Anti-choice Republicans are resorting to extreme measures to pass their far-right agenda, including enacting a federal abortion ban.

We need pro-choice Senators to codify abortion access into federal law NOW and protect our essential reproductive rights from anti-abortion attacks.

So please take two minutes to send an email to your Senators to demand that they codify Roe v. Wade immediately.

Omidyar Network seeks to explore and elevate the youth organizing ecosystem in the responsible technology movement. This effort has included meeting with dozens of youth activists, supporting Artefact to research the needs and perspectives of youth organizers focused on responsible technology, and supporting 11 organizations (including six youth-led organizations) that we believe are leading at the intersection of youth agency and responsible technology.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC in 2010, corporations have been allowed to spend unlimited and undisclosed amounts of money to influence American elections and affect policy outcomes. We all deserve an equal say in the decisions that shape our future – that’s why the Senate must pass the DISCLOSE Act to rein in corporate spending, stop Super PACs from subverting the will of the American electorate, and close dark money loopholes. Take action by calling your Senator to support the DISCLOSE Act now!

This month, the ultra-conservative Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade – endangering not just the right to abortion, but also critical LGBTQ+ protections. We cannot stay silent while the Supreme Court debates our fundamental rights – so we’re calling on Congress to pass the Equality Act and END this outright discrimination once and for all. Please take two minutes to send an email to your Senator to let them know that passing the Equality Act should be their #1 priority!

Since Trump appointed an ultra-conservative majority of Justices to the Supreme Court, its rulings have gone directly against the will of most Americans.

Most recently, the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and threaten abortion access across the country has brought attention to the extreme far-right ideology that rules over the current Court.

We cannot continue to have our country’s most pressing issues decided by a group of five conservative Justices – which is why Congress must pass the Judiciary Act to increase the number of Justices from nine to thirteen, bringing balance back to the Court.

Please take two minutes to email your Senators and command them to support the Judiciary Act, for the good of our democracy.

There are currently no federal laws that explicitly protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. This can, and must, change – the U.S. Senate must act now to protect all Americans’ inalienable right to EXIST. The Equality Act, the only piece of federal legislation to explicitly affirm LGBTQ+ civil rights, can rectify and protect LGBTQ+ individuals from these attacks at the state level.

Sign the petition to the U.S. Senate: Guarantee freedoms to all RIGHT NOW – pass the Equality Act.

We are in the midst of an unprecedented number of anti-LGBTQ+ measures – direct, discriminatory attacks – sweeping through state legislatures across the country. This year, more than 300 anti-LGBTQ bills are pending across state legislatures.

There are currently no federal laws that explicitly protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. This can, and must, change – the U.S. Senate must act now to protect all Americans’ inalienable right to EXIST. The Equality Act, the only piece of federal legislation to explicitly affirm LGBTQ+ civil rights, can rectify and protect LGBTQ+ individuals from these attacks at the state level.

Sign the petition to the U.S. Senate: Guarantee freedoms to all RIGHT NOW – pass the Equality Act.

The ultra-conservative majority on the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

A draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito leaked on May 2, 2022. Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett reportedly all voted in agreement.

Now more than ever before, we must demand abortion justice for all: abortion must be free, accessible, and available everywhere, in every state, for everyone.

Sign the petition: I support abortion justice!

Scores of people in communities around the United States took to the streets on Saturday to demand swift and bold legislative and executive action to tackle the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis as well as skyrocketing inequality.

Environmental activists, distraught by the government’s slow pace of action on climate change, amassed in front of the White House Saturday afternoon, calling on President Biden and Congress to swiftly pass a climate bill that has been stalled in the Senate since December.

One year ago, Joe Biden marked his first Earth Day as president by convening world leaders for a virtual summit on global warming that even Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping attended. Biden used the moment to nearly double the United States’ goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, vaulting the country to the front lines in the fight against climate change.

A coalition of more than 20 climate, labor and social justice groups is planning a nationwide mobilization to push Congress to pass robust climate legislation before Memorial Day, according to details shared exclusively with The Climate 202.

