For many young people, this may be your first election, and for others, you may be having conversations with friends and family of age to vote. Whether or not you are of voting age, it is important to understand the history of voting in the U.S. and what your vote means. Join law professor Frank Deale for a quick history on voting and voting rights, but more importantly, for an open conversation to answer your burning questions about voting. 

Registration Required: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIuceusrDojHtGkpzNtGzXPyHGpbybSrLRR 

This program is geared towards teens & young adults and brought to you in collaboration between the Maplewood Memorial Library & the South Orange Public Library

Frank Deale is Professor of Law at Cuny Law School. He received a B.A. from Antioch College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has taught on the faculty of Rutgers Law School, Newark, and for 14 years was a member of the staff of the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he served successively as staff attorney, Associate Legal Director, and Legal Director. He has published articles in the New York University Review of Law and Social Change, New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, Socialist Review, International Policy Review, and in books and articles dealing with voting rights, employment discrimination and international labor rights, including human rights, labor rights, and international trade. He received the Jack Wasserman Memorial Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Carol King Award of the National Lawyers Guild Immigration Project, the Certificate of Honor from the City and County Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, all for his work on cases of public significance. His Howard Law Review article, “The Unhappy History of Economic Rights in the United States and Prospects for Their Creation and Renewal,” reflects his ongoing concern with social and economic rights. He received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the CUNY School of Law graduating class of 1995 and the Outstanding Professor Award by the graduating class of 2007 and teaches courses in Voting Rights, Constitutional Law, and Civil Procedure. 

This program is in collaboration with the South Orange Public Library.