Staff reports | With Democrats selling out of tickets in just five minutes to a Nov. 6 presidential forum at Winthrop University, they’ve come up another way for people to be heard: a town hall meeting on the same afternoon.
The DNC Southern Caucus will hold its first of what it expects to be a series of town hall meetings offered during the 2016 presidential primary cycle. The topic the Nov. 6 event is: “The New South: Shifting Cultural Norms.”
S.C. Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, the Orangeburg Democrat who chairs the caucus, said the discussion will focus on the increasing political importance of the South in terms of “shifting attitudes toward race and equality; the environment; the growth and inclusion of Latino communities; and, the next generation of leaders.”
Those scheduled to attend include:
- The Rev. William Barber, organizer of North Carolina’s Moral Monday movement;
- The Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta;
- Laura Cahue, a member of Somos S.C. and Young Immigrants in Action;
- Columbia attorney Nekki Shutt; and
- Louis Elrod, president of Young Democrats of America.
The town hall will be held 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in Dina’s Place auditorium in the Winthrop student center, 701 Oakland Ave., Rock Hill. The event is open, but you are encouraged to register online here. About 200 people are expected.
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