Both Sides of the Bars Promo: Voting and Civic Engagement

With the presidential election coming up this November, it's important for everyone to get out and vote. However, not every American adult is able to exercise that right to vote. In the U.S., approximately 5.8 million citizens are unable to vote because of a felony conviction.   

This Sunday on The Fortune Society's "Both Sides of the Bars;" host Ronald Day sits down with Joseph "Jazz" Hayden and Tomas Lopez to discuss why formerly incarcerated people should be allowed to vote and what's being done to eliminate felony disenfranchisement laws.

Joseph “Jazz” Hayden, Director at Campaign to End the New Jim Crow and Founder/CEO at STILL Here, Harlem Productions, Inc. Jazz is an activist and community organizer dedicated to ending mass incarceration.

Tomas Lopez Counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where his work focuses on voting rights and elections. He has also worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project and the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law.

Tune in on Sunday, May 1 at 7:30 pm on MNN1 (TWC 34 & 1995, RCN 82, FiOS 33 or streaming live) and MNN’s new HD Community Channel (TWC 1993 or streaming live).