Municipal de la ciudad de Nueva York; copresidente del Grupo de Trabajo para el Censo del 2020 del Consejo Municipal
Emely Paez, directora de Asuntos Gubernamentales y Participación Cívica de la Federación Hispánica
Kelly Percival, abogada, Democracia, Brennan Center for Justice
Jorge Luis Vasquez Jr., abogado asociado de Latino Justice

Lunes 30 de marzo de 2020 | 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m: apertura de puertas | 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.: programa

Ubicación
NYU School of Law's D'Agostino Hall: Lipton Hall
108 West 3rd Street | (entre MacDougal y Sullivan)
Nueva York, NY 10012

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