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Thursday October 1 , 2020 from 7 to 8:30 pm EDT Free For Everyone! |
Live Online! Voting to Restore Hope: A Powerful Conversation with Murray Edelman, Ph.D. In this special one-night event, one of the founders of the Radical Faeries will transform your understanding of the power of voting and restore a vision of hope for the power we have together ... |
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In this special one-night event one of the founders of the Radical Faeries will transform your understanding of the power of voting and restore a vision of hope for the power we have together. In an era of cynicism, hopelessness and division, Murray Edelman offers a vision of mutual political empowerment, in which our act of voting becomes an act of reclaiming our voices, deepening our connections with each other, and renewing our faith in what we can create together.
Circle Voting, Murray's vision of collective empowerment, envisions a movement of progressive minded people who care about voting, and want to encourage those in their social circles to vote regularly. They make each election, even with its limited choices, an opportunity to affirm our love, increase our collective power, and pressure the government to better serve the people. Murray will begin our webinar with a presentation of his vision and concrete strategies for reclaiming the power of your vote and your network of support, followed by a brief interview with Hunter Flournoy, the director of Spirit Journeys. Then we will open the floor for you to bring your own struggles, concerns, hopes and questions forward around the current election to Murray for his reflection! Participants are strongly encouraged to join by video and audio, to create a sense of safety, support, and encouragement on the call! |
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Murray Edelman, Ph.D. is a media consultant on elections and polling and currently on the Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University. For 10 years he was in charge of exit polling and election night projections for a pool of ABC,CBS, CNN, FOX,NBC and the Associated Press. He is nationally known for calling Gore the winner in Florida in 2000. (choose episode 2 of the Fiasco series.) He was President of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Human Development. Murray was an early gay activist and inductee in the City of Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame for his role as founder of the gay movement in Chicago in 1969 and for his pioneering research on lesbian and gay voting behavior. He is currently President of the Board for the Naraya Cultural Preservation Council which supports ceremonial work based in the traditions of the Great Basin indigenous people.