Community-Wide Vigil of Solidarity for a Better World

Schedule

Mon Jan 27 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

First Congregational UCC | Sioux City, IA

The election of November 2024 and the inauguration of a man who with his appointed officials and supporters have continued to spread lies bigotry nationalism fear hatred and the destruction of democracy have raised concerns for many of us who refuse to allow our country to erode into fascism plutocracy White supremacy nativism and kleptocracy. We are the vocal minority who reaffirms the founding principles of our country and reject the plans of those who seek to undermine our government for their own personal gain. 

 

As a means of building collaboration and activism within our Siouxland area to resist anti-democratic forces that have infiltrated our government nationally and regionally if not also locally we are seeking to have a brainstorming and organizational meeting to proffer ways in which we can respond to these threats in a concerted and collaborative way premised on nonviolence equality of all freedom of speech right to protest and resistance to all forms of autocracy and authoritarianism. Our forebearers have fought for these liberties that are now being threatened and have even fought a world war to oppose those who sought to implement fascism on their own people and those of other nations. Democracy must vigilantly be defended or else it will undermined from within by those who seek to exploit the masses for their own personal gain. 

 

The time for grieving an election that more fully revealed the deep-rooted xenophobia hateful nationalism religious bigotry sexism war against the impoverished and racism that has continued to win the hearts and minds of our fellow Americans and Christians throughout over four centuries in this country must come to an end as we commit ourselves to resist these social evils locally and beyond. We are to come together support one another and kindle our passions towards a better nation than we see being revealed by others in our country. We refuse to be complicit with their dehumanizing agendas. 

 

On Monday January 27th at 6:30 p.m. we will meet at the First Congregational United Church of Christ (4600 Hamilton Boulevard; Sioux City Iowa 51104). 

 

We invite all concerned persons of the Siouxland community of all faiths or of no faith who are committed to resistance to injustices in our society to do some brainstorming and planning on ways we can actively oppose and protest policies that attack and destabilize the revered principles of equal justice and community compassion in which our society was rooted. We especially are concerned for immigrants LGBTQIA+ persons women outspoken progressives and other vulnerable groups who have already been threatened by those assuming power. 

 

We denounce such hatred and the implementation of public policies that discriminate against any group of people. We oppose the targeting of particular groups of people based on perceived differences and we seek to provide sustainable support for groups who are targeted. We seek to support those who are or will soon be oppressed by the policies and decisions that add burdens to their lives and threaten their safety within our country. We are a people of various ethnicities nationalities religious persuasions sexual identities and other diversities that have faith that these differences are what make us strong as a nation not weak. We are those committed to the proposition that all people no exceptions are created equal and should have the same basic rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We are people committed to not let these constitutional rights be undermined by any force internal or external. 

 

If you are one who avows these basic principles of democracy and are willing to actively defend them with your voice your efforts and your support to create a more egalitarian world in which we all matter equally then join us for this meeting to consider next steps to pledge our commitment to these values in the Siouxland area and beyond. 

 

Together we will grow in strength resilience and resolve as we work to create a better community and world for a future that is not yet written. 


Where is it happening?

First Congregational UCC, 4600 Hamilton Blvd., Sioux City, United States
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