UUC's Acting for Racial Justice Team invites you to join us in the next action for justice and democracy on May 1 - Get ready for the MAY DAY Strike: NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING! Make it a day of service in whatever way you can. One gathering in Seattle:

Students To Rise Up on May Day: University of Washington

12:00 PM, Friday, May 1, 2026

1410 NE Campus Pkwy

https://maydaystrong.org/

“On May 1st, people across the country are stepping into something bigger than a single protest. Workers, students, families, and entire communities are preparing to disrupt business as usual to make one thing clear: this country does not belong to billionaires.

For decades, the same pattern has played out. Wealth has been extracted from working communities, while public systems that people rely on have been stripped down, underfunded, or handed over to corporate interests. That harm has never been evenly distributed. Black communities, immigrant families, Indigenous communities, and other communities pushed to the margins have carried the heaviest burden while being told to accept less and stay quiet.

May Day is how we collectively show where power actually lives. When workers stop working, when students walk out, when families refuse to spend, it disrupts the systems that depend on our labor and our participation to keep running.

The demands are clear. Tax the rich so families come first. No ICE, no war, and no private forces used to target communities or suppress dissent. Expand democracy and protect the right to vote so power cannot be hoarded or manipulated.

This kind of collective action has a long history. From the Day Without Immigrants in 2006 to Black-led campaigns that forced corporations to respond to public pressure, change has always followed moments when people refused to participate in systems that exploit them.

What is being built for May 1st follows that same tradition, but at a scale that reflects the urgency of this moment. Billionaires and politicians aligned with them are reshaping the economy, eroding rights, and concentrating power faster than ever. That requires a response that is just as coordinated and just as bold.

This is how pressure is created. This is how priorities are forced to shift. And this is how communities that have been pushed aside reclaim power in a system that depends on them but rarely serves them.” - from Public School Strong website

In Solidarity, Love and Power, UUC's Acting for Racial Justice Team