The community is invited to participate in a live, virtual seminar with political scientists Amy E. Black, of Wheaton College, and Quentin Kidd, of Christopher Newport University on Monday, Feb. 8, at 5:30 p.m.
The session, titled "Who Voted, Who Didn't, and Why Does it Matter," is the second of a series of events to be hosted by Lander's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences this semester, as part of the South Carolina Humanities Electoral Initiative.
Black is the author of "Honoring God in Red or Blue," and "Beyond Left and Right." Kidd has provided expert testimony to courts examining states' re-districting plans and is the co-author of "The Rational Southerner: Black Mobilization, Republican Growth, and the Partisan Transformation of the American South." Topics for the seminar will include voting rights, voter access and voter suppression, as well as re-districting in the past and going forward with the 2020 Census. Ashley Woodiwiss, professor of political science at Lander, will serve as moderator.
Lander is one of four South Carolina universities presenting virtual programs in the Electoral Initiative, a series that brings together scholars from Lander University, Clemson University, Francis Marion University and the University of South Carolina, as well as political scientists from around the country.
To register for the session, please visit www.lander.edu/electoralinitiative. Once registered, the Crowdcast platform will allow participants to add the event to their personal electronic calendars.
For more information on this initiative, please contact the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at 864-388-8176.
A National Initiative:
The S.C. Humanities Electoral Initiative was funded by the "Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation" initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The "Why It Matters" initiative will provide free humanities programs to engage the public in collaborative, accessible and thought-provoking dialogues on the importance of electoral and civic participation.
South Carolina Humanities:
The mission of South Carolina Humanities is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. This not-for-profit organization presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that reach more than 250,000 citizens annually. South Carolina Humanities receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as corporate, foundation and individual donors. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state.