On March 24, 2022, CA Rep. Adam Schiff introduced an amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. This action comes 12 years after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Elec­tion Commis­sion – a ruling that reversed century-old campaign finance restric­tions and empowered corpor­a­tions and PACs to spend unlim­ited funds to influence elec­tions.
Sign the petition to Congress: Pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

Clarence Thomas must be held to account for flouting the ethical rules that apply to every other judge in the country. We are calling on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to conduct an investigation into Thomas’s ethical misconduct, and also to follow up with legislation to enforce a binding code of ethics on the justices of our Supreme Court.

Sign the Fight for our Future pledge now, and RSVP to join us in in Washington D.C., Phoenix, AZ, or Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, April 23rd to demand bold action on climate, care, jobs, and justice!

President Biden and Congress are finally on the edge of taking climate action at the scale the crisis demands – creating millions of union clean energy and care jobs, racial, economic, and environmental justice are all on the line. But they won’t take action without a push from us!

Sign the Fight for our Future pledge now, and RSVP to join us in in Washington D.C., Phoenix, AZ, or Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, April 23rd to demand bold action on climate, care, jobs, and justice!

Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act – also known as the Don’t Say Gay bill, which aims to ban discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom – has now passed both chambers of the Florida legislature. Now, the bill only needs Governor Ron DeSantis’s signature to become law, placing extreme restrictions on LGBTQ+ topics in education.

We cannot allow far-right Republicans to decide what our children can and cannot learn at public schools – or allow blatant homophobia and transphobia to run rampant in Florida.

So please take two minutes to email Governor DeSantis and command him to veto the Parental Rights in Education Act, for the good of our students and our country.

We are calling on U.S. banks and U.S. insurance companies to immediately end all financial services for any company that is engaged in expanding fossil fuel operations.

We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and we want to thank President Biden for halting oil and gas imports from Russia. We urge Biden to continue to resist short-sighted policies such as scaling up domestic fossil fuel production or expanding oil and gas infrastructure or financing, which would only deepen our dependence on fuels that lead to global instability and drive further devastating climate impacts.

President Biden just selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the Supreme Court – and now, the Senate must confirm her as our newest Supreme Court Justice. Email Your Senators: Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

Roe v. Wade is in danger of being overturned by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority. But the Women’s Health Protection Act would codify the right to an abortion into federal law, protecting Roe v. Wade’s pro-choice precedent. Join us and email your Senators: Pass the Women’s Health Protection Act and Save Abortion Access

We’re excited to invite you to join Young People Address the Nation on Tuesday, March 1st, a special event in response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address 2022.

Urge the Philadelphia School District Board of Education to take action at their February 24 meeting to promote high school voter registration. When you fill out the form below, you will be given the opportunity to voice your support for this measure and share your views with school board members.

Between February 22 and March 4, we ask that you help spread the message about APIAVote’s virtual community briefing on voting rights by using the hashtag #AAPIsForVotingRights and one or more of the graphics or video stories. Click through to Learn More.

Join us and the Workers Circle for this important conversation on Wednesday, February 23 from 7:00-8:00 PM ET. Immediately following the conversation, there will be a live call-in to the Senate.

March On and Future Coalition are proud to co-sponsor a conversation with Ari Berman, senior reporter at Mother Jones and author of the award-winning book, Give Us the Ballot. We’ll discuss how we got here, what’s at stake, and how “we the people” can protect American democracy at this crucial moment.

Join us and the Workers Circle for this important conversation on Wednesday, February 23 from 7:00-8:00 PM ET. Immediately following the conversation, there will be a live call-in to the Senate.

It’s time we cancel the debt that holds women back. Join the United State of Women, Black Girls Vote, MomsRising, AAUW, Student Debt Crisis Center, Jewish Women International, Supermajority Education Fund, Young Women for US, Girls for Gender Equity, and guest speakers for a national call-in day on Thursday, February 17th at 12 PM EST. We’re calling the White House line to urge President Biden to invest in women’s futures by using executive action to cancel student loan debt before the federal student loan payment pause ends on May 1, 2022.

Right now, voting rights groups are suing to overturn Texas’ heinously gerrymandered new maps. These districts were drawn by the state’s Republican-led legislature — and if enacted, they would silence Latinx, Black, and AAPI communities and deny them the resources they need to thrive.

These maps may or may not hold up in court, but the truth is: we never should have gotten here in the first place. We know that when power-hungry politicians can hand-pick their voters, they prioritize protecting their own jobs — not communities’ needs.

