Local grassroots organizations have teamed up for a CommUNITY Block Party & Election Fair this Saturday in Montgomery as a get out the vote event complete with food, entertainment and prizes.<\/p>\n
The event is sponsored by\u00a0Rollin to the Polls<\/a>,\u00a0Alabama Forward<\/a>,\u00a0ACLU Alabama<\/a>,\u00a021 Dreams Arts & Culture<\/a>,\u00a0Black Voters Matter\u00a0<\/a>and the\u00a0King’s Canvas<\/a>, and will be held Saturday, April 30, from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m., the King\u2019s Canvas located at 1413 Oak St., in Montgomery.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the election draws closer, Black Voters Matter, Rollin to the Polls Voting Initiative, ACLU Alabama, Alabama Forward, 21 Dreams Arts and Culture, and King\u2019s Canvas invites all residents, political candidates, organizations, partners and friends to the CommUNITY Block Party and Fair Election,\u201d said Kynesha Brown of Rollin to the Polls. \u201cBeginning at 2\u00a0 p.m., be prepared to expect a fun day of inclusion, excitement, artists, information and resources, free food, and live music. Let’s call it a little day party to highlight the importance of voting and community engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n Brown said the event is a party with a purpose to create a sense of empowerment around voting and civic engagement.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are asking for community organizations, vendors, and candidates running for office to participate in our event,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n There will be something for everyone at the event, including free food provided by Who\u2019s Hungry Food Truck and\u00a0 Brenda\u2019s BBQ along with live entertainment, giveaways and a chance for attendees to hear from political candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Local grassroots organizations have teamed up...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47724,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47723\/revisions\/47724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}