Participants will walk away with tools and resources needed to mobilize their states and communities to Protect and Free the Vote.
The goal of this planning and strategy conference is to bring together key activists from throughout the nation, especially the South, to plan a series of strategic interventions, organizing, and events for 2021 and next year to educate, mobilize and support marginalized voters.
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Schedule and Speakers
I. Opening: 7:00-7:05 PM
A. God Bless America - Recording
B. National Anthem - Instrumental
C. Lift Every Voice and Sing - Rochelle Rice
II. Welcome: 7:06--7:14 PM
A. Daryl D. Jones, Chair of the Board, Transformative Justice Coalition
B. Barbara R. Arnwine, President, Transformative Justice Coalition
III. Opening Prayer & Remarks: 7:14--7:21 PM
A. Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
IV. Overview of the Occasion: 7:21-7:32 PM
A. Hon. Maxine Waters, Chair, House Financial Services Committee (Invitee)
B. Marc Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League
V. Special Remarks: 7:33--7:43 PM
A. Samuel Lewis, Brother of Congressman John Lewis
B. Hon. Beto O’Rouke, Former, U.S. Congressional Member (TX)
VI. Musical Performance: 7:44--7:48 PM
A. “I’m On My Way to Freedom’s Land” - Rochelle Rice
VII. Remarks on Voting Rights On Fire: 7:49--8:05
A. Tanya Clay House, Chair, Civil Rights Section of the National Bar Association
B. Ms. Helen Butler, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda
C. Tishan Weesooriya, Democracy Campaign Representative, Sierra Club
D. Jana Morgan, President, Declaration For American Democracy
E. Dr. Ben Chavis, President, National Newspapers Publishers Association, Host, Chavis Chronicles
F. Eleanor Smeal, President, The Feminist Majority
VIII. Musical Selection: 8:07-8:10 PM
A. Evangelist Marian Galloway Jones
IX. Our Generation is Ready and Leading: 8:10--8:24 PM
A. Cameron Barnes, National Youth Political Director, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
B. Jessica Fortune Barker, President, Lift Our Vote and The Vision Movement
C. Rev. Stephen A. Green, Social Justice Pastor, Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York and Chair of Faith for Black Lives
X. Reading of the John Lewis Farewell Letter: 8:25--8:30 PM
A. Rev. Stephen A. Green
B. Drake Smith, Maryland High School Student
XI. Musical Selection:
A. Rochelle Rice: 8:31--8:35 PM
XII. The Path Forward: 8:36--8:45 PM
A. Ms. Latosha Brown, Co-Founder, Black Voters Matter Fund
B. Cliff Albright , Co-Founder, Black Voters Matter Fund
XIII. The Voting Rights Institute: 8:46--8:49 PM
A. V. Lynn Whitfield, Esq., Election Protection Fellow
XIV. Musical Selection: 8:50--8:53 PM
A. Evangelist Marian Galloway Jones
XV. Words for the Soul: 8:54--9:09 PM
A. Bishop William Barber, II, Founder, Co-Leader, Poor People’s Campaign
XVI. Closing Remarks: 9:10--9:15 PM
Barbara R. Arnwine
Daryl D. Jones
XVII. Benediction: 9:15 PM
Rev. Sharon Anderson, Templeton Praise, Alabama Avenue, Washington, DC Playing of Happy by Pharrell