If you agree that the Senate must do whatever it takes to end gerrymandering — including abolishing the anti-democracy filibuster — add your name today.
This action is sponsored by Common Cause and March On

President Biden has yet to uphold his campaign pledge to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower. It is a moral imperative that the administration take a broad-based approach to this issue, and work to cancel over $50,000 in student debt per borrower.

We need to end the era of fossil fuels now! With a simple call, you can demand that the Biden administration stand up to Big Oil and follow through on the promise to protect frontline communities and be a leader in the movement for climate justice.

During his 2020 campaign, President Biden made a promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. He reiterated his pledge following Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement. Now, we must hold him to it.

Declaration for American Democracy Coalition will hold a movement call with activists to thank them for their efforts to pass the Freedom to Vote: John Lewis Act.

Call Your Senators: Pass the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act!

Congress must pass the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — and President Biden can help make it happen.

Katie Eder, a second-year student at Stanford University, is one of the founding members of youth-led climate organization Future Coalition.

Numerous organizations joined the Poor People?s Campaign including the League of Women Voters, People for the American Way, Declaration for American Democracy, Black Lives Matter, DC Vote, Democracy Initiative, Drum Majors for Change, and the Future Coalition. Some people traveled from far-away states invoking the names of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other civil rights leaders who fought to protect voting rights over the decades. More than 200 people were arrested in organized civil disobedience actions, including Barber.

Numerous organizations joined the Poor People?s Campaign including the League of Women Voters, People for the American Way, Declaration for American Democracy, Black Lives Matter, DC Vote, Democracy Initiative, Drum Majors for Change and the Future Coalition. Some people traveled from far-away states invoking the names of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other civil rights leaders who fought to protect voting rights over the decades. More than 200 people were arrested in organized civil disobedience actions, including Barber.

Republicans may retake control of the House next year thanks largely to extreme gerrymandering by Republican state legislators, even as Republican opposition in Congress has impeded critical legislation to combat discriminatory voting practices and eliminate barriers to the ballot. As pressure grows for Democrats to pass two key voting rights bills, activists are holding the last in a series of protests at the White House, where nearly 100 have been arrested since August, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr?s 13-year-old granddaughter Yolanda King.

Numerous organizations joined the Poor People?s Campaign including the League of Women Voters, People for the American Way, Declaration for American Democracy, Black Lives Matter, DC Vote, Democracy Initiative, Drum Majors for Change, and the Future Coalition. Some people traveled from far-away states invoking the names of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other civil rights leaders who fought to protect voting rights over the decades. More than 200 people were arrested in organized civil disobedience actions, including Barber.

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“Addressing our global climate catastrophe requires an all-of-government, all-of-society approach that creatively pulls every available lever, and this legislation is a critical step in that direction,” said Katie Eder, Co-founder and Executive Director of Future Coalition. “By holding accountable the financial institutions underwriting the destruction of our planet, we can win a significant battle in the fight against climate change and show how collective action and climate justice can create a more sustainable economy that benefits everyone.”

Yesterday, March On and Future Coalition participated in a youth-led #NoMoreExcuses Civil Disobedience Action at the White House to demand passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which is likely to come to a vote today in the Senate, and the Freedom to Vote Act. March On is a political organization composed of women-led political activist groups that grew out of the women’s marches of January 21, 2017. They have come together as a united force to take concrete, coordinated actions at the federal, state and local levels to impact elections and move the country in a progressive direction.

Activist groups took to the streets to push president Biden to make voting rights a priority. The march started at Black Lives Matter plaza and ended at Lafayette Square.

Third Act groups are forming throughout the country, including here in Reno. On Friday, Oct. 29, joining youth-led rallies in a dozen cities to ?bug the banks.? As Katie Eder, 19, the executive direct Future Coalition explains: ?We?re drawing a bold line….We have to see an end to fossil fuels once a for all….That?s why we?re targeting banks. Banks like Chase continue to finance, loan to, and invest the fossil fuel industry, allowing it not just to continue, but to grow. This has to end.?

Giffords has teamed up with the Future Coalition, the Prevention Institute, the Urban Peace Institute and Women Against Gun Violence to bring this memorial to life.

Just over a year before the midterm elections, Arizona organizations are already mobilizing to register people to vote. Many of these organizations are led by immigrants.

