Democracy in Action: Celebrating 60 years of the Voting Rights Act

We are hosting a 60th Anniversary celebration, commemorating the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and we hope you can join us! 

This is a powerful community gathering to honor landmark civil rights legislation and mobilize against decades of attacks on voting rights, with a call to restore and protect them through the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

• 9:00 - 11:30 AM: Registration 

• 9:30 - 10:00 AM:  Welcome and Caucus in the Assembly Parlor 

• 10:00 - 11:30 AM: Legislative Visits (optional)   

• 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Free box lunch offered

• 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Opening Remarks in the Rotunda

• Land Acknowledgement and Blessing 

• Keynote Speaker Diana Wynn

• History of the Voting Rights Act in Wisconsin 

• Changes made by the Supreme Court that gutted the Voting Rights Act

• Call to action

• 1:15 - 1:45 PM: Press Conference in the Assembly Parlor

• 1:30 - 3:15 PM:   Legislative Visits AND/OR Workshops 

• 1:30 - 2:15 PM: Workshop 1 in the North Hearing Room

• 2:30 - 3:15 PM: Workshop 2 in the North Hearing Room

• 3:15 - 4:15 PM: Reception in the Assembly Parlor 

• DJs starting at 3:15-4:30 pm

*Complimentary lunch will be provided