How Changemakers View the Importance of Voter Participation

Civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill is asking Americans to vote in their local elections.

“I’m so tired of the magical thinking about democracy. I do need people to learn how the government works, and we have a tripartite system of government,” Ilfill said at the TIME Women’s Leadership Forum in New York City on Tuesday.

The event took place on the same night as the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, and a panel on the art of advocacy featured Ifill, actor Kerry Washington, founder of Black Leaders Organizing Communities Angela Lang, and co-founder of the Voto Latino Foundation María Teresa Kumar.

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