ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF CANDIDATE FORUM

4930 Washington Avenue,New Orleans LA 70125

26 August, 2021

Description

Voters Organized to Educate will be hosting a 'Sheriff's Candidate Forum' and will be carried live on our Facebook and Instagram accounts! Voters Organized to Educate will be hosting a 'Sheriff's Candidate Forum' and will be carried live on Voters Organized Facebook and Instagram account(s). Four candidates have confirmed their attendance (Quentin Brown, Janet Hays, Susan Hutson, Christopher Williams). Incumbent Marlin Gusman is invited, although he has not confirmed his attendance. COVID precautions will be taken in compliance with Orleans Parish regulations, presenting proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test within 72 hours for entry into the forum. Mask are required indoors. Only 60 people will be admitted. Media wishing to attend should RSVP via the contacts below. Community members may submit candidate questions ahead of the forum for consideration at: [email protected] In-person attendees will be invited to submit additional questions at the forum. Voters Organized to Educate is a New Orleans based non-profit led by formerly incarcerated people focused on advocacy for voting rights, criminal justice reform, and mobilizing voters to the polls. In 2019, we hosted Justice Votes, a presidential candidate forum held inside Eastern State Penitentiary; among attendees were (now) Vice President Kamala Harris. Our organization worked with Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), our sister organization, to win voting rights for people on probation and on long-term parole while also helping to end the non-unanimous jury system in Louisiana. In 2021, we changed the law that barred people convicted of felonies from serving on juries.