( NEW YORK, NY )-Across the country, elected leaders, community organizers, celebrities and musicians will take the stage at #MarchForTruth rallies in more than 135 cities in the United States and abroad on June 3rd.
A sample of participating speakers at events nationwide include:
*Congressional Representatives Jerry Nadler, Nydia Velasquez, Brad Sherman, Mike Quigley, Al Green, Robin Kelly, Jamie Raskin, and Donald McEachin
*Writers and commentators including Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, writer and author Sarah Kendzior, tyranny expert Timothy Snyder, and commentator Sally Kohn
*Activists including Paola Mendoza and Linda Sarsour from Women's March, Susan Lerner from Common Cause and others
*Artists and musicians including Hamilton star Javier Munoz, appearing in New York City.
March for Truth is a national coalition of activist groups and grassroots, local organizers demanding that leaders in government defend the rule of law and fully investigate the Trump administration's motives for interfering in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and ties to Donald Trump and his associates.
National Partner organizations include MoveOn, Women's March, Indivisible, Public Citizen, Free Speech for People, Town Hall Project, The Opposition, Swing Left, Stand Up America, Common Cause, OurStates, Action Group Network, flippable, Rock The Vote, Lawyers for Good Government, Working Families Party, Rise to Run and Progressive Democrats of America.
The demands of the March are simple:
*An independent commission must be established and Congressional investigations should be properly resourced and pursued free of partisan interests
*As much information should be made available to the public as possible
*Congress should require Donald Trump to release his tax returns to clarify his business interests and obligations to any foreign entity;
*If crimes were committed or if collusion is discovered, it must be prosecuted.
The firing of FBI Director Comey, bombshell news of memos that suggest Donald Trump attempted to influence an active FBI investigation, Senate testimony from John Brennan, Sally Yates and James Clapper, and revelations about the Trump administration's handling of information that Mike Flynn was compromised further underscore the need for urgent, well-resourced investigations. As Representative Elijah Cummings noted last week, this investigation represents "a fight for the soul of our democracy."
A sampling of local organizing partners includes Wisconsin Progressives Alliance, Indivisible St. Louis, Indivisible San Bernardino, We March Party, Indivisible Charleston, Indivisible Chicago, United We Stand, Indivisible Eugene, Resist616, March on Montana, Indivisible Las Vegas, Indivisible Omaha, United Against Trump Pence, Pop Up Protest South Florida, Indivisible RI, Carson City Working Families Party, Northern Nevada Marches Forward, Indivisible Northern Nevada, Action Together Nevada, Get Involved Nevada, Indivisible Richmond, Persisterhood of Saint Joseph, CNY Solidarity, and many, many others.
For more information, visit marchfortruth.info .
