You are invited to join your fellow Americans and friends for a potluck picnic social! There will be lots of food and homegrown music provided by participants. Come and enjoy the food, music, and company!
This is a fundraiser for our Get-Out-The-Vote advertising campaign this fall. Please support our work to flip both houses in the November midterm elections!
Who: American and dual citizens and their guests
When: Sunday, July 5, from 2 - 6 pm
Where: Jim Ham and Miriam Chong’s BACKYARD
Details to follow when you RSVP
Non-alcoholic drinks, paper plates and utensils will be provided.
What to Bring:
- A dish for 6-8 people to share
- Lawn chairs
- Musical instrument for jamming (optional)
- BYOB
Questions? Contact Miriam Chong at [email protected].
Suggested donation of $10.00 USD per person or $13.00 CAD at the door.
Why July 5?
On July 5, 1852, abolitionist and former enslaved person Frederick Douglass delivered a searing critique of American slavery to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. Speaking at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, he famously asked: "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?"
By celebrating the day this speech was given, we are protesting the terrible things that have happened in the United States that violate the spirit of Independence Day, e.g. the desecration of the Voting Rights Act, the persecution of immigrants and minorities, and the disrespect shown to sovereign nations. To many of us living abroad we hope it is a helpful counterpart to celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.