06/13/2026
Good evening, everyone,
Before we gather tomorrow, I wanted to share a few final updates, reminders, and reflections about why we are coming together.
First, please take care of yourselves before arriving. Make transportation plans, take any necessary medications, bring water and nourishment, and dress appropriately for the weather. Sustainable movements require us to care for one another and ourselves.
During the event, please stay at least six feet back from the curb, park in surrounding residential areas while following all traffic laws, and help maintain a safe and welcoming environment. If counter-protesters are present, do not engage in escalation. Seek assistance from event safety personnel if needed. They will be identifiable by their high vis vest. If interactions occur, document them when possible, and always ask for consent before taking photos or videos of fellow participants.
The Democratic Party office will be open and available for restroom access, rest breaks, and basic first-aid needs. We also want to thank JavaVino for their continued support. Please be respectful of their business by avoiding their parking lot and entrances, and consider supporting them while you are in the area.
When the event concludes, please travel back to your vehicles or transportation with others whenever possible and use the buddy system.
As part of tomorrow's action, we will be collecting non-perishable food and hygiene items for the Wafer Food Pantry. We especially encourage donations of culturally conscious foods that reflect the needs of Hispanic and Hmong families in our community. Culturally conscious foods include but are not limited to: rice, dry beans, masa harina, canned tomatoes, canned peppers, cooking oil, adobo/sazón packets, shelf-stable plantain chips, oatmeal, evaporated milk, coffee, Jasmine Rice, Sticky Rice, Rice Noodles, Canned Tuna & Sardines, Beans, Peanut Butter, Shelf-Stable Milk, Cooking Oil, Soy Sauce, Fish Sauce, Canned Fruits & Vegetables and Tea. Cash donations will also be accepted, and a QR code will be available for those who wish to contribute electronically.
We will also have whistles and flyers available for the Angellini's protest taking place from 4:00–6:00 p.m. Some of us will be volunteering and participating in both events.
Whether or not you choose to attend the Angellini's protest, we want to explain why many of us feel compelled to stand in solidarity. Recent comments made publicly by the restaurant's owners have sparked concern because they reflect a culture that normalizes disrespect, degradation, and the objectification of women. These attitudes do not exist in isolation. They are part of a broader environment where women, especially women of color, immigrant women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and workers in service industries are too often treated as disposable, unheard, or undeserving of dignity.
The same systems that allow powerful people to demean women are often the systems that exploit workers, target immigrants, criminalize poverty, and leave communities of color struggling to access housing, healthcare, education, and economic opportunity. They are systems that reward wealth and power while asking ordinary people to bear the cost.
Across our country, we are witnessing increasing attacks on reproductive freedom, voting rights, labor protections, public education, immigrant communities, and programs that provide a basic social safety net. While working families struggle to afford rent, groceries, healthcare, and childcare, billionaires, trillionaires, and corporations continue to accumulate unprecedented wealth. Too often, political leaders answer to donors and special interests while everyday people are told to settle for less.
This is not just about one restaurant, one politician, or one news cycle. It is about the values we choose as a society.
We believe every person deserves safety, dignity, housing, healthcare, food, and the opportunity to thrive. We believe women deserve to live free from harassment and violence. We believe communities of color deserve justice and investment rather than neglect and discrimination. We believe immigrants deserve humanity and respect. We believe workers deserve fair wages and a voice in decisions that affect their lives.
Most importantly, we believe change happens when ordinary people come together and organize.
Tomorrow is not simply a protest. It is an opportunity to build community, strengthen relationships, support our neighbors through mutual aid, and remind one another that collective action is one of the most powerful tools we possess.
The ultra-wealthy and powerful benefit when working people are divided by race, gender, immigration status, religion, sexuality, or political identity. Our response must be solidarity. We must organize in our workplaces, our neighborhoods, our schools, and our communities. We must support one another, speak out against injustice, and build the kind of future that prioritizes people over profit.
But solidarity is not just showing up to a protest. It is an ongoing commitment to one another. It is checking on neighbors, supporting mutual aid efforts, donating food and resources, volunteering our time, standing up against discrimination when we witness it, amplifying marginalized voices, and refusing to look away when members of our community are being harmed.
Every time we choose cooperation over division, compassion over indifference, and community over individualism, we challenge the systems that depend on our isolation and strengthen the networks that help people survive and thrive. The people and institutions that profit from inequality want us to believe that we are powerless, disconnected, and alone. Our greatest strength is proving otherwise.
When workers stand with immigrants, when communities of color stand with LGBTQ+ neighbors, when women stand with labor movements, when housed people stand with the unhoused, and when people of all backgrounds stand together in defense of human dignity, we create the kind of solidarity that has fueled every meaningful movement for justice throughout history.
Tomorrow is one action. The work of building a more just, equitable, and compassionate society continues long after the signs are put away. Let this gathering be more than a protest. Let it be an invitation to remain engaged, connected, and committed to one another in the days, weeks, and months ahead.
A society should be judged not by how much wealth it creates for a small handful of people, but by how it cares for its most vulnerable members.
Thank you for showing up, for supporting your neighbors, and for helping build a movement rooted in dignity, justice, and collective liberation.
We look forward to standing alongside you tomorrow.
