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7 Days of Action in DC
Week of Democracy in Action
250 years later, we are
Declaring Independence from Corporate Rule
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Join Move to Amend from June 28 through July 4. Organizers from across the country will gather in the nation's capital for Seven Days in D.C. — a weeklong series of civic engagement activities, public demonstrations, and cultural events designed to encourage direct participation in the democratic process during the lead-up to Independence Day.
The event will bring together activists, organizers, artists, comedians, musicians, and citizens for a coordinated week of lobbying, voter outreach, protest education, conversations with congressional candidates, and nightly performances across Washington.
What We're Doing
Seven Days. One Mission.
Congressional Lobbying with FLARECongressional lobbying for the #WethePeopleAmendment coordinated through FLARE — For Liberation And Resistance Everywhere.
Voter OutreachOn-the-ground voter outreach efforts across Washington throughout the week.
Protest EducationWorkshops focused on organizing strategy, protest planning, and civic action — building skills that last beyond the week.
Cultural ProgrammingNightly performances featuring comedy, live music, and guest speakers at venues across the city — free and ticketed.
Public DemonstrationsSustained visibility actions throughout the city, creating a civic presence during one of Washington's most visible weeks.
Community BuildingConversations with congressional candidates and fellow organizers — strengthening the networks that make change possible.
The Week
Day by Day
Sunday, June 28 — ArrivalOrganizers from across the country arrive in Washington. Opening gatherings for the week ahead.
Monday – Thursday, June 29 – July 2 — Civic Action DaysStructured civic engagement each day: congressional office meetings coordinated by FLARE and Move to Amend, voter outreach, organizing workshops, and protest strategy sessions. Evenings feature cultural programming — comedy, music, and speakers — at venues across the city.
Monday, June 29Hit the Ground RunningDay one of civic action. Morning workshops, civic education, and Know Your Rights — then the evening finds its voice on the Black Cat stage.
9–10AM
Black CatPenny UniversityPastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
10AM-NOON
FLARECongressional Lobbying with FLAREYour first day in Washington and you're already going inside. FLARE has been running congressional lobbying operations blocks from the Capitol since day one - coordinated, relentless, and effective. They know the offices, the staff, the pressure points, and exactly how to make a constituent meeting count. You show up. They handle the rest. Coordinated groups. Real offices. Real conversations. This is democracy with your shoes on the marble.
6:30PM – Close
Black CatMusic, Artists, Speakers Evening ShowFreedom Futures Collective presents a curated lineup of artists and musicians — movement leaders, directly impacted community members, and at least one person who will make you want to fight harder than you did yesterday — takes the Black Cat stage before the music begins. This is not a panel. This is a rally with a soundtrack. Come fired up. Leave more so.
Tuesday, June 30Dig In — The Meat of the WeekCandidate accountability and a night of music that belongs entirely to this moment.
9–10AM
Black CatPenny UniversityPastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
10AM-NOON
FLARECongressional Lobbying with FLAREYour first day in Washington and you're already going inside. FLARE has been running congressional lobbying operations blocks from the Capitol since day one - coordinated, relentless, and effective. They know the offices, the staff, the pressure points, and exactly how to make a constituent meeting count. You show up. They handle the rest. Coordinated groups. Real offices. Real conversations. This is democracy with your shoes on the marble.
TBD
Black CatACLU Know Your Rights PanelElizabeth Booker Houston is moderating this free event.
7:30PM–Close
Black CatMusic Night Rebel Riot Rock NightTuesday night belongs to the music. No agenda, no speeches — just the Black Cat doing what it has done for over thirty years: putting the right artists on the right stage in front of the right crowd. A full evening of live performances spanning the spectrum of resistance, joy, grief, and defiance. This is the night you'll remember when someone asks you years from now what it felt like to be alive in this moment.
Featuring: BAD STATIC, ALLSTRIKE, RESISTANCE CO, THE MAKA STICKS, and PETRICHORWednesday, July 19–10AM
Black CatPenny UniversityPastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
10AM-NOON
FLARECongressional Lobbying with FLAREYour first day in Washington and you're already going inside. FLARE has been running congressional lobbying operations blocks from the Capitol since day one - coordinated, relentless, and effective. They know the offices, the staff, the pressure points, and exactly how to make a constituent meeting count. You show up. They handle the rest. Coordinated groups. Real offices. Real conversations. This is democracy with your shoes on the marble.
