A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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PFAW Member,

Voter suppression bills continue to move forward in state legislatures
across the country, and that's why we want you to join the nationwide
coalition of activists mobilizing this weekend in support of voting
rights!

This Saturday, May 8, our partners are ogranizing to raise awareness of
these bills, to lift up the need for federal action, and to honor lifelong
voting rights advocate and hero, John Lewis. Please join us!

[ [link removed] ]Sign up now for an event near you on May 8, the John Lewis Voting
Rights National Day of Action! >>

Thank you for fighting to defend our freedom to vote - and to making sure
we win John Lewis's fight at long last.

– Sarah, People For the American Way

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[ [link removed] ]The George Floyd Verdict and the Future of Justice in America

People For Member,

On Bloody Sunday in 1965, then-25-year-old John Lewis was beaten nearly to
death during a march for voting rights. He was willing to put his life on
the line to preserve the freedom to vote, and he spent his congressional
career fighting to protect and expand these rights. Now voting rights are
suffering their greatest attacks since the 1960s, with more than 350 voter
suppression bills moving through 47 states, and we need your help to
prevent these awful bills from becoming law.

People For is working with national and state-level partners to support a
John Lewis Voting Rights Day of Action on May 8, and we want you to join
us! From supporting legislation that strengthens voting rights across the
country to addressing the Jim Crow filibuster, we have a lot to do to make
sure that everyone can vote safely and securely.

[ [link removed] ]Sign up now for an event near you on May 8, the John Lewis Voting
Rights National Day of Action! >>

Although activists are working hard to fight back against local attacks on
voting rights by state legislators, there are four concrete things we need
to address at the federal level to ensure that everyone has the freedom to
vote: eliminating the Jim Crow filibuster, followed by passing the John
Lewis Voting Rights Act, the For the People Act, and the D.C. statehood
bill.

All three bills will help prevent the state legislators’ voter suppression
tactics – aimed squarely at communities of color – from taking effect, but
we need them to pass soon for that to be the case. That’s why we’re asking
you to take action locally to support these pro-voting rights efforts. And
if you participate in an event in-person, please make sure to practice
social distancing and wear a mask when you attend!

[ [link removed] ]Find an event near you to honor John Lewis’s commitment to voting
rights! >>

Thank you for all that you do.

In community,

Sarah, Digital Campaigns Associate

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