How Can I Help?

Help Save Democracy with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

October 26, 2022 Caitlin McHugh Stamos Season 1
How Can I Help?
Help Save Democracy with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
Show Notes

This special episode we welcome back voting rights activist, podcaster and documentary filmmaker Kim Moffat, and founder of Vote Mama Foundation and Vote Mama Lobby Liuba Grechen Shirley. 

The three of us  have an inspiring conversation about saving our democracy with Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is running for reelection.  Secretary Benson is a graduate of Wellesley College, Harvard Law School and Oxford University.  She is an expert on laws covering civil rights, education and elections. She is the former dean of Wayne State University Law School, where during her tenure it became a top-100 accredited law school. She is one of the youngest women ever to be inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.

A nationally recognized expert in election law, Secretary Benson is the author of Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process, a book on the role secretaries play in defending democracy. Prior to her election, she served as CEO and president of a national nonprofit that used the unifying power of sports to improve race relations.

She is a recipient of the 2022 Profile in Courage award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, the Defenders of Democracy award from the Center for Election Innovation and Research and most recently, was is serving in a leadership position with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), the nation’s oldest, nonpartisan professional organization for public officials. 

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