1–3PM
Black CatCandidate ForumAsk the hard questions. Demand real answers.
7:30PM – Close
Black CatComedy Night ft. Cliff Cash Evening ShowPower hates being laughed at. Cliff Cash headlines an evening of comedy that is equal parts cathartic and incendiary — the kind of laughter that comes from someone finally saying the thing everyone in the room has been thinking. Supporting acts TBA. If you've been grinding through the week's heaviness, this is your pressure valve. Come ready to lose it.
Thursday July 29–10AM
Black CatPenny UniversityPastries, coffee, and conversations with organizers on the frontlines of voting rights, immigration justice, reproductive freedom, environmental defense, civil liberties, and more. Bring questions. Leave with a stack of literature and three new contacts you didn't have when you walked in.
11AM–2PM
Black CatDungeons & DragonsWhether you're a seasoned adventurer or you've never played D & D in your life, pull up a chair. Dungeoon Mastered by none other than Matt Gordon - veteran, activist, and apparently also a guy who can make you fight a dragon while making a point about civic engagement.
7:30PM – Close
Black CatUFICE WRESTLEMAGNIA TICKETSThe kind of event that doesn't have a clean genre and doesn't need one. Featuring Robby Roadsteamer, Jolly Good Ginger, Chelsea Gods, Dawoke Farmer, and more. Part wrestling event. Part civic hallucination. Part performance art fever spike. Do not miss this show.
Friday, July 3 — ConvergenceVeteran RallyJuly 3 marks the inflection point of the week. As the city swells with visitors, Seven Days in D.C. scales up its public presence. Gather at FLARE to hear from our lineup of twelve veterans. Nothing held back.
MC'd by Drill Sgt. Doug w/ Sol / Political Drain, the rally features voices from across the veteran community including BigSarge (Sons of Liberty), Liz Lotterhos (Common Defense / Black Veterans Deported of America), Lelaina Faye (Remember Your Oath), Thomas Sidle (FAFO / March for Democracy), Aiden Swallow (20-year veteran / Congressional candidate, Arizona), Gunny Speaks Out (Remember Your Oath), Matt Gordon (Remember Your Oath), Mike Ferner (Veterans for Peace), and Naveed Shah (Common Defense), with additional speakers to be announced.
7:30PM – Close
Black CatJuly 3 Evening Programming TBAAdditional performers, speakers, and venues will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Saturday, July 4 — Independence DayJoin Move to Amend to Declare Independence from Corporate Rule as organizers shift focus to maintaining a sustained civic presence throughout the city — encouraging public participation and reflection during Independence Day celebrations.
Backbone Campaign will roll out the most massive We the People ever seen, representing our nation’s unifying social contract, aspirations, and national mission.
The Preamble will be 700 feet long, with tens of thousands of signatures and messages.
In addition, we’ll integrate elements of Backbone's Procession for the Future, a visual representation of a confident and propositional progressive populism that appeals to the best in people.
The DC action will be a Procession for the Future, an assertion of a vision for the future in which the arc of history continues to bend toward justice, expands liberty, and increases the welfare of all."This is about showing up. Not just watching politics from a distance, but participating in it — meeting representatives, registering voters, learning how organizing works, and being part of a larger civic community."
rsvpWHENJune 28, 2026 at 6:00pm - July 05, 2026 at 6:00pm
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Alfonso Saldana published Every Crisis Traces Back to Corporate Rule in Announcements 2026-05-09 13:37:26 -0700
Every Crisis Traces Back to Corporate Rule
Read moreIt can feel like everything is breaking at once.
Rents rise faster than wages.
Healthcare costs keep climbing.
Climate disasters intensify.
Workers struggle while corporations post record profits.
Our politics feel distant, captured, and unresponsive.These aren’t separate crises.
They share a common root.
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Alfonso Saldana published Movie Night: American Oligarchy in Announcements 2026-04-14 17:27:16 -0700
Movie Night: American Oligarchy
What if the systems shaping our lives aren’t broken—but working exactly as designed?
On April 22, we’re hosting a virtual movie night featuring the powerful documentary:
Movie Night: American Oligarchy
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Alfonso Saldana published RECORDING: National Peace and Democracy Coalition of Iran in Announcements 2026-04-04 12:23:39 -0700
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Alfonso Saldana published Affiliate & Advocate Spotlight - April 2026 in Announcements 2026-04-04 12:22:19 -0700
Affiliate & Advocate Spotlight - April 2026

