Americans for Refugees & Immigrants
Emergency Rally: Say No to The Nazis!

The flagrant display of violence, misogyny, anti-Semitism, and racism in Charlottesville needs a coherent, outraged response. The lukewarm comments from Trump is not a surprise, and the meager comments by GOP are not sufficient. To allow the Charlottesville’s event to pass with a weak response will only embolden the Alt-Right, the Nazis, the KKK, anti-Semites and misogynists to further hateful action.

We do not accept Nazis shouting “Jews will not replace us!” We do not accept violence against Americans of any gender or color or creed. We will not be silenced by bigots, nor cowed by their violence. We will not forget Heather Heyer!

We have partnered with the ACLU, the Womxn’s March and the Truman National Security Project-Seattle Chapter for this rally!

Please join us this Friday the 18th of August from 6pm to 10pm, at
Victor Steinbrueck Park, to protest the hate, violence, anti-Semitism, and racism of the Nazis and the Alt-Right.

We demand the following:

1. Stephen Bannon, former executive chair of Breitbart News (in his words, the “platform for the alt-right”) and Sebastian Gorka, who earlier this week attacked the media for discussing white supremacist hate and is himself linked to a Hungarian Nazi-affiliated organization, should be fired from their White House positions and no longer receive taxpayer-funded salaries.

2. Countering Violent Extremism funding for programs that prevent violence driven by hateful ideologies, which President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has taken steps to cut since February, should be re-prioritized by the administration immediately. This should be complimented by Attorney General Jeff Sessions issuing clear guidance to the Department of Justice identifying white nationalist terrorism as a top priority alongside other counterterrorism work.

3. And finally, we ask elected officials from both sides of the aisle to publicly support the above demands.

We will be updating this event page with further details about speakers and location. Contact us via FB Message for questions, concerns or comments.