Vote for Justice : An Evening of Empowerment with Artists & Activists
555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, United States
38.8930396
-77.0192849
Description
Join us as we launch our 2018 campaign for criminal justice reform, Vote for Justice. The launch event will include a food and drink reception, complete with a red carpet experience, social justice art exhibition and book pavilion. The evening will culminate in a powerful live-streamed program featuring policy and celebrity influencers advocating justice reform with special musical guests.
Please note that this is a free event. Attendance is invite only and non-transferable.
To RSVP, please use the designated access code provided at the time of invite.
6:30 PM // Red Carpet Reception
8:00 PM // Formal Program
HOSTED BY: Tichina Arnold and Michael Eric Dyson
FEATURING: Senator Kamala Harris, Michael K. Williams, Congressman Cedric Richmond, Congressman Lacy Clay, State Attorney Kim Foxx, District Attorney Larry Krasner, President of Open Society Foundations Patrick Gaspard, Donté Stallworth, Brittany Packnett, Shaun King, Carmen Perez, Desmond Meade, Naomi Wadler, Kemba Smith, Jamira Burley, Jessica Perez, Judith Browne Dianis, Charlene Carruthers, Udi Ofer, Bill Cobb and more!
PERFORMANCES BY: John Forté, Goapele, Raheem DeVaughn & Wes Felton, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Ayanna Gregory, LaTosha Brown, Ka'Ba Akintunde and a pre-show opening act by Nana Malaya, the Dancing Diplomat & Nubian!
ATTIRE: Cocktail attire recommended, not required.
LIVE-STREAM: The evening presentation will be live-streamed online by Mic. Visit www.voteforjustice.us for more information.
PARKING / VALET: The Newseum offers safe and affordable parking inside the building at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. Entrance to the Newseum parking garage is on C Street and remains open until 11 p.m. Self-parking at the Newseum is $13 for the evening.
Paid valet service will be available at the front of the museum at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue beginning at 6:00 PM and is $15 for the evening. Doors for the event will open at 6:30 PM for guests.
METRO: Metro is a quick, easy and efficient way to travel. The Newseum is close to several metro access points. Two are within walking distance of the museum:
Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter, served by the Green Line and Yellow Lines
Judiciary Square, served by the Red Line.
PARTNERS*:
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ACLU
Advancement Project
All Healers Mental Health Alliance
Alliance of Families for Justice
All of Us or None
Amplifier
Association Of Prosecuting Attorneys
Black Administrators in Child Welfare
Black Psychiatrists of America
Black Voters Metter Fund
Buried Alive Project
Busboys and Poets
Campaign for Black Male Achievment
CANDO Foundation
Celebrities For Justice
Center for Justice, Columbia University
CLASP
College and Community Fellowship
Community Healing Network
Council for Court Excellence
Down Home North Carolina
Electoral Justice Project of Movement for Black Lives Policy Table
Equal Justice Initiative
Executives’ Alliance for Boy and Men of Color
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
Hip Hop Caucus
Howard University School of Law Legislative Clinic
Human Rights Watch
Impact Justice
Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University
Institute of the Black World 21st Century / Black Family Summit
International Black Women's Congress
Justice Policy Institute
Law Enforcement Action Partnership
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Mission: Launch, Inc.
Mommie Activist and Sons
MomsRising
NAACP
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
National Association of Black Social Workers
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
National Conference of Black Lawyers
National Bar Association
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
National Urban League
Ohio Organizing Collaborative
Royal Circle Foundation
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc.
Sankofa.org
The Association of Black Psychologists
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
The Daniel Initiative
The Decarceration Collective
The Inner Voices
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens
The Raben Group
The Sentencing Project
Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law
Uber
Vera Institute of Justice
We Got Us Now
Wilberforce University
Women Who Never Give UP
*Are you interested in partnering with us? Send us an email at justiceroundtable@opensocietyfoundations.org
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Start:
2018-05-09T18:30:00-04:00
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2018-05-09T22:00:00-04:00
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