Across the country, Move to Amend affiliates and volunteers continue to do the kind of work that rarely makes headlines—but is essential to building a movement capable of lasting change. It’s happening in community meetings, at public hearings, in conversations with neighbors, and in the steady expansion of a coalition that understands the root of the problem.
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Alfonso Saldana published Support the Election Integrity Initiative (aka the Montana Plan) unlisted in Support the Election Integrity Initiative (aka the Montana Plan) 2026-03-09 17:08:54 -0700
Support the Transparent Election Initiative (aka the Montana Plan)

Corporate dark money is drowning out the voices of everyday people. The Transparent Election Initiative (AKA the Montana Plan) is a citizen‑driven push to stop it.
By rewriting corporate charters and stripping corporations of the state‑granted power to spend in our elections, this measure cuts off corporate political spending at the source. Without that power, corporations can’t hide behind the Citizens United decision to buy influence.Add signatureThis Initiative won’t solve every problem, and it doesn’t touch individual donation - but it delivers an immediate, powerful blow to corporate political dominance. It also builds the momentum we need to win a constitutional amendment that finally ends corporate constitutional rights and the idea that money equals speech.
Sign to show your support for a more transparent, democratic election and to help pave the way toward the broader We the People Amendment, before another election is drowned in dark money.
By signing, you agree that your contact information may be shared with our Election Integrity Initiative partners in your state.
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Alfonso Saldana published Affiliate and Advocate Spotlight - March 2026 in Announcements 2026-03-04 15:17:50 -0800
Affiliate and Advocate Spotlight - March 2026

It’s easy to think that the fight to end corporate rule only happens in Washington. But the truth is, the strongest pressure doesn’t start inside the Capitol—it starts outside of it, in communities where people decide they’re done watching corporations write the rules.
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Alfonso Saldana published Affiliate and Advocate Spotlight - February 2026 in Announcements 2026-02-10 16:52:45 -0800
Affiliate and Advocate Spotlight - February 2026

Affiliate & Advocate Spotlight: Building Power Everywhere
Movements are not built in a single place, nor do they advance through a single tactic. They grow because people, in communities large and small, decide to show up—again and again—and connect what’s happening where they live to a larger structural problem.
Across the country, Move to Amend affiliates are doing exactly that: organizing locally while keeping their eyes on the constitutional crisis at the root of corporate power.
Recent actions in Ohio, Alabama, and Minnesota — now at the center of national attention in the fight to reclaim self-government — reveal what it looks like when communities organize for systemic change.
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Alfonso Saldana published Affiliate and Advocate Spotlight - January 2026 in Announcements 2026-01-10 22:04:18 -0800
Affiliate and Advocate Spotlight - January 2026

Affiliate Spotlight: Miami County, Ohio
As the year came to a close, Move to Amend Miami County, Ohio offered a powerful reminder of what sustained, relational organizing looks like.
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Alfonso Saldana published Venezuela, Corporate Power, and the Real Drivers of U.S. Foreign Policy in Announcements 2026-01-08 10:41:46 -0800
Venezuela, Corporate Power, and the Real Drivers of U.S. Foreign Policy
Move to Amend does not take positions on foreign leaders or political parties. We are not defending Nicolás Maduro, nor are we endorsing any administration’s foreign policy agenda.
What concerns us is something deeper and more enduring: the structural role of corporate power and money in shaping U.S. foreign policy decisions — including military interventions.
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INVEST a few dollars toward legalizing democracy and a Constitution that only belongs to We The People, not the corporations!
Will you join me in recruiting our Congress member to co-sponsor the #WeThePeople Amendment?
I'LL JOIN YOUWhy I support Move to Amend
Hi friends!
What's the number one issue you care about? It can be anything -- ie voter rights, BLM, climate change, abolishing ICE, etc. If you look close enough, you will see corporate personhood fingerprints and traces of dark money all over it. The great corporatization of Congress...it's not a Conspiracy, its our sad reality. Our Representatives no longer represents We the People, they only represent their Corporate Donors' best interest.
And while there are many great orgs and movements out there addressing corruption and the many other subsequent issues we are facing, only Move to Amend is addressing the two root issues: Money in Politics AND the absurdity of Corporate Personhood Rights.
This will require a LOT of public education, political engagement, and persistence -- especially when there's a lot of private interests that will try to stop us using their deep pockets -- but it CAN be done if we all play our part: volunteer, spread the word, and INVEST a few dollars toward legalizing democracy and a Constitution that only belongs to We The People, not the corporations!
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