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GHM After Hours: Gerrymander Madness

April 6, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

FREE PROGRAM

It’s a night of fun and games plus serious Expert Takes around gerrymandering in NC. Discover what’s behind electoral redistricting with experts from across the state. Try your hand at our Gerrymander Madness VR experience and enjoy a live onstage game show. Plus, live jazz duo from UNCG Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program, adult beverages for sale from Little Brother Brewing, and much much more!

5:30 pm Social time! Beer available for purchase, live jazz duo, VR experience, retro 3-D glasses

6:30 pm Expert Takes panel: What is happening with electoral redistricting in NC, and what we can all do about it.

Featuring Tyler Daye, Policy and Civic Engagement Manager for Common Cause NC; J. Michael Bitzer, Chair of Political Science at Catawba College and author of the book Redistricting and Gerrymandering in North Carolina: Battle Lines in the Tar Heel State; and Jim Clotfelter, UNCG Vice Chancellor Emeritus & Professor of Political Science Emeritus. Moderated by Robby Hassell, Regional Judicial Outreach Liaison · ABA Judicial Division

8:00 pm Gameshow Madness live in the auditorium

NC Democracy: Eleven Elections exhibition and Democracy Games in Connection Point open throughout the evening.

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Want even more…?

Buy a ticket for the Premium Pre-Madness Dinner in Welcome to the Gate City, starting at 5 pm! 

Park early. Enjoy a special buffet dinner and wine. Meet our experts. Get reserved auditorium seating for the Expert Takes panel and a madness goody bag.

$50 person or $410 for a reserved table for 8. Reserve and purchase online

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Or call 336-373-2306 for more information.

Details

Date:
April 6, 2023
Time:
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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