Senate State Government Committee
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | 10:00 a.m.
Temple University
Student Faculty Center, 4th Floor Auditorium
3340 North Broad Street, Philadelphia 19140
Public hearing on congressional reapportionment
10:00 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Remarks: Senator Argall and Senator Street
10:10 a.m. – “Communities of Interest”
- Professor Tom Brunnell, University of Texas at Dallas
- Cathy Hicks, President, Philadelphia Branch NAACP
- Will González, Executive Director, Ceiba – Testimony
- Danny Cortés, Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff, Esperanza
10:45 a.m. – Differential Privacy – Wendy Underhill, Director, Elections & Redistricting Program, National Conference of State Legislatures – Testimony
11:15 a.m. – Citizen Participation in Congressional Reapportionment
- Khalif Ali, Executive Director, Common Cause of Pennsylvania – Testimony
- David Thornburgh, President and CEO, Committee of Seventy – Testimony
11:45 a.m.: Closing Remarks: Senator Argall and Senator Street
12:00 p.m.: Adjournment
Additional Testimony:
Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity – Testimony
Sanford L. Hartman – Testimony
Rachel Sorokin Goff MD – Testimony
Ruth Yeiser – Testimony