The panel features authors of the book Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses (November, 2025) which explores the 26th Amendment and the intersection of youth and race in the battle for the franchise, and how students, faculty and institutions, in partnership with non-profits, can promote democracy. The book centers on case studies of four US institutions—Tuskegee, Prairie View A&M, North Carolina A&T, and Bard, which offer unique insights into the contributions of college communities to the right to vote in the United States. The book offers lessons in the fight to promote and defend democracy and is being released in print and as a free open access educational resource.