The
Museum of Television & Radio Presents:
"MTV's
Choose or Lose and the Campaign for the Youth Vote"
(Originally listed as "Rock the Voter:
MTV and the Campaign for the Youth Vote")
Watch
it live on CCCSAT!
Broadcast
date: Thursday, September 30, 2004
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Channel: CCCSAT Channel 90
Although
this event is being presented free of charge, please register
with CCCSAT if you plan on participating.
(It
will take less than one minute!)
.....With
less than half of voters between the ages of eighteen and
twenty-four going to the polls for the 2000 presidential race,
increasing young voter turnout has been the focus of many
nonpartisan groups concerned about the health of American
democracy. In 1992 MTV spearheaded an effort to increase civic
engagement and voter turnout with its ongoing Choose or Lose
campaign. The network continues to inform young voters about
the political process by working with voter awareness groups
both seasoned (Rock the Vote and Youth Vote Coalition) and
new (Declare Yourself and New Voters Project).
This
seminar, on the evening of the first presidential debate,
will survey the history of the youth vote, examine the issues
young people are concerned about, and assess whether voter-mobilization
efforts have been successful.
Panel:
-
Matt Catapano, Director, MTV Research & Planning
-
Rosario Dawson, Actress; Cofounder Voto Latino
-
Alexis McGill, Director, Citizen Change
- Additional
panelists to be announced.
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