Who will be the electorate in 2020? What voters will be motivated to show up to the polls on Election Day and what will be the implications of the voter suppression actions in the states? Kat Calvin the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and Project ID comes to the front of the class to discuss her efforts to getting communities educated, registered and prepared to vote.

Kat Calvin was named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2018. She is a lawyer, activist, and social entrepreneur. Kat is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and Project ID ~ a national organization that helps Americans obtain the IDs they need for jobs, housing, and life and that also allows them to go to the polls.

Bonus #FirstCivicAction with one of L. Joy’s favorite civically engaged senior citizen Fannie Connor a retired super volunteer with the League of Women Voters (LWV). LWV was founded in 1919 and is a non-partisan group dedicated to promoting informed and active civic participation in government.