The Workers Circle at the 58th Commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March
Getting ready to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, addressing the audience at the Freedom Flame Awards, “John Lewis crossed that bridge not because he knew he would win, but because it was right.”
With our friends from Demand Justice who are working on reform of the Supreme Court.
Noelle with Adam Lioz of NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Leslie Proll of the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights.
Rev. Mark Thompson of Make It Plain podcasts (check out Ann’s interview from last year with Mark) introduces speakers on a panel on reparations saying, “We are here in Selma, the birthplace of democracy.”
Noelle with April Albright of Black Voters Matter
With Tishan Weerasooriya from the Sierra Club: to fight climate change we must protect and expand the right to vote!
Special session with, left to right, Leigh Chapman (formerly Secretary of State of Pennsylvania), Virginia Kase Solomon (League of Women Voters), Christian Nunes (NOW), and Barbara Arnwine (Transformative Justice Coalition) discussing the challenges before us in countering voter suppression and election interference.
With the Councilwoman Hattie Portis-Jones (to Noelle’s left) and delegates from the town of Fairburn, Georgia as we get ready to march across the bridge. They’re excited about our democracy circles!
The League of Women Voters invited us to table with them and the Alabama NAACP to reach the thousands of people in Selma that weekend with voting rights and democracy resources. Thank you LWV!