Event Details
When:
-
Location:
Online: Zoom
In-Person:
Fairhaven Auditorium
Fairhaven College Main Building
Price:
Free
Brought to you by:
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, The Ray Wolpow Institute, History Department, The Foundation for WWU & Alumni
Featured Speaker
- Jennifer Frost, Associate Professor
Description
It took a youth franchise movement to win the right to vote for young Americans, achieved with the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution. This story can inform movements for political change today, including the current global effort to lower the voting age to age 16.
The World Issues Forum series is free and open to the public. Talks are held at 12:00pm in Fairhaven College Auditorium, on the top floor of the Fairhaven College main building to the rear (east) side. If you enter from the west entrance (halfway between the second and third floor facing parking lot 12A), take the half-flight of stairs to the left and continue to east side of the building from there. You'll see the door to the auditorium a little to your left.
Join us at WWU or online on Zoom!
World Forum Issues updates are available online.
The views expressed in the World Issues Forum do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.
Jennifer Frost, Speaker
Jennifer Frost teaches US history at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and is the author of "Let Us Vote!" Youth Voting Rights & the 26th Amendment.
Questions and Accommodations
- Your point of contact for this event is Fairhaven College. Call (360) 650-6680 or visit the World Issues Forum website.
- Advance notice for disability accommodations and special needs is appreciated. Please mention your needs when registering.
- There will be auto-captions for the Zoom webinar.
Visitor Parking at WWU on Weekdays
- Mon-Fri, 7:00am-4:30pm: limited paid parking is available at the south C lots and north 6V and 7G lots.
- Purchase your permit at the lot pay stations or use the Parkmobile app.
- More parking details for campus visitors are available online.
Parking at WWU on Weekdays for Visitors with Disabilities
- Mon-Fri, 7:00am-4:30pm: both a WWU permit and state disability placard are needed.
- Purchase your permit at the pay stations in lot C or 6V or use the Parkmobile app (use Zone 1200). This allows parking in any disability space. If these are full, you can use a non-reserved space nearby.
- More parking details for campus visitors with disabilities are available online.