With the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to vote march in DC as well as the presidential election coming up, we are encouraging you to register to vote! There are many hot topics on the table for this election concerning women and women’s rights, so make sure you make your voice heard. Topics range from discussions of government funding for planned parenthood to outlawing abortion to a federal mandate on health insurance companies to cover birth control. For more information on the election, check out masonvotes.gmu.edu.
Mason is also featuring four scholars for Fall for the Book who will offer in-depth perspectives on the issues facing both presidential candidates Obama and Romney: David Maraniss, author of the new biography of the president, Barack Obama: The Story; Scott Keeter, director of survey research at the Pew Research Center and co-author of A New Engagement? Political Participation, Civic Life, and the Changing American Citizen; Linda Killian, journalist, senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and author of The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents; and Elizabeth Price Foley, professor of constitutional law at Florida International University College of Law and author of The Tea Party: Three Principles. Sponsored by Gale Cengage.
The event is free and open to the public and will be held on the Mason Fairfax Campus on Friday September 28, at 1:30 in Research Hall Room 163.
September 20, 2012