Democracy Happy Hour SPECIAL EVENT

Fix Democracy First Democracy Happy Hour SPECIAL EVENT: Remembering January 6th on the 3rd Anniversary

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 5-6:30 pm PT/8-9:30 pm ET Virtual via Zoom

On January 6, 2021 an attack happened not just on the U.S. Capitol building and the attempt to stop the electoral vote, but also on democracy and the rule of law. It’s been three years since that attack. Join us for this special event to discuss the event, what’s happened since, and what might have happened if it was ultimately successful.

• Special Guests Include: Alan Jenkins, Harvard Law School Professor & Author of 1/6: The Graphic Novel, WA State Senator Patty Kuderer, plus other special guests.

About Alan: Alan Jenkins is a law professor, writer, and advocate. He is a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and, most recently, co-writer of 1/6: The Graphic Novel — a four-part comic book series that poses the question, “What if the January 6, 2021 Insurrection had been successful?”

His past positions include President and Co-Founder of the social justice communication lab The Opportunity Agenda, Director of Human Rights at the Ford Foundation, Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and Associate Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

About Senator Kuderer: Washington State Senator Patty Kuderer represents the 48th Legislative District, which covers areas of Redmond, Bellevue, and Kirkland. She represents her constituents as their first female state Senator.

Some the bills she has championed include the Access to Democracy package of bills in 2018 that included Automatic and Same Day Voter Registration, Pre-registration for 16 and 17 year-olds, the WA Voting Rights Act, and the WA Disclose Act. She was also the prime sponsor for the Senate bill to restore voting rights to previously incarcerated persons Senator Kuderer also worked diligently to champion and finally pass legislation this year to eliminate advisory votes from Washington state ballots.