Civic Action Calendar: Week of April 23

This is the civic action calendar, where each week we’ll share information about actions and events hosted by community-based organizations across the Front Range.

Thursday April 23

At 2:30 p.m., Indivisible Table Mountain will hold a weekly demonstration in Golden, which they call “Standing For: a rally against injustice.” At this weekly event, attendees form a line on the sidewalk spreading from Washington Ave and 10th St. More info can be found at indivisibletablemountain.com.

Friday April 24

At 3:30 p.m., the Indivisible North Denver to Boulder Coalition will hold an Iran War Vigil at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park in Denver. Organizers say it’s a peaceful vigil in downtown Denver to commemorate the lives lost in the Iran war. That’s at E 14th Ave. & Lincoln St. More info at instagram.com/indivisibleND2B.

Saturday, April 25

At 9:30am, the Colorado Rapid Response Network and Hecho en Westwood invite members of the Westwood community to canvass neighborhoods recently affected by ICE. CORRN will be sharing know-your-rights information with families door to door. More information, like meetup location, will be provided upon registration at bit.ly/canvasswestwood.

A coalition of national organizations including Public Citizen, Detention Watch Network, The Workers Circle, MoveOn, and others, are organizing a Communities Not Cages National Day of Action to stop warehouse detention. Several Colorado organizations will be holding local protests. More information at mobilize.us/disappearedinamerica.

At 10 a.m., Denver Immigrant Partnership Teams will hold a “No More ICE Blacksites” protest at the Centennial ICE Field Office. Denver’s Immigrant Partnership Team, as part of the National Day of Action, invites the community to protest the secret holding sites hidden inside the Centennial ICE Field Office at 12445 E. Caley Ave. in Centennial. More info at mobilize.us/notabovethelaw.

At 11 a.m., SoBoCo Indivisible will hold a protest to Stop ICE Warehouse Detentions at McCaslin Blvd. & Marshall Rd. in Superior. This is also part of the Communities Not Cages day of action. Organizers say they plan to gather to show visible, public opposition to ICE detention expansion and the criminalization of immigration. mobilize.us/notabovethelaw

Sunday, April 26

At 10:30 a.m., Aurora Unidos CSO will hold a Barrio Walk at St. Therese Catholic Church in Aurora. They hold this weekly event for participants to get connected with community, spread know-your-rights information, and learn how to get involved in the fight against ICE. That’s at 1243 Kingston St. in Aurora. More info at AuroraUnidosCSO.org.

CANCELED — please note this event has been canceled due to weather. More info when you at contact the organizers at communitygriefandgratitude.org. At 1:00 pm, Boulder Grief and Gratitude will hold a public ceremony honoring personal and collective grief and giving voice to resistance, at the south side of Boulder Creek near the Library. Organizers say it’s “a peaceful gathering to honor the loss of loved ones, the devastations of wars and genocide, of attacks and imprisonment of immigrants, of wildfires, floods and drought, of species disappearing, of racism and gender violence.”

Wednesday, April 29

At 5:30 p.m., the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition will host a webinar called “What Colorado’s SB25-276 Means for Your Community.” CIRC says attendees will learn how this new law helps protect immigrant communities in Colorado, and the policies that schools, hospitals, childcare facilities and other institutions are required to adopt under the new law so you can help ensure that SB25-276 is enforced in your community. You can find more information and a registration link at coloradoimmigrant.org.

Special thank you to Keith Gelderloos, Kenneth Nova, and Jack Armstrong. You can tell us about an event by emailing [email protected].

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