Every Vote is Sacred!

On Friday, October 30th –⁠ the first day of early voting in Orange County –⁠ CLUE’s interfaith coalition of religious leaders and community members will meet at the Honda Center in Anaheim to offer prayers and blessings upon all who are voting at Orange County’s largest Vote Center. 

Clergy and lay leaders from local houses of worship will also conduct a nonviolence training, to prepare community leaders to peacefully defend democracy after the November 3rd general election.

Please RSVP for exact locations, Zoom links, and further details: bit.ly/EveryVoteIsSacred

In light of the potential uncertainty that could unfold in the days and even weeks following Election Day, CLUE and our partners are banding together to ensure that we remain united. We are seeking to galvanize the broader public to support the core values of the democratic process and the right to peaceful freedom of expression. Our faith community aims to harness the sacred power of ritual to preserve the sanctity of democracy and of the vote, to offer a commitment to nonviolence as well as practical de-escalation tools to support the rights and safety of all public, and to provide expression of peoples’ hopes and fears for our democracy. 

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We will be hosting a series of events, so please Save the Dates:

• Fri Oct 30th, 12pm
  An Interfaith Blessing of OC’s Largest Early Voting Center & Nonviolence Training
  The Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave, Anaheim
  (Please RSVP for exact location)
  In-person socially-distant action (masks required) and online
  Facebook event
  

• Wed Nov 4th, 2pm
  A Post-Election Day Online Convocation & Nonviolence Training
  via Zoom (online-only event)
  

• Thurs Nov 5th, 12pm
  An Interfaith Vigil in Support of Vote Counting
  location TBD
  In-person socially-distant action (masks required) and online 

Please RSVP for exact locations, Zoom links, and further details: bit.ly/EveryVoteIsSacred 

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In this extraordinary time, our faith communities join with people across the country to affirm and advocate for people whose voice and votes are threatened.  We pray and speak out for complete and fair voting and vote counting, and for the partnership of government and community to support peaceful assembly and participatory democracy.

Please join us in this historic moment to declare, ‘Every vote is sacred!’

 

Organizers & Co-Sponsors

Arab American Civic Council
Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice
Community Congregational United Church of Christ, Los Alamitos
Community of Christ in Orange
Council on American-Islamic Relations - Greater Los Angeles Area
Harbor Christian Church, Newport Beach
Newsong Church, Santa Ana
Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton

WE’RE STILL ACCEPTING CO-SPONSORS! Please email [email protected] if your congregation or organization would like to co-sponsor and participate!