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        • National John Lewis
          Voting Rights Advancement
          Day of Action!

          Thanks to all who joined us in Oakland
          to Protect Voting Rights

          May 8, 2021

          The struggle to protect democracy is not over!

          To get involved, check out these organizations:

          Transformative Justice Coalition
          Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD) Coalition
          Scrutineers

          or any of the partner organizations listed below.

           
           
          Photo of four young Black people holding large letters on sticks, reading V-O-T-E. Standing outside a government building,  in front of the Transformative Justice Coalition banner, which is mostly obscured.

          The voting rights of America’s Voters of Color and Youth Voters are under attack nationally by state legislators introducing and passing laws to suppress their participation in elections.

           

          Meanwhile, big business and billionaires are able to spend unlimited amounts of funding to buy our elections.

           

          Join us as we mobilize in the name of John Lewis as part of 100+ events across the nation to pass the For the People Act (H.R. 1), the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4), D.C. Statehood and address the filibuster to do so.

           

          Together, we can build a better nation and a stronger democracy.

          Sign Up
        • THE DAY

          Three Covid-Safe Events. Come to one, two, or all three!
          Please wear a mask covering your nose and mouth.

          These events are non-partisan.

          Photo of reporter with microphone in front of news vans.

          PRESS EVENT/RALLY

          For reporters, bloggers, and community media-makers!

          11:00 - 11:45 AM

          At Malibu Lot at Oakland Arena (see below)

          Celeste Perry, Moderator

          Invocation with soloist Donna Dunwood

          Otis Bruce - Assistant District Attorney, Marin County; Bay Area Social Justice Leader and Founder of OBJ Youth Mentorship Program

          Ge'Nell Gary - Mayor of Albany, CA

          Music and more

          View Press Kit
          Photo of man's arm raising fist in solidarity out of car window

          VOTERCADE

          A Covid-safe car caravan through the neighborhoods. Nonpartisan signs and colorful decorations welcome!

          Votercade will kick off at noon. Come between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM to get in line and decorate your vehicle! You can even print signs from home (courtesy of the Miami, FL votercade)

          Meet at Malibu Lot at Oakland Arena (see below)

          Sign Up for the Votercade
          Image of John Lewis statue being unloaded from truck in Atlanta, Georgia 2021

          CELEBRATION TAILGATE

          1:00 - 2:30 PM

          At Malibu Lot at Oakland Arena (see below)

          • Music, food and socially distanced outdoor fun!
          • Pack a picnic, grab a blanket and bring some lawn chairs.
          • Food cart(s) will also be on site.
          • Limited seating provided for seniors and people with disabilities.
          • Performances by Oakland OriginalZ, Najee Amaranth, Mike Rufo, Lauren Mayer, and Pete Kronowitt
          • More guests to be announced in coming days!
          • Remember to wear a mask!
        • Location for All Three Events

          Malibu Lot at Oakland Arena

          8000 S Coliseum Way

          Oakland, CA 94621

           

          Important: The Malibu Lot has its own gate entrance. Do NOT go to the Main Gate (vaccination site) or South Gate (baseball game). The votercade will start and end at the Malibu Lot.

        • Get the Votercade Playlist

          People in over 100 votercades will be listening to these songs

          Get Playlist and Instructions
        • Graphic image of Statue of Liberty crown with the words, "Majority of Republicans (56%), Majority of Independents (68%), Majority of Democrats (77%), A clear Majority of Americans (67%) Support the For the People Act. Source: http://dfadcoalition.org/poll

          The For The People Act
          Protects Your Voting Rights

          Tell your Senators, "Support S1!"

          Abstract image with the words "Voting should be EASY. For the People Act gives us automatic voter registration when you turn 18, abolishes voter ID laws, expands early voting, restores the right to vote for people with felony convictions, ends partisan gerrymandering, stops voter purges."

          The For The People Act
          Protects Your Voting Rights

          Tell your Senators, "Support S1!"

          The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act protects your voting rights.

          Tell your Representatives, "Support H.R. 4!"

          The Washington D.C. Admission Act would make D.C. a state

          Tell Congress, "Washington, D.C. residents deserve full representation! Support D.C. Statehood!"

          The Senate will not pass voting rights laws until they deal with the Filibuster

          Tell your Senators, "Address the filibuster now!"