That?s what happens now, this weekend, actually a March on Washington on Voting Rights.

The March On Voting Rights is planned for this Saturday in DC. The group will gather at the National Mall in Washington DC to demonstrate against voter suppression.

Hanu Karlapalem, a former Madison mayoral candidate, is organizing a virtual march in Alabama to commemorate the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.?s historic March on Washington. It will be held Aug. 28 from noon to 2:30 p.m. The march is part of a nationwide demonstration to demand that legislatures across the country end their push for restrictive voting laws and that Congress pass the ?For the People Act? and the ?John Lewis Voting Rights Restoration Act?, which will ensure free, fair access to the ballot for every voter,? Karlapalem said. ?In addition to Alabama, marches will also take place in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and in more than 40 other cities around the country on August 28.

There is a solution: the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, which requires pre-clearance of voting law changes with the federal government, and the For the People Act, which would enshrine federal voting standards. People in more than 60 cities across America will march in the March On for Voting Rights on August 28, the 58th anniversary of the March On Washington, to demand that Congress pass both.

Sewell and others, including the Rev. Al Sharpton and family members of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., are planning to attend a march for voting rights in Washington on Saturday, which will be the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Several other marches are planned across the country.

Civil-rights leaders Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III are leading a march on Saturday in Washington to demand that Congress pass both voting rights laws. More than 100 progressive and civil rights groups will participate including the Drum Major Institute, Sharpton?s National Action Network, March On and 51 for 51.

This year’s March on Washington will be held on August 28, with a focus on voting rights and the end of voter suppression. We encourage you to learn more about this historic moment, get involved in one of our Employee Resource Groups, including BOLD, and get involved in the volunteer opportunities listed below. Like Dr. King, we have a dream that diverse voices and backgrounds will be celebrated, and that the next generation of leaders will not have to continue to fight the same battles. It starts with just one step #ForwardTogether.

The March On for Voting Rights march, rally and concert will be one of several across the country calling on Congress to address strict voting laws.

Now several groups of activists plan to March On Washington again as more states move to pass restrictive voting rights bills.

And today is leading up to Saturday which is the March On Washington. There?s two rallies that are expected to take place on Saturday, you have the March for Voting Rights and a rally pushing for good trouble.

A special event called the March On for Voting Rights is taking place Saturday in Washington DC and throughout the country.

Andi first let me get your opinion on North Carolina restoring rights to convicted felons to now cast their ballots.

On Saturday, that?s a March On Voting Rights which is also a moment to commemorate the March On Washington.

On Saturday, August 28, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.?s historic March on Washington, Colorado residents who are committed to saving democracy and free elections will unite for a rally as part of the March On for Voting Rights. The rally is part of a nationwide demonstration to demand that legislatures across the country end their push for restrictive voting laws and that Congress pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Restoration Act, which will ensure free, fair access to the ballot for every voter. In addition to Boulder, marches will also take place in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and in more than 40 other cities around the country on August 28.

On Saturday, citizens from Anne Arundel County will be joining tens of thousands of people in the Nation?s Capitol in observance of the anniversary of 1963 March on Washington. It was at that rally for jobs, freedom and justice more than a half-century ago that the late Congressman John Lewis called on his nation to form ?a more perfect union.?

Drag performers across the country will be taking part in a day of action this weekend to protest voter suppression laws being adopted by Republican-led statehouses throughout the South and Midwest. It coincides with the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington where the late civil rights leader the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The group Drag Out The Vote is an official partner of the March On For Voting Rights being held in Washington, D.C. Saturday, August 28. Staff for the LGBTQ-focused voter education group will be attending the event in person.

This week will mark the 58th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King?s March on Washington. Around the nation, a number of marches will be taking place in honor of the anniversary. Those marching will be speaking out against voting restrictions currently being seen in states across the United States.

A rally and concert at Discovery Green on Saturday will mark the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr?s march on Washington. Bun B and Trey the Truth are scheduled to participate. Organizers say the rally will be used to push for federal voting rights legislation.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.?s eldest son is leading a movement of more than 100 organizations to unite behind voting rights, with a march scheduled in Washington and cities across the country on Aug. 28, the 58th anniversary of his father?s historic ?I Have a Dream? speech. Martin Luther King III along with other civil rights leaders behind the march, including the Rev. Al Sharpton and Alejandro Chavez, the grandson of Cesar Chavez, are demanding that Congress pass legislation to protect and expand voting rights at a time when Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country have passed or introduced hundreds of new voting restrictions which a Washington Post analysis found will likely disproportionately affect Black voters.

