Unite & Rise

Unite & Rise

plain cardboard signs held up saying "I have a Voice," "We Need a Change," "Stop It!" and "Act Now"

Community Protest Opportunities and Events

Although the activiites and events listed on this page are not League-sponsored or League-endorsed, the title of this page is a nod to LWV's "Unite and Rise 8.5" initiative. LWVDE provides this event listing in the certainty that now, more than ever, it is important for all Americans, including League members, to *show up* and make their voices heard.

Since these are not League events, LWVDE is not responsible for the messaging or outcomes of these activities. The League supports the First Amendment right of the people to gather in peaceful protest.

One-time Events

    • Sept 3, 2025 - LWVUS Event: "Cultivating Champions for Democracy." League members are encouraged to join LWVUS on 9/3/2025 from 3 to 4pm in Washington DC to meet with members of Congress and their staff to discuss the collective work to be done for democracy. Sign up HERE. 
    • We Are America March, Sept 6 to 19. This September, the We Are America March will be carrying a copy of the Constitution (written by kids from all over the country!) 160 miles from Philadelphia to DC. Spearheaded by 50501Philadelphia.
      • Sept 7, 2025 - Marchers arrive in Wilmington around 5:30pm. 302 United will welcome the 50 full-journey marchers who are walking from Philly to DC with greetings/cheers, a "sound bath" and dinner. You can sponsor a marcher for $25 to help defray costs for the meal and accommodations at a church downtown. Indivisible Highlands and Beyond is providing lightweight blankets for the marchers ($10 each if you want to help). After the march, the blankets will be donated to support code purple, an effort to get homeless in off the street when the weather is dangerously cold.
      • Sept 8, 2025 - To join as a Day Marcher from Wilmington to Newark, 12 miles starting in Rodney Square, 9am to 5pm, sign up HERE.
      • Sept 9, 2025 - Day marchers needed from Newark to Elkton, 10 miles starting in George Reed Park. 9am to 5pm. Sign up HERE.
    • October 18, 2025 - No Kings II, nationwide. Details TBD.

Ongoing Activities

    • Beach Brigade Across Delaware: every Friday (until Labor Day) from 4:30 - 6:00 pm; hold the provided signs and wave at passing traffic. Part of the nationwide Visbility Brigade project.
      • Route 13 overpass at Wilmington Manor: sponsored by 302 United. Sign up HERE.
      • Kent County (several locations): by Indivisible Central Delaware. Sign up HERE.
      • Newark (Welsh Tract Rd. over 95):  by Indivisible Newark DE. Sign up HERE.
    • Honk and Waves (NCC), Sign Waves (lower DE): The Indivisible Newark DE website keeps an updated calendar of Indivisible sponsored events up and down the state.
    • "Ground Avelo": (pressure Avelo Airlines, which operates at Wilmington airport, to stop providing ICE deportation flights). Sign a pledge HERE. You can also write or call directly to Avelo leadership. There are also on-site protests on Sept 13th and 27th at the Wilmington Airport co-sponsored by IHB and 302 United. Sign up HERE.
    • Postcard writing: Postcard writing is a regular activity at Indivisible Highlands and Beyond meetings. The last postcard writing session was Monday August 27th at 4pm at the Wilmington Brew Works. "Please bring your blue pen and your stamps and join your friends for another day of writing to our neighbors in Pennsylvania, encouraging them to vote in November." 302 United has a 10,000 post cards campaign to PA swing state voters going as well. The 302 United postcards are written individually from home.

Nationwide Organizations

This No Kings "What's Next?" page has links to many nation-wide organizations that are taking action now. Check them out!  You can pressure Congress to "Stop the Cuts" with Indivisible or MoveOn, fight the administration budget bill's No Contempt Clause with Stand Up America, take action with The People's Promise by Common Cause, help support immigrants with Disappeared in America by Public Citizen, and more. Links to organizer training programs from One Million Rising, League of Conservation Voters (LCV), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and 50501 are also provided on the "What's Next?" webpage.

If individual action is more your style, check out 5calls.org (for help and inspiration in calling your representatives) or Signs of Justice for their 1 Million Postcards to Congress campaign.

Past Events

    • Sept 1, 2025 - "It's Better in a Union" Labor Day Rally in WIlmingtom by AFL-CIO, and "Workers Over Billionaires" Labor Day Protest in Newark by Indivisible Newark.
    • August 9th, 2025 - "Protect Our People" from 2-2:30pm in Kennett Square, By Indivisible. Stand up with our Latino neighbors; resist ICE's unlawful deportations and demand due process for all. Meet in front of the Kennett Library. 
    • August 2, 2025 - annual summer social (fundraising reception) by Human Rights Campaign, 4pm at Aqua Bar & Grill in Rehoboth Beach. HRC is fighting for full LGBTQ+ equality in a time when their rights are under renewed attack. 
    • July 26th, 2025 - "Families First" national mobilization event. Families First events are occurring in all 50 states on this same day! Rally/Honk & Wave at Silverside Church in Wilmington, 9am, by Indivisible Highlands and Beyond.
    • July 17, 2025 - Good Trouble Lives On National Day of Action. Honoring the legacy of John Lewis and generations of freedom fighters by taking peaceful action across the country. Multiple events in Delaware, including LWV participation in Wilmington and Lewes. Read more here: Good Trouble Lives On Delaware Events.
    • July 3, 2025 - All are Welcome Here; a Celebration of the Vibrant Tapestry of Sussex County, early morning July 3rd, Rehoboth Beach DE, by Indivisible Southern Delaware.
    • June 26, 2025 - Disappeared in America National Day of Action. Honk & wave visual action 4:30 to 5:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church by Indivisible Highlands and Beyond. The Wilmington community joined to say: "In America, we don’t let the government disappear people. That’s not who we are."
    • June 22, 2025 - Protest Singing, 2pm at St. Thomas Church, 276 South College Ave, Newark. "Together we sing, Together we resist." Song leaders Karen Barker and Amy Biddle led in songs of freedom, protest, community, and healing.
    • June 14, 2025 - "No Kings" nationwide day of action (by a coalition of groups).
    • April 30, 2025 - Rally for the Rule of Law at noon in Rodney Square, by the Delaware State Bar Association and the Delaware Chapter of the American Constitution Society.
    • April 5, 2025 - LWV joined national partners for "Hands Off!," a mobilization in response to the current administration’s attacks on our democracy, basic rights, and overreach of power. Events were held all across the country (including Delaware) and Leagues were invited to participate.
    • Rise for Freedom - Nationwide Mass Trainings: the Rise For Freedom coalition offered a series of weekly virtual training sessions from March 27 thru June 5, 2025 on "how we organize effectively in times of creeping autocracy." (Rise4Freedom.org) Spearheaded by Public Citizen and other partners, the training series was designed to "build community, share mobilizing opportunities, and plan together to demand democracy and resist Project 2025."