May Day General Strike: No work. No shopping. No school.
Friday, May 1, is a nation-wide General Strike in response to the current administration’s increasingly erratic and authoritarian acts. It’s imperative that we not only participate in this strike, but we tell others about it as well. (Not everyone’s as plugged in as you are, friend.)
🚫 No shopping. 🚫 No working. 🚫 No school. Mass rally and march.
Fri, 5.1 | 5:30 p.m. | Washington Square Park | 100 E. Pershing Rd. KCMO
➡️ BOTG will meet at the Southwest Corner of the park. Join us!
Veterans for Peace Chapter 97 and allies will gather and hold a press conference May 1st @ 9am in Linwood Green Park outside the KCVA hospital to support VA workers, raise our voices against the privatization of VA healthcare, and say no more wars.
As midterm elections approach, we have created primary and general election committees to help us regain peace, prosperity and equality. Here’s how you can help:
✅Get Out the Vote – High voter turnout is the #1 way we can turn the tide.
💯Vote Your Values Scorecard – Join this team if you want to tie candidates to their records and lift up those candidates who make a positive impact.
🔏Election Integrity/Security – This proactive team will make sure we have ample poll workers and poll watchers.
Fill out this form and we’ll reach out.
Boots on the Ground Midwest has partnered with El Centro to raise funds in support of immigrant families. The Floreciendo Futuros Legacy Fund is used to cover partial rent payments, utility assistance, and more. If every person gave $10, think how powerful that could be - please donate today!
Link to donate: https://webpayment.arvest.com/ebpp/ElCentro/Login/Index
If you really want to make a difference in the midterms, this is your event. The Voter 2 Voter program uses a simple peer-to-peer online tool proven to increase voter turnout in Kansas significantly.
Join us at one of our kick-off events for the Boots on the Ground Voter 2 Voter team. We’ll learn how to use the tool, get tips on how to talk with friends about voting – and meet amazing people.
Register: Mon., April 27| 6-7:30 pm |JoCo Central Resource Library|9875 W. 87th, OPKS
Register: Thurs., May 14| 6-7:30 pm |JoCo Central Resource Library|9875 W. 87th, OPKS
BOTG is partnering with COLORS for their inaugural event featuring Latin rock icon and Panama native Enrique Chi of Making Movies and electronic jazz pioneer Alber. The event is at In The Lowest Ferns. Join us April 30th at 8pm for a night of LIVE music. ALL proceeds from this event will be donated to Entre Nos KC.
Tickets | $12.46 | Apr 30 @ IN THE LOWEST FERNS by NOMADA, Kansas City | DICE
Want to meet like-minded people? Build community? Take action to protect democracy? Attend a Community Hub meeting in May!
We host six Community Hubs throughout the KC area. Each month we connect with our neighbors and make plans to take action together. Attend whichever hub works for you. May focus: Preparing for the midterm elections!
May 2 - Waldo - This month only: Meet at Waldo Library
May 5 - Olathe - New Location!
Join Kansas Interfaith Action for a powerful gathering that brings together people of faith and conscience to use our privilege to protect the most vulnerable among us. Join and tell your friends and family!
April 30th | 6:30 pm | Asbury United Methodist Church | 5400 W. 75th | Prairie Village KS
✅ BOTG Book Club: Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis and the Next, by Dean Spade
UMKC professor Drew Bergerson will lead a critical discussion about the practical opportunities and challenges for cultivating mutual aid in our life today. Author Dean Spade is a lawyer, transgender activist and professor of law who outlines inot only the nature of mutual aid but many of the pitfalls that activists encounter when trying to implement it.
Wed. May 13 | 6:30 – 8 pm | First Lutheran Church, 6400 State Line Rd, Mission Hills, KS | RSVP
The Boots on the Ground calendar offers a curated list of action items in Kansas and the KCMO metro.
Please submit items for the calendar to: calendar@bootsonthegroundmidwest.org
First, thanks for being part of the resistance. We need every one of you!
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