It’s past time for California to end this practice and live up to its values and this petition makes sure that our state legislators represent our voices.

?Martin Luther King III, Rev. Al Sharpton and Alejandro Chavez (the grandson of C‚sar Chavez) are spearheading peaceful, multiethnic marches in five cities in states where legislators recently passed voting restrictions.?

On this date back in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. Some civil rights leaders are using the anniversary to launch a new push to protect voting rights.

The backlash is a reminder of how far we?ve come, how much we have to defend and how far we have to go. The world we want will take a lifetime of work.

August 28 will mark the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the mass rally in Washington, D.C. that brought us Martin Luther King Jr.?s ?I Have a Dream? speech and set the stage for the Voting Rights Act and other civil rights victories in Congress. King?s family and other civil rights leaders are now calling for another mass march on Washington on August 28 that will turn up the heat on Democrats who have so far failed to pass three voting rights bills languishing in a divided Senate.

In honor of the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay welcome human rights activist Martin Luther King III to discuss his father’s legacy and the current assault on voting rights (15:42). Then we talk all things hip-hop with radio personality Peter Rosenberg (59:44), before discussing Andrew Cuomo’s awkward attempts to defend himself (1:58:24), plus we try to figure out What the Whites Were Thinking (2:17:04).

On morning edition MARTIN LUTHER KING the third the oldest son of the civil rights leader has announced a MARCH ON WASHINGTON to call for VOTING RIGHTS protections. The march will take place later this month on AUGUST 28.

Renewed talks on voting rights are underway on Capitol Hill, where the Senate is plotting new paths toward a potential legislative victory. This comes as the U.S. marks the 56th anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 that secured Black Americans’ right to vote and banned discrimination at the polls; however, activists argue that those rights are being threatened. Global human rights activist Martin Luther King III joined CBSN to discuss.

Civil rights leaders are planning several marches across the country on Aug. 28 to push Congress to move on stalled Senate legislation aimed at changing how elections are carried out.

Civil rights leaders from Washington to Phoenix are planning marches on Aug. 28 to push Congress to pass new protections around voting rights.

You?re not just Martin?s wife and Yolanda?s mother, you head the Drum Major Institute. One of the groups along with National Action Network and others that have called this march? March On and SEIU.

This week I joined Martin Luther King Jr III and his wife, Arndrea King, who head the drum major institute and I, as president of National Action Network, to go to Washington to meet with some of the senators and congressmen, who are for and opposed, or somewhere in between the voting rights bill named after John Lewis. And explained why we?re rallying, why we?re marching, and why we?re building up towards the national voting rights march on August 28th.

Democracy is unraveling before our eyes and we urge you and the Senate Democratic caucus to eliminate the filibuster to protect our future and advance the bold agenda we all are fighting for,” the letter states. It was organized and signed by youth-led and youth-serving organizations including Blue Future, Future Coalition, Sunrise Movement, Young Invincibles, March For Our Lives, College Democrats of America, Alliance for Youth Action, Generation Ratify, and Zero Hour.

Phoenix will be one of a handful of nationwide locations for a March On For Voting Rights on Aug. 28, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic March On Washington, when he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. The main event is planned for Washington, D.C., with satellite marches set to take place in Atlanta, Houston Phoenix, Sacramento, St. Petersburg and Miami, all places the organizers say voting rights are under attack.

Based in Beverly Hills, the fund was started by a group that included heirs from two of America?s most iconic families: philanthropist Aileen Getty, granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, and filmmaker Rory Kennedy, daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. It also has some serious climate chops. The fund?s advisory board includes writers like Bill McKibben and David Wallace Wells and youth activists like Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and Katie Eder.

We’re sending Stacey a HUGE thank you card for her tireless efforts to save our democracy!

We call on the Biden Administration to withdraw his nomination and nominate a qualified and committed public servant in his stead,? added the groups, which include the Sierra Club, CatholicNetwork US and Future Coalition.

