Mass demonstrations, like Hands Off!, NO KINGS, and Good Trouble Lives On, generate a tremendous amount of energy! We can't let that energy dissipate. We can harness it and turn it into action.
One of the first objectives of civil resistance movements is to attract more people to the movement and mobilize them into action. It has been demonstrated that no movement with 3.5% of the population engaged in continuous mobilization has ever failed - but they used other actions beyond mass demonstrations. Join us in planning actions to make this happen.
Guest Speakers: Raven Payment and Tyler Crazybear
Raven Payment and Tyler Crazybear, two members of the Indigenous community, will give us a real history lesson on Thanksgiving and what has transpired for the Indigenous community in our country since then. You'll have plenty to talk to your relatives about over turkey the next day.
Raven Payment (Anishinaabe/Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) is a storyteller at heart and a grassroots advocate working to confront the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives through community action and policy change. A proud mother and U.S. Navy veteran who served in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, Raven serves on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Task Force of Colorado. Her past service also includes two terms as the co-chair of the Denver American Indian Commission and several years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the child welfare system.
Solidarity Warriors is an action-focused, Indivisible group formed after the November election. We're one of the main groups organizing mass demonstrations in Denver. We're made up of people from across the nation, many in Colorado. We're focused on action rather than just airing political grievances, so please come prepared to talk about what you want to DO to resist the new administration and protect vulnerable communities.
Visit https://solidaritywarriors.org/ and https://www.youtube.com/@solidaritywarriors to learn more about Solidarity Warriors.