“How could our community look if we had the funding we deserve?”

WHO: Lehigh Valley Stands Up and community partners

WHAT: A block party focused on reviewing community achievements from the summer, envisioning a future that benefits all community members, and declaring the organization’s plan for the fall

WHERE: Bethlehem Rose Garden Bandshell

WHEN: Saturday, September 5, 2020 3:00pm

BETHLEHEM – It’s been 4 months since the Lehigh Valley first gathered this year to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. What have organizers done since then and what comes next? How can the community become an active part of it? Join Lehigh Valley Stands Up on Saturday, September 5, 2020 from 3 – 5pm at the Bethlehem Rose Garden Bandshell as they celebrate transformative victories, discuss how each member of the community can make a difference in the movement, and continue to imagine and push for the changes the Valley needs to see!!

What does it mean to #FundTheBlock? Meet the LVSU organizers who have been leading this work and learn about their fight to expose corruption, invest in the community, and protect and uplift voters across the Lehigh Valley. Collectively, participants will imagine what the community could look like with funds reallocated away from bloated police budgets and towards supporting mental and physical health, housing, infrastructure, arts, and education.

Community organizations will be on hand to provide food pantry services, register voters, help folks apply for mail-in ballots, fill out the 2020 Census, and become poll workers for November. Participants will be encouraged to visualize community change with a giant community-driven vision board, group singing, t-shirt making, photo and video booths, and additional socially distant activities. Be sure to wear a mask!

The Lehigh Valley can be a better place where every resident has the freedom to thrive. All people need are the resources to #FundTheBlock!

Lehigh Valley Stands Up (LVSU) is a grassroots 501c4 building a multi-racial working class force for transformative political change in the Lehigh Valley, making a difference on issues and in elections. LVSU is one of nine chapter organizations of PA Stands Up.

LVSU is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @LVStandsUp

 

 
Information provided to TVL by:
Ashleigh Strange
Regional Organizer at Lehigh Valley Stands Up
https://lvstandsup.org/

 

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