Resources and Next Steps:
Sign Up for Partners For Progress’ Newsletter to stay informed about important actions and events in the South Hills and around the region: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/partners-for-progress-swpa
Frontline Dignity Immigrant Protection Training, Wednesday, April 29th, 7-8:30 pm. Sign up is required to receive the specific location. Attendees will be vetted, and no one will be admitted without a ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dignity-in-action-rapid-response-training-when-ice-appears-tickets-1987017361417
May Day Strong
May 1 @ 5:30 pm
May Day (International Workers Day) is being celebrated with two main actions: a nationwide walkout and a local rally/march.
Walkout: Indivisible, along with a coalition of over two hundred organizations, is calling for a day of No Business as Usual. They are asking folks who are in a position to do so not to go to work, not to go to school (the school walkout is backed by major teacher’s unions), and not to purchase anything except at locally owned businesses. The point of this is to flex economic power and send a message to the Trump regime that we will not do business as usual while they trample our rights, terrorize our communities, and drag us into a senseless war.
May Day Rally and March, Friday May 1 at 5:30 pm: Join 1Hood, Casa San Jose, LCLAA and APALA to rally and march for Workers Over Billionaires, Immigrants Over ICE, starting at the United Steelworkers Building, 60 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/934091
While marching in the streets won’t get billionaires to pay their fair share or get ICE agents off our streets, solidarity events like this are a first step to create the momentum we need to organize our communities and work together to fight for a city where everyone can thrive. Bring a friend, coworker, partner, family member, or neighbor – our collective energy is powerful.
Citizens Bank: Stop Funding Cruelty, a roadside protest at a South Hills Pittsburgh Citizens Bank branch on May 2, 11-noon. Citizens Bank, through Citizens Financial Group, has long financed private prison operators like The GEO Group despite decades of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Right here in PA, GEO runs the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the largest ICE detention site in the Northeast. Join Partners For Progress SWPA and Indivisibles across Pennsylvania to shine a light on the Moshannon Valley Processing Center and to demand that Citizens Bank stop funding cruelty. Sign up for this event here: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/926510/
Fridays Without Fetterman, every Friday, noon to 1 pm at 1000 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15222. It hardly needs to be said how disappointing John Fetterman has been as our senator. It is crucial that we continue to remind him that we sent him to Washington to stand up for our values, protect our civil and first amendment rights, and be a bulwark against the tyrannical policies of the Trump regime. Bring a sign and a friend. https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/899611/