Unrig the System Summit: make political corruption illegal with represent.us
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Represent.us wants to fix corruption in the political system and they have a long-term and solution-oriented plan to do so.
From February 2nd through February 4th, represent.us is hosting its first Unrig the System Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana to bring together policy wonks, journalists, entertainers, politicians, activists, organizers, academics, and concerned citizens across partisan and ideological lines to work through concrete solutions with a goal of making political corruption illegal in the U.S. political system.
Westley Bayas III- a New Orleans born and based civic and community consultant- joined WTUL in the studio to talk about why working to reform democracy matters (especially here at home in Louisiana); the local represent.us chapters across the nation that are fighting corruption in real-time through local and state initiatives; and how you can be part of the solution.
Registration is still open for students and locals in New Orleans. To learn more about represent.us and sign up for the Unrig the System Summit, you can go to represent.us and unrigsummit.com.
Students can register with the promo code suss218 for $20 and locals can register with the promo code nola218 for $50. The summit will take place at Tulane University’s Lavin-Bernick Center from February 2nd-February 4th. Topics for the action-packed summit include the future of: money in politics, gerrymandering, Citizen's United, voting reform, transparency, and more.