Zika Virus, Youth Voter Turnout & Automatic Voter Registration with Michele Jawando

Published: May 27, 2016, 4:09 a.m.

Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show during this hour as well as each Thursday from 3-4pm est. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Previously, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.

Here are the guests Michele interviewed along with the topics they discussed.

1. Jamila Taylor, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress and Dr. Manisha Sharma, a "Doctors For America" leader and a family medicine physician in Baltimore.

Michele, Jamila and Dr. Sharma discuss the Zika virus, and its reproductive and maternal health implications.

Jamila's Twitter handle is @drtaylor09 and Dr. Sharma's is @dr_msharma.

2. Devon Reid, Voting Rights Organizer at Chicago Votes and Layla Zaidane, Managing Director at Generation Progress.

Michele, Devon and Layla discuss youth voter turnout and automatic voter registration.

Devon's Twitter handle for his organization is @ChicagoVotes and Layla's handle is @layla_says.

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.