We must fight voter suppression if we hope to break down the remaining systems of oppression.
2 min - How we got here - a brief history of how voter suppression has evolved over the past 150 years with emphasis on the role Florida has played.
2 min - The local fallout from the last election cycle and the tactics likely to be employed in the upcoming election cycle to suppress the vote in Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
3 min - What we can do to resist the voter suppression methods that are likely to be employed.
2 min - How our community will improve with more economic opportunity and equal justice as our voter participation increases. Joevahn is a former Army Captain who works as a technologist for a global company. He consults government agencies as they transform their operations by integrating digital technologies. Joevahn is also an activist who is passionate about increasing voter participation in communities of color. He completed the computer science engineering track at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Executive MBA program at Villanova University. While deployed to Iraq and assigned as an embedded adviser with the Iraqi Army, Joevahn advised government officials on security issues as they prepared for their elections. His business experience includes six years in operations management roles with three Fortune 500 companies and he spent two years as an entrepreneur helping small businesses access capital, contracts and mentorship opportunities. Joevahn and his wife, Shannon, have been married for 15 years and have a 11 year old son. They are residents of Broward County. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx