From Neighborhood Action to People Power
Since our John Lewis Voting Rights Assembly, we’ve been organizing neighborhood by neighborhood—building relationships, hosting house meetings, knocking on doors, and developing Community and Voter Protection Ambassadors.
Now we’re putting that organizing into action.
OCTOBER 10 — KICKOFF
We will begin our week of action on October 10 with community activities focused on voting rights, voter education, and preparing our neighborhoods for early voting.
We are also planning a community screening of SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED, presented through Brave New Films, examining voter suppression and the continuing struggle to protect access to the ballot. Screening details are pending final confirmation.
Additional October 10 program and location details will be announced.
OCTOBER 17 — NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION DAY
10:00 AM–12:00 PM | Across Our Communities
October 17 doesn’t begin at Corpening Plaza. It begins in our neighborhoods.
Teams throughout the community will spend the morning taking action: canvassing, phone banking, writing postcards, talking with neighbors, sharing voter information, identifying barriers to voting, and helping eligible voters make their plans to participate.
Every neighborhood team will keep track of what it accomplishes.
How many doors did we knock?
How many conversations did we have?
How many calls did we make?
How many postcards did we write?
How many people made voting plans?
What did our neighbors tell us?
Then we bring those results downtown.
AFTER THE ACTION — CORPENING PLAZA
Following the morning’s neighborhood work, volunteers, neighborhood residents, partner organizations, and community members will come together at Corpening Plaza.
This is not simply another rally.
It is a community report-back and public assembly—a place to account for what we accomplished together, hear what our neighbors told us, recognize the people doing the work, and commit ourselves to what comes next.
Neighborhoods and teams will report their results. We’ll hear community stories. We’ll celebrate our collective work. And we’ll ask people to make their next commitment to protecting voting rights and helping eligible voters participate.
There will be music, signs, community spirit, and celebration—but the centerpiece of the gathering will be the work our communities have done and the work we pledge to continue.
Because October 17 isn’t the finish line.
It’s part of a larger effort to build lasting relationships and stronger neighborhoods so that every eligible voter has the information, support, and opportunity needed to make their voice heard.
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. WE DECIDE.
We decide who represents us.
We decide what comes next.
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law.
Now we’re taking the next step: turning people power into voter participation.
Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early is not purely a protest. October 17 is a day of nonpartisan voter participation—bringing communities together, helping eligible voters understand their voting options, and making sure people have the information and support they need to participate.
No Kings: Vote Early events are nonpartisan and designed to increase participation among all eligible voters.
A core principle of No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. Participants are expected to act lawfully and seek to de-escalate potential confrontations. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to these events.