LCCR President Discusses D.C. Voting Rights with D.C. Residents at Town Hall Meeting
March 20, 2009 - Posted by Tyler Lewis
Rasi Caprice, a D.C.-based hip-hop artist, performs "Free D.C." at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. town hall meeting on March 19, 2009.
Last night, Wade Henderson, president and CEO of LCCR, participated in a Historical Society of Washington, D.C., town hall meeting on the history of voting rights and the lack of voting rights for D.C. residents.
Town hall meetings provide local residents an opportunity to discuss important issues that affect their community with elected leaders and other influential people. Henderson spoke about the importance of the D.C. House Voting Rights Act, which would give D.C. residents a full-voting member in the House of Representatives for the first time.
"Voting is the language of our democracy. Without it, the citizens of the District of Columbia are the silent voice in the wilderness, spectators to democracy, right in the literal shadow of the very governing institutions that serve as a shining beacon to the rest of the world," said Henderson.
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