Republic of Corruption Citizen's Forum
Channel: MarchOnHarrisburg
Date: 02/06/2018

Issues discussed:

-Voter Enfranchisement
-Gerrymandering
-Corporate Personhood
-Money in Politics
-Government Dysfunction
-Representative Democracy
-Income Inequality

PANELIST BIOS

LAWRENCE LESSIG
Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Prior to returning to Harvard, he taught at Stanford Law School, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago.

Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons. He serves on the Scientific Board of AXA Research Fund. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Association, he has received numerous awards, including a Webby, the Free Software Foundation's Freedom Award, Scientific American 50 Award, and Fastcase 50 Award.

Cited by The New Yorker as “the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era,” Lessig has focused much of his career on law and technology, especially as it affects copyright. His current work addresses “institutional corruption”—relationships which, while legal, weaken public trust in an institution—especially as that affects democracy. 

His books include: Republic, Lost v2 (2015), Republic, Lost (2012), Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (2009), Code v2 (2006), The Future of Ideas (2001), and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (2000).

Lessig holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge University, and a JD from Yale.

MICHAEL POLLACK
Michael Pollack is a rabbi and serves as the Executive Director of March on Harrisburg, a nonpartisan group in Pennsylvania dedicated to healing our wounded democracy and restoring trust to the republic. March on Harrisburg works to pass pro-democracy, anti-corruption laws at the state level to end gerrymandering, ban unlimited gifts to State Legislators and create automatic voter registration. Michael graduated from the Reconstructionist Rabbinacal College in Philadelphia in June of 2017. http://www.marchonharrisburg.org

ADAM EICHEN
Co-author with Francis Moore Lappe of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want.

Co-Sponsors: Represent Pennsylvania and Clean Money Squad PA.