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WPFW Elections Supervisor Replacement Announcement
12/16/03
Terry Bouricius,
the National Elections Supervisor for the Pacifica Foundation,
announced today that Rashad Robinson has been appointed to
take over as the Local Election Supervisor for the WPFW station
board. Eric Swalwell, a law student, will continue to assist
in the preparations for the elections. Rashad is currently
the National Field Director at the Center for Voting and Democracy.
He is a voting systems expert who has worked promoting minority
voting rights, and is well versed in the details of then method
of proportional representation being used in the WPFW elections.
Rashad’s work at the Center for Voting and Democracy
entails developing training materials, organizing field activities
and communications activities, and building and supporting
the Centers coalition work. He frequently gives presentations,
workshops and sits on panels at civil rights, pro-democracy
and student/youth conferences. An experienced organizer and
advocate, Rashad has mobilized people to engage and reform
their educational and political institutions. Prior to joining
the Center for Voting and Democracy, he worked with the Education
Trust organizing high school and college students around issues
of educational equity.
Since joining the Center, he has testified in front of Charter
Review commissions, appeared on radio programs, served as
the lead organizer of the National Claim Democracy Conference
as well as several regional “Train the Trainer”
workshops and events. He has been a frequent media source
for electoral reform, civil rights and youth issues, and has
been quoted in over 45 media outlets nationwide, including
The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Miami Herald,
and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. His opinion writings
have appeared on numerous Internet media sites as well as
print publications such as The Los Angeles Times.
Rashad Robinson’s contact information is as follows:
E-mail rashadny@yahoo.com
(Work) 301 270 4616
The mailing address for all elections-related matters will
remain the same:
WPFW Elections Supervisor
PO BOX 45
College Park, MD 20741
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