As President Obama said, at its core, the fight for fair maps is a fight for voting rights. That's why our team knows that our advocacy efforts have to include protecting our elections. Fair maps and fair elections go hand-in-hand.

President Obama asked you to support All On The Line's work to protect our elections. Will you step up and donate today?

We need safe, fair, and accessible elections. And what happened in Wisconsin's recent election proves that map manipulators will do anything necessary to prevent that. It's up to people like us to hold them accountable.



Everyone should have the right to vote safely. And we have the power to make that happen -- but as we saw in Wisconsin's election this month, we are fighting against forces who are willing to use the tragedy of a pandemic to compromise our democracy.

At its core, the fight for fair maps is a fight for voting rights. And if we want to protect the integrity of the 2020 election, we need to break down structural barriers and support initiatives like voting-by-mail, online voter registration, and expanded early voting.

We need your support, friend. The All On The Line team is now dedicating resources to protecting our elections to make sure we are in a good position to end gerrymandering next year. Can I count on you to make a donation to All On The Line to help make this work possible?

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Access to safe voting shouldn't be a partisan issue. But map manipulators know that when folks cast votes in down-ballot elections this year, they'll be determining who will have the power to draw electoral maps next year.

If you want to make a difference in this fight, here are three ways you can get started: donate to All On The Line's grassroots work, learn about your state's voting process, and commit to vote in November in the safest way possible.

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Cinema Tropical announce film list of new genders showing a new generation of brazilians directors

Cinema Tropical is proud to announce the launch of The Cinema Tropical Collection, a new and exciting initiative that makes select Latin American films available digitally for the first time ever.

Combining the format of a curated online film series with virtual Q&As with the directors, plus VOD distribution, The Cinema Tropical Collection will present U.S. and international audiences with meaningful and relevant Latin American films in their world or international digital premiere.

IN THE HEART OF THE WORLD / NO CORAÇÃO DO MUNDO

A film by Gabriel Martins and Maurílio Martins

(No Coração do Mundo, Brazil, 2019, 121 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)

“A sprawling feature by Gabriel and Maurílio Martins, In the Heart of the World offers a vivid depiction of a close-knit community in the city of Contagem, where the filmmakers are from. In this multi-character ensemble, the inhabitants of a poor neighborhood yearn for a better life: some get involved in crime, others just try and get by. Using a mix of professional and amateur 

actors, the directors create a kaleidoscopic, inventively photographed portrait of struggle, hope, and faith.” — Film at Lincoln Center

Premieres Thursday, April 30

Data Source: https://www.cinematropical.com/the-cinema-tropical-collection

Pandemic cancels BR DAY NYC

   Joao de Mattos and Lucas Jagger at BR DAY NYC 2019

In the last week, the businessman and producer of the BRDAY (Brazilian day in New York) Joao de Matos, announced in your personal midia the cancellation of the BR DAYNYC, the reason is the pandemic of COVID-19 in New York.

The event happens annually from 1984, in celebration of  Brazil Independence.

The Brazilian Day New York (BR DAY) like and known today, happens annually in the end of week of Labor Day. 

Up to the day of today 35 continuous parties were carried out, bringing to the public the artists, singers, personalities more VIPS of Brazil and also many people artist and American personalities.

A party that grows to each year and trails milions of persons for the centre of New York, which is green and yellows in this day.

According to the calculations of John de Matos more than 30 milhoes they passed already by the BRDAY and other hundreds of milhoes by TV and social nets.

"[partisan gerrymanders] deprived citizens of the most fundamental of their constitutional rights: the rights to participate equally in the political process... and to choose their political representatives."

-- Justice Elena Kagan

I AGREE

In the midst of a public health crisis and an official stay-at-home order, Wisconsin Republicans forced voters to make a difficult choice: protect their health or cast their vote. By pressing forward and rejecting an order from the governor to delay the election, the Republican legislature tried to suppress the vote in order to maintain their party's grip on power.

This kind of power grab is not an isolated incident. Time and again, Wisconsin's entrenched Republican leadership has worked to secure their own power, at the expense of -- and regardless of the desires of -- the people of their state. And they've had the U.S. Supreme Court as an accomplice.

The Supreme Court could have stood up against Republican entrenchment in Wisconsin, and for voters, when they had the chance to allow the state to extend the absentee ballot receipt deadline. But they didn't. Just as the Court could have limited partisan gerrymandering last year, but instead they chose to stand aside and embolden Republicans to continue their attacks on our democracy.

