Join us Saturday in Rock Hill ✊
Plus — your invitation to our Discord group. 💌
We’ll keep it brief today!
Action Items
This coming Saturday, May 3, is our next day of action. In the long history of May Day, we are coming together Saturday in recognition that all labor is valuable, our labor rights were bought with blood, sweat, and tears (and a whole lot of organizing!), and this regime is a threat to all of us.
Saturday’s demonstration is part of the nationwide actions in coordination with MayDayStrong.org, 50501, MoveOn, Working Families, and many more.
You don’t have to register to attend, but it does help us know how many waters to buy and volunteers to bring in.
We also have a Discord server now — with big thanks to one of our new volunteers!! — where we can all be in virtual community together between actions and Community Meetings. We will still use this newsletter as our primary source of distributing information, so you don’t have to join Discord to stay in the loop, but Discord is a fun way to keep in touch, get to know each other, and discuss ideas and actions between events and newsletters. When you click the button below to join, you’ll be asked a few questions and then be taken through a quick onboarding.
Get Involved
Our volunteer teams are growing!
Our Events Team needs a few more volunteers we can call on for events, including demonstrations. Volunteers attend a training which includes protest safety and de-escalation, arrive an hour early to set up, and help with clean up. During the action, volunteers help distribute water and information, answer questions, lead chants, and more.
Our Outreach Team could use a few more folks working with Brian to build relationships with other local organizations and community members.
[NEW] Rapid Intervention Teams: These teams will work with Eric to respond to state legislative, school board, county and city council meetings, and more.
[NEW] LGBTQIA+ Alliance: It’s clear to all of us that LGBTQIA+ rights are in a very delicate situation. There are a variety of ways we can celebrate and defend our rights, from planning actions to volunteering at Pride to creating fun community events. Right now, we’re working on Pride Prom for June! 😍
Our Comms Team is currently closed as Jess gets folks integrated. We expect to re-open it this summer so keep an eye out for that!
If you are interested in joining any of these teams, please join the Discord and let us know!
More Actions:
Daily actions you can take are listed on our Resources page
As always, you can find our Community Calendar here
Questions? Email info@YorkCoRising.com. See you soon!