The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Jewish Voice for Peace Baltimore are urging community members to join the MayDay Rally for Palestine or one of six other feeder marches convening in Baltimore on May 1st as part of a national day of protest against the Trump administration’s harmful policies and discriminatory agenda. Protesters will be calling for protections for students and immigrants, a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an arms embargo on Israel among other demands.
SEE: bmoremayday.org
WHAT: MayDay Rally for Palestine
WHEN: May 1st, 4 p.m. ET
WHERE: McKeldin Plaza, Corner of Light and Pratt Streets, Baltimore, Maryland D.C.
CONTACT: Jewish Voice for Peace Baltimore Nicole Morse (802)989-5705; CAIR Maryland Zainab Chaudry, zchaudry@cair.com, (410) 971-6062
ABOUT THIS EVENT:
There will be multiple, independently organized “feeder marches” gathering at different points, and all converging together for the unified Main Rally at 5:30pm at McKeldin (Light St & Pratt St). Feel free to come straight to the Main Rally if you can’t make it in time to join a “feeder march.”
May Day March for Palestine @ 3:30pm @ Hopkins Plaza (behind the Fallon Federal Building, 31 Hopkins Pl)
Hands Off Students & Faculty @ 4:00 PM @ Penn Station (1500 N Charles St.)
99% vs 1% March @ 4 PM @ Baltimore City Hall (100 Holliday St) March for Migrant Justice @ 4:30 PM @ Columbus Park (300 S President St., Harbor East). ICE Out of Baltimore!
Family & Kids March @ 4:30 PM @ Rash Field Park (201 Key Hwy, by the Maryland Science Center).
Worker Justice March @ 4:30 PM @ Camden Yards (Eutaw Street Entrance). Stop the billionaire takeover: defend our unions, our social security, our healthcare, and our public services!
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Masked men, ripping people off the streets into unmarked cars. $900 million cut from life-saving Medicaid and SNAP. Students torn from their studies and thrown into prison. Trump and his billionaire cronies are trying to gut our city, our state, and our country. They’re attacking our unions and civil rights. They’re terrorizing our most vulnerable communities. This is a war on working people and black and brown people in every corner of the country. Baltimoreans will not stand down. Workers built this nation and we will build our future with fully funded schools, jobs with dignity, healthcare, and housing for all. This May Day we are fighting back. Their time is up.
The 5:30pm mass rally is organized by a broad network of labor, community, student, and faith-based organizations in the greater Baltimore area, including:
UNITE HERE Local 7 Teachers Association of Baltimore County (TABCO) Baltimore Metro Council AFL-CIO Unions The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Baltimore Rapid Response Network (BRRN) NAACP Baltimore City Branch American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1923 SEIU 1199 Organizing Black Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition (TRAC) Black Church Food Security Network Federal Unionist Network (FUN) Teachers and Researchers United (TRU-UE 197) Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 4 Hopkins Justice Collective West Wednesday Coalition Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) United Workers United Food and Commercial Workers UFCW Local 27 Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) Maryland Labor Network for Sustainability Allies for Democracy UBalt Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) Towson Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) Sunrise Movement Baltimore Unionize Baltimore Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (BRED) Free State Coalition Common Ground Workers United MOA Baltimore Ujima Peoples Progress Party Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Party for Socialism and Liberation Apple Coalition of Retail Employees (CORE) Indivisible Baltimore County TeslaTakeDown Baltimore 50501 Love Thy Neighbor Baltimore Transform And Many More!
A core principle behind our May Day actions is a commitment to nonviolence in all we do. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
May Day, also known as the International Workers Day, is celebrated by working people across the world. The date – May 1st – commemorates a general strike at Haymarket Square in Chicago, where workers were fighting for the eight hour day. This action is part of the www.MayDayStrong.org day of action, and we will be joining millions of Americans in the streets.