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Let My People Vote: Ensuring Voting Rights to Returning Citizens

Let My People Vote: Ensuring Voting Rights to Returning Citizens

FromInto the Mix


Let My People Vote: Ensuring Voting Rights to Returning Citizens

FromInto the Mix

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today, over 4.5 million people can't vote in the United States because of a mistake they made in the past. Desmond Meade is one of them. He's a "returning citizen" who understands the devastating impacts of having your civil rights stripped away, and the redemptive power of second chances. So, he set out to do something about it, and brought about the greatest expansion of voting rights in America in half a century. It’s that work that just earned his organization a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. 
You can learn more about Desmond’s work at the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition here.
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Released:
Feb 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (27)

Introducing Into the Mix — a Ben & Jerry’s podcast about joy and justice, produced with Vox Creative. Join host Ashley C. Ford as she talks with the artists, activists, cultural leaders, and all-around amazing people who are working to build a better world. The struggle, the wins, the thrill of making change and forging a fairer future — it’s all in here. So get into it.  On a related topic — if you want to hear episodes about how our country's history of systemic racism still has a major impact today, check out Who We Are, another collaboration between Ben & Jerry's and Vox Creative.