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Hands Off NYC events focus on building community connections with your neighbors, getting organized, learning how to stand in solidarity with one another, and finding joy in resistance.
Election Protection Art Build at Many Hands Workshop
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1078175/
Join us to make art for election defense! We'll be making signs, banners and other visuals for the big march on Nov 7 and beyond.
Wear clothes you don't mind painting in. Invite your friends & family!
No prior experience required.
March for Our Democracy: The Fight Isn’t Over
SAVE THE DATE! On Saturday, November 7th, following the midterm elections, we take to the streets together.
No matter what post-election scenario we'll face, we need to be ready to make sure every vote is counted, our election process is respected, and we continue to fight for safety and dignity for all New Yorkers.
Nonviolent Street Tactics Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1074638/
Get Ready for Strategic Nonviolent Action in These Times
This workshop will ignite your imagination of what is possible, prepare your body, mind, and spirit for what is ahead, and will help build courage and confidence to take the action needed when our democracy, rights and lives are under attack.
Light snacks and pizza provided. Feel free to bring additional food to eat during breaks.
Election Sabotage Response Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1036518/
They're calling fraud. They're attempting to seize ballots and purge voter rolls. They're setting the stage now for what's to come.
What will YOU do if this administration refuses to acknowledge the election results?
We will dive into what's going on right now, the power we have to stop it, and practice some of those skills together. Expect to move around, to meet other members, and to join us for follow up actions as we prepare to enforce the election results and build a future of dignity for all.
No experience required to join. Light refreshments provided.
YOU ONLY NEED TO SIGN UP ONCE - THIS IS THE SAME TRAINING OFFERED SEVERAL TIMES!
(Virtual) Know Your Rights & ICE Response Training
Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1001140/
Join Hands Off NYC and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) for a free 90 minutes virtual Know Your Rights training where you'll learn what to do if you see immigration agents — at home or in your community — and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors. We'll cover your constitutional rights, how to spot ICE and other federal agents, how to respond to ICE encounters, what to keep on hand, and how to mobilize your community.
This is not a training series - but the same training offered once a month. You don't need to attend more than 1 session (unless you want to).
No legal knowledge required, and all are welcome. Whether you're cheering for your team or showing up for your neighbors, come ready with your questions.
Marshal Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1065102/
Join us for a Marshal Training to learn how to keep marches and protests safe. Whether you’re brand new or just want to brush up on your skills, this session will cover both and is open to anyone ready to learn and support actions in any role.
De-Escalation Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1068578/
We're partnering with the Center for Anti-Violence Education to host a de-escalation training.
This training will help adults recognize the continuum of stress, which has the potential to result in crisis and violence. You will examine how intersectional identities -- including gender, race, and body size -- shape how you de-escalate situations. Through scenarios and role playing, you will practice setting clear boundaries and using concrete de-escalation skills at your own pace and comfort level.
Marshal Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1065099/
Join us for a Marshal Training to learn how to keep marches and protests safe. Whether you’re brand new or just want to brush up on your skills, this session will cover both and is open to anyone ready to learn and support actions in any role.
Election Sabotage Response Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1036518/
The attacks on our election have already started, and they're deeply tied to the attacks on our communities. This hands-on workshop will prepare you for what it means to take action to defend our elections and our communities, while fighting for a better future.
YOU ONLY NEED TO SIGN UP ONCE - THIS IS THE SAME TRAINING OFFERED SEVERAL TIMES!
We will dive into what's going on right now, the power we have to stop it, and practice some of those skills together. Expect to move around, to meet other members, and to join us for follow up actions as we prepare to enforce the election results and build a future of dignity for all.
No experience required to join. Refreshments provided.
(Virtual) NYS Youth Election Protection Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/generationvote/event/1036578/
Join Generation Vote and the Hands Off Our Vote NY Election Protection coalition to help protect our elections and become a trained volunteer for poll monitoring!