ENVIROS PRESSURE BIDEN ON TREASURY PICK: Environmental groups Sierra Club, Oil Change International, Future Coalition and Friends of the Earth U.S. joined progressive organizations Revolving Door Project and others in a letter urging Biden to withdraw Neil MacBride as his nominee for Treasury Department general counsel.

In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision and Republican-controlled state legislatures further weakening the Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King III is calling for people of conscience to come to Washington on Aug. 28, the anniversary of the famous March on Washington. On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a momentous speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that the world remembers as the ?I Have a Dream? speech. preached about ?Letting Freedom Ring, from the Lincoln Memorial and now, nearly 60 years later, many of the things his father fought and died for have not been achieved.

Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Alejandro Chavez, the grandson of activist C‚sar Chavez, are leading the marches set to take place in major cities in states that have recently passed legislation seen by the left as placing more restrictions on voting, Axios reports.

The states that have passed such laws, which are majority Republican, assert that the laws often provide more opportunities to vote, not fewer, and are intended to prevent fraud, not to keep anyone with the right to vote from casting a ballot.

While voting is on the minds of Americans everywhere, I?d like to look ahead and announce that National Action Network along with March On and Martin Luther King Jr. III, and the organization he and Arndrea lead will march peacefully in Washington and across the nation to demand the foundation of this democracy be protected.

?I think my father would be greatly disappointed in where we are at this particular moment, but he would not give up on the nation. He believed in the power of people, the power of young people, and the power of change to come, and I am proud to support March On for Voting Rights to help carry out that change and recommit ourselves to finishing my father?s unfinished work.?

March On for Voting Rights is a mass mobilization that will take place on the 58th anniversary of Dr. King?s peaceful and historic March On Washington?this time, to demand that King?s ?I Have a Dream? vision be deferred no longer. Since January, 48 states have introduced 389 bills that would restrict voting access, largely in response to record turnout in the 2020 election. The most brazen of these bills?some already passed into law?would suppress high-turnout voting methods by banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, slashing early voting days and hours, restricting who can get a mail-in ballot, making illegal the distribution of food or water to those in long lines, and criminally charging officials who promote the use of mail-in ballots even when voters qualify. Some states are also putting election boards under partisan control, making it easy for legislatures to replace elected officials with members of their own party and granting them unprecedented powers that open the door to corruption in election administration.

On Wednesday, a group of civil rights organizations announced that they would host a “March On for Voting Rights” Aug. 28 to coincide with the 58th anniversary of the historic March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. “It disheartens me to say that as a country and society, we are not even close to where my father hoped we would be since delivering his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech 58 years ago,” Martin Luther King III, chairman of the Board for the Drum Major Institute, said in a press release announcing the march. “I think my father would be greatly disappointed in where we are at this particular moment, but he would not give up on the nation.”

And on August 28th, the 50th anniversary of the 1963 march on Washington, Martin Luther King III and Reverend Al Sharpton will launch their voting rights campaign in D.C. It`s a nationwide march against voter suppression. And that is just some — that is just some of what`s happening out there in terms of trying to protect your right to vote. And this will be a voting rights summer.

Nearly six decades after the March on Washington that saw Martin Luther King Jr deliver his iconic ?I Have A Dream? speech, the civil rights hero?s eldest son will be leading a march against voter suppression. Martin Luther King III and Rev Al Sharpton are set to hold a nationwide march in defence of voting rights on 28 August ? the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

A group of civil rights organizations will host another March on Washington in August to demand that Congress pass sweeping voting rights legislation and that state lawmakers halt efforts to enact bills that restrict voting access. The

Nearly six decades after the March on Washington that saw Martin Luther King Jr deliver his iconic ?I Have A Dream? speech, the civil rights hero?s eldest son will be leading a march against voter suppression. Martin Luther King III and Rev Al Sharpton are set to hold a nationwide march in defence of voting rights on 28 August ? the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

ÿMartin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton will hold a nationwide march against voter suppression on Aug. 28 ? the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. The event, dubbed ?March On for Voting Rights,? comes as legislatures across the country move to tighten up voting rules. Just under 390 bills have been introduced across 48 states aimed at restricting voting access in some form in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, the march?s organizer, March On, said in a statement.

