Oakland: January 6th Nationwide Day of Remembrance & Action Vigil Rally

OAKLAND VIGIL RALLY for DEMOCRACY

We the People: January 6th Nationwide Day of Remembrance and Action

When: Thursday, January 6, 2022 @ 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PT

Location: Frank Ogawa Plaza / Oakland City Hall. 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612; where Broadway, 14th and San Pablo merge

RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/democracyvigils/event/433974/

Website & virtual event options here: https://jan6unityday.org/

This event is part of the nationwide day of remembrance and action by the Jan6 Unity Day Coalition, comprised of 100+ organizations for democracy, voting rights justice, and more.

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REMEMBRANCE VIGIL & CALL TO ACTION

January 6 was a violent and deadly attack against all Americans – against our country, our democracy, and our freedom as voters to choose the leaders that represent us so that we have a government of, by, and for the people.

One year later, the same faction that attacked our country on January 6th is hard at work silencing our voices by restricting our freedom to vote, attacking fair voting districts, and quietly preparing future attempts to sabotage free and fair elections and with it our democracy.

So this January 6, exactly one year later, Americans across race, place, party, and background are holding candlelight vigils to say: In America, the voters decide the outcome of elections.

The promise of democracy is not a partisan issue but a calling that unites us as Americans. To prevent this kind of attack from happening again, our elected leaders must pass urgent legislation that will protect this country from anti-democratic forces who are continuing their efforts to destroy it.

Coming together, we can prevent another January 6th attack and realize the promise of democracy for all of us - no matter our color, zip code, or income - so we all have an equal say in the decisions that shape our daily lives and futures.


WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND:

• The Freedom to Vote Act

• The Protecting Our Democracy Act

• The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

• DC Statehood

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SAFETY DURING COVID

Please wear a mask and be vaccinated/boosted.

Follow all COVID safety protocols, especially with rise of the omicron variant: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Omicron-Variant-Fact-Sheet.aspx

If you have the following symptoms, please DO NOT participate in person. Even if you test negative for COVID-19 but have any of these symptoms, please refrain from in-person actions:
--Fever or chills
--Cough
--Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
--Fatigue
--Muscle or body aches
--Headache
--New or sudden loss of taste or smell
--Sore throat
--Congestion or runny nose
--Nausea or vomiting
--Diarrhea
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ORGANIZATIONS

We are the Jan6 Unity Day Coalition: https://jan6unityday.org/

159 Georgia Together
51 for 51
Akron DSA
Albuquerque Chapter – Democratic Socialists of America
Augusta-Richmond NAACP
Avondale ACTion
Blue Wave Postcard Movement
Broward for Progress
Capital Region Mothers Our Front
Carolina for All
CASA
Cause Communications
Center for Community Change
Center for Popular Democracy
Citrus Coffee Coalition
CivicGeorgia
Clean Elections Texas
CODEPINK
Common Cause NY
Common Defense
Daily Kos
DC Vote
Declaration for American Democracy
Defend Democracy
DemCast USA
Democracy Initiative
Democracy Maine (Maine Citizens for Clean Elections & League of Women Voters of Maine)
End Citizens United
Equal Justice Society
Face the Music Collective
Fair Elections Network
Faith in Public Life
Fix Democracy First
Franciscan Action Network
Future Coalition
Georgia NOW
Government Accountability Project
HAZMAT America
Hudson Valley Strong – Indivisible
Indivisible
Indivisible Bainbridge Island
Indivisible Chicago
Indivisible Fighting 9
Indivisible Huron Valley – StateWide Indivisible SWIM
Indivisible Nation BK
Indivisible Sante Fe
Indivisible St. Paul
Into Action Lab
Inwood Indivisible
Just Democracy
League of Conservation Voters
League of Women Voters
Little Lobbyists
Let America Vote Action Fund
LOUD For Tomorrow
MA Standing Up for Racial Justice
Mainers for Accountable Leadership Action
March On
Missouri Voter Protection Coalition
Monroe Democracy Center
Move Past Plastic
Movement Labs
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Council of Jewish Women
National Organization for Women
Not Above the Law Coalition
NRCC Action Fund
Occupy Bergen County
Open Democracy Action
Our Maryland
Our Revolution Massachusetts
Our Revolution Ohio
People For the American Way
People’s Action
PFLAG National
Poligon Education Fund
Progressive Democrats Of America
Progressive Democrats of America- Virginia
Public Citizen
SEIU
Sierra Club
Stand Up America
Swing Blue Alliance
Texas Alliance for Retired Americans
The Leadership Conference
The National Vote
Truth and Democracy Coalition
Unitarian Universalist Association
United Church of Christ Washington Office
Upper West Side MoveOn/Indivisible Action Group
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
We the People Willimantic
What’s Next Washington
Williamsburg JCC Indivisible
Women of Color Coalition
Women’s March Action
Women’s March Foundation