DATE: Saturday, April 5, 2025
LOCATION: Lafayette Square, S Maestri St, New Orleans, LA 70130
TIME: 2-4 p.m.
Join more than 1,000 New Orleanians for the Hands Off! Lafayette Square National Day of Action Protest. There, we will publicly and peacefully oppose the Trump-Musk Administration’s unconstitutional takeover of the U.S. Federal Government. Together, we object to this disregard of our democracy and are saying Hands Off!
See local event details below and here. https://mobilize.us/s/oKApY1
Speakers:
JP Morrell, New Orleans City Council
Jay Braxton, Young Democrats of Louisiana
Britain Forsyth, Democratic State Central Committee Member
Local musical guests:
Marc Stone and Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes
Additional community members will be sharing how DOGE is directly impacting our most vulnerable and marginalized neighbors on the topics of education, immigration and Veterans.
Hands Off! events will be happening across the country on April 5, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Lake Charles, as a national mass activation to send a clear message to Trump/Musk: Take your hands off our healthcare, Social Security, civil rights, freedom, and education. This will be the largest day of action since Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term.
Primary reasons for the mobilization:
Trump and Musk are attempting an illegal power grab is a crisis we must stop.
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