@Xanderschultz chats with co-founder of the 2017 #WomensMarch on Washington & Executive Director of @WeAreMarchOn, Vanessa Wruble who explains how to use marches as a tool, the #climatestrikes, and more!

The Green New Deal Resolution is endorsed by the following groups: Association of Flight Attendants – CWA, Service Employees International Union, People’s Action, Corazon Latino, CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY, Indivisible, The Green New Deal Network, Working Families Party, Greenpeace USA, Sunrise Movement, Justice Democrats, Organic Consumers Association, Climate Justice Alliance, Future Coalition, Labor Network for Sustainability, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Common Defense, NDN Collective, United for Respect, Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, United We Dream, 350.org, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network, Chiron Communications, Blue America, Sisters Health & Wellness Collective, Rachel Carson Council, US High Speed Rail Association, Marked By COVID, Courage California, FracTracker Alliance and more.

The lead sponsors held an event on Capitol Hill to unveil the resolution, which has gained over a dozen new co-sponsors and is endorsed by over two dozen advocacy groups, including 350.org, Climate Justice Alliance, Future Coalition, Green New Deal Network, Greenpeace USA, Indivisible, Justice Democrats, National Domestic Workers Alliance, NDN Collective, Sierra Club, Sunrise Movement, United We Dream, and Working Families Party.

The 2021 New Large Agreement resolution is also supported by the following organizations: Association of Flight Attendants – CWA, Service Employees International Union, Peoples Action, Corazon Latino, CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY, Indivisible, The Green New Deal Network, Working Families Party , Greenpeace USA, Sunrise Movement, Justice Democrats, Organic Consumers Association, Climate Justice Alliance, Future Coalition, Labor Network for Sustainability, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Common Defense, NDN Collective, United for Respect, Sierra Club and more.

Best Public Service & Activism (General Virtual & Remote): CLIMATE EMERGENCY INTERACTIVE ? University of the Arts London ? UNIT9 ? Martin Percy, The Uncensored Library ? MediaMonks B.V., One World: Together at Home ? Sunshine Sachs, Vote with Us ? Future Coalition, Invisible Hate ? m ss ng p eces

The lead sponsors held an event on Capitol Hill to unveil the resolution, which has gained over a dozen new co-sponsors and is endorsed by over two dozen advocacy groups, including 350.org, Climate Justice Alliance, Future Coalition, Green New Deal Network, Greenpeace USA, Indivisible, Justice Democrats, National Domestic Workers Alliance, NDN Collective, Sierra Club, Sunrise Movement, United We Dream, and Working Families Party.

Best Public Service & Activism (General Virtual & Remote): Climate Emergency Interactive, University of the Arts London ? UNIT9 ? Martin Percy, The Uncensored Library ? MediaMonks B.V., One World: Together at Home ? Sunshine Sachs, Vote with Us ? Future Coalition, Invisible Hate ? m ss ng p eces

Alicia Novoa, a 19-year-old director of engagement at Future Coalition, says it?s exciting to have a president who is on the same page as she is. Biden wasn?t her first choice, but she was ?ready to get behind a candidate who can make things better.?

Jennifer Carroll Foy has received the endorsement of March On, a national grassroots organization focused on empowering women, people of color, and young people to organize their own communities. Carroll Foy is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for governor.

The sister organization Food & Water Watch signed on to the new letter. Other signatories included Amazon Watch, Center for Biological Diversity, Earthworks, Friends of the Earth U.S., Future Coalition, Greenpeace USA, Oil Change International, Public Citizen, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), SumOfUs, and several chapters of 350.org.

This year’s Story Challenge jury is made up of Lisa Jackson , Apple’s vice president of environment and social initiatives, Katie Eder, co-founder of Future Coalition, Robert Redford, and his wife, artist Sibylle Szaggars Redford, his grandson Redford, et al.

Katie Eder, executive director of U.S. youth climate group Future Coalition, was excited to see the return of credible climate leaders after the Trump presidency. But she has concerns: ?If we?re going to find the solutions that are going to match the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, we need to think differently. The people who need to be part of the conversation need to represent that. They need to be younger and more diverse.?

