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Viewpoints London Conference Beyond Voting: Civic Education and Political Engagement
Viewpoints London Conference Beyond Voting: Civic Education and Political Engagement | London Conference Beyond Voting: Civic Education and Political Engagement |
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| Thursday, 22 June 2006 | |
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10.00am Registration 10.30am Welcome and Introduction 10.40am Setting Up the Agenda A Look At How The Chinese Community Is Portrayed And Why We Should Care Councillor Edmond Yeo, Conference Chair 10.50am Opening Speech Voter Education And Civic Participation Elections Minister Bridget Prentice MP 11.00pm Why Involving And How To Involve? Kam Lee, Chair of Chinese Conservative (To Be Confirmed) 11.10am Involve In Politics And Making Chinese Votes Count Ashton McGregor, Chinese Labour (To be Confirmed) 11.20am The Lack Of Political Engagement Amongst Second Generation Chinese Steve Lau, Chair of The Chinese in Britain Forum 11.30am Panel Discussion 11.50am Next Step Forward 12.00noon Conference End and Networking Lunch 1.00pm Close Why In a democracy electoral voting is generally seen as the classic or traditional type of participation in the political process. Indeed, many people do exercise their right to vote. However, voter turnout has decreased over the years. Levels of non-registration are particularly high amongst certain population group such as Black Africans, British Chinese and young generation. * Why don’t Chinese vote? * Why don’t the younger generation vote? * How to promote civic participation and encourage political engagement? * Beyond voting, any other ways of involvement? * How to raise the political awareness amongst the Chinese in Britain? Who This conference provides an opportunity for members of the public especially the leaders and representatives from the Chinese community in UK to discuss future action and approach on increase electoral registration and promote the civic education and engagement. It also aims to raise political awareness amongst the Chinese community in Britain. We aim to bring together key stakeholders to share their views and address the issues of promoting more engagement, more involvement, registered and vote, making Chinese votes counts. Venue Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG How to register Web Complete the registration form at www.chinesevote.org.uk Email Send your name, job title, organisation, address, telephone number and any special requirements to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Deadline to register Friday, 23rd June 2006 |
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