Rally for Voting Rights and Our Democracy in Roanoke

Start: Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:00 PM

Join hundreds of concerned Americans on Thursday in Roanoke to rally for the restoration of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).

Thursday marks the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to gut the VRA. The rally will call on congressional leaders and Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to take action to support voting rights by restoring the VRA.

RSVP now to say youll be there on Thursday!

Speakers will include Wade Henderson, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Arturo Vargas, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund; Priscilla Ouchida, Japanese American Citizens League; Cornell William Brooks, NAACP; Larry Cohen, Communications Workers of America (CWA); Stosh Cotler, Bend the Arc; Brenda Hale, Roanoke Branch, NAACP; Tanya Clay House, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; the Rev. William Barber, NAACP; the Rev. Leslie Malachi, African American Ministers in Action, People For the American Way; Sen. John Edwards, Virginia state Senate; Aaron Mair, Sierra Club; Miles Rapoport, Common Cause; Mara Keisling, National Center for Transgender Equality; Hector Sanchez, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; Sindy Benavides, League of United Latin American Citizens; Terry Ao Minnis, Asian Americans Advancing Justice; Tefere Gebre, AFL-CIO; Rabbi Kathy Cohen, Temple Emanuel, Roanoke; Rabbi Michael Namath, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; Janaye Ingram, National Action Network; J. Walter Tejada, Arlington County Board; Rebecca Shankman, League of Women Voters of Virginia and Roanoke, Va.; Kirk Jones, Central Virginia Chapter, A. Philip Randolph Institute; Thomas Calhoun, Norfolk Federation of Teachers; Dana Jackson, Blue Ridge Independent Living Center, National Council on Independent Living; and Javontae McNear, Virginia NAACP Youth and College Division.

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