{"id":137583,"date":"2024-03-09T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T16:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=137583"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T22:09:00","slug":"university-of-mississippi-summit-focuses-on-voter-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/university-of-mississippi-summit-focuses-on-voter-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Mississippi Summit Focuses on Voter Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Weeklong event includes discussions, tours and voter registration<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The University of Mississippi<\/strong> will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Summer Project<\/strong> in Mississippi <\/strong>during the 2024 annual Voting Summit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheduled for March 19-23, 2024, the event will focus on examining history and registering new voters. Activities include screenings, panel discussions and voter registration drives for UM students, staff, faculty and community members. Admission is free, but participants must register to attend some events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re quite excited about our schedule of events,” said William Teer<\/strong>, assistant director of student leadership programs in the UM Center for Community Engagement. “Our team has been working hard organizing this year’s voting summit, which is thematically tied to the 60th anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Freedom Summer” was a tumultuous time in American civil and voting rights history. Hundreds of volunteers, most of them college students, organized in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 to increase awareness and voter registration in the African American community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In the face of violence, even death, these young people fought for greater access to the ballot for all Americans,” Teer said. “Now, 60 years later, we look to the past to better understand our present and how we can all learn from the important legacy of Freedom Summer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events scheduled include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n