GREENFIELD — Two Franklin County women expect at least 300 people to convene on the Greenfield Common for an Oct. 19 event, held in conjunction with other events across the country, to advocate for the Democratic Party and its principles ahead of the November election.

Amanda Brown and Ashleigh Young are organizing the event in hopes of bringing together like-minded individuals who are interested in showing a united front and educating people on their rights. People in attendance will be those who support the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket as well as progressive ideals.

“We’ll just be affirming people that their voices are important, they deserve to be served in this matter, no matter their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, income level, race,” Brown said, adding that there will be a voter registration table at the common. “We’re just focused on making sure people understand how important it is that they get out and vote.”

The event, dubbed “Show Up and Stand Out,” is scheduled to last from 2 to 4 p.m., with a slate of speakers to include Tara Jacobs, who represents District 8 on the Governor’s Council member, and MassEquality Executive Director Tanya Neslusan.

Young explained that in late June or early July she was invited to join a private Facebook group called “Show Up,” which was started by a New York woman and has about 8,000 members. She described it as a human rights group.

“We’re really trying to project democracy as a whole. We’re not just supporting Kamala or Tim Walz,” Young said. “I think they’re issues that really should be important to everybody. We’re really at a crossroads in this country, where hate and violence are becoming more common or even normalized.”

Brown cited Project 2025 as a particular concern. The brainchild of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, its 900 pages outlines a strategy in the event Donald Trump is re-elected next month. If its contents become a reality, it would make abortion access much more difficult, dismantle the Department of Education, privatize student loans and bar transgender Americans from military service, among other things. It would also bolster the power of the government’s executive branch, which is the president, the vice president and the Cabinet.

She and Young said the family-friendly event, which will begin with the national anthem, was initially supposed to be an organized march in Worcester but the plan was changed to an event in Greenfield because the permitting process was easier.

“We believe in people coming together. We believe in this country. We believe that this country can do better,” Brown said. “We’re full-fledged behind Kamala and Tim.”

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