Thursday, January 13, 2022
Black Women Leaders & Allies Voting Rights Twitter Storm & Social Media Takeover Day – 1-2PM ET. Meet online and demand Congress pass federal voting rights legislation and end the filibuster now. Post online using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and your favorite social media platforms. https://www.ncbcp.org/
Friday, January 14, 2022
Poor People’s Campaign – The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March – News Conference 10AM. The program will be live streamed here. Advocates, representing many others, speaking at the press conference will include representatives of SEIU, Fight for $15, Unite Here, Black Voters Matter, and MoveOn. Faith leaders include Rev. Terri Hord Owens, General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Jim Winkler, President, National Council of Churches; Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick George, President, Unitarian Universalist Association; and Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. “The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls is not just a day of action. This is a declaration of an ongoing, committed, nonviolent, truth-telling, multi-racial, interfaith moral movement. We will 1) Shift the moral narrative, 2) Build and Mobilize political voting power, and 3) Make real policies to fully address poverty and low wealth from the bottom up and protect and expand voting rights and the fundamental infrastructure of our democracy,” said Bishop William J. Barber II, D.Min. and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, National Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign. https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Mobiliation in Arizona https://deliverforvotingrights.com/
Monday, January 17, 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Voting Rights Action on MLK Day – The King family has called for voting rights action to take place on MLK Day. – Dr. King’s family, along with faith leaders, civil rights leaders, and voting rights advocates across the country, have called on us to demand passage of voting rights legislation and access to the ballot box this year on Martin Luther King Day. No matter where you live, you too can heed the call by hosting or attending an MLK Day event on January 17th where together, we will demand our elected officials pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. https://mlkdayactions.org/
Faith in Public Life Peace Walk in DC https://deliverforvotingrights.com/ Gather on Potomac Ave. SE, between First St. SE and South Capitol SE (behind Nationals Stadium) and walk onto Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge at 10 am. We will practice COVID safety, including social distancing and mask-wearing. If you are ill in any way, at-risk, or have a temperature, please stay home.
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If you don’t have MLK Day events happening in your community, please take action on Monday to promote voting rights. You can use NCC’s Action Network to contact your Senators: https://actionnetwork.org/groups/national-council-of-churches