John Lewis National Day of Commemoration & Action virtual event

We want to give a HUGE thank you to all our wonderful guest speakers and their organizations!

• Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
• WA State Representative Mia Gregerson
• Edward Ward
• April Albright, Black Voters Matter
• Joel Johnson, OneAmerica
• Noa Baron, The Workers Circle
• Andrea Hailey, Vote.org
• Holly Mosher - Why Do You Vote?
• Yvonne Brandon - Freedom Writers Collaborative
• Emily Levy - Scrutineers.org
• Sandra - Power the Polls

To learn more about our organization and to support our efforts, visit our website at Fix Democracy First. If you would like to donate to Fix Democracy First go to https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/donate

Event Recording Links:

• Speaker View Recording -https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/T6DkTVk5CbZoD3wUE4EmWXPo27jUe6Ehcdn5uGsnw4mnnQxTH5H3yJIeZs-_bd9FGN0XDd5krQFa8tN4.KQA9lSnsytVVVaaL

• Gallery View Recording -https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/tYQv7EzykTivLk6RvO4fAHBGUl2XuauI5wQ1CNzanKNUpFwJ-4F7sDGQwiKK9Blg1-tMPa8YBrZm0aEI.OzZrJerKoBBhKloU

• Chat File (will download directly to your computer): https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/hFHf8-tyCYfxITEUn89TLDzQwNpKZ5dGXereZzrsqNpOiunfD5ScHa_iIe-w3uYeWmoAO46BDgnmEXj8.Dngsq__fL5EqYbI1

• Closed Caption File (will download directly to your computer):  https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/8QfEHZ1m5XgHnO6AbACnnyjG_IJR98ygodkck0RlYdIFnp2ZH-AheOwla7jwxmtvsX8L0w14cIT6mt-3.YB-Sc6qhnYH-4QpM
  

Pro-Democracy Legislation to Support:

• S.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024 - https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4
• H.R.11 - Freedom to Vote Act - https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/11
• Native American Voting Rights Act - https://davids.house.gov/media/in-the-news/protecting-sacred-right-vote-native-americans
• H.R. 51 - DC Statehood - https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/51

What can you do? - Calls to Action:

• Register to Vote or Update your address some text
  • Vote.org
  • Rock the Vote - https://www.rockthevote.org/get-involved/help-register-voters/

• Help Register Voters – Educate voters on rules & restrictionssome text
  • League of Women Voters - Increasing Voter Registration: https://www.lwv.org/elections/increasing-voter-registrationsome text
  • National Voter Registration Day, Sept 17th - https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/
  • Vote.org
  • Rock the Vote: https://www.rockthevote.org/get-involved/help-register-voters/

• Become a Poll Worker – Reach out to your local election officessome text
  • Power the Polls - https://www.powerthepolls.org/fixdemocracyfirst

• Protect Voters & Election Officialssome text
  • Election Protection - https://866ourvote.org/
  • Election Official Legal Defense Network - https://eoldn.org/
  • Scrutineers - https://scrutineers.org/
  • States United Democracy Center - https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/
  • Voter Protection Project - https://protectvoting.org/

• Get Out the Vote to increase turnout in your state and others! Write postcards, phone bank, post on social media, etc.some text
  • Nonpartisansome text
    • When We All Vote - https://whenweallvote.org/
    • Nonprofit Vote - https://www.nonprofitvote.org/americasnonprofitsgotv/
    • Why Do You Vote? - https://www.whydoyou.vote/
  • Blue Leaning:some text
    • Freedom Writers Collaborative - https://freedomwriterscollaborative.org/
    • Progressive TurnOut Project - https://www.turnoutpac.org/postcards/
    • Activate America - https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
    • Postcards to Voters - https://postcardstovoters.org/

• Contact Elected Officials - Advocate to Expand Voting Access - Locally & Nationallysome text
  • Find your elected officials here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

• VOTE! – Be Informed some text
  • Vote 411 - https://www.vote411.org
  • Vote.org - https://www.vote.org/
  • Ballotpedia - https://ballotpedia.org/

• Run for Office – We need dedicated people to get elected!some text
  • Run for Office - https://www.runforoffice.org/
  • Run for Something - https://runforsomething.net/run/
  • She Should Run - https://www.sheshouldrun.org/
  • Vote Run Lead - https://voterunlead.org/
  • MRSC - Candidate Information Resources for Local Government Elective Offices - https://mrsc.org/explore-topics/elections/getting-into-office/candidate-resources

• Join Organizations – National & Localsome text
  • Some National Pro-Democracy Organizations:some text
    • Transformative Justice Coalition - https://tjcoalition.org
    • Black Voters Matter - https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/
    • Declaration for American Democracy - https://dfadcoalition.org
    • Power the Polls - https://www.powerthepolls.org/
    • Vote.org - https://www.vote.org/
    • The Workers Circle - https://www.circle.org/
    • League of Women Voters - https://www.lwv.org
    • Power the Polls - https://www.powerthepolls.org
    • NAACP Legal Defense Fund - https://www.naacpldf.org
    • Democracy Works - https://www.democracy.works
    • More Equitable Democracy - https://www.equitabledemocracy.org
    • Brennan Center for Justice - https://www.brennancenter.org
    • Center for Common Ground - https://www.centerforcommonground.org
    • FairVote - https://www.fairvote.org
    • Fair Fight - https://fairfight.com
    • National Children's Campaign - https://nationalchildrenscampaign.org
    • Public Citizen - https://www.citizen.org
    • Respect Voters - https://www.respectvoters.org/
    • RepresentWomen - https://www.representwomen.org/
    • Partners in Democracy - https://partnersindemocracy.us/
    • Common Cause - https://www.commoncause.org
    • Democracy Docket - https://www.democracydocket.com
    • Democracy Fund - https://democracyfund.org/
    • Protect Democracy - https://protectdemocracy.org
    • Citizen Connect – List of organizations (national & local) – https://citizenconnect.us/organizations
    • Rock the Vote - https://www.rockthevote.org
    • Vote 411 - https://www.vote411.org
    • When We All Vote - https://whenweallvote.org
    • Why Do You Vote? - https://www.whydoyou.vote/
    • Scrutineers - https://scrutineers.org/
      
    • Freedom Writers Collaborative - https://freedomwriterscollaborative.org/
    • RepresentUS - https://represent.us
  • Some Local Pro Democracy Organizations:some text
    • National League of Cities (NLC) - https://www.nlc.org/
    • Find your local League of Women Voters - https://www.lwv.org/local-leagues/find-local-league
    • All Voting is Local - https://allvotingislocal.org/
    • Citizen Connect – List of organizations (local & national) – https://citizenconnect.us/organizations
    • Washington State:some text
      • Fix Democracy First - https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/
      • The Washington Bus - http://www.washingtonbus.org
      • WA Voting Justice Coalition - https://wavotingjustice.org
      • Washington for Equitable Representation - https://www.representingwa.org
      • Free the Vote – Voting Rights Restoration - https://www.freethevotewa.org
      • League of Women Voters of Washington - https://lwvwa.org
      • OneAmerica - https://weareoneamerica.org
      • FairVote WA - https://fairvotewa.org