Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Participants of the Dec 14, 1984 Voter Registration Conference

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January 18, 1985

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Participants of the Dec 14, 1984 Voter Registration Conference, 1985. 3500e08b-e892-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/22bb0131-7ab1-47dd-8e49-b75b8c1cd0f1/correspondence-from-lani-guinier-to-participants-of-the-dec-14-1984-voter-registration-conference. Accessed May 15, 2025.

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC.

99 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10013o (2121219-1900

January 18, 1985

Dear Friend:

Thank you for participating in the December L4, 1984 Voter
Registration Conference. For those of you who were unable
to attendr w€ appreciate your interest in working with us.
Enclosed with this letter is the revised list of conference
partj-cipants. Also included are people who, though u.nable
to attend the conference, expressed an interest in remain-
ing on a mailing list. If you have additional names to
suggest or if you know of people inadvertently exc}uded,
please 1et me know.

As a result of the conference, we have established three
steering committees to follow up on ideas and programs for
eliminating barriers to voter registration. The committees
are (1) a lega1 steering committee to share litigation strat,-
egies i (21 a legislative task force to review and, propose
legislation, and to recommend appropriate courses of action
at the national level; and (3) a research and education com-
mittee to explore and study proof problems posed by iitioation,
prepare expert testimony, develop a pool of sociaf scier,ce
experts in registratj-on and voting rights, encourage research
and writing on the subject, and maintain a data bank of reg-
istration information. The steering committees ra,'ill be meeting
several times over the next six months. A list of proposed
mernbers is attached. If you are interested in joining a
specific committee and. your name is not on the iist, please
co;tact me or, for the legislative +-ask force, Ralph Neas.
Only those persons on the committee membership list will be
notified of committee meeti-ngs.

We are preparing an annotated bibliography of articles and
publications relating to voter registration. If you have
anything to add or wou1d, Iike to receive a copy, pLease 1et
me know.

We hope to convene again as a group later in the year to assess
our progress. Please keep us informed in the interim of any

Contributions are deductible for U.S. income tar pr{ rpo.se.s

The NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIoNAL FUND is not part ol the National Association lor the Advancement oJ Colored People although it
was lounded by it and shares its commitment to equal rights. LDF has had for over 25 years a separate Board, prog ram, stafJ, ofJice and budget.

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Enclosure

LEGAL STEERING COMMITTEE:

Lani Guinier
Eric Schnapper
Penda Hair
Ron Ellis
JoeI Berger
Judith Reed
Arthur Eisenberg
Roger Evans
Richard Brifault
Juan Cartageno

Paul Chevigny

RESEARCH A}ID EDUCATION COMI{ITTEE:

Steven Rosenstone
Sherrill Ismail
Ira Glasser
Ethel Klein
Tom Cavanaugh
Curtis Gans
Eric Lindblum
Donna Gloeckner
Charles Hamilton
Sonia Jarvis

LEGISI,ATIVE TASK FORCE:

Ralph Neas ((2o2) 667-1780)
Hulbert James
Jeffrey N. Drummond

Karen Czapanskiy
Les Golden
Cynthia Hill
Pat Hanrahan
Lucas Guttentag
Suzanne Lynn
Burt Neuborne
Shirley Wilcher
Joan Washington
Cynthia Williams

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