Proposal for Upcoming Demonstration Dates in October
Collected 7/28/25
This proposal outlines suggested dates for protests in October based on key historical anniversaries and global justice themes. Dates prioritize Friday/Saturday mobilizations to maximize turnout, with alignment around anti-colonialism, anti-fascism, and international solidarity.
Endorsement Process
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Duration of the Endorsement Vote: 120 Hours (Monday–Friday)
- Endorsement mechanism: Community members can vote up or down on the amendment commentary below. A comment must gain 15% of the community size's support within this period to move forward into the draft.
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Duration of the Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV): 48 hours (Saturday–Sunday)
Voting Mechanism
Once date proposals are collected and endorsed, state and community organizers will conduct a Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) round to select two finalist dates.
These two dates will then be presented to the broader community in a second RCV vote, where the public will rank the finalists to determine the final protest date.
Final Approval
The date with the highest support in the public RCV vote will be adopted as the official mobilization date.
This updated structure ensures the process is both:
- Strategically grounded (via organizer input)
- Community-driven (via public participation)
Proposed Dates & Focus of Upcoming Protests:
October 4th – Saturday
- Focus: Anti-colonial resistance, Indigenous sovereignty
- Description: On the eve of Chief Joseph’s surrender anniversary (Oct 5, 1877), we recognize Indigenous resistance and the enduring fight for land back. A powerful day to demand tribal sovereignty, environmental justice, and an end to colonial violence.
October 5th – Sunday
- Focus: “We Will Fight No More Forever” + World Smile Day
- Description: Commemorating Chief Joseph’s surrender and World Smile Day. Let’s reframe “smile” not as compliance but as radical joy and healing in resistance. Organize teach-ins, land acknowledgments, and mutual aid celebrations in solidarity with Indigenous struggles.
October 11th – Saturday
- Focus: Queer health justice and memory
- Description: This is the anniversary of the public display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. A day to honor lives lost, fight for accessible healthcare, and confront how queer and trans communities continue to be marginalized in crisis response. Could be a strong day for solidarity actions or vigils.
October 12th – Sunday
- Focus: End the Myth of “Discovery” + First Pledge of Allegiance
- Description: A dual-symbolic day – the anniversary of Columbus’s arrival and the first recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance (1892). Let’s reject imperial myths and forced nationalism. Call for curriculum decolonization, border abolition, and true liberation.
October 18th – Saturday
- Focus: Decolonize and Dismantle Empire
- Description: Positioned between Oct 12 and Oct 24, this date can tie broader decolonial themes with international solidarity. A day to call out U.S. imperialism from Gaza to Standing Rock, and link struggles across borders.
- Considerations: National coalition of groups contender (i.e. Indivisible, Women's March, MoveOn)
October 19th – Sunday
- Focus: End of Revolutionary War (1781) – Fulfill the Unfinished Revolution
- Description: Yorktown marked the end of the war for independence—but not for freedom. Enslaved people were left behind, Indigenous nations were betrayed. Use this date to demand the liberation that was never delivered: reparations, land return, and true democracy.
October 25th – Saturday
- Focus: “Liberty for Who?”
- Description: Leading up to the Statue of Liberty dedication anniversary (Oct 28, 1886), this is a chance to interrogate American mythology. Who gets freedom? Raise demands for abolition, asylum, immigrant justice, and economic liberation.
October 26th – Sunday
- Focus: Immigrant Rights and Economic Justice
- Description: Continuing from Saturday, Sunday actions can focus on community-led visions of freedom. The “Statue of Liberty” is not freedom if people are caged, deported, or denied healthcare and housing.
Additional Information:
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Proposal Creation: Proposals can be initiated by any member of the movement, and the dates will be vetted and posted for community review. Please provide a comment in this post to propose amendments.
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Liaison Involvement: Liaisons play a crucial role in helping disseminate this information, encourage participation in voting, and ensure community feedback is incorporated.
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Poll Distribution: Organizing teams will be responsible for pushing the poll to ensure maximum participation and feedback. The poll will allow the community to endorse or reject proposed dates, and ranked-choice voting will finalize the most supported choice.
I would like to propose a Funeral for the Constitution for October. Full text of the proposal: Funeral for the Constitution:
For a late September, early October rally, I want to set a national date as early as possible. One of the things I have noticed about rallies that have big turnouts is, that the news only reports on the turnout, but not really on the speeches or the substance of the rally. I want to add a visually appealing spectacle that makes a very clear and poignant statement about what we are about that is easy and desirable for the news to pick up on.
So the spectacle in mind is Funeral For the Constitution. Instead of a normal rally, every protest site enacts a full state funeral to the best of their ability. This includes -
-Placing obituaries in local papers and social media to advertise the event. -The obituary makes it clear that everyone is to dress in mourning clothes and to respect the somber environment.
-No signs, only flowers. -Obit also request that flowers sent for those that cannot attend. This serves as a visual representation for people that are not able to attend rallies.
-Media should be alerted beforehand about the spectacle. -Plan a procession with a hearse and other interested parties (we are planning to invite BACA). -The hearse pulls up to the rally location, and pallbearers dressed as founding fathers move the coffin to a viewing area. -The coffin is opened revealing the Constitution inside, with frayed and burned edges, and stabbed through the back. -The coffin isplaced for mourners to come pay their respects.
-A variety of speakers deliver the eulogy in character as founding fathers, ministers, amendments, famous speakers speaking to the Constitutions character, as if it were a real person. Speak to their troubles and personal growth (ie amendments) Also speak to the horrific murder that prematurely shortened its life.
-Have a mic at the coffin for mourners to share memories and speak. Encourage a swath of wailing widows (Handsmaid Tales people would be great here). Again, encourage spectacle for the photo op. Have our photogs at the ready to capture the mourners.
-Pallbearers place the Constitution back into the coffin while Taps plays. Coffin is loaded into the hearse, and the hearse slowly travels the route of our march, with bikers and mourners walking behind.
Would love to see the procession go through major parts of town with signage that makes it obvious as to what this is about.
so we tried this here in CT, it was the Death of Lady Liberty vigil, and the backlash we got was insane, we had to pivot the event to Light the Night for Lady Liberty. Like our own facebook page was saying if we did the event, they would mobilize a counter protest.