OBV eXpress: The journey so far

With four dates gone and about ten more to go, the OBV eXpress is in full flow.

We began with a soft launch for the Chinese community during the Chinese new celebration - the Year of the sheep. The official launch on Windrush Square, Brixton went fantastically well, despite the heavens opening up for the whole three hours we were there. OBV eXpress rolled up at both East Street Market in Barking, and the following day in Ilford High Street.

Over these four events with the help of great media coverage, including Sky news, BBC, The New Statesmen, BEN TV, RT, The Voice and many more, literally hundreds of thousands have heard the message about making a declaration, through voter registration, that we demand to be listened to.

Our historic journey this week starts in Liverpool town centre, moves on to Wolverhampton on Thursday, heading back down to Mitcham football ground for our Fuse ODG concert on Friday. Some free tickets are still available at tickets@obv.org.uk, on Saturday campaigners join national Black church leaders to support their voter registration and manifesto campaign.

As many of you know, yesterday President Obama celebrated the Selma march in which Martin Luther King and others campaigned against restricted voting rights. He said “the struggle for voting rights and tackling race inequality continues.” He’s right, both here and there the need to have a democratic voice is fundamental to effectively tackling race inequality.

In the spirit of King and the Civil Rights campaigners, come and join us on our journey for greater social and racial equality.

Simon Woolley

Further Tour Dates

• Wednesday 11 March - Liverpool (Outside John Lewis, Liverpool One Shopping Centre, 70 Paradise Street, Liverpool L1 3EU)

• Thursday 12 March - Wolverhampton - (QS1, Queen Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1TH)

• Friday 13 March - Fuse ODG Concert (Tooting & Mitcham Football Club, The Hub, Imperial Fields, Bishopsford Road, SM4 6BF)

• Saturday 14 March - National Church Leaders Forum (Transformation House, 58 St John's Hill,Clapham, London SW11 2AA)

• Tuesday 17 March - Manchester (Outside University Place on Oxford Road, Manchester ME13 9PL)

• Wednesday 18 March - Lewisham, (Lewisham Shopping Centre, SE13 7HB)

• Thursday 19 March - Croydon
  0930-1100 - Market Square, Purley  
  1130-1300 - Outside Croydon College (on the street)
  1400-1530 - Thornton Heath High Street
  1600-1730 - North End (near former Allders site)

• Thursday 26 March - Waltham Forest (Waltham Forest Colleage, E17 4JB)

• Saturday 28 March- Southwark (Southwark Peckham Market Square, SE15 5JR,next to Peckham Library)

• Wednesday 1 April - Hammersmith and Fulham (Hammersmith Academy, 25 Cathnor Road, London W12 9JD)

• Tuesday 7 April - (Old Market Square, 2 Beast Market Hill, Nottingham NG1 6FB)

• Wednesday 8 April - Nottingham (Location TBC)