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Who We Are, What Is Ours: Getting Out the Vote in Native America

  • Capitol Lakes Grand Hall 333 West Main Street Madison, WI, 53703 United States (map)

Who We Are, What Is Ours:
Getting Out the Vote in Native America

The public is invited to join us for our March Issues Forum

Our speakers:

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Denise (Dee) Sweet is an environmental activist and First Nations organizer. She is an Anishinaabe poet and Professor Emerita at UW-Green Bay, where she taught Humanistic Studies, Creative Writing, and First Nations Studies for UW System. She served as the second Poet Laureate for the state of Wisconsin from 2005 to 2008. She currently works with Wisconsin Conservation Voices in the Native Vote project, which seeks to encourage Native American participation in voting.

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Anjali Bhasin is the Civic Engagement Director for Wisconsin Conservation Voices. She works on reducing institutional barriers to voting, leads a large-scale voter registration project focused on communities of color, and works with the Native Vote project. She works in collaboration with other organizations to protect against voter suppression and make sure historically marginalized groups have their voices heard.

Free parking in the ramp across the street from Capitol Lakes.

Can't attend in person?  Watch the live stream on our Facebook page.

Video recording through KSUN. Media Center.

A short list of suggested readings.

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Splash image map highlights the treaty lands of Native American tribal nations in the early 1800s. Seen in a Wiscontext piece about Act 31. The map comes from The Ways/PBS Wisconsin Education.