Latinos on the Move, the Latino Policy Forum’s flagship event, puts a spotlight on pressing issues relevant to the Latino community to bring them to the forefront of the public agenda and celebrates community leaders who have impacted and uplifted our community.
11:00 AM – Networking reception
12:00 PM – Lunch and Program
Our Vote is Powerful: Why Showing Up Together is How We Protect Our Future
In the U.S., all eligible voters, from people voting in their home language to naturalized citizens voting for the first time, have the right to make their voice heard in the decisions that impact their lives. Today, it is more important than ever to protect and exercise your rights at the ballot box as we face the largest coordinated effort to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
As we prepare to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, join us at Latinos on the Move for an important discussion about voting rights; what it took to ensure all citizens could participate in civic life, and why showing up together, in numbers too large to ignore, is how we protect our power to choose.
Meet our Panelists
Sean Morales-Doyle, Senior Director, Voting Rights & Elections, Brennan Center for Justice
Sean is the senior director of the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program and was previously a shareholder at a Chicago civil rights law firm and an assistant attorney general for Illinois. He leads the Brennan Center’s efforts to protect voting rights nationwide through policy research, legislative advocacy, litigation, and communications, and has testified before Congress and state legislatures and advised on numerous successful campaigns to pass pro-voter legislation. Sean earned his B.A. and J.D. from Northwestern University.
Rebecca Glenberg, Chief Litigation Counsel: First Amendment, ACLU of Illinois
Rebecca is the chief First Amendment litigator at the ACLU of Illinois and was previously the legal director at the ACLU of Virginia. For over 25 years, she has worked to promote and defend free speech, religious liberty, voting rights, privacy rights, immigrants’ rights, LGBTQ+ rights and other civil rights and civil liberties. Most recently, Rebecca was part of the legal team that represented three Illinois voters and member organizations in U.S. v. Matthews, a successful lawsuit to protect sensitive, registered voter data from the U.S. Department of Justice. Rebecca received her J.D. in 1997 from the University of Chicago Law School.
Want to support Illinois’ premier Latino advocacy organization by sponsoring Latinos on the Move? Contact Lorena Levy-Alonso at [email protected].
