Events

On Saturday, May 14, abortion rights supporters are holding a “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally and protest march in support of abortion access and reproductive freedom. Speakers will include our VA 5th District candidate Josh Throneburg.

We’re supporting the organizers and doing voter registration at the event.

Women’s heath and civil rights have unfortunately become become partisan issues, so Dems need to show up and join the groundswell against concerted Republican efforts (at every level of government) to drag America back to the 1950s (or the 1350s as Justice Alito would prefer).

• When: Saturday, May 14th (tomorrow!), 10:15am – 12:15pm
• Meeting Place:  Federal Courthouse, 255 West Main Street, Charlottesville,
• Rally End: Free Speech Wall, 605 E. Main St., Charlottesville, VA
• Website:  https://www.mobilize.us/ppaf/event/459750/

Come in person (Jefferson School, requires masks and proof of vaccination) or stream it, but please come hear our 5th District Candidate Josh Throneburg’s policy priorities and get your questions answered! Co-hosted by Charlottesville & Albemarle Dems, our co-chair Dashad Cooper will be moderating.

Support the “300 Bike Give Away” to help our local kids have a great Summer of 2022! https://www.gofundme.com/f/300-bike-giveaway-every-kid-deserves-a-bike

https://cvilledems.org/events/4828/

Hop on the Sin Barreras bus to DC tomorrow (Sunday May 1st) to participate in the March for Immigration Reform. Dems support immigration reform: https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/the-issues/immigration-reform/…!

https://cvilledems.org/events/4826/

We met lots of new people, and some old friends ( Josh Throneburg, Sen. Creigh Deeds, Michael Payne) stopped by. See our recap!

It’s Friday, it’s Spring, it’s going to be beautiful… get out a bit and come celebrate Earth Day 2022 with the Dems (including new 5th District candidate Josh Throneburg, Sen. Creigh Deeds, and others)! Do yourself (and us) a favor and sample at least one of these events:

1.  UVA Climate March

The March starts at 3pm at the north side of the UVA Rotunda. The route is only a few blocks long and over by 5pm (or whenever you feel like it… it’s a spring Friday!).

 

2.  6-8pm Ix Art Park, “Fridays for Future” Festival

Books & painting & stickers for kids, selfies w/Greta Thunberg, music by “The Green Grannies”, voter registration information… and that’s just our booth! There will also be workshops & demos, a Thrifted Fashion Show, sustainability vendors, and a 2019 movie 2040 at 8pm which addresses practical solutions to environmental concerns (the filmmaker’s daughter will reach adulthood in 2040).

 

  3.  6-8pm Stonefield, “Love Mother Earth” Programs

Kid-friendly activities (book readings, painting, stickers), and voter registration info at our booth 6-8pm, then at 8pm they’re showing the 2005 movie Harvests of Hope; meet the innovative farmers, communities, and leaders who are planting the seeds of resilience for the future of food and our planet (Q&A afterwards).