April 1, 2025

As a UUP member and as someone who believes in the power of organized labor, it’s time to step up. Everything we stand for hangs in the balance.

From dismantling the U.S. Department of Education to targeting America’s colleges and universities, higher education is under attack. UUP is the nation’s largest higher education union and the time has come for all of us to defend what we believe in and fight for our future.

You can help by taking part in one of the rallies listed below. Hope to see you there!

Saturday, May 24

*Defend Democracy at Liberty Square:

Noon – 1 p.m., Liberty Square, Ellenville. Organized by Indivisible Ulster. Click HERE for more information

Sunday, May 25

*Stand Up/Speak Out Rally:

2 p.m., Public Square, 700 Warren St., Hudson. Rally is in response to ongoing federal workforce cuts and services that support veterans, Social Security recipients and health care providers and patients. Click HERE for more information.

Monday, May 26

*Memorial Day Rally Against Fascism:

9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., 4 3rd St., Troy (Meet at the building side on Broadway Street). Participants are asked to bring signs, a musical instrument or 5-gallon bucks and drum sticks. Click for more information.

*Honoring Our Veterans Who Fought for Freedom:

Noon – 2 p.m., Doughboy statue, Abingdon Square Park, Hudson Street. Click HERE for more information.

Wednesday, May 28

*Save Our Healthcare Rally:

4 – 6 p.m., Rep. Claudia Tenny’s Canandaigua office, 2375 Rochester Road, Suite 250, Canandaigua. Bring your signs with messages focused on protecting health care, Medicaid, Medicare, NIH, CDC, SNA,P WIC, the Affordable Care Act, rural hospitals and nursing homes. Organized by Indivisible and other local groups. Click HERE for more information.

Saturday, May 31

*Speak Out! for Democracy:

11 a.m. – 1 p.m., East Hampton Town Hall, 159 Pantigo Road. Click HERE for more information.

Friday, June 6

*Unite for Veterans, Unite for America rally

2 p.m. National Mall, Washington, D.C.-Join thousands of veterans, military families, and their allies on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the Unite for Veterans, Unite for America Rally. We are coming together to defend the benefits, jobs, and dignity that every generation of veterans has earned through sacrifice. Veteran jobs, healthcare, and essential VA services are under attack. We will not stand by. Click HERE for more information.

Friday, June 14

The next nationwide day of action is called No Kings and it’s set for June 14—the same day as President Donald Trump’s birthday and his planned military parade in Washington, D.C.

Hundreds of No Kings rallies and protests are already scheduled in all 50 states to protest the new administration’s attacks on higher education, science, America’s working families and democracy. Hundreds more will soon be announced; check this list for updates.

The rallies are organized by No Kings, which is mobilizing volunteers in a nationwide show of defiance against take action “to reject authoritarianism—and show the world what democracy really looks like,” according to the No Kings website. More than 30 partners have signed on to the event, including AFT, 50501, Indivisible, the AFL-CIO’s Union Veterans Council and Black Voters Matter.

Click HERE for more information about No Kings.

*Beacon – No Kings Beacon:

Click HERE for more information.

*Binghamton – No Kings Binghamton:

1 – 2 p.m. Click HERE for more information.

*Bridgeport – No Kings Bridgeport:

10 a.m. – Noon. Click HERE for more information.

*Canandaigua – No Kings Canandaigua :

2-4 p.m. South Main Street and Eastern Boulevard. Click HERE for more information.

*Cortland – No Kings Cortland:

10-11 a.m., Courthouse Park, 33 Church St. Click HERE for more information.

*Croton-on-Hudson – No Kings Day:

4-5 p.m., Croton Point Park, 1 Croton Point Ave. Click HERE for more information.

*East Hampton – No Kings East Hampton:

11 a.m. – 1 p.m., East Hampton Town Hall grounds, 159 Pantigo Road. Click HERE for more information.

*Garden City – No Kings Mineola/Garden City:

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Nassau County Courthouse, 262 Old Country Road. Click HERE for more information.

*Hamilton – No Kings Hamilton:

1-2:30 p.m., Hamilton Village Green, 38 Broad St. Click HERE for more information.

*Hampton Bays – No Kings Hampton Bays

10:30 a.m. – noon, Macy’s, 190 W. Montauk Highway. Click HERE for more information.

*Ithaca – No Kings Ithaca:

: 1-3 p.m., Ithaca. Hosted by Indivisible Tompkins. Click HERE for more information.

*Kingston – No Kings Ulster County:

11 am-1 Academy Green Park, 238 Clinton Ave. Click HERE for more information.

*Mamaroneck – No Kings Mamaroneck:

3:30-5 p.m., Harbor Island, 60-98 Harbor Island Park. Click HERE for more information.

*Middletown – No Kings/Indivisible Rockland Nanuet:

Noon- 2 p.m., New York 59 & North Middletown Road. Click HERE for more information.

*New York City – No Kings New York City:

1-3 pm Bryant Park. Click HERE for more information.

*Norwich – No Kings Not Now, Not Ever!:

Noon – 1:30 p.m., 30 N. Broad St. Click HERE for more information.

*Owego – No Kings Owego:

1-3 p.m., Courthouse Square, 20 Court St. Click HERE for more information.

*Patchogue – No Kings Patchogue

Noon – 2 p.m., Rep. Garbarino’s office, 31 Oak St. Click HERE for more information.

*Plattsburgh – No Kings Plattsburgh:

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Trinity Park, 1 Trinity Place. Click HERE for more information.

*Port Jefferson Station – No Kings Port Jefferson Station:

1 – 2:30 p.m., 5145 Nesconset Highway. Click HERE for more information.

*Rhinebeck – No Kings Rhinebeck:

10:30 a.m. – noon, Lions Minipark, South Parsonage Street & North Park Road. Click HERE for more information.

*Rome – No Kings Rome:

Noon – 1:30 p.m., Fort Stanwix National Monument, 100 N. James St. Click HERE for more information.

*Seneca Falls – No Kings Seneca Falls:

1-3 p.m., Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St. Click HERE for more information.

*Watertown – No Kings/Pride and Patriotism Rally:

1-3 pm Public Square, Watertown. Click HERE for more information.

**By no means is this a complete list; if you know of an event that isn’t listed here, please let us know. Also, these events are all subject to change.