Judges for the problem will embrace ?Jackson, Robert Redford, Sibylle Szaggars Redford, Dylan Redford, co-founder of Future Coalition Katie Eder, filmmaker Religion Briggs and Animal Planet host Coyote Peterson.? The outcomes shall be celebrated on Earth Day with greater than 10,000 given away in prize packages.

For decades, a Chicago woman has hit the pavement in protest ? fighting against racial injustice and inequities. Jaquie Algee fights for civil rights, workers? rights and so much more. For this CBS 2 Chicago History Maker ? change begins when you mobilize and march.

Perhaps more than any other movement, the fight to protect the environment has been led by young activists. Sweden?s Greta Thunberg may be the first who comes to mind. In reality, she is part of a larger movement, one that includes both the organization she founded?Fridays for Future?and dozens of other youth-led groups, including Zero Hour, SustainUS, and Future Coalition.

Meanwhile, a coalition of youth-led groups including climate organizations Earth Guardians and Future Coalition has put forward a proposal for the administration to establish an independent “Office of Young Americans”. Such an office would be situated within the Executive Office of the President. They also seek the appointment of a “Director of Youth Engagement” to oversee the office and engage with top executive agencies.

Built by youth activists, for youth activists, Future Coalition is a national network that fosters community and collaboration among youth leaders and youth-led organizations. Young people have the ideas and passion to make incredible change in their local communities, in the country, and in the world. Future Coalition aims to provide these young people with the tools, resources, and support to power their ideas and amplify their impact via an incubator model.

?Even as kids, we know that there is no place for hatred and bigotry in public office. We have also felt the hatred and division her words sow. Rep. Greene?s lack of regard towards her standing in public office is a national embarrassment and disgraces the very state she serves,? officials said. March For Our Lives is joined by the Georgia Youth Poll Association, GA SDA, Pride In Running, Future Coalition, Atlanta For The Planet, Georgia For The Planet, and Sunrise Movement Atlanta.

On the 35th anniversary of the federal holiday celebrating his birthday, lifestyle brand Kith has partnered with the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the New Yorker to produce a limited-edition apparel collection to honor Dr. King?s life and legacy.

The memo has so far been signed by more than a dozen youth-led organizations, including civic engagement organization 18by Vote, education organization Student Voice, gun violence prevention organization March For Our Lives, immigrant rights organization United We Dream and Future Coalition, a national network of youth organizers.

In response to the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol, Vanessa Wruble, one of the co-founders of the Women?s March on Washington in 2017, told CNN, ?This is not the time to march.? Wruble?s warning comes as states across the country brace for what the FBI has warned are ?armed protests? being planned at all 50 state capitols in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden?s inauguration.

Bidet now co-hosts Wussy?s ?Good Judy? podcast, and she consulted on three events mobilizing LGBTQ people for the U.S. Senate runoffs with Future Coalition. ?It made me understand how important the voices of drag artists are to the community,? Bidet said. ?And gave me a new title: ?Brigitte Bidet, Consultant.? Cute!?

Woodrow?s interest in politics grew after the 2016 election. ?That?s when I realized that if I wanted change to happen, and I wanted the America that I lived in to reflect the people in it and the values that I held, that I had to step up and actually get involved,? she says. In the fall of 2020, she started at Stanford University, but because the pandemic had closed the campus, she stayed in her Georgia home and became deeply involved in campaigning there through Future Coalition, a national youth-led network of organizers. The work on the runoffs began immediately after the general election. ?Calls started happening as soon as that first crazy election night,? she says. ?A lot of it was just trying to organize around okay, what do we want to do? What is the best strategy to get people out to vote again?

Young people and People of Color were vital in securing Democratic election victories across the country. As the nation focuses its eyes on Georgia?s Senate Runoff Elections, organizations such as March On were crucial in getting out the vote.
March On is an organization focused on mobilizing the masses to create political power. March On frequently assists organizations fighting for social justice, climate change, and civil rights through mass mobilization. March On began the #VotewithUsGA bus tour to increase voter turnout in the Senate runoff elections. Andi Pringle is the Political and Strategic Campaigns Director at March On. Maci Hall is a Georgia native, political activist, and the Georgia State Director for March On. The Chicago Defender had a chance to speak with both about the Georgia Election and the significance of the youth and black vote.

Alicia Novoa, a youth activist and Director of Engagement for Future Coalition speaks on organization?s Georgia efforts (video).