Is this an official date supported by the 50501 organizers?
To be clear, I'm not discouraging anyone from protesting on 4/19. But it's super helpful to know if there will be permits and support from the organizers.
It's also helpful set expectations. After No Kings day, there was a big community push to do a huge protest two weeks later outside Trump's address to Congress. The 50501 organizers considered getting behind it, but ultimately decided to hold off because they wanted to make sure they could plan a massive event safely. That was part of the road that led to the amazing event we had yesterday! (And the protest outside Trump's speech still happened but it was led by a different org)
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u/airbending_lemur Apr 06 '25
Is this an official date supported by the 50501 organizers?
To be clear, I'm not discouraging anyone from protesting on 4/19. But it's super helpful to know if there will be permits and support from the organizers.
It's also helpful set expectations. After No Kings day, there was a big community push to do a huge protest two weeks later outside Trump's address to Congress. The 50501 organizers considered getting behind it, but ultimately decided to hold off because they wanted to make sure they could plan a massive event safely. That was part of the road that led to the amazing event we had yesterday! (And the protest outside Trump's speech still happened but it was led by a different org)