May Day Rallies
Thursday, May 1 | 12:00pm | Union Square
12:00 PM | Union Square Park
Support The People’s Forum May Day Action.
Meet Riversiders at 11:45 AM in front of Whole Foods at 4 Union Square (14th St between University Place & Broadway).
More Info → The People’s Forum May Day 2025
Jeannie will be point person and bring signs. Bring noisemakers/whistles. Wear comfy shoes and bring water/snacks.
1:00 PM | Foley Square
Join Annie and the NYC Bar’s Rally for the Rule of Law.
More Info → NYC Bar May Day Action
5:00 PM | Foley Square
Support NYCLU’s May Day Action with dozens of coalition partners.
Meet Riversiders at 4:45 PM at Duane Reade (305 Broadway) to walk over together and join the PPC group.
Jeannie will be point person again. Same prep: signs, noise, snacks, and supportive shoes!
Join the Nonviolent Medicaid Army’s May 2025 Saturday School of Struggle!
Saturday, May 3rd | 1:00pm |Online
Topic: Base Building: Changing Minds & Overcoming Mental Fortresses
This is the first of a two-part series on base building.
Date: Saturday, May 3
Time: 1 PM ET / 12 PM CT / 11 AM MT / 10 AM PT
Location: Zoom
This 90-minute session will explore the role of base building in the class struggle—particularly as an essential form of leadership development and a path toward building political clarity.
We’ll examine the challenges of connecting with those we’ve been taught to view as “strangers,” and learn to face the fears and insecurities that often arise in this crucial work.
Join the Quaker Walk to Washington
May 4th – May 22nd
A journey on foot undertaken by a fellowship of concerned individuals, traveling southward through the states of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to deliver the historical document of the Flushing Remonstrance to members of the federal government as a memorandum on the duty of all who dwell on this land to uphold the guiding principle that all are welcome.
Support the Rent Freeze Campaign
Join our partners at Housing Justice for All and support the Rent Freeze campaign: Tenants Are the Backbone of New York
Seventy percent of New Yorkers rent. We are the backbone of this city—cooks, cleaners, nurses, teachers, and bus drivers who keep New York running every day. Without us, New York wouldn’t be the city we all love.
Rising rents are pushing us out. Housing costs are the biggest monthly expense for most tenants, and it’s becoming unsustainable.
2025 is an election year. Tenants are the majority in New York—and together, we have the power to elect a mayor who will freeze the rent. By organizing a voting bloc of thousands of renters, we can choose leadership that serves people—not real estate interests.
Add your name to the petition and tell every candidate running for mayor: We need a rent freeze!
Multifaith Mondays: Moral Witness for Democracy
Mondays | 5:30pm – 6:00pm | Columbus Circle
Join Us for Weekly Vigils at Columbus Circle
Mondays | 5:30–6:00 PM
(Gather at the USS Maine Statue, SW corner of Central Park)
Multifaith Monday Vigils create a sacred space for collective lament, prophetic resistance, and moral clarity in a time of deep division. If nothing else, we can stand together, bear witness, and commit to justice—even when the path is uncertain.
As M. Gessen reminds us, “Autocratic power requires the degradation of moral authority.” By gathering, we choose to reinforce and strengthen moral authority, countering isolation and overwhelm.
We look forward to standing with you.
Sponsors Include:
The Interfaith Center of New York
Union Theological Seminary
The Jewish Theological Seminary
Episcopal Diocese of New York
The Riverside Church
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
The BeaconNYC4o