On May 8, let’s make some Good Trouble!
Join Voting Rights Coalition partners coming together across America to demand preservation and expansion of voting rights.
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
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, mobilizing to pass the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, DC Statehood and address the filibuster. Together, we can build a better democracy!
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.”
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.
If you represent an organization interested in endorsing and supporting these goals, please fill out the Endorsement form above. If you are planning a Votercade event, please register it by clicking the link above.
Thank you!
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, APAPA TX, APIA Vote Colorado, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote, Asian Democrats Central Texas, Author/Advocate , Blue Future, Brave New Films, Build Back Better USA, Chicago Women Take Action, Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, Daily Kos, Danville Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated , DC Vote, Declaration for American Democracy, DemCast USA, Democracy 21, End Citizens United / Let America Vote Action Fund, Feminist Majority Foundation, Fix Democracy First, Franciscan Action Network, Indivisible Chicago, Indivisible Georgia Coalition, Indivisible Project, Indivisible Ulster (NY19), League of Women Voters- Virginia, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Mainers for Accountable leadership , Mi Familia Vota, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, Moore County NAACP-NC, National Bar Association Young Lawyers Association, New American Leaders Action Fund, Public Eye Relations / NWPC, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, RepresentUs New Mexico, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team, Southern Poverty Law Center, State Voices Florida, Texas Freedom Network, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The New Georgia Project, The Workers Circle, Un-PAC, UnidosUS, Voter Participation Center, Voto Latino, Washington University in St. Louis, When We All Vote, Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice