Every Vote is Sacred!



Greetings Friend --



Just a gentle reminder that tomorrow, Friday, October 30th at 12pm –⁠ 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.



Fri Oct 30th, 12pm

An Interfaith Blessing of OC’s Largest Early Voting Center & Nonviolence Training

@ The Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave, Anaheim

In-person socially-distant action (masks required) and online





Please RSVP for exact location & details:  bit.ly/EveryVoteIsSacred <[link removed]>

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Speakers and Participants at our blessing tomorrow will include:



Rev. Sadie CullumberHarbor Christian Church, Newport Beach (Disciples of Christ)Rev. Terry LePageUnited Church of ChristAkbar HussainiExecutive Director, Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith CouncilRev. Edward G. BeckerEpiscopal Vicar for Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs, Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, and Pastor, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, La HabraRabbi Marcia TilchinJewish Collaborative of Orange CountyAvinder Chawlarepresenting the Orange County Sikh CommunityLillian ChesleyThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints







Rev. Samuel PullenCommunity Congregational United Church of Christ, Los AlamitosJoyce SwavingPresident, Greater Rancho Santa Margarita Interfaith CouncilRashad Al-DabbaghExecutive Director, Arab American Civic CouncilPastor Emily RoseCommunity of ChristRabbi Stephen EinsteinFounder Emeritus, Congregation B'nai Tzedek, Fountain ValleyRev. Jason CookUnitarian Universalist Congregation in FullertonJessica MossThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints







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.







Tomorrow's Vote Center Blessing is the first of a series of election defense events we're organizing, so please Save the Dates:







- 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 <[link removed]>



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!’



Thanks so much to all our Organizers & Co-Sponsors for their help!



- Advocates for Peace & Justice at the Irvine United Church of Christ (UCC)

- Arab American Civic Council

- Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Southern California

- Community Congregational United Church of Christ, Los Alamitos

- Community of Christ in Orange

- Council on American-Islamic Relations: CAIR Los Angeles

- Fullerton Interfaith Ministerial Association

- Harbor Christian Church, Newport Beach

- Jewish Collaborative of Orange County

- Keeping It Sacred

- Los Alamitos Community United

- Mission Hospital

- National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)

- Newsong Church, Santa Ana

- Orange County Alliance for Just Change

- Orange County Poor People's Campaign

- St. George's Episcopal Church, Laguna Hills

- St. Matthew Ecumenical Catholic Church, Orange

- The Orange County Jewish Coalition for Refugees

- Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton

- Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California (UUJMCA)

- Unite Here Local 11



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











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