          Join us in honoring the late Congressman John Lewis

          Civil rights icon

        • Sponsors and Endorsers

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

          Local Participation:

          Thanks to these organizations for your help putting together the Bay Area Votercade. The ad hoc organizing team appreciates the time, energy and in some cases funds you have contributed:

          Alameda Central Labor Council 🔸 California Federation of Teachers 🔸 Community Change Action 🔸 Gray Panthers of Berkeley and the East Bay, Inc. 🔸 Ella Baker Center 🔸 Equal Justice Society 🔸 Face the Music Collective 🔸 Indivisible East Bay 🔸 Indivisible Piedmont 🔸 Indivisible  SF Peninsula and CA-14 🔸 Latino Marin/North Bay Latinx 🔸 League of Women Voters - Oakland 🔸 Livermore Indivisible 🔸 Scrutineers

           
           

          National Fiscal Sponsors:

          Transformative Justice Coalition 🔸 Public Citizen 🔸 End Citizens United 🔸 Declaration For American Democracy 🔸 Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 🔸 Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund 🔸 Communications Workers of America 🔸 National Election Defense Coalition 🔸 Feminist Majority Foundation 🔸 League of Women Voters 🔸 Common Cause

           

          National Endorsers Include:

          #NoRA

          159 Together

          ABWR

          AKA

          Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)

          Alliance for Climate Education (ACE)

          Able to Vote

          Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

          Epsilon Theta Omega Chapter

          Alpha Kappa Alpha/TLOD/NPHC-Houston

          Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc

          Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

          Inc.Kappa Pi Omega Chapter

          Access Community Health Network

          Action Together New Jersey

          A-LEGO

          AL Association for the Arts/ Lift Our Vote

          Alabama State Association of Cooperatives

          All on the line

          Alliance for Youth Action

          Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.- Central Region Connection and Social Action

          American Family Voices

          American Association of People with Disabilities

          Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)

          American Federation of Teachers

          APAPA TX

          APIA Vote Colorado

          Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote

          African Women for Biden-Harris

          American Association of People with Disabilities

          Asian Democrats Central Texas

          Atlanta Grandmothers for Peace

          Author/Advocate

          Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Club

          Bread of Life Deliverance Ministries

          Bible Study for Progressives

          Black Voter Matter Fund

          Blue Future

          Brave New Films

          Beyond Our Status Congolese Alliance, Inc

          Bend the Arc Jewish Action: Champaign-Urbana

          Beth Tikvah Congregation Tzedek Voter Rights Project

          Birthsafe.org

          Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law

          Broward for Progress

          Build Back Better USA

          Carolina for All

          Campus Vote Project

          Center for Popular Democracy

          Center for Common Ground

          Clean Water Action

          Clean Elections Texas

          CivicGeorgia

          Common Power

          Chicago Women Take Action

          Climate Hawks Vote

          Crimson Goes Blue

          Coconino County Democratic Party (AZ)

          Common Cause/NY and Let NY Vote

          Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes

          Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach

          Common Cause

          Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd

          CWA

          Daily Kos

          Danville Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

          DC Vote

          Declaration for American Democracy

          DemCast USA

          DEMOCRACY MATTERS

          Demos

          Democracy 21

          DoTheMostGood MoCo MD

          DuPage County NAACP

          End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund

          Eta Beta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha

          East End Action Network

          Equity Action Collective, LLC

          Equal Justice Society

          Face the Music Collective

          Fair Fight

          Fair Elections Center

          Faith Commons

          Faith in Public Life Action

          Evanston North/Shore Branch NAACP

          Field Team 6

          Feminist Majority Foundation

          FIRST MERCHANTS FINANCIAL SERVICES

          Fix Democracy First

          Foot Print Farms

          Franciscan Action Network

          Free Speech For People

          Georgia Working Families Party

          Georgia Coalition of the People’s Agenda-Augusta

          Good Trouble-Beloit

          Great Vibrations

          Get Money Out – Maryland

          Grassroots Democrats HQ

          Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition

          HAZMAT America

          Hate-Watch Report

          Herd on the Hill

          Hip Hop Caucus

          Indivisible Chicago

          Indivisible DuPage

          Indivisible SF Peninsula and CA-14

          Georgia WAND Education Fund, Inc.

          Georgia Coalition of the People’s Agenda-Augusta

          Good Trouble-Beloit

          Great Vibrations

          Generation Progress

          Greenpeace

          In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda

          Indivisible East Bay

          Indivisible GA-11

          Indivisible Georgia Coalition

          Indivisible Howard County

          Indivisible Illinois

          Indivisible NY24

          IndivisibleNWIL Crystal lake

          Inwood Indivisible

          Illinois National Organization for Women

          Indivisible Los Gatos

          Indivisible Marin

          Indivisible Montgomery (MD)

          Indivisible Media City Burbank

          Indivisible San Jose

          Indivisible Georgia District 10 in Athens

          INDIVISIBLE HOWARD COUNTY

          IndivisibleNWIL Crystal lake

          Indivisible Project

          Indivisible Ventura

          Indivisible Ulster (NY19)

