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Jonnell Robinson quoted in Utica Observer-Dispatch article on civic engagement
"All of those barriers with voting are going to be compounded in an area where you have a high density of people who experience the gamut of barriers that there are with voting: language, transportation, awareness, understanding," says Jonnell Robinson, associate professor of geography, about voter disenfranchisement in Black communities and other communities of color.
See related: Black, New York State
Jonnell Robinson discusses Utica's centralized poverty in Utica Observer-Dispatch
Jonnell Robinson, associate professor of geography and director of community geography, was interviewed for the Utica Observer-Dispatch article, and discussed how the social service delivery system has created dense, vulnerable populations in some areas, while proposing solutions to this issue
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Reeher weighs in on NY's constitutional convention vote in Utica Observer-Dispatch
"Voting ‘yes’ on this particular ballot initiative does not mean there’s going to be a new Constitution," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. "It means you’re setting the process in motion to rewrite the Constitution."