UUJO and UU The Vote invite you to an online Community Conversation focused on issues that keep us up at night, including the fight for democracy and election protection.

In this 90-minute Conversation, we will discuss the issues that people say, ‘keep them up at night”, looking particularly at those issues that are impacted by our elections. We will show the powerful documentary, “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote”, produced by Brave New Films and the Stacey Abrams voter projected.

The documentary paints an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 Georgia midterm election.  The issues faced include polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, extreme wait times and a host of voter ID issues – all of which disproportionately prevented many students and people of color from casting their ballots. This documentary speaks to the threat posed to our 2020 elections.

After viewing together, we will discuss how we can all prepare to meet these same threats here in Ohio in the 2020 elections. We will also offer folk the opportunity to become part of a Voter Advocacy Team and help others register online (or in person), and then vote, including using absentee ballots.

Facilitators:

·       Rev Dr Susan Smith, Director of Crazy Faith ministries, Columbus, and Communications Coordinator of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference.

·       Rev Joan Van Becelaere; Executive Director, Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio