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As citizens prepare for an election season with generational impacts in executive, legislative and judicial branches at national, state and local levels, journalist George Chidi sees a fundamental shift in the direct impact elections have in people's lives.
While exploring this shift, the importance of engaged, civic-minded individuals on the days after Election Day become critical to ensuring the health of our democracy. By looking to history and recent events, your vote holds even more power today.
Regardless of the election's outcome, there will be those ready to reject democracy in America in disruptive, even violent ways. This was the case at local levels as some individuals reacted to desegregation in the 1950s, and at the national level following the 2020 presidential election. Chidi will help individuals identify and resist efforts to defy election results and the democratic process.
Jenn Dye, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging and Theodore M. Berry Director of the University of Cincinnati's Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, will moderate the conversation. To submit a question to the panel in advance, please use this form. We will accept questions until 10 a.m on September 26.
We also invite you join us before the discussion and spread the word about our non-partisan voter registration and information drive, co-hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Sigma Omega Chapter and Phi Psi Omega Chapter, and Phi Beta Sigma Inc., Delta Theta Sigma Chapter.
3:00–5:00 p.m., Voter Registration Drive on Freedom Center Plaza
5:30–6:30 p.m., Reception, light bites and beverages
6:30–7:30 p.m., The Power of the Vote with George Chidi, moderated by Jenn Dye
This program is part of the Nathaniel R. Jones Freedom Speakers Series, generously supported by Francie and John Pepper. The series addresses issues that must be overcome in our ongoing pursuit of equity and justice and serves as a call to action for those who can lead us forward.
Admission
Freedom Center Members Free; General public $10. University student tickets available at the door free with valid ID.
If you need accommodations or have any questions about our accessibility resources, please contact us in advance at accessible@nurfc.org.
About the Speakers
George Chidi is The Guardian's democracy reporter covering the southeastern United States. In that role, he writes about issues of election integrity and interference, voting rights and how government turns public opinion into public policy. George is a former reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has contributed to The Intercept, Rolling Stone, Slate Magazine, VICE and other publications. His journalism career began in the U.S. Army and has ranged from covering the tech bubble in the 2000s to reporting on the Young Thug trial and its ramifications.
George holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from UMass Amherst and an MBA from Georgia Tech. His work won the inaugural John Lewis Writers Award from the Georgia Writers Association, a Guggenheim fellowship for crime reporting, the national award for public affairs writing in 2022 from the Society of Professional Journalists and an Emmy nomination for his quarterly public affairs series "The Next Atlanta" on Fox5. He lives in Pine Lake, a population of 780 not counting geese, where he served for a time as a city councilman.
Jenn Dye, Ph.D, a 2009 graduate of Cincinnati Law and 2015 graduate of the University of Cincinnati Political Science doctoral program, is the inaugural Theodore M. Berry Director of the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, which has an international reputation for bridging theory and practice, forging relationships with local, national and global communities and preparing students to become leaders in advancing justice. Additionally, Dr. Dye serves as the inaugural Assistant Dean of Inclusive Excellence and Belonging at the College of Law. These two roles allow her to focus on structural and systemic change toward an inclusive and equitable community at the College of Law, while also focusing on ground up approaches with students.
Dr. Dye most recently served as Research Associate and Director of the Human Services Research & Innovation Center for the University of Cincinnati, where she was responsible for cultivating relationships to advance research in ways that increased community impact. Prior to that, Dr. Dye has worked in areas of community advocacy, research and project management. Her research areas have taken an interdisciplinary approach blending the law and social sciences, focusing on the intersections of race, gender and other identities and power structures and the impacts on equity and outcomes in society and community.
