On May 8th, the entire nation will move as one in Good Trouble! Watch the 12 - 2 PM EDT National Broadcast Virtually. Then gather for local press conferences, followed by John Lewis Votercades in 130 cities. End the day of action at the Celebration, Activisim and TeachIn villages. Speakers and performers include Marc Morial, Wade Henderson, Martin Luther King III, Helen Butler, Dolores Huerta, Chrys Matthews, Luenell Campbell, Maria Teresa Kumar, Georgene Louis and many more. Help us tell Congress that they must end the scourge of voter suppression sweeping our nation by passing S1 For The People Act, HR4 The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and S51 The DC Admissions Act.

Our thanks to the thousands of volunteers who have helped us to reach over 130 events posted here!  Please publicize to your friends, colleagues, family and members as we are only days away. Great comprehensive information and materials can be found at the event website www.JohnLhewisDayofAction.org .

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THIS IS OUR MOMENT IN TIME TO MAKE VOTER JUSTICE A REALITY! BE SURE TO PARTICIPATE ON MAY 8TH!

On May 2nd Duke awarded honorary degree to our very own attorney, civil rights leader and activist Dr. Barbara Arnwine; Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Professor Jacquelyn Campbell; Harvard Professor of History and of African and African American Studies Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham; and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency William K. Reilly.

Barbara R. Arnwine, Esq, president & founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition, is internationally renowned for contributions on critical justice issues including the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the 2006 reauthorization of provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Currently, she also serves as Co-Chair and Facilitator of the National Commission for Voter Justice, the Millennial Votes Matters Convenings and the Voting Rights Alliance. She was the head of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law from February, 1989 until June, 2015 and holds the honorific title of President Emeritus. She has served as the Charles Hamilton Chair for the North Carolina Central University School of Law from 2016-2017 and has also taught at Columbia University School of Law. She also created the legendary Voting Rights “Map of Shame” in 2011, which exposed the new modern wave of voter suppression in the states. Her groundbreaking civil rights and human rights advocacy has been honored with many prestigious awards. She is the radio host of Igniting Change and is a regular presence in the national media, and is often quoted in the press. A graduate of Scripps College and Duke University School of Law, she continues to champion civil rights and racial justice issues nationally and internationally in the areas of housing and lending, women’s rights, especially issues affecting intersectionality and African American women and girls, community development, employment, voting, education, policing restructuring, and environmental justice.