          Indivisible Yolo

          J. S. Curry & Associates, LLC

          Jewish Alliance for Economic Justice

          Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis

          Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

          Latino Marin – North Bay Latinx

          Law Office of Mark Brandys

          Leadership Conference of Women Religious

          League of Women Voters of Colorado

          League of Women Voters US

          League of Conservation Voters

          League of Women Voters of Oakland

          League of Women Voters of Piedmont

          League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County

          League of Women Voters of Dane County

          League of Women Voters- Virginia

          Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

          Live Oak County Democrats

          Mainers for Accountable leadership

          March On

          Mi Familia Vota

          Missouri Voter Protection Coalition

          Michigan United

          MARIN AFRICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL NETWORK

          Mothers Work

          MoveOn

          MomsRising

          Moore County NAACP-NC

          NAACP

          NAN NYC Chapter Second Chance Committee

          National Action Network

          National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

          National Pan-Hellenic Council of Chicago Social Action Committee

          National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities

          National Bar Association Young Lawyers Association

          National Action Network Alabama

          National Council of Jewish Women Chicago North Shore

          NJ LGBTQ Democrats

          NCJW Chicago North Shore

          Network of Spiritual Progressives

          No Dem Left Behind

          National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)

          National Election Defense Coalition

          National Organization for Women

          National Urban League

          NAACP Milwaukee Branch

          NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

          New American Leaders Action Fund

          NRDC Action Fund

          Northridge Indivisible

          Oregon (WI) Area Progressives

          Our Revolution Howard County [Maryland]

          Our Revolution Chicago/Cook County

          Our Revolution

          OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates

          Our Revolution Maryland

          Peace & Justice Community

          St. Cross Episcopal Church

          Paradise Las Vegas Indivisible

          Plan Civic Engagement Organizer

          Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts

          People’s Action

          People For the American Way

          Phenomenal Young Women

          Planned Parenthood Action Fund

          Paradise Las Vegas Indivisible

          Poligon Education Fund

          Progress Arizona

          Progressive Change Campaign Committee

          Population Connection Action Fund

          Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

          Progressive Legacy

          Poder Latinx

          Public Eye Relations / NWPC

          Racial Justice Network

          Rainbow PUSH Coalition

          RepresentUs New Mexico

          Robbin King

          Rise Up WV

          Roth PR

          Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary

          Western American Area

          Save Democracy

          Scrutineers

          Self Help Graphics & Art

          Stand Up America

          Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

          Souls to the Polls

          Sierra Club

          SIKOW/CCCJ/PPC

          Sisters of St. Mary of Namur

          Sisters of St. Joseph

          Brentwood NY

          South Central Brooklyn United for Progress

          SpeakingintheKeyofWE

          Stellas Girls

          St. Louis Area Voting Initiative

          Summit Area Indivisible

          Supermarket Legends of Milwaukee

          Swing Left Marin

          Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team

          Souls to the Polls – Milwaukee

          Southern Poverty Law Center

          St. Louis Area Voter Protection Coalition

          State Voices Florida

          State Voices

          Students Against Voter Suppression

          Supermajority

          SumOfUs

          Texas Freedom Network

          Tikkun: the Jewish and Interfaith Prophetic Voice

          The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

          The New Georgia Project

          The Zeta Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

          The Workers Circle

          Thomas Sankara Harlem Commemoration Committee

          The Health Federation of Philadelphia

          Thompson& Thompson Ph.d,CPA

          Un-PAC

          Ulster Activists (U-Act)

          Urban League of Palm Beach County

          Unity in Community North Mecklenburg

          UnidosUS

          Union for Reform Judaism

          United Campus Workers of Georgia

          UnKoch My Campus

          Upper West Side MoveOn/Indivisible Action Group

          Voices of the South

          Vote From Home

          Vote.org

          Voter Participation Center

          Voto Latino

          Vote Save America

          Voting Rights Alliance

          When We All Vote

          Wisconsin Voter Protection

          Women of Color Coalition

          Women’s March West Virginia

          Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice

          Yes…AND Playback Theatre

           

          Add Your Organization

        • Not in the San Francisco Bay Area?

          Find an event near you at the national website, https://www.johnlewisdayofaction.org/

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          #VotercadeBA - #Vote4JusticeBA - #JLewisvotercadeBA - #May8ActionDayBA - #PassingS1 - #PassingHR4 - #PassingS51 - #AddressFilibuster - #Vote4Justice - #May8ActionDay

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          Image of Facebook profile picture frame with "your image here" across the center and "National John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Day" around the edge, with small inset of graphic image of John Lewis and the words, "Good Trouble."
        • Questions?

          Email Us:

          Media/Press/Communications Veda Florez

          Community Liaison Queen Jackson

          Votercade Ligaya MacGregor

          Celebration Tailgate Patty Hoyt

          Volunteers Susan Pfeifer

          Social Media Jesse Canchola

          Website Emily Levy

          General inquiries Ligaya MacGregor

           

          Or contact the organizers via Facebook Messenger

        • A BIT OF INSPIRATION

          The late Congressman John Lewis Dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy" ... and a message

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