Chapel Hill To Hold Rally to Mark Two Years Since Jan. 6 Attack

Events Nationwide Demand Accountability for the 2021 Disruptions 

Chapel Hill, NC – Reflecting citizens’ deep concern over threats to our democracy, people across the U.S. will rally in observance of the two-year mark since the attack on the U.S. Capitol that aimed to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. A candlelight rally in Chapel Hill will be one of more than 100 events nationwide, including 9 in North Carolina, to push for accountability for Jan. 6 and to urge the adoption of reforms to prevent a recurrence of such events. 

The candlelight vigil and speakers’ program, organized by the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham, and Chatham Counties with support from other local organizations committed to democracy, include calls to action from state and federal elected officials. 

Participants will convene at 5:30 pm on Friday, January 6, at the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets in downtown Chapel Hill for a candlelit vigil. They will then march to the University United Methodist Church at 150 E. Franklin Street where speakers will address the gathering in the church’s Fellowship Hall. Confirmed speakers include newly-elected State Reps. Allen Buansi and Renee Price and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (via a specially recorded message from Washington). 

As we reach the two-year anniversary of the attempted insurrection, those responsible have still not been held accountable for the attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the process of reforming the election process itself remains incomplete. Concrete progress has been made in bringing some of the individuals charged with crimes to justice, but we must see the process through.