(Cross Listed under May Day National Day of Action, you only need to sign up for one or the other)
Corruption destroys, Community builds:
Please bring nonperishable food items and /or personal care items to be donated to the First Baptist Church of Hyannis Food Bank.
“Stop the Billionaire Takeover”
“We Are the Many, They Are the Few!”
Stand in Solidarity to demand the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Andry José Hernández Romero, and Franco Jose Caraballo Tiapa (among others)
If the government can disappear them, without cause, the government can disappear you, without cause.
This a local Indivisible event!
Thursday May 1- International Workers Day/ Day without an immigrant (2006)
Time: 5:00PM – 6:30PM, Location: Hyannis Airport Rotary
Immigrants are important to our country for many reasons, including being vital members of our workforce. Workers across the country are rising up! We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness. Musk, Trump and their fellow profiteers want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices.
May Day 2025 we are standing united. We’re organizing for a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection, and safety—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status.
They’re defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence. This is a war on working people—and we will not stand down. Using the principles of nonviolence and peaceful protest, we will stand together and stand strong.
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Bring: signs, flag cowbells, drums, and a loud voice for chants! Anyone can feel free to bring instruments, sing, start a chant, this is a movement by the people!
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TAKE ACTION!!! Your Homework / “To Do” List
(Local, State, & National)
Local: Volunteer with or donate to the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands. They provide free/low cost legal counsel and assistance to immigrants and their families. Volunteer: https://www.cacci.cc/volunteer/ Donate: https://www.cacci.cc/donate/
and/or
*Inform family/friends about the illegal treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Andry José Hernández Romero, and Franco Jose Caraballo Tiapa (among others)
State: Send a (prewritten) message to your state senator and state rep to support dignity not deportations (and the location shield act) , quick and effective!!!!
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/ma-privacy-and-protection
National: Download the 5calls app, scroll down to immigration, and at least make ONE call
protest the unlawful deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador!
If you have time to make more calls, please call to:
oppose HR 32 the no bailout for sanctuary cities act
*governors: deny assistance for mass deportations
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Topic: El Salvador Prison migrants
indefinite detention without access to due process, (no longer is US custody, not charged with any crimes) ”Legal limbo”, “Judicial black hole” (men from one country originally, sent from our country, to a third country- whose jurisdiction?)
US sent 238 Venezuelan men there, 3 of which are:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia -U.S. government accidentally deported a man to El Salvador because of an “administrative error,” and won’t send him back
Andry José Hernández Romero-has no criminal record and is legally seeking asylum in the United States due to credible threats of violence against him in Venezuela because of his sexual orientation and political beliefs
Franco Jose Caraballo Tiapa- 26, a barber and father of two, was in the United States seeking asylum because of political persecution and has no criminal history, detained in Feb., wife said his name disappeared from ICE detainees list, still don’t know where he is or what happened to him
If the government can disappear them, without cause, the government can disappear you, without cause.
Officials have failed to provide evidence that these men pose any clear and present danger to society. What if they have none? Yet they’re being called “terrorists” and gang members.
60 Minutes Investigation ‘Found No Criminal Record’ for 75% of the Venezuelan Migrants Trump Imprisoned in El Salvador.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement told one lawyer it would not facilitate communication between her and her client, nor would it facilitate his return to the United States for his ongoing asylum case.
Prison known for : physical beatings, torture, denial of food water clothing healthcare, visitation, recreation and education, people that have gone in have not come out.
Inhumane Conditions- 100 men per cell 23-23.5 hours of the day, stacked metal bunks with no mattresses or pillows, lights are always on , prisoners take turns standing and laying down due to overcrowding, skin disease is rampant, families and lawyers don’t have access, open toilets and plastic buckets for washing
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This May Day, we will turn the page. This is the beginning of a new era—one where working families lead, immigrants are protected, and no one is left behind. This is not charity. This is not a request. We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They’ve ruled for too long. Their time is up.
STOP THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER.
WE ARE THE MANY. THEY ARE THE FEW.
PROTECT IMMIGRANTS.
THIS IS MAY DAY. JOIN US.
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Parking: Please carpool.
Free parking: You can park at Staples, the overflow lots at the mall, or The Landing at Hyannis. Staples is only a minute or two walk away while the others are about a 15 minute walk from there. If you need to drop someone off before parking further away, please use the staples parking lot, not the side of a road.
Paid parking: the airport, with the total cost $12 or less. (https://flyhya.com/parking-transportation/parking/)
Public Transit: There is also the cape cod RTA. There are many lines that can connect you to Hyannis. From there, you get on the “Barnstable Villager” line and can get off at the mall or the landing at hyannis, or you can simply tap to get off when the bus approaches the rotary, they will stop if you tap the yellow line. (https://capecodrta.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Villager.pdf )
Safety Rules:
Remember drivers on the rotary are extremely distracted so it is up to you to be mindful, cautious, and safe at all times
Make sure to stay on the grass a few feet away from the curb.
Stay in the designated area.
DO NOT go in the road, do not go in the middle of the rotary, do not go on the airport side.
If there are counter protesters DO NOT ENGAGE AT ALL.
Notify a safety warden (neon vest) in your area of any disturbances
Police can shut us down if we break the rules.
* Leave the space as clean as we found it.
There will be a Kids Zone: parents must stay with them
Our Calm is our Power, Our Voice is Our Power.
Park in designated areas, try to carpool, bring a friend.
If you feel you need to start videoing for any reason, you are encouraged to do so.
Before you leave, make sure look around the area and clean up anything, even if it’s not from you!
To submit an event to the calendar, email calendar@swingbluealliance.org