National JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT Action Day Los Angeles!
JOIN US MAY 8th 11 AM
WHY
The late Congressman John Lewis shed his blood crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge to Fight for Black voters and Voters of Color to participate in America’s electoral Process and the enactment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Today voting rights are under attack nationally by state legislators introducing and passing laws to put up barriers to our participation in elections. Meanwhile, Billionaires and Big Business are spending unlimited amounts of money to buy our elections. Americans are coming together to fight back. Read the Brennan Center list of bills restricting the vote.
Join us on May 8 in Los Angeles to demand the passage of the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and D.C. Statehood and to address one of the greatest obstacles to the passage of civil and voting rights – and one of the last vestiges of slavery – the filibuster!
Day of schedule
May 8, 2021 - Los Angeles - 11AM - 2:30PM
Votercade.
This event is COVID-safe and we will be practicing social distancing and be wearing masks. This is a non-partisan event.
11AM - Meet in Staples store parking lot at 3701 Santa Rosalia Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90008
Check-in - pick up car number
It’s encouraged to have your cars already decorated before you come; however, we will have placards to put on your car if you need. You can also bring any materials you need to create and decorate your vehicle.
Short rally.
Vehicle line-up according to your car number.
Votercade procession 12PM to Leimert Park Village.
Creativity is highly encouraged when decorating your vehicle. Messaging focus should be on voting rights and pressure applied to Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the For The People Act, make D.C. the 51st state, and address the filibuster.
Celebration at Leimert Park Village.
This event is COVID-safe and we will be practicing social distancing and be wearing masks. This is a non-partisan event.
1:15PM - Votercade will arrive at Leimert Park Village.
You can find ample parking and local businesses we encourage you to support here.
1:30PM - Press event at Liemert Park Village
Activities will include: music, local food, special guest speakers, community leaders, voter registration, and fun!
2:30PM - Conclude
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Hashtags: #ProtectOurVote #JohnLewisActionDay
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This is a non-partisan event
We can’t stop now.
Show up to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on May 8.
Not in Los Angeles? Find an event near you here.
National sponsors and endorsers.
National fiscal sponsors: Transformative Justice Coalition, Public Citizen, Declaration End Citizens United, For American Democracy, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, Communications Workers of America, National Election Defense Coalition, League of Women Voters, Feminist Majority Foundation, Common Cause.
National endorsers include:
#NoRA
159 Together
ABWR
Access Community Health Network
Action Together New Jersey, A-LEGO
African Women for Biden-Harris
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 Association of People with Disabilities
American Family Voices
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), American Federation of Teachers
APAPA TX
APIA Vote Colorado
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote
Asian Democrats Central Texas
Atlanta Grandmothers for Peace
Author/Advocate, Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Club
Beth Tikvah Congregation Tzedek Voter Rights Project
Bible Study for Progressives
Birthsafe.org
Black Voter Matter Fund
Blue Future
Brave New Films, Bend the Arc Jewish Action: Champaign-Urbana
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law
Brentwood NY
Broward for Progress
Build Back Better USA
Campus Vote Project
Carolina for All
Center for Common Ground
Center for Popular Democracy
Chicago Women Take Action
CivicGeorgia
Clean Elections Texas
Clean Water Action
Columbian Center for Advocacy and Outreach
Common Cause
Common Cause/NY and Let NY Vote
Common Power
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes
Crimson Goes Blue, Coconino County Democratic Party (AZ)
CWA
Daily Kos
Danville Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
DC Vote
Declaration for American Democracy
DemCast USA
Democracy 21
DEMOCRACY MATTERS
Demos
DoTheMostGood MoCo MD
DuPage County NAACP
East End Action Network
End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund
Equal Justice Society
Equity Action Collective, LLC
Evanston North/Shore Branch NAACP
Face the Music Collective
Fair Elections Center
Fair Fight
Faith Commons
Feminist Majority Foundation
Field Team 6
Fix Democracy First
Franciscan Action Network
Free Speech For People
Generation Progress
Georgia Coalition of the People’s Agenda-Augusta
Get Money Out – Maryland
Good Trouble-Beloit
Grassroots Democrats HQ
Great Vibrations
Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition
Greenpeace
Hate-Watch Report
Herd on the Hill
Hip Hop Caucus
Indivisible Chicago
Indivisible DuPage
Indivisible East Bay
Indivisible GA-11
Indivisible Georgia Coalition
Indivisible Georgia District 10 in Athens
Indivisible Howard County
INDIVISIBLE HOWARD COUNTY
Indivisible Illinois
Indivisible Los Gatos
Indivisible Marin
Indivisible Media City Burbank
Indivisible Montgomery (MD)
Indivisible NY24
Indivisible Project
Indivisible San Jose
Indivisible SF Peninsula and CA-14
Indivisible Ulster (NY19)
Indivisible Ventura
Indivisible Yolo
IndivisibleNWIL Crystal lake
Inwood Indivisible
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 Conservation Voters
League of Women Voters of Dane County
League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County
League of Women Voters of Oakland
League of Women Voters of Piedmont
League of Women Voters US
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
MomsRising
Moore County NAACP-NC
Mothers Work
MoveOn
NAACP
NAACP Milwaukee Branch
NAN NYC Chapter Second Chance Committee
National Action Network
National Action Network Alabama
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
National Bar Association Young Lawyers Association
National Council of Jewish Women Chicago North Shore
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National Election Defense Coalition
National Organization for Women
National Pan-Hellenic Council of Chicago Social Action Committee
National Urban League
NCJW Chicago North Shore
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Network of Spiritual Progressives
New American Leaders Action Fund
NJ LGBTQ Democrats
No Dem Left Behind
Northridge Indivisible
NRDC Action Fund
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates
Oregon (WI) Area Progressives
Our Revolution
Our Revolution Chicago/Cook County
Our Revolution Howard County [Maryland]
Our Revolution Maryland
Paradise Las Vegas Indivisible
Peace & Justice Community
People For the American Way
Phenomenal Young Women
Plan Civic Engagement Organizer Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Poder Latinx
Poligon Education Fund
Progress Arizona
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
Progressive Legacy
Public Eye Relations / NWPC
Racial Justice Network
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
RepresentUs New Mexico
Rise Up WV
Roth PR
Save Democracy
Scrutineers
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Sierra Club
SIKOW/CCCJ/PPC
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team
Sisters of St. Joseph
Sisters of St. Mary of Namur
Souls to the Polls
Souls to the Polls – Milwaukee
South Central Brooklyn United for Progress
Southern Poverty Law Center
SpeakingintheKeyofWE
St. Cross Episcopal Church
St. Louis Area Voter Protection Coalition
St. Louis Area Voting Initiative Summit Area Indivisible
Stand Up America
State Voices
State Voices Florida
Stellas Girls
Students Against Voter Suppression
Supermarket Legends of Milwaukee
Swing Left Marin
Texas Freedom Network
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The New Georgia Project
The Workers Circle
Thompson& Thompson Ph.d,CPA Un-PAC
Ulster Activists (U-Act)
UnidosUS
Union for Reform Judaism
Unity in Community North Mecklenburg
UnKoch My Campus
Upper West Side MoveOn/Indivisible Action Group
Urban League of Palm Beach County
Voices of the South
Vote From Home
Vote Save America
Vote.org
Voter Participation Center
Voting Rights Alliance
Voto Latino
Western American Area
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
