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Human Rights Watch Los Angeles Film Club \u0026nbsp;\u2013 which is inviting the public to view \u003Cem\u003ESlay the Dragon\u003C\/em\u003E online \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/donate.hrw.org\/page\/59283\/event\/1\u0022\u003Efor free\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 is hosting a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/xcsvdcqx\u0022\u003Evirtual Q\u0026amp;A\u003C\/a\u003E Sunday at 6pm PST\/9pm EDT featuring the documentary\u2019s protagonist, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thepeople.org\/our-team\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe People\u003C\/a\u003E Executive Director Katie Fahey, along with leading voices from Human Rights Watch and the NAACP. The discussion on voting rights in the 2020 elections comes as the United States grapples with how to make voting fair and accessible in the era of Covid-19.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E18 states \u2014 including Michigan, Utah, and Colorado \u2014 have taken action to end gerrymandering. Yours can too. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SlaytheDragon?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#SlaytheDragon\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/knh9mFjQTv\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/knh9mFjQTv\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 Slay the Dragon (@slaythedragon) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/slaythedragon\/status\/1260628409706639360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EMay 13, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGerrymandering is complex in its history and approach, but \u003Cem\u003ESlay the Dragon\u003C\/em\u003E deftly illuminates increasingly brazen efforts to manipulate US elections. State legislatures engaged in gerrymandering rig the system by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2019\/06\/27\/what-is-gerrymandering-why-is-it-problematic\/\u0022\u003Eredrawing district maps\u003C\/a\u003E in twisted ways, often with the aid of new mapmaking software. With voters of the rival party now squeezed and consolidated into these new districts, the party behind the redistricting increases its chances of winning elections even if it loses the popular vote.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EExtreme partisan gerrymandering has infected our electoral process for far too long. Our democracy should represent the will of the people and must not be reduced to a political charade. Voters should choose their representatives instead of representatives choosing their voters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 NAACP (@NAACP) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAACP\/status\/1144258175673262081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 27, 2019\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMichigan is known to have one of the most manipulatively drawn electoral maps in the country, which as the film explains, played a role in the deadly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/05\/02\/author-what-partisan-gerrymandering-has-cost-michigan\/3630232002\/\u0022\u003EFlint water crisis\u003C\/a\u003E. The documentary follows Katie Fahey, an everyday Millennial who goes on to lead an enormously successful anti-gerrymandering campaign that puts the power back in the hands of voters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFahey will be joined at Sunday\u2019s virtual event by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/naacp.org\/jamal-watkins\/\u0022\u003EJamal Watkins\u003C\/a\u003E, vice president of civic engagement at the NAACP, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/about\/people\/dreisen-heath\u0022\u003EDreisen Heath\u003C\/a\u003E, advocacy officer at Human Rights Watch, and Gerry Johnson, editor and senior strategist at Human Rights Watch.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003ESlay the Dragon\u003C\/em\u003E is available for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/donate.hrw.org\/page\/59283\/event\/1\u0022\u003Efree viewing\u003C\/a\u003E through May 17. 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