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Unite & Rise: Join us in Palo Alto for a National Day of Action for Voting Rights!
Saturday, August 8, 2026, 4:00 PM PDT
Social Hall at Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto, California
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FREE EVENT! SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026 - 4-6PM @ Congregation Etz Chayim, Social Hall | 4161 Alma, Palo Alto DOCUMENTARY & DISCUSSION: Join us to watch the award-winning documentary, After Selma, about the fight for voting rights and voter suppression, followed by a facilitated discussion including what YOU can do today. Meet historian, educator, playwright and author Dr. Clayborne Carson, in conversation with Lisa Ratner, attorney and LWVPA president, who will speak to the Voter ID initiative (Prop39) on the upcoming California ballot, and how to host a neighborhood “What’s On Your Ballot” gathering in September. Facilitated by Illy Peete, MBA. DR. CLAYBORNE CARSON is a founder of Stanford’s MLK Research and Education Institute, where he directed the King Papers Project at Coretta Scott King’s request since 1985. His works include In Struggle and The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., and he has advised on award-winning documentaries such as Eyes on the Prize. AFTER SELMA: The march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday galvanized a nation and forced the country to create the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Now, everyone could vote. The documentary explores what has happened since, and what tactics are being used today to suppress voting rights. Civil rights veteran Joanne Blackmon Bland, Emmy-winning filmmaker Loki Mulholland (“The Uncomfortable Truth”) and New York Times bestselling author, Carol Anderson (White Rage: the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide) dive into the history of voter suppression, and the need for us to challenge it, in order to preserve our democracy and equality for all. The fight for the right to vote continues. BROUGHT TO YOU BY: the League of Women Voters of Palo Alto & Rho Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc. - in partnership with AME Zion Church | The Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation | Catalyze & Cultivate Consulting | Spark/Etz Racial Justice Impact Coalition (SERJIC) | Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley | and more! Optional RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeW30vHB1zmHQw3CixlgtifeyiqMEJcdV3fuiI--m0cBRgfA/viewform
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