Скачать или смотреть Puffin Presents Desmond Meade, Winner of the 2020 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship

Desmond Meade discusses his work with fighting disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with felony convictions & their voting rights. Desmond is one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2019.

Puffin Cultural Forum Director Andrew Lee and Puffin Foundation President Neal Rosenstein present a talk with 2020 Puffin Prize Winner Desmond Meade.Originally streamed on Facebook Live.

Desmond Meade is the President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, a grassroots, membership organization run by Returning Citizens (Formerly Convicted Persons) who are dedicated to ending disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with convictions. In 2018, Desmond Meade successfully led the effort to pass Florida Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to over 1.4 million Floridians with previous felony convictions. Named as one 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2019, Desmond Meade is the winner of the 2020 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship. An online presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

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