Freedom Summer Kickoff Rally
Start: Thursday, June 18, 2026•01:00 PM
Location: Bethany Baptist Church• 1211 E 105th, Cleveland, OH 44108 US
It’s time to get loud in defense of our vote. The Trump administration sent 100 Homeland Security and FBI agents into our state to intimidate organizers, leaders and volunteers from the Ohio Organizing Collaborative – which runs one of the most effective voter registration programs in the nation.
Please join us on June 18 at 1pm for the Freedom Summer Kickoff Rally.
UPDATED ADDRESS: Bethany Baptist Church, 1211 E 105th Cleveland, Ohio 44108
We will hear from an array of voices who represent the diversity of our state: college students, senior citizens, faith community leaders, workers, elected officials, civic engagement groups and more.
Our message is simple: We will not stop engaging and empowering Ohioans -- no matter what the bullies throw at us.
The raids on OOC are just the latest example of attacks on our vote in Ohio. We’re up against legislative maps drawn to disempower Black and brown Ohioans and consolidate power in the hands of the few. We’re contending with voter I.D. laws that especially harm people with disabilities, senior citizens and college students. Purges that have kicked hundreds of thousands of Ohioans off the voter rolls. And now a ballot issue to enshrine voter I.D. in the Ohio constitution.
But we refuse to back down. We will not let anyone bully us out of the voting booth. Join us