Thank you for coming together to say Hands Off!
Thank you so much for coming to our Hands Off rally! Over 10,000 of you came to our rally, as part of millions protesting around the country. Thank you for standing up for democracy and the rights and safety of your community members.
Watch footage of the Ocean Beach human banner (organized by Brad Newsham and Travis Van Brasch) and see photos from the rally at Civic Center Plaza (organized by 50501 SF and Indivisible SF). Also check out photos from other Hands Off rallies around the Bay Area.
Photos by Stephen Lam/SF Chronicle.
We hope you come away with inspiration and determination in your heart. Here are some follow-up things that you can do.
Join the People’s March, Saturday, April 12 at Embarcadero Plaza at 12 PM
Led by Alex U. Inn, who was our first speaker at the Hands Off rally, and Juanita More, The People's March / Fight Fascism for Democracy will be a march and rally supporting everyone under attack by the current government administration.
We are assembling a coalition of young progressive officials, faith leaders, teachers, trans- leaders, immigrants, BIPOC, artists, the disenfranchised, and anyone else who feels they are subject to the unlawful policies of the new administration. Nobody should live in fear because of their color, faith, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, or political beliefs.
We’ll be there and we hope to see you there.
Donate to help us do more events
We funded our involvement in this rally out of our own pockets, with no payment or reimbursement from any national organizations, and we are funded entirely by donations from individuals like you.
Thanks to your donations, we have already recouped our costs, which were close to $5,000—a little higher than our previous estimate, but nonetheless now covered. Further donations will help us improve our sound quality and stage visibility, as well as our ability to safely accommodate massive turnouts.
https://indivisiblesf.org/donate-for-events
For the Hands Off rally, we partnered with 50501 SF. They are also fundraising to cover their costs and fund their next action:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-50501-san-francisco-stand-up-for-our-rights
Donate to SF Pride
SF Pride has lost its corporate sponsors who chose to abandon the LGBTQ+ community in order to be Trump-Elon bootlickers. We need to help them reach the $250,000 needed to put on a safe, supportive Pride event that shows the world that we love our LGBTQ+ neighbors and family members.
Get to know your neighbors
Today you helped bolster a movement of millions to put an end to the Trump-Musk regime. There will be many more times we will have to put our feet on the ground to fight for our freedoms.
In the meantime, take some time to get to know your neighbors. Talk to them about your worries and fears, and hear them out on theirs. Find your common humanity, your common hopes and dreams. Let them know they are not alone, and that together, we will get through this mess and end up in a better world on the other side.
Once again from all of us at 50501 SF and Indivisible SF, thank you so much for coming. We hope to see you again and again.