Last updated on:
8/11/2014 |
Author: ProCon.org
Ludovic J. Blain, II Biography
- Title:
- Director of the Color of Democracy Fund and the Progressive Era Project
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should People Who Have Completed Felony Sentences Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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“And all American citizens, regardless of whether they are on probation or parole, should have a right to vote and then be strongly encouraged to exercise it.”
“ACLU-New Jersey Study Reveals Faulty Administration of Voter Disfranchisement Laws; Thousands Denied Right to Vote,” Demos Press release, May 9, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Director, Color of Democracy Fund and the Progressive Era Project, Sep. 2009-present
- Program Manager, Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Insight Center, Jan. 2009-Sep. 2009
- Director, StopDogWhistleRacism.com, The Center for Social Inclusion, June 2008-Dec. 2008
- National Campaign Coordinator, Equal Voice for America’s Families, Marguerite Casey Foundation, July 2007-May 2008
- Organization Services Director, New Progressive Coalition, June 2006-May 2007
- Associate Director of the Democracy Program, Demos, 2001-2006
- Former National Development Director and Founding Director (of the East Coast office) of We INTERRUPT This Message, an anti-racist media training and strategy center, 1999-2001
- Activist and Board Member, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), 1990-1999
- Legislative Intern, NYPIRG, 1989-1990
- Co-founder, Progressive Communicators Network
- Co-founder, Northeast Environmental Justice Network
- Co-founder, East New York United Front
- Co-founder, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
- Board Member, Fannie Lou Hamer Project
- Board Member, NYPIRG Fund
- Board Member, Independent Media Institute
- Board Member, Right to Vote Campaign
- Education:
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- BA, City College of New York (CCNY), 1995
- Other:
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- Organized first Southeast Felon Voting Conference, 2002
- US representative to the Youth Preparatory Conference in Costa Rica, 1992
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