At this 1.5 hour training you will understand your voting rights, challenges to youth voting rights, de-escalation techniques, and how to help voters at the polls. Come ready to join our movement of young people defending free and fair elections in New York and beyond.
GenVote is sparking a movement of young people fighting for our right to vote and a just democracy for all. Since 2020, Generation Vote has been the leading (and one of the only) youth election protection training partners in the United States.
Join GenVote and Hands Off NY Election Protection Coalition to become a trained volunteer for poll monitoring today!
Nonviolent street tactics training
Get Ready for Strategic Nonviolent Action in These Times. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1058619/
Learning from the history of people powered movements, particularly the labor movement, we can root our work today in the rich traditions that have come before.
We have been fighting for a true multiracial democracy since this country was born, and the forces we are up against are strong.
This workshop will ignite your imagination of what is possible, prepare your body, mind, and spirit for what is ahead, and will help build courage and confidence to take the action needed when our democracy, rights and lives are under attack.
Light snacks and pizza provided. Feel free to bring additional food to eat during breaks.
Brooklyn Know Your Rights and ICE Response Training
Join CUFFH, Hands Off NYC for a free in-person Know Your Rights training where you'll learn what to do if you see immigration agents — at home or in your community — and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors.
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1059228/
We'll cover your constitutional rights, how to spot ICE and other federal agents, how to respond to ICE encounters, what to keep on hand, and how to mobilize your community.
No legal knowledge required, and all are welcome.
(Virtual) Know Your Rights & ICE Response Training
Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1001140/
Join Hands Off NYC and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) for a free 90 minutes virtual Know Your Rights training where you'll learn what to do if you see immigration agents — at home or in your community — and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors. We'll cover your constitutional rights, how to spot ICE and other federal agents, how to respond to ICE encounters, what to keep on hand, and how to mobilize your community.
This is not a training series - but the same training offered once a month. You don't need to attend more than 1 session (unless you want to).
No legal knowledge required, and all are welcome. Whether you're cheering for your team or showing up for your neighbors, come ready with your questions.
Election Sabotage Response Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1036518/
The attacks on our election have already started, and they're deeply tied to the attacks on our communities. This hands-on workshop will prepare you for what it means to take action to defend our elections and our communities, while fighting for a better future.
YOU ONLY NEED TO SIGN UP ONCE - THIS IS THE SAME TRAINING OFFERED SEVERAL TIMES!
We will dive into what's going on right now, the power we have to stop it, and practice some of those skills together. Expect to move around, to meet other members, and to join us for follow up actions as we prepare to enforce the election results and build a future of dignity for all.
No experience required to join. Refreshments provided.
(Virtual) NYS Youth Election Protection Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/generationvote/event/1036578/
Join Generation Vote and the Hands Off Our Vote NY Election Protection coalition to help protect our elections and become a trained volunteer for poll monitoring!
At this 1.5 hour training you will understand your voting rights, challenges to youth voting rights, de-escalation techniques, and how to help voters at the polls. Come ready to join our movement of young people defending free and fair elections in New York and beyond.
GenVote is sparking a movement of young people fighting for our right to vote and a just democracy for all. Since 2020, Generation Vote has been the leading (and one of the only) youth election protection training partners in the United States.
Join GenVote and Hands Off NY Election Protection Coalition to become a trained volunteer for poll monitoring today!
No Kings: Vote Early - Brooklyn, NY Election protection
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1055492/
For No Kings 4 join fellow Brooklynites for a grand procession led by a giant bald eagle puppet, monarch butterfly puppets and other art that were made by hundreds of Brooklyn volunteers. This is the same art you may have seen at the front of No Kings 1, 2 and 3 in NYC.
We will proclaim the importance of Early Voting and protecting our elections. And we will distribute information about how to to protect and defend our elections.
VOTEFEST NYC
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1021120/
NO KINGS: VOTEFEST NYC — Long Live the Vote!
