Freedom Singers: Gonna Take Us All

January 14, 2018 We led participants in song at the Democracy Cafe grand opening  and we made signs for the March - photos below  taken by Fabrice Florin

January 20: We sang and marched at the Women's March in San Francisco.

• February 14: On Valentine's day we sang at the Mill Valley Depot Square during an anti-discrimination campaign called "Love Lives in Marin" (an ongoing series of online and live events that welcome diversity in our towns - sponsored by Marin Interfaith Council and MVCAN)
  
• February 18: We sang at Democracy Cafe's: Youth in Action event  at the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts. The Democracy Cafe is a new series of free art, music and social events in Mill Valley. The "Youth in Action" event welcomes young people to make art and music and talk about our world with adults and how we can all take meaningful political action. You can view a video of us singing by clicking here
• February 24: We sang at a  Friendship event with children in the Baha'i "virtues class".  (Part of the Baha'i goal is to empower the children by helping them learn to plan so the children orchestrated the event. What fun! 

• March 18: We sang at the Democracy Cafe's event on gun violence
• March 24: We sang at  March for Our Lives rally in San Francisco to end gun violence.
• April 22, 2018:  We sang at Democracy Cafe/MVCAN Eco Team's Earth Day event  at Tamalpais High School and at Sausalito Presbyterian Church

• May 7: We sang at the 350Marin #ShutDownChase Rally in San Rafael
• May 22:  We sang at the Immigrant Solidarity March and Rally in San Rafael, part of Love Lives in Marin event series.
  
• May 28: We joined Democracy Cafe's float and sang during the Mill Valley Parade
  
• June 9:  We joined Democracy Cafe's float and sang during the Fairfax Parade
  
• July 4: We joined Democracy Cafe's float and sang during the Corte Madera Parade

• July 8: We sang at the  ICE Detention Center (Let Our People Go Demonstration) in Richmond
  
• July 18: For about an hour we led the participants in song at a Confront Corruption rally in San Rafael.
• August 3: We held a Flash Mob  at  the Square of the Mill Valley Book Depot
• August 5: We sang at a Building Bridges potluck picnic in  San Rafael.
  
• September 5: We sang at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley hosted by the Mill Valley Seniors for Peace and our Freedom Singers.  Reed Fromer led all guests in song.
•  September 8 : We marched and sang at the Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice March in San Francisco.
   

• September 15, 2018: Getting to Paris Without Stopping in Washington. We joined Reed Fromer to lead all in song. Speakers were  architect of the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement Christiana Figueres , California EPA Secretary Matt Rodriquez, Berkeley Professor Daniel Kammen, Congressman Jared Huffman and other climate leaders.
  
• September 15: Freedom Singers Sukkot dinner hosted by Laura and Angela Giacomini. We celebrated Sukkot with a traditional Sukkot ceremony and ate and sang outdoors under a hand built Sukkah .
• October 29: We sang at Our Children’s Trust  rally, at the city plaza in San Rafael
  
•  November 2: We sang with the Seniors for Peace corner of Miller and Camino Alto, Mill Valley. To"Get Out the Vote"
• November 7: Special night with the Fromers to learn about Jon Fromer and  the Freedom Song Network and watch videos of Jon, Dave and Reed performing.

• November 8: Sang at the San Rafael rally to protect Mueller investigation after Jeff Sessions was fired.
• December 6: We sang at the Immigration Rally The rally was followed by a Board of Supervisors Community Forum to provide the public with information as to how local law enforcement agencies entangle themselves with federal immigration authorities.
• December 9:  Resilient Neighborhoods  and Sustainable San Rafael holiday party.  Freedom Singers who have participated in Resilient Neighborhoods classes or are a member of Sustainable San Rafael joined us to lead attendees in song.   
• January 19, 2019 : We sang at the Women's March in San Francisco.
• January 27: We sang at  Mt. Tam Methodist Church's at monthly community meal for homeless

• February 12:  We joined people petitioning to change the name of the Dixie School District at the Dixie School Board meeting and sang as they entered the event.
• February 18:  We sang at a rally to protest Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the San Rafael City Plaza. 
• March 8:  Sang with Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley. 
  
• April 10:  We sang at a rally to Defund Disaster/Shut Down Chase, JPMorgan Chase Bank in San Anselmo.
  
• April 12: Sang with Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley. 
  
• May 8: We sang for 30 minutes before the start of the event Firestorm: Wildfires and Climate Change at the San Rafael Community Center.
• May 24: Sang with Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley. 
  
• July 4:  Joined Green Change to sing in the July 4th Parade in Corte Madera. .

• May 27:  Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade: We  joined Mill Valley Community Action Network and sang throughout the march. We were often joined by people viewing from the sidelines.
  
• June 15 : #Impeach Trump - Act to Defend Democracy"rally in  San Rafael. We sang at the opening and the closing of the rally.
• June 28:  Sang with Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley. 
• July 12: Lights for Liberty Vigil in Novato: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps. We sang at the beginning of the vigil and at  moving candlelight ceremony at the end where we led all in "This Little Light of Mine".
• July 16:  Golden Gate Village Resident Council's Plan for revitalization of Golden Gate Village.  We sang at the rally held across from the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael.
  
• July 26: Sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley.

• August 18:  THE GREAT AMERICAN SH*T SHOW ! Solo performance stars Brian Copeland and Charlie Varon join forces to present new monologues on the life in the Age of Trump. An evening of laughing and thinking, covering topics including how to deal with a family member who’s all in for the Donald when you’re not, trying to turn red congressional seats blue, #MeToo and more. If you like Trump, you’ll hate this show! Our Freedom Singers sang before the show.
  
• August 23: Sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley
• September 8, Sang Sing for Climate song at the Resilient Neighborhoods Benefit.
• September 11:  We sang at the Redwoods Retirement Community in Mill Valley hosted by the Mill Valley Seniors for Peace and our Freedom Singers. This was our 3rd Annual Sing-Along for Peace with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community. Once more Reed Former was the feature of the evening! 
  
• September 20: We sang with the Mill Valley Seniors for Peace at their Climate Strike.
• September 20:  We sang at the Climate Strike at the Mill Valley Book Depot.

• September 27: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.
• October 16: Sukkot dinner hosted by Laura and Angela Giacomini. We celebrated Sukkot with a traditional Sukkot ceremony and ate and sang outdoors under a hand built Sukkah .
• October 25: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.
• October 27, We led the audience in We Shall Not Be Moved at the Marin Organizing Committee’s 10th Anniversary Convention,
  
• November 14: Our Freedom Singers led people in song as they entered the Great American Sh*t Show: Brian Copeland and Charlie Varon delivered monologues on life in the age of Trump . 
• November 22: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.
• December 6:  We sang at the San Rafael Climate Strike Strike included a protest march
  
• December 6: We sang at Mill Valley School Strike hosted by  Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.

• December 8: Freedom Singers led all in song at the Resilient Neighborhoods Holiday party.
• December 17:  Led a crowd of about 700 in song at Impeachment Rally in San Rafael
  
• December 27:  We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.
• January 9, 2020: We sang at the No War with Iran Rally in Novato.
• January 18  We sang while we marched at the  Women's March in San Francisco.

• January 18:  We joined the Women's March in  San Francisco and sang while we marched from the City Plaza to the Embarcadero.
  
• January 22:  We sang at  Max Perrey's Campaign Kick Off event. Max, one of our Freedom Singers, is running for  Mill Valley City Council.
• January 24: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.
• January 27: Seventeenth Milestone of Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (a celebration of their history and accomplishments). 
  
• February 5: We sang at "Reject the Cover Up" a rally regarding the Trump Impeachment trial results.
• February  21: We sang with the Seniors for Peace  at Redwoods Retirement Community.

• February 28, 2020: We sang at Stop the Money Pipeline Rally in San Anselmo. The purpose of the tally was to tell Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi and Bank of America to stop funding climate chaos.  Unfortunately because of the coronavirus February 28 was our last event in public for a while . We kept our group together through monthly Zoom practice sessions that were great fun. Below you can see a screen shot of one of the sessions.
• August 20, 2020: We celebrated our 3rd Anniversary via a zoom call. It was a special treat to have songs led by Dave Fromer, their son Reed and Jacki Fromer assisting. We sang about 16 songs and all had a wonderful time. Below is a screen shot of the event - it is the one where a few of us wore a "party hat".
• June 25, 2021: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community. Our 1st event since Covid

• July 17: We sang at the John Lewis Candlelight Vigil for voting rights. Reed Fromer joined us on keyboard.
• July 23: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.
• August 27: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community.
• September 24: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in honor of Global Climate Strike Day
• October 29: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in honor of Fossil Free Future Day of Action
• November 18: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• December 17:  We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community

• January 17, 2022:  We sang with the Seniors for Peace in honor of Martin Luther King Day at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• February 24: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• March 24: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• April 22: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• April 24,  We sang at the Green Change Earth 2050 event at the Mill Valley Recreation Center

• May 6:  We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community at a RoevWade rally
• May 20: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• June 24: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• July 22: We sang at Mill Valley Starbucks in support of Unions
• August 26: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• September 15: We participated in a singing Flash Mob at the Mill Valley Book Depot
• September 23: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community at a Fridays for Future rally
• November 4:  We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in support of the Golden Gate Village

• December 22: We sang holiday songs at the Mill Valley Book Depot Plaza
• December 23:  We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community 
• January 16, 2023: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community for MLK Day
• January 27: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community 
• March 23: The Freedom Singers & Seniors for Peace sang at Third Act's 3-21-23 Stop Dirty Banking in front of Wells Fargo in Mill Valley  
• April 23: We performed at Earth Day Marin 2023

• May 21: We performed at the Earth Day Marin 2023 after event party
• June 8: Sang with Seniors for People vs Peace for Fossil Free Day
• July 20: Sang in front of Wells Fargo Bank across from Mill Valley Book Depot
• July 27: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community 
• August 17: Sang in front of Wells Fargo Bank across from Mill Valley Book Depot
• August 25: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• September 15:  We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in support of March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City.

• September 17:  We sang at the Mill Valley Depot Cafe & Book Store in support of March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City.
• November 3: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in support of Global Power Up Day
• November 4: We sang at the Mill Valley Depot Cafe & Book Store in support of Global Power Up Day
• December 22: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community
• January 26, 2024: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community in sympathy with those involved in the Israel Hamas war.
• February 23: We sang with the Seniors for Peace at the Redwoods Retirement Community

JOIN OUR GROUP

We hold monthly meetings in Marin County, California to  learn, share and practice songs. We welcome anyone who wants to simply sing, can play a musical instrument or help with coordination.   Please contact us  to be added to our list of members.

INVITE US TO SING WITH YOUR GROUP

We are an all volunteer group and do not charge to appear at your events to lead your group in song. Please contact us for more information.

CONTACT INFO

Marilyn Price   mprice@the-acorn.com   415-381-2941   

Wayne Lechner   waynelechner1954@gmail.com   415-479-8618  

Below you can view the flier for our 9/11/19 "Sing-along for a Peaceful World" at the Redwoods Retirement Community (check out the list of environmental and social justice groups that signed on as "Friends" of the event).

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