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DESCRIPTION:WE THE PEOPLE!\n\n250th USA Anniversary: Rise Up & Sing Out Concert for 
 First Amendment & Our Democracy\n\nWatch Parties, Community Sing Gatherings 
 and Pro-Democracy Protest Rallies: \nJoin a Rise Up, Sing Out event near 
 you — or host one in your community.\n\nDATE:  Flag Day on June 
 14th\n\nCONCERT TIME: in-person & livestream at 4:30 - 6 PM PT (7:30 - 9 PM 
 ET NYC)\n\nPROTESTS & COMMUNITY EVENTS: throughout the day - check the 
 events list or map\n\nWHERE: First Amendment Concert in NYC; events across 
 the USA & beyond\n\nFind a protest rally and/or watch party event near 
 you:\n\nhttps://riseupsingout.com/\n\nhttps://www.nokings.org/\n\nhttps://www.mobilize.us/nokings/\n\nSF 
 Bay Area: https://www.actiontogetherwest.org/bayarea\n\nIndivisible 
 virtual: 
 https://indivisible.org/events/rise-up-sing-out-celebrate-virtual-watch-party/\n\n\nOR 
 JOIN FROM HOME: Rise Up, Sing Out! Concert - Watch from Home\n\nOn Sunday, 
 June 14, the Committee for the First Amendment is hosting a live concert to 
 celebrate the First Amendment—and we want folks around the country to 
 gather together in person, sing along, and celebrate with us as we all 
 commit to taking action to protect our rights and freedoms.\n\nAdd your 
 email below to receive the link to watch the concert from home.\n\nGO HERE: 
 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb638mWKXDrNOaHujbrGdW8OpPdncxV0lSIc6G-MNN90FZjQ/viewform\n\n\nCONCERT, 
 WATCH PARTIES & PROTEST RALLIES\n\nOn June 14, the Committee for the First 
 Amendment will be hosting Rise Up, Sing Out: \nA Concert for the First 
 Amendment, an uplifting evening of song, solidarity, and action. 
 \n\nFeaturing an all-star line-up of performers, this 90-minute concert 
 event will celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment—of 
 speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest—and the people power that 
 both fuels these rights and is essential to guarantee them.\n\nEven as 
 authoritarians increase their attacks on our freedoms and communities, we 
 see examples across the country of people rising up together, taking 
 action, and turning back those forces.\n\nThe event will be streamed with 
 watch parties all across the country—so wherever you are, you can sing 
 along, find inspiration in the performances, build community, and take 
 meaningful action together.\n\n\nWHY?\n\nBecause the Next 250 Starts With 
 Us!\n\nAs America approaches its 250th anniversary, we have a choice about 
 what story we tell.\n\nWe can let strongman politics and corruption define 
 the moment. Or we can make the story of America about people coming 
 together — across race, background, identity, belief, and community — 
 to defend our rights and build a future rooted in people power.\n\nOn June 
 14, No Kings and the Committee for the First Amendment will come together 
 for Rise Up, Sing Out, an uplifting national concert event celebrating the 
 freedoms that belong to all of us: speech, assembly, protest, religion, 
 press, and expression.\n\nAcross the country, communities will gather for 
 local watch parties to sing along, make art, share food, connect with 
 neighbors, and take meaningful action together.\n\nAmerica has a long 
 history, rooted in white supremacy, of suppressing the rights of people of 
 color. But our history also clearly shows that people-powered movements are 
 how we end authoritarianism.\n\nThroughout 2026, in the face of 
 unprecedented attacks, millions of us joined together in our communities 
 and held the largest single day of morally grounded, nonviolent direct 
 actions by any movement in US history. Each time we show up, we disrupt 
 President Trump’s attempts to rule through repression and remind the 
 country, and the world, that people power is our path to a truly free 
 America.\n\nAuthoritarians want fear, silence, and isolation. We choose 
 joy. We choose community. We choose people power.\n\nRise Up, Sing Out is 
 about reclaiming patriotism as something inclusive, participatory, and 
 rooted in care for one another — not power, pageantry, or one person’s 
 spotlight.\n\nOn June 14, we rise up, we sing out, and we keep 
 organizing.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: A core principle behind all No Kings events is 
 a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to 
 de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our 
 values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including 
 those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.\n\n\nFIRST 
 AMENDMENT\n\n"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of 
 religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the 
 freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to 
 assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of 
 grievances."\n\n\nABOUT: About the Committee for the First Amendment\n\nThe 
 Committee for the First Amendment is a large collective of artists, 
 storytellers, and cultural leaders standing together to defend free 
 expression against government repression, industry complicity, and 
 intimidation. \n\nThe Committee was publicly announced on October 1, 2025 
 with a statement from Jane Fonda and more than 550 supporters from across 
 the entertainment industry. The statement was a declaration of the signees' 
 shared desire to act in the face of encroaching authoritarianism and served 
 as a signal to the world that members of the industry are ready to mobilize 
 when their colleagues and freedoms are under attack.\n\nThe Committee draws 
 inspiration from the original Committee for the First Amendment, when 
 artists like Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, 
 Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jane's father Henry Fonda stood up to 
 government attacks during the darkness of the McCarthy era. \n\nToday, the 
 Committee continues in that spirit: preparing for what's coming, resisting 
 with non-cooperation—but always non-violence—when necessary, and 
 ensuring our collective voice is loud and purposeful in these dangerous 
 times.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/31/18886490.php
SUMMARY:Rise Up, Sing Out! 1st Amendment Freedoms Concert - Nationwide Watch Parties & Protests
LOCATION:NYC concert; \n\nNationwide protest rallies and concert watch events
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/31/18886490.php
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