Voting is an act of resistance. Join us for an afternoon of music, poetry, art and community as we turn the energy of NO KINGS into participation at the polls.
We’re deeply honored to welcome many speakers and musical guests. See RSVP for more information.
No Kings: Vote Early - Western Queens
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1039503/
Join Indivisible Western Queens in encouraging our neighbors to commit to voting early! In Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside, and Sunnyside, we'll ask passersby to add early voting dates to their calendars using our available QR code. Come by to chat democracy with us, and make your own early voting plan!
We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.
No Kings: Vote Early - Battery Park City
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1046197/
Join us between 11am and Noon on Saturday, October 17 to march in front of 455 North End Avenue to show your support for early and safe voting. Bring your own sign or pick up one of ours.
We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.
No Kings: Vote Early Northwest Bronx, New York, NY
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1058477/
Let's stand out on the 232 St Overpass and show passing motorists how Voting Early is critical this year!!! Bring a sign and a noise maker.
We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.
No Kings: Vote Early - Chelsea
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1057268/
Join us in Chelsea to get out the vote!
We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law.
Now, we are taking the next step, turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early, is not purely a protest. Instead, on October 17th, it's a day of nonpartisan voter participation.
No Kings: Vote Early - Staten Island, NY
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1031254/
Staten Island 4 the People is once again taking to the streets of Staten Island on Saturday, October 17th and we invite you to join. This time, we are walking to the steps of Borough Hall from three separate routes on Staten Island in the following locations:
Stapleton - Starting Point 1 Tompkinsville - Starting Point 2 Livingston - Starting Point 3
These routes will meet up together at the steps of Borough Hall for a festive rally.
Farley Post Office: Deliver the Vote!
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1064865/
As part of the October 17 No Kings Actions, Rise and Resist will be holding an action on the steps of the main Post Office building to encourage folks to vote early and have a voting plan, to demand that the Post Office deliver all of the mail in ballots, and to demand that the Trump regime not interfere with the electoral process or the results.
The Trump administration has been trying to suppress the vote and to undermine the electoral process and the democratic process. We won't be able to Abolish ICE until we drive MAGA out of office.
Bushwick business canvassing
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1058524/
Join us for a business canvassing shift! We have tens of thousands of small business in New York City left to go, and we need your help to do it. No training required to join us for a shift.
Working in pairs, block by block, we will meet with owners, managers, and employees at their work sites. We use multilingual, legally vetted materials to ensure they know how to protect themselves now, what to do if ICE comes, what to do in case of detentions, and where to find additional resources.
No Kings: Write-In for Democracy, Jackson Heights, NY
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1057759/
Sip, socialize & write letters to new or underrepresented voters
Spend a fun afternoon at The Queensboro getting to know your neighbors, enjoying some delicious food and drinks, and helping strengthen our democracy.
We’ll be writing nonpartisan letters to new and young voters, as well as voters who have been historically underrepresented at the polls. Our letters will offer encouragement, information, and resources to help voters in Maine, Michigan, and Texas participate in the upcoming midterm elections.
No Kings: Vote Early - BAY RIDGE
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1054195/
Join Indivisible Brooklyn for a celebratory rally, march, and community outreach to spread the word about early voting in the ONLY swing congressional district in NYC! We'll gather and march through the streets of Bay Ridge, and then marchers can join teams that will lead street corner voter education jams.
We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.
No Kings! Vote Early! NYC Families
RSVP: https://act.climatefamilies.org/no-kings-get-out-the-vote-families
No Kings Weekend: Protect the Vote! Families edition
Join Climate Families NYC & Hands Off NYC Families for a family friendly No Kings day of action event with letters to voters, food, art and music.
We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.
No Kings: Vote Early - Queens, NY
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1032264/
Celebrate Early Voting & Civic Action with Forest Hills Indivisible!
Join Forest Hills Indivisible on Saturday, October 17th for a special early voting rally and voter support event!