If we want fair elections in 2020 and beyond, we can't let these partisan attacks continue unchecked. But to make the biggest impact possible, we need you to raise your voice. Please, sign our petition to demand fair elections and an end to partisan voter suppression.

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When the Supreme Court won't take a stand against partisan meddling it gives Republicans a green light to rig our elections to favor their party. Together, we can demand a fair democracy where everyone's voice is heard.

Thank you for being a part of that fight,

The NDRC Petition Team

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Paid for by the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Unsubscribe Click here if you'd like to receive fewer emails from the NDRC. "We are fighting against forces who are willing to use the tragedy of a pandemic to compromise our democracy." -- President Barack Obama The AOTL team is fighting to protect democracy. Our network has contacted Congress 15,000 times to call on them to: → expand vote-by-mail → expand voter registration → provide safe and healthy polling places → increase voter education But conservatives are resisting calls to #ProtectTheVote... Missouri Governor Mike Parson: The absentee ballot is "more of a political issue than it is anything."Georgia State House Speaker David Ralston: "The president said it best -- this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia." Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Voters cannot cast ballots by mail just because they are afraid of getting the coronavirus at polling places. We'd like to reach Congress another 15,000 times this month to fight back against conservative obstruction, but our tools require funding. We're looking for a strong showing of support from grassroots donors in New York today to boost our efforts. Can you pitch in? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. Express Donate: $15 Express Donate: $35 Express Donate: $50 Express Donate: $100 Express Donate: $250 Or donate another amount All On The Line is the grassroots advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund. PAID FOR BY THE NATIONAL REDISTRICTING ACTION FUND. Contributions or gifts to The National Redistricting Action Fund are not tax deductible. "We are fighting against forces who are willing to use the tragedy of a pandemic to compromise our democracy." -- President Barack Obama The AOTL team is fighting to protect democracy. Our network has contacted Congress 15,000 times to call on them to: → expand vote-by-mail → expand voter registration → provide safe and healthy polling places → increase voter education But conservatives are resisting calls to #ProtectTheVote... Missouri Governor Mike Parson: The absentee ballot is "more of a political issue than it is anything."Georgia State House Speaker David Ralston: "The president said it best -- this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia." Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Voters cannot cast ballots by mail just because they are afraid of getting the coronavirus at polling places. We'd like to reach Congress another 15,000 times this month to fight back against conservative obstruction, but our tools require funding. We're looking for a strong showing of support from grassroots donors in New York today to boost our efforts. Can you pitch in? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. Express Donate: $15 Express Donate: $35 Express Donate: $50 Express Donate: $100 Express Donate: $250 Or donate another amount All On The Line is the grassroots advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund. PAID FOR BY THE NATIONAL REDISTRICTING ACTION FUND. Contributions or gifts to The National Redistricting Action Fund are not tax deductible. RULES OF PRIZES AND REGULATIONS OF THE  APPROVED  CAMPAIGN FOR 93RD OSCARS ® The Governors' Assembly of the Academy approved of rules and regulations of campaign for the 93rd Academy Awards ®. The devastating pandemic of  COVID-19 forced the closure  all the cinemas from Los Angeles county since Monday, 16 of March of 2020. The current rules of Oscar (in accordance with the Rule Two,) demand Qualification that a movie is shown in a cinema at Los Angeles, for a race of theatrical qualification of at least seven consecutive days, during which the shows of period must take place at least three times to the day. Up to notice in opposite, and you punish for the year of the 93.th reward, the movies that had a theatrical launch planned previously, but that are available initially in a commercial service of streaming or VOD, that they can qualify in the categories of Better Movie, general entry and specialty of the 93.th reward of the Academy, under these arrangements: 1. The movie must be available in the site of streaming and hold only for members of the Academy Screening Room in the space of 60 days after the transmission of the movie or the liberation of the VOD; 2. The movie must pay attention to all the other requisites of eligibility. In a date to be determined by the Academy, and when the cinemas they to reopen in accordance with the directives and federal, state criteria and places specified, this exemption of rules will not be more hard-working. It is waited that all the movies launched subsequently carry out the requisites standard of theatrical qualification of the Academy. “ The Academy believes firmemente that there is no way better of trying the magic of the movies of what to see them in a cinema. Our promise with that is unchanged and unshakable. However, the historically tragic pandemia of the COVID-19 demands this temporary exception to our rules of eligibility for prizes. The Academy supports our members and colleagues during this period of uncertainty. We recognize the importance of his work to be seen and commemorated, specially now, when the public appreciates movies more than never ”, said the president of the Academy, David Rubin, and the CEO, Dawn Hudson.~