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SAVE THE DATE!
Dance the Vote 2024
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 | Missouri History Museum
FREE
We're dancing our way to the polls - because voting matters!
Join Dance the Vote at the Missouri History Museum for an incredible day of fun for all ages to celebrate the joy and importance of voting.
Enjoy:
• a community dance
• performances by dance companies, poets, speakers, and singers
• a photo booth
• family activities
• voter registration
• community resource tables
• food trucks
• and more!
Schedule:
12:00 pm -
12:30 pm -
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Outdoor activities open, dance party and welcome remarks
Saint Louis Story Stitchers performance, singers Chuck Flowers and Katie Dunne McGrath, Giant Photo, & Community Dance led by Yes Honey Studio
Performances and Remarks by...​
Chorus Allegro
Almas del Ritmo Dance Company
Ashleyliane Dance Company
Beyond Measure Dance Theater and The Afro Kuumba Dancers
Speaker Denise Lieberman
Kimaiya Hall Dance Company
Speaker Precious Barry
Resilience Dance Company
STL Rhythm Collaborative
Tia Taylor
Poet Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond
Without Limits Dance Company
Statement of Solidarity
Since our founding in 1989, we have supported and worked towards racial justice in our work, amplifying more representation by and of people of color in the belief that representation matters and in the recognition that racism is individual, interpersonal, institutional and systemic.
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We stand in solidarity with our Black, Brown, and Indigenous friends and colleagues in demanding justice for those who have faced multiple manifestations of White supremacy and structural racism and who have been denied opportunities to freely live their fullest lives. We see and validate the strength, beauty, gifts, rage, grief, and exhaustion of our friends and colleagues, and of communities of color everywhere.
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Our medium is art and civic dialogue and we will continue to use our platform to work towards a more just society in the belief that we are all entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We stand united in the belief that voting is a crucial aspect of citizenship.
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Black Lives Matter.
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Your Vote is Your voice
Land Acknowledgment
We respectfully acknowledge that the lands on which we live and work are the traditional unceded lands of the Osage, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo, Miami, Quapaw, and Oglala Sioux.
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We acknowledge them and any other Nations who care for the land (acknowledged and unacknowledged, recorded and unrecorded) as past, present, and future caretakers of this land.
We recognize that we are the recipients of their caregiving and stewardship of the land, their work that we do not rightfully deserve. We do not support colonial forces that undermine, distort, or erase the vital role of Indigenous people in our world.
HERE'S THE LATEST!
The Dance the Vote initiative uses dance, spoken word, graphics, songs, and videos to raise public awareness about the importance of using your voice at the polls.
Dance the Vote 2024 | FREE
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Missouri History Museum
10AM - Family Activities Begin
12PM - Performances Begin
Check your registration! It's important to be sure you are still on the voter registration list. Sometimes names fall off! Check here.
Your vote is your voice - whether for school board, Aldermanic Race, Mayorial, Senate, Congress, or Presidential. Learn more here.
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