Deadline for Democracy Los Angeles

July 7, 2021 at Los Angeles City Hall

Leanna Brand with Indivisible Simi Valley/Porter Ranch singing her rewritten version of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Tessie Borden, Immigrant Rights Activist and poet reciting one of her poignant poems.

Congressman Jimmy Gomez speaks about his experience during the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Pastor William D. Smart, Jr., CEO & President of Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California delivers a passionate, fierce, and profound message.

Rabbi Jonathan Zasloff, law professor at UCLA, PhD in American History speaking some powerful words. Pastor Cue has properly renamed him J.Z.

Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible addresses the crowd.

Featured speakers

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Pastor William D. Smart, Jr., CEO and President of Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California

Pastor Stephe "Cue" Jn-Marie, The Row LA "The Church Without Walls" at Skid Row

Shetarrah Byfield, District Director for Assemblymember Isaac Bryan.

Jonathan Zasloff, Rabbi, UCLA law professor, PhD in American History, Activist.

Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible

Josiah Edwards, Sunrise Movement Los Angeles Hub Coordinator

Jehoshua Jireh Smart, Co-Founder of MLK Young Dreamers for Justice

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Pastor Cue Jn-Marie from the "church without walls," The Row Church on Skid Row.

Felipe S. Caceres of SEIU 721 who supplied our flatbed mobile stage and Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible.

People came from all over because we will not have our voting rights stripped away. We are not going back.

We had everyone fill out a Deadline for Democracy Commit Card and "mail" it to themselves with actions they can take to help get the For the People Act passed.

We have all the power and as a collective we can absolutely get this done. — We had everyone fill out a Deadline for Democracy Commit Card and "mail" it to themselves with actions they can take to help get the For the People Act passed. We have all the power and as a collective we can absolutely get this done.

Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible and Jason Berlin, Executive Director of Field Team 6.

Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible and Leanna Brand, Founder of Indivisible Simi Valley/Porter Ranch.

Josiah Edwards, LA Hub Coordinator from Sunrise Movement LA and Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible.

John Brunner, Vicki McCarty, Colleen Toumayan, and Duski Wanamaker of Northridge Indivisible.

Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without the For the People Act.

This future headline is devastating because as it stands right now, state legislatures all over the country — Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without the For the People Act. This future headline is devastating because as it stands right now, state legislatures all over the country are adding the right to overturn election results if they don't like the outcome. We MUST pass the For the People Act. Failure is not an option. Featured: Duski Wanamaker of Northridge Indivisible

Congressman Jimmy Gomez calling on our Senators to pass the For the People Act. Everything is at stake.

Behind the Congressman:
Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without th — Congressman Jimmy Gomez calling on our Senators to pass the For the People Act. Everything is at stake. Behind the Congressman: Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without the For the People Act. This future headline is bright; but only if we pass the For the People Act. Featured: Sarah Jakle of DemocrSHE

Michelle Fowle, Found and Chair of Northridge Indivisible, Tessie Borden, Immigrant Rights Activist and Poet, and Pastor Cue of The Row Church on Skid Row.

Sandi Cook with Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California.

Tessie Borden, Immigrant Rights Activist and poet.

Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without the For the People Act. This future headline is bright; but only if we pass the For the People Act. Featured: Leanna Brand, Founder of Indivisible Simi Valley/Porter Ranch

Pastor Cue of The Row Church on Skid Row.

Rabbi Jonathan Zasloff is a professor of law at UCLA, where he teaches courses in Property, Land Use Law, Climate Change Policy, and Talmud (Jewish Law). He maintains an active public interest law practice, focusing on fighting for affordable housing and defending the rights of immigrants facing deportation and torture. In 2019, he spent several months in North Carolina registering low-income voters and combatting the state's discriminatory Voter ID law. Zasloff holds a PhD i… See More

Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible and Alex Mohajer of Stonewall Democrats Los Angeles

Jason Potell of Northridge Indivisible managing the stage.

Ashley Craig, community organizer and grassroots activist.

Leanna Brand, leader of Indivisible Simi Valley/Porter Ranch sings her rewritten version of the Battle Hymn of the Republic and it was something else. Also, she has a beautiful voice!

Congressman Jimmy Gomez with Felipe S. Caceres of SEIU 721

Josiah Edwards, LA Hub Coordinator from Sunrise Movement LA gave an impassioned and powerful speech.

Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without the For the People Act.

Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without the For the People Act.

Featured: Tessie Borden, Immigrant Rights Activist — Part of our event was "artivism" where we had each reader read what future headlines would look like with and without the For the People Act. Featured: Tessie Borden, Immigrant Rights Activist

Flash Forward Future Headlines

A snapshot of what future headlines could look like with and without passing the For the People Act.

Which future headline will you help shape?

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Flash forward headline WITHOUT the For the People Act

Flash forward headline WITH the For the People Act

Commit Cards

Attendees filled out a Commit Card to take an action to demand Congress protect our Freedom to Vote and Pass the For the People Act without letting the filibuster get in the way. They dropped it in our “mailbox” which will be mailed back to them.

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Deadline for Democracy Los Angeles

July 7, 2021 at Los Angeles City Hall

Featured speakers

Deadline for Democracy Los Angeles event photos

Flash Forward Future Headlines

Commit Cards

Partners

Northridge Indivisible