Hands OFF! April 2025 is Tremendous Success – Thanks to You!

It happened! We organized an event for people to protest the Trump administration and its cruel, chaotic attacks on our freedoms and our communities, and you showed up! Wow, did you show up! Attendance numbers vary, but our best estimate is 40-45,000 people! 

And we weren’t alone here in St Paul. There were 50 or more events throughout the State. Reports have come in for as many as 5 million people across the country showing up to tell Trump to take his hands off our Medicaid, Social Security, our bodies, our jobs, our economy, our DEI initiatives, immigrants, our schools, our courts, our environment, our data – the list goes on.

We came together united in purpose. See how strong we are together! The people have the power, and now that we have seen that, we will channel it into action and into standing up for and with each other. There is a long way to go to win this one! We can do it, but it’s going to take all of us! Stay tuned for more opportunities! 

Today we want to share all we can about the 4/5 Hands OFF! event in St Paul, and remind you of the actions coming out of it. Come back to it when you need a reminder that you are not alone, or what you can do to help!

Didn’t make it to the HandsOFF! Rally but want to join the conversation Check out our facebook page. We are posting videos of individual speakers and folks are chiming in with comments.

Next, some thank you’s.

Saturday’s rally would not have happened without contributions from many, many  people and many organizations. Thank you to EVERYONE who made it possible!

Our organizing partners: 

The Speakers: 

  • Cedar Larson – educator, activist

  • Joy Marver – veteran, VA supporter and worker

  • Deena Wassenberg – scientist

The Performers:

The many organizations who supported the event: 

Partners -  Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro, MAPE, MN AFLCIO, SEIU MN State Council, SEIU Healthcare MN and Iowa, SEIU Local 284, Somos The Future, StandUp MN, St. Croix Valley Indivisible, Indivisible Lakeville, Elko New Market Together (Indivisible LEFT)

Supporters - Elder Climate Action, TCM, ERAMN, Gender Justice, Indivisible North Metro, Indivisible Shakopee — Prior Lake — Savage, Indivisible West Metro, League of Women Voters MN, MN Music Resistance, Minnesota Moms Demand Action, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund, Pro-Choice Minnesota, Protect MN Advocacy Fund, Sierra Club North Star Chapter, Third Act, Veterans of Peace, WAMM

Thanks to all the media who covered the story - here is just some of it:

Ann Treacy