RSVP for Sunday's voting panel and broadcast with WNYC!

 

Sun, Sep 29 Film screening @ 4PM Panel conversation and live broadcast @ 6PM Chase Room NJPAC 1 Center Street Newark, NJ There’s an important demographic to consider in this tumultuous election season: the young vote. A fresh cadre of Gen Zers are now eligible to vote in November and we’re asking: What’s the best way to get this voting bloc to the ballot box? What are this generation’s convictions and what issues will compel them to exercise this valuable right? Our first Standing in Solidarity program of the season is also a broadcast of Notes from America with Kai Wright, a program about the unfinished business of our history and its effect on our future. Wright, the show’s host and managing editor, will moderate a conversation with a panel of experts that will be broadcast live on WNYC. Bathe, an R&B duo of millennial artists, will perform throughout the broadcast. The conversation will be preceded by a screening of The Young Vote, a documentary that follows a diverse group of young people during the 2020 elections to uncover their perceptions of voting and civic engagement. The Standing in Solidarity event will include activations in the Prudential Hall lobby including voter registration and other resources from the NAACP and Project Ready. Our panelists include: Alexis Williams, creative technologist, social impact creator and advocate who leverages her platform to engage Gen Z. Rachel Janfaza, journalist who covers Gen Z political culture and spearheads initiatives geared toward bringing young Americans into the civic and political fold. Askar Mirza, the youngest Commissioner in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey’s history, is a public policy student at Rutgers University and also serves on the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (NJDCF) Youth Council. rsvp now Generous support of the Standing in Solidarity series is provided by ADP, official Community Engagement Partner of NJPAC One Center Street • Newark, NJ 07102 • 1.888.696.5722 • njpac.org Copyright © 2024 New Jersey Performing Arts Center, All rights reserved.