Virtual Program from the Library: "Effective Grassroots Movements that Impact Voting Rights" with Professor Rachael V. Cobb
Virtual: Effective Grassroots Movements that Impact Voting Rights with Professor Rachael V. Cobb
Monday, February 5, 7:00—8:00 PM, Zoom
What does it take to take a Grassroots idea to a movement which can have significant impact on voting and elections? Join us for this virtual panel discussion to see how that happens and what you can do to be part of that movement!
Rachael V. Cobb, Ph.D. is Chair and Associate Professor of Government at Suffolk University. Cobb specializes in U.S. elections, election administration, electoral politics, civic engagement, and political participation.
Professor Cobb established the University Pollworkers Project, a nonpartisan program designed to recruit college students as poll workers as a response to reports of an estimated shortage of 500,000 poll workers nationwide. Since 2006, more than 1,000 students from the Greater Boston area have received training and worked as poll workers.