Potluck Picnic in Victoria, Sunday, July 5!

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 for the midterm elections.  Please support our work.

Who:        American and dual citizens and their guests

When:      Sunday, July 5, from 2 - 6 pm   

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] or 250-370-6046.

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, July 5, 1852, 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 that it is a helpful counterpart to celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.  

 

WHEN

Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Time

WHERE

Provided after RSVP
Canada
Google map and directions

CONTACT

Miriam Chong
[email protected]
(250) 370-6046

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