#restorethevra

#ArtIsAWeapon 🎥🎶@briccelebratebk presents a screening of @directher's @theacademy best picture-nominated @selmamovie, accompanied by acclaimed musician @thejasonmoran and Wordless Music Orchestra performing a live score, August 10 at Prospect Park, 7:30pm. Also, @HeadCountOrg will be on site registering people to vote. . #Glory #VotingRightsAct #VoterSupression #RestoretheVRA #Selma #JasonMoran #WordlessMusicOrchestra #outdoormovies #livescore #LiveMusic #rockthevote #voterregistration #voting #ProspectPark #CelebrateBrooklyn #AtTheBandshell #BRICCelebrateBk #TraScapades #FreeInNYC (at Prospect Park Bandshell)

Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. We must honor its legacy by fighting to #RestoreTheVRA

That the Voting Rights Act has to even be considered being restored shows us just how far we HAVEN'T come in certain ways, let alone the fact that it is now once again a seemingly partisan issue.

Register to vote and push to ‪#‎RestoreTheVRA‬: http://tvote.org/1SmuwwD

“It has been a bureaucratic nightmare,” said [Anthony] Settles, 65, a retired engineer. “The intent of this law is to suppress the vote. I feel like I am not wanted in this state.”

Fingerprinted and free! #DemocracySpring #DemocracyAwakening #OverturnCitizensUnited #RestoreTheVRA #DCStatehood #CrashTheParties2016 #WHCD #WHCD2016