Women's March Rally: Make Billionaires Pay!!!

Name: Women's March Rally: Make Billionaires Pay!!!
Start: 2025-09-20T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-20T13:30:00-04:00
Location: 5201 Monticello Ave, Williamsburg, VA 23188-8216, United States

Schedule

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

5201 Monticello Ave, Williamsburg, VA 23188-8216, United States | Williamsburg, VA

Register on the Women's March Map at: https://action.womensmarch.com/events/williamsburg-virginia-calls-for-billionaires-to-pay-their-fair-share and on Mobilize at: https://mobilize.us/s/jA4pHP
ALL OUR ACTIONS WILL BE PEACEFUL, RESPECTFUL and SAFE!!!
***IF AN URGENT SITUATION ARISES, WE WILL RAISE A STRAIGHT ARM WITH OUR HAND IN A FIST TO ASK FOR SILENCE. PLEASE DO THE SAME TO QUIET THE CROWD. THIS WAY WE CAN QUICKLY RELAY AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL.***
As the United States braces for extreme heat, wildfires, and hurricanes, the Trump administration just rammed through a mega-bill defunding our communities to give handouts to billionaires. They’re dismantling our democracy, attacking immigrants, and feeding the war profiteers. The attacks on our people are directly tied to the attacks on our planet.
All of these attacks coming at us are overlapping, intersectional disasters that, in the end, will be left on the shoulders of women to fix!!!
The billionaire fascists are hoarding resources and leaving working class communities across the globe to face the impacts of the extreme weather and rising seas.
Among Trump's billionaire buddies, a handful of Big Oil & Gas executives are raking in profits while the rest of us pay the price of rising costs, toxic pollution, and worsening climate disasters.
All across the world, authoritarian regimes are on the rise but people are fighting back. We are uniting across the world to demand a better future for our communities and for all living beings.
Shut down billionaires. Fund our future.
Shut down fascists. Protect migrants and the global majority.
Shut down polluters. Defend Mother Earth.
Alongside the Women’s March Organization, we are rising up for our people and our planet. Will you join us at the Williamsburg James City County Courthouse, located at 5201 Monticello Avenue, Williamsburg at Noon? Please bring your signs, a snack, a chair if necessary and dress appropriately for the weather.
Our speakers for this event are:
Blair St. Ledger-Olson, Director of Advocacy and Campaigns for the Virginia League of Conservation Voters; Elaine Walters, Marine Biologist and Candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 68th District; and Paula Allen, Climate Reality Leader and member of the Leadership Team of Williamsburg JCC Indivisible.
This event is being co-hosted by Indivisible Essex.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW!
COMMUNITY NORMS
Please read before attending one of our events.
One of our main objectives is to host PEACEFUL, RESPECTFUL and SAFE EVENTS.
Remember, when attending a Williamsburg JCC Indivisible event, your actions represent our group, and you are expected to conform to the Community Norms. Safety is a top priority for our attendees. Please remain out of the median, per instructions from the police. Being in the median puts us at risk and potentially drivers as well.
If an Urgent Situation arises, we will raise a straight arm with our Hand in a Fist to ask for Silence. PLEASE DO THE SAME TO QUIET THE CROWD. This way we can quickly relay an important message to all.
We wish to remind everyone that we do not react to those drivers who make it clear they do not support us by aggravating them through screaming obscenities or making certain hand gestures. We do not want to enrage them and potentially make everyone, including other drivers, less safe. It is easier to wave at everyone and say, “Have a nice day.”
At our events, please do not hold signs or otherwise promote other events that Williamsburg JCC Indivisible is not hosting. You may be placing a potential legal liability onto our group that we are NOT willing to accept.
Please do not engage in DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOURS!
If you are asked to stop engaging in activities which are disrupting an event to the point people are complaining to the hosts that they are experiencing physical or emotional trauma, it is expected that you will be respectful of others and follow our Community Norms and stop those behaviours. Loud noises, such as, but not limited to, cowbells, horns, etc., are usually deployed by counter-protesters to disrupt an event, not by attendees participating in an event. If you refuse to disengage from such thoughtless behaviours, do not ruin the event for everyone else - please be kind and leave!
As with our previous events, the same rules apply. We will not engage with counter-protesters. If an issue arises, please notify one of the event organizers, who will be wearing Williamsburg JCC Indivisible T-shirt. We will not engage in any acts of violence or violation of any applicable laws or engage in civil disobedience. All actions will be peaceful. Everyone participating in this event will be required to behave lawfully to ensure the safety of event participants and will seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. We will obey the orders of authorized event marshals and law enforcement authorities. Event organizers will not be responsible for any injury or damage if any were to occur during this event.
Each individual is responsible for the consequences of their actions and attends at their own risk.
We will park in the Courthouse parking lot without blocking access lanes and will remove any trash that is left. We are committed to maintaining public health measures to practice safe protesting during these times. Please wear a mask and socially distance if that makes you more comfortable - weigh your own risk in attending. Follow all local safety guidelines at minimum, and any safety instructions from hosts that exceed local law.