Whether you need help checking your voter registration status, want a clear breakdown of what’s on your ballot, or have questions about how early voting works in Queens, we’ve got you covered.
No Kings: Vote Early- HUDSON RIVER BRIGADE, Washington Heights, NYC
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1039753/
NOTE: THIS IS A BRIDGE ACTION. See @hudsonriverbrigade or https://www.visibilitybrigade.com if you are not familiar with bridge actions.
We serve up joyful resistance and maximum visibility to car traffic on an overpass bridge in Upper Manhattan.
No Kings: Vote Early - Greenpoint, Brooklyn
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1032192/
Greenpoint Votes! Help us get the word out at parks, playgrounds, bars, and bodegas - early voting has opened and your vote is your voice!
Volunteering will be easy! Grab a friend and a stack of fliers and pass out info on early voting, voting locations, voting registrations, and what's on our ballot.
We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.
No Kings: Vote Early Sidewalk Chalking Party in Concourse, Bx
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1056276/
Come share pro-democracy messages and information about Early Voting with your neighbors in chalk on the sidewalks of Concourse--weather permitting!
We'll have: Sidewalk chalk in all colors... Suggestions for what to write... Flyers with Early Voting info to share... Snacks!
You bring: Enthusiasm and a willingness to let your hands get dirty.
All ages welcome!
(Virtual) No Kings Comic Con
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1053080/
It’s the biggest pop culture fest in this or any other galaxy — NO KINGS COMIC-CON! Join us live on Thursday, October 15th for an early kickoff to the NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY festivities!
This free, virtual evening will showcase a constellation of stars from the world of comics and the geekier side of Hollywood with interviews, art, music, and surprises. Co-hosted by No Kings Coalition member orgs COMIX ACTION and HANDS OFF NYC, this streaming event brings all the excitement of a major comic convention without the huge lines and overpriced pizza.
(See ComixAction.com for guest announcements.)
Election Sabotage Response Training
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1036518/
The attacks on our election have already started, and they're deeply tied to the attacks on our communities. This hands-on workshop will prepare you for what it means to take action to defend our elections and our communities, while fighting for a better future.
YOU ONLY NEED TO SIGN UP ONCE - THIS IS THE SAME TRAINING OFFERED SEVERAL TIMES!
We will dive into what's going on right now, the power we have to stop it, and practice some of those skills together. Expect to move around, to meet other members, and to join us for follow up actions as we prepare to enforce the election results and build a future of dignity for all.
No experience required to join. Refreshments provided.
Know Your Rights Business Canvassing in Cypress Hills
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/event/1041641/
Join us for a business canvassing shift! We have tens of thousands of small business in New York City left to go, and we need your help to do it. No training required to join us for a shift.
Working in pairs, block by block, we will meet with owners, managers, and employees at their work sites. We use multilingual, legally vetted materials to ensure they know how to protect themselves now, what to do if ICE comes, what to do in case of detentions, and where to find additional resources.
Hands Off Our Vote Youth Election Defense Convening
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/generationvote/event/1049428/
In America, most people believe that voters should pick our leaders, not the other way around. But right now, people in power are trying to keep us from voting so they can control our elections and seize more power for themselves.
But we won’t let them decide our future or define what democracy looks like for our communities. That’s why young New Yorkers are coming together to demand Hands Off Our Vote!
Join us at CPC One for the Hands Off Our Vote Youth Election Defense Convening.
This convening is being organized in collaboration with local and statewide partners, including Hands Off Our Vote NY, Generation Vote, Freedom Trainers, and more!
Together, we'll get trained on:
Creative Action Planning For Post-Election Scenarios
Election Defense Lessons From Youth Movements Around the World
Preparing for Mass Mobilization
Light refreshments will be provided.
Join us at the convening, get trained, get organized, and tell the people in power: HANDS OFF OUR VOTE!