Hey Gang! We have missed you all and can’t wait to see you at our next meeting on Saturday, October 31st at 10:30a.
We will discuss VOTING and catch up on a few incidents that have sparked protests around the country. (Jonathan Price, Walter Wallace Jr, Marcellis Stinnette)
We will be meeting at the North Campus, upstairs in the Next Steps room. Let us know if you need the Zoom link.
October 31st Meeting
Notes and Links
History of Voting Rights video (3:19min)
Here is another video with a general explanation of Voting rights (5:45min):
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Explained (10:31min)
- Voting Rights Timeline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_voting_rights_in_the_United_States
- Jim Crow Laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws
- Jimmy Lee Jackson
- Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965)[1][2] was an African American veteran and civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church. On February 18, 1965, while unarmed and participating in a peaceful voting rights march in his city, he was beaten by troopers and fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper. Jackson died eight days later in the hospital.His death helped inspire the Selma to Montgomery marches in March 1965, a major event in the civil rights movement that helped gain congressional passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This opened the door to millions of African Americans being able to vote again in Alabama and across the Southern United States, regaining participation as citizens in the political system for the first time since the turn of the 20th century. Most had been disenfranchised since then by state constitutions and discriminatory practices that made voter registration and voting more difficult
- Selma to Montgomery Marches (54 miles)
- Other voting suppression examples (Linda)
- Felon rights to vote
- Some ways to help
- Be an Informed Voter
- Help – Community by serving throughout the voting process.
Group Discussion
- Current Events
- Jonathan Price,
- Walter Wallace Jr,
- Marcellis Stinnette
- Scripture
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Daniel 2:20-21
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20 and said: “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.21 He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
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- Proverbs 14:34
- Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
- Proverbs 11:4
- For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.
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- Prayer
- Voting Discernment, Grace-led & Spirit-filled Advisers, Peace, Healing
- Next Meeting – Saturday, November 7th.