In light of the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act, civil and voting rights groups are organizing a grassroots National Day of Action on Saturday, May 16th in Alabama.
9 AM | Selma — Faith leaders gather at the Edmund Pettus Bridge for prayer
“The march is not over. We have unfinished business, the fight is ours, and we are going to finish it.”
The ask:
1. Sign on as a solidarity partner
2. Amplify the message and Push it to your members and networks
3. Pull up if you can
Sign on as a partner and use the social toolkit → allroadsleadtothesouth.com
See below the UU organization Side with Love’s call to action for this Saturday’s gathering in Montgomery for the National Day of Action for Voting Rights. You can visit the website for the event directly at https://blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/
| Sixty years after civil rights organizers marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge demanding the freedom to vote, we are being called back to that same ground, because the same forces are at work again. The Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court decision to gut the Voting Rights Act did not happen in isolation. It was a signal. Within weeks, Republican-controlled legislatures across the South moved swiftly to gerrymander congressional and judicial maps, strip away the protections and representation of all voters in these districts, and attempt to restore a power structure that this country has long rejected. Today, we must reject it again! We are not going back. Join Side With Love at All Roads Lead to the South. |
| This Saturday, thousands of people — faith leaders, organizers, and everyday people from across the country — are converging on Montgomery and Selma as part of All Roads Lead to the South, an emergency national mobilization against these attacks on voting rights. Alabama has always been sacred ground in this fight. This moment is no different. But a gathering of this magnitude does not hold itself together. It takes people who are willing to do the less visible, essential work — so that everyone who makes the journey feels the full power of what we are building together. We are asking UUs in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee — ministers, lay leaders, and those of you who have already shown up for this work — to volunteer. To staff the infrastructure that makes transformation possible. Registration, accessibility, crowd support, voter activation — these roles are not secondary. They are the spine of the day. We are asking you to be one of those people. Sign up to volunteer at All Roads Lead to the South. If you need a ride, there is a limited number of free buses leaving from Anniston, Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Greensboro (Mississippi), Huntsville, Jackson, Memphis, Mobile, Nashville, and Selma to Montgomery. Go to “Need a Ride” to get a seat on the bus. Otherwise, we are encouraging teams from congregations to organize their own travel and lodging. A note: we are not currently mobilizing our Louisiana community, who are in the middle of their own critical election fight. But the rest of the South is answering this call, and we want you with us. SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER In faith and solidarity, Nicole Pressley Side With Love |
