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Joe Madison, Karen Hunter and Sway Calloway at Morehouse voter town hall

Sway Calloway will join Joe Madison and Karen Hunter at Morehouse College
Sway Calloway will join Joe Madison and Karen Hunter at Morehouse College
By Shelia Poole
April 10, 2018

Sirius XM's  Karen Hunter, Joe Madison, "The Black Eagle," and Sway Calloway will participate in a town hall with students at Morehouse College Thursday to discuss voting rights and voter registration among millennials.

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The free event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sale Hall, 830 Westview Dr. S.W.

Karen Hunter will moderate a panel on voter rights and registration at Morehouse College
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The panel will be moderated by Hunter, host of the popular Karen Hunter Show.

The event is on a first-come basis.

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Efforts to engage young people have risen dramatically since the 2016 elections.

ExploreRelated: Millennial voters see 2016 as a bad joke

According to the Pew Research Center, millennials and Generation Xers cast 69.6 million votes in the 2016 general election.

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Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.

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