On May 8, let’s make some Good Trouble!
Join Voting Rights Coalition partners coming together across America to demand preservation and expansion of democracy.
On May 8, 2021, a “John Lewis National Day of Action” will ignite public support for restoring the effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act and address one of the greatest obstacles to the passage of civil and voting rights - and one of the last vestiges of slavery - the filibuster!
We will take the streets with more than 100 “Votercades” in more than 100 cities. On this day, street activism will join virtual activism, introducing a new concept to engage young voters and “next generation voters” through the use of a “Virtual Voter Activist Village.”
OUR FOCUS:
HR1 /S1 - For the People Act
HR 4 - the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
HR 51 - Washington DC Admission Act (DC Statehood)
Addressing the Filibuster
If you are interested in endorsing and supporting these goals, please click on the links below. Together we can build a stronger democracy!
Thank you!
Why we’re fighting
Following the record breaking Black, Brown and Youth voter turnout in the Georgia Senate Runoff election in January, 2021, state legislatures across America released an offensive onslaught of undemocratic legislation designed to specifically suppress the vote of communities of color.
As Voting Rights Alliance founder Barbara Arnwine says, “Injustice is trying to have a holiday!”
Read the Brennan Center list of bills restricting voting rights.
These actions of the enemies of democracy were made possible due to the erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013).
John Lewis ‘Good Trouble’ Votercades and Marches have inspired awareness in young voters and in communities of color. The Late Congressman John Lewis shed his blood crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge to demand enactment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, shamefully decimated and eroded in 2013 by the Supreme Court in Shelby v. Holder.
This is why Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC), Public Citizen, Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD), and the Leadership Conference, and our 80+ coalition partners will host a National John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Action Day on May 8, 2021 in support of S1: For the People Act (S1), HR4: John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR4), D.C. statehood, and addressing the issue of the filibuster.
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Organizers Meeting Schedule:
Planning Meetings are Thursdays at 4pm ET
Click here to join meeting in progress.The Youth Committee will meet Thursdays at 3pm ET
Click here to join meeting in progress.National Broadcast Committee will meet Tuesdays 4:30 PM Eastern Time.
Click here to join meeting in progress.The Teach-in Committee will meet on Fridays at 1pm ET. Click here to join meeting in progress.
The Votercade Planning Committee will meet Wednesdays at 4pm ET.
Click here to join meeting in progress.Meetings for the Communications/Social Media Committee will be Wednesdays at 2pm ET.
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Fiscal Sponsors:
Transformative Justice Coalition, Public Citizen, Declaration For American Democracy, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, End Citizens United
Current endorsers include:
#NoRA, 159 Together, A-LEGO, AL Association for the Arts/ Lift Our Vote, Alabama State Association of Cooperatives, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.- Central Region Connection and Social Action, American Federation of Teachers, APAPA TX, APIA Vote Colorado, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote, Asian Democrats Central Texas, Author/Advocate, Blue Future, Brave New Films, Beth Tikvah Congregation Tzedek Voter Rights Project, Broward for Progress, Build Back Better USA, Carolina for All, Center for Popular Democracy, Center for Common Ground, Common Power, Chicago Women Take Action, Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, Common Cause, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, Daily Kos, Danville Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated , DC Vote, Declaration for American Democracy, DemCast USA, Democracy 21, DuPage County NAACP, End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund, Equal Justice Society, Face the Music Collective, Fair Commons, Evanston North/Shore Branch NAACP, Feminist Majority Foundation, Fix Democracy First, Franciscan Action Network, Free Speech For People, Grassroots Democrats HQ, Indivisible Chicago, Generation Progress, Greenpeace, Indivisible Georgia Coalition, Indivisible Los Gatos, Indivisible Marin, Indivisible Media City Burbank, Indivisible San Jose, Indivisible Project, Indivisible Ventura, Indivisible Ulster (NY19), Jewish Alliance for Economic Justice, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, League of Women Voters US, League of Women Voters of Dane County, League of Women Voters- Virginia, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee , Live Oak County Democrats, Mainers for Accountable leadership , Mi Familia Vota, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, MomsRising, Moore County NAACP-NC, National Action Network, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, National Bar Association Young Lawyers Association, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), National Election Defense Coalition, National Organization for Women, NAACP Milwaukee Branch, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, New American Leaders Action Fund, Northridge Indivisible, People For the American Way, Phenomenal Young Women, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Poder Latinx, Public Eye Relations / NWPC, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, RepresentUs New Mexico, Roth PR, Scrutineers, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Swing Left Marin, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team, Southern Poverty Law Center, St. Louis Area Voter Protection Coalition, State Voices Florida, State Voices, Students Against Voter Suppression, Texas Freedom Network, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The New Georgia Project, The Workers Circle, Un-PAC, Ulster Activists (U-Act), UnidosUS, Upper West Side MoveOn/Indivisible Action Group, Vote From Home, Voter Participation Center, Voto Latino, Washington University in St. Louis, When We All Vote, Women’s March West Virginia, Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice