Saturday, January 7, 2023
Noon-2 p.m.
West Brookfield Common
Today marks two years since our former president and his conspirators attempted a coup on our nation to thwart our democratic process and disrupted official Congressional proceedings with the intent to stop a peaceful transition of power. Grassroots Central Mass and Brookfields Fight Fear are jointly planning this rally to once again highlight how precious our democracy is and to recall how close we came to losing it on January 6, 2021. Sen. Anne Gobi and Governor’s Councilor Paul DePalo will be there along with representatives of the Indivisible Mass Coalition.
All around the nation people are gathering on either the evening of January 6th or on January 7th to both remember the horrors of that day in 2021 and to celebrate the fact that so many people of good will protected the Capitol and the lawmakers within so that the peaceful transfer of power, a hallmark of American democracy, could take place. We honor all who withstood horrific violence and saved our democracy and we pledge to do all in our power to continue to foster democracy on every level of government.
