Wednesday, October 16 · 7 - 9pm EDT - Online
Saving Democracy in the Short- and Long-Term
Part of the Let's Talk Series collection
note: this event is included on the calendar because our politics have led to the genocide occurring in Gaza and they must change
Speaker: David Pepper, Lawyer, Writer, Political Activist, Former Elected Official and Adjunct Professor
By Dock C. Bracy Center Inc.
Agenda
Welcome, Context Setting, Brief Introductions - Paul S. Bracy
Saving Democracy in the Short- and Long-Term - David Pepper
Q&A with participants
Closing - Paul S. Bracy
Every presidential cycle, the narrative is the same. This Presidential election is the key to saving democracy. Four years later, the same narrative repeats, but of late, democracy never feels any safer.
David Pepper has written two books explaining the deeper battle against democracy that has been playing out for decades, damaging key safeguards for democracy at levels and in places that are too often overlooked. Once you understand that that is the true front line in the battle for democracy, the need to have a broader and deeper battle to save democracy--beyond even presidential and US Senate elections--becomes paramount. Pepper will walk through that deeper strategy.
David Pepper, Lawyer, Writer, Political Activist, Former Elected Official, Adjunct Professor, and Senior Fellow, Kettering Foundation. He also served as the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party between 2015 and 2021.
His recent non-fiction works dissect the attack on democracy taking place in states like Ohio, and guide everyday citizens on steps they can take to lift democracy. Pepper’s book Laboratories of Autocracy (St. Helena Press 2021) has been called “arguably the most important” recent book on American democracy by Salon Magazine, and his follow-up book Saving Democracy: A User’s Manual (2023) has been widely praised and featured on MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN and other networks.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, David is a fifth-generation Cincinnatian. David earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and later earned his J.D. from Yale Law School.
Before the Event
Although not required to attend this event, we suggest reading Laboratories of Autocracy (St. Helena Press 2021) and Saving Democracy (St. Helena Press 2023) and purchasing it from a black-owned bookstore.
All registered participants will have access to a brief pre-event survey that allows questions to be submitted to our speaker.
During the Event
This is a webinar style event. All registered participants will have the opportunity to submit questions to our speaker. Questions will be screened and asked, given the time allowed.
After the Event
All registered participants will receive a post-event email including a survey and additional resources. A recording of the event will be publicly available on the Dock C. Bracy Center for Human Reconciliation website, in the days following our event.
To register and for additional speaker bio: (donation requested but not required) Saving Democracy in the Short- and Long-Term Tickets, Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite