Progressive Democrat Issue 117: DC MARCH FOR VOTING RIGHTS

This comes from Twenty-First Century Democrats:

Currently, more than 500,000 Americans living in our nation's capital have no vote in Congress to represent their interests. We have no vote on whether we go to war or not, no vote on jobs, no vote for health care, no vote on how the taxes we pay are spent by the U.S. Congress, no vote on any issues before Congress.

But thousands of Americans are standing up for their fellow citizens of Washington by joining in the March for Voting Rights on April 16th, 2007. I am asking you to join this Voting Rights March.

If you cannot make it to the March, please forward this message to everyone you know who may be able to attend. We need to demonstrate to Congress that denying anyone their rights is unacceptable.

Where: Gather at Freedom Plaza and March to the Capitol
When: DC Emancipation Day, April 16
2:30 PM — Gather at Freedom Plaza — VIEW MAP
3:00 PM — March down Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
4:00 PM — Rally at the Capitol Reflecting Pool — VIEW MAP
What: Voting Rights March —
The Largest Demonstration Ever for DC Voting Rights
Who: Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Chairman Vincent Gray, Del. Eleanor
Holmes Norton, Congressman Tom Davis, Secretary Jack Kemp
Why: NOW is the time to make a difference!

More info here.

Write Congress to give your opinion.

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