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Preserving Democracy — NYC: Weekly Vigil
These weekly gatherings bring together anyone who wants to join with others to oppose the threats to our democracy, rights and well-being from the Trump Administration's attacks. Together, we say, democracy, not autocracy! Each week will feature different speakers. Come with your sign and an electric candle or cellphone as we light the way for our democracy in this crucial hour. Look for the Workers Circle “Demand Democracy” sign when you arrive. If you can, let us know you plan to join us.

May Day Rally and March
This May Day, join the Workers Circle, the New York State AFL-CIO, and other members of the NYC labor movement as we rally and march against attacks on workers.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

Build Power: Start A Democracy Circle
Join the Workers Circle to learn how to build grassroots power to demand the democracy we need.

How to be an Effective Advocate
Join the Center for Common Ground and Workers Circle for the next installation of our Effective Advocate series.

Live from the Frontlines: The Fight for Our Democracy
Join us for a conversation with Ari Berman, voting rights expert and award-winning author and journalist at Mother Jones, as we take stock of the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency and the mushrooming grassroots opposition that is creatively taking on him and his lawless administration.

How to be an Effective Advocate
Join the Center for Common Ground and Workers Circle for the next installation of our Effective Advocate series.

Protecting Public Education: Combating Christian Nationalism and Defending Religious Freedom
Christian nationalism is becoming an ever-growing force in America’s public education system, with real-world consequences that affect students, educators, and families.
Learn more from this hour-long webinar hosted by Jews for a Secular Democracy that the Workers Circle is proud to co-sponsor.

The Workers Circle at Hands Off! National Day of Action
Take to the streets with the Workers Circle to fight back against Trump and Musk’s power grab of our country.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

"Weaponizing Faith: The Role of Religious Nationalism and Disinformation in Destroying Democracy" with Author Katherine Stewart
Join us for a one-hour conversation with Katherine Stewart, award-winning author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.

Commemoration of the 114th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire
Commemorate the 114th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire with the Workers Circle.

How to be an Effective Advocate
Join the Center for Common Ground and Workers Circle for the first installation of our Effective Advocate series in 2025.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

NYC March for Voting Rights, Civil Rights, and Unity Against Attacks on our Democracy
Join the Workers Circle and other organizations for a rally and march over the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Return to Selma with The Workers Circle
We're gathering a delegation to travel to Selma, Alabama, March 6–March 10, 2025, for the 60th Anniversary of the Selma Bridge Crossing. This unforgettable weekend includes programs, activities, and opportunities to connect with activists and communities continuing the fight for civil right

Phone Bank for Voting Rights
Phone bank Black voters in Wisconsin with the Workers Circle before this year’s pivotal election. You can make calls from anywhere in the country, and no experience is necessary!

Light for Our Democracy
Tuesday, March 4th marks the President’s Address to Congress. Instead of tuning in, We the People of New York will gather virtually with special guests Attorney General Letitia James and Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback to come together in reflection, action, and solidarity.
We will gather virtually at 6:00 PM ET and encourage everyone to join activists across the country in placing a candle in your window at 8:30pm.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

Build Power: Start A Democracy Circle
Join us for a people-powered gathering that will connect you to communities nationwide as we fight for our democracy on the eve of the inauguration.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

The Workers Circle Annual Benefit — Democracy Takes Center Stage
We are excited to announce that our 2024 Annual Benefit: Democracy Takes Center Stage, will be held on Monday evening, December 9, 2024, at The Prince George Ballroom.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

Power to the People: Where We Go From Here
Join the Workers Circle for a virtual post-election conversation with award-winning author and journalist Ari Berman, Executive Vice President at People For the American Way and courts expert Marge Baker, and grassroots mobilization powerhouse Andrea Miller, founder of the Center for Common Ground.

Election Eve Phone Bank: GOTV in North Carolina
Join us for a special pre-Election Day phone bank to voters of color in rural North Carolina. We will be calling to learn which issues are most important to them, and their families, help them make a voting plan, and know the Voter ID they need to cast their ballot on Election Day.

Monday Guided Phone Bank: Get Out the Vote in Florida with Center for Common Ground
We are calling Black voters in Florida, encouraging them to vote, and providing resources that make it easier to check where they are registered and find the voting information they need.

CALL-A-PALOOZA with Center for Common Ground
We are calling Black voters in SIX different states for EIGHT hours, encouraging them to vote and providing non-partisan resources that make it easier to check where they are registered and find the voting information they need.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.

Phone bank for Voting Rights
Join the Workers Circle for a voting rights phone banking session every Wednesday.

Help Voters Get the ID They Need to Vote
Come join our virtual intergenerational text bank with Vote Riders to inform Florida voters about Voter ID laws in their state and help them get the ID they need.

Text Bank from Anywhere: Help Voters Get the ID They Need to Vote
Join the Workers Circle, VoteRiders, and partner organizations Bna'i Jeshurun, the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, and the New York Jewish Agenda for an exciting hybrid phone bank less than a week before the election. Reach out to thousands of voters to provide non-partisan information about how to secure the ID they need to vote and fight voter suppression.
You can text bank virtually on Zoom or in person at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, where dinner will be provided. No experience necessary!

Join us for In-person Outreach to Black Voters in North Carolina
Travel to Charlotte, North Carolina with the Workers Circle and Team Unity-NC, a voter-of-color partner of the Center for Common Ground to go door-to-door and talk with Black voters to ensure they have the critical, non-partisan, early voting and Voter ID information they need.

Phone bank for Voting Rights
Join the Workers Circle for a voting rights phone banking session every Wednesday.

Sukkot Democracy Circle at The Neighborhood in Brooklyn
The Workers Circle, The Neighborhood, and the Center for Common Ground are partnering to bring you this very special Democracy Circle in the Sukkah. Democracy Circles are small groups of people who join together to demand the democracy we need; a truly multi-racial, multi-cultural democracy that represents all of us. Democracy Circle participants are invited to draw upon their own diverse experiences–personal, historical, and cultural–as a critical foundation for our collective engagement.

First Fridays
First Fridays is our 30-minute monthly, social justice briefing and community building event.