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Voting Rights, Civil Rights Activists To Host Actions Across The U.S. To Hightlight Democracy Emergency Aa Pres. Biden Hosts A Global Democracy Summit GalleryVoting Rights, Civil Rights Activists To Host Actions Across The U.S. To Hightlight Democracy Emergency Aa Pres. Biden Hosts A Global Democracy Summit
Voting Rights, Civil Rights Activists To Host Actions Across The U.S. To Hightlight Democracy Emergency Aa Pres. Biden Hosts A Global Democracy Summit
This week, dozens of local and national advocacy organizations will lead voting rights actions across the U.S. as part of a national campaign urging President Biden and the Senate to pass voting rights legislation before the year’s end. Actions began on Monday, December 6, with a hunger strike by 20 students affiliated with Un-PAC Arizona and will culminate on Thursday, December 9 with coordinated direct actions, where some protesters will [...]
Black Voters Matter Statement on the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Verdict
Today, all three defendants in the trial of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, were found guilty of felony murder. All three men will now face hate-crime charges in federal court in February. Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown, co-founders of Black Voters Matter, who supported local protests with the Transformative Justice Coalition and organizers on-the-ground, issued the following statement in response to the verdict: “Every now and again our justice system [...]
National Partners Lead White House Protest March and Rally to Demand Federal Action on Voting Rights
Today, Black Voters Matter (BVM) joined People for the American Way, the League of Women Voters, the Declaration for American Democracy, and the Democracy Initiative for a protest march and rally in front of the White House to demand federal action on voting rights. The action, which led protesters from Black Lives Matter Plaza to Lafayette Square in Washington D.C., urged President Biden and Senate Democrats to pass much-needed voter [...]
