April 5 Hands Off Protest

More than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans, and election activists, organized Hands Off! demonstrations in more than 1,200 locations in all 50 states. The rallies appeared peaceful, with no immediate reports of arrests.

Solidarity Warriors, Indivisible National, Indivisible Colorado, 50501, and Common Ground People's Collective sponsored the event in downtown Denver.

Thousands of protesters in cities from Midtown Manhattan to Anchorage, Alaska, including at multiple state capitols, assailed Trump and billionaire Elon Musk‘s actions on government downsizing, the economy, immigration, and human rights. On the West Coast, in the shadow of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, protesters held signs with slogans like “Fight the oligarchy.” Protesters chanted as they took to the streets in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, where they marched with a clear message: Hands off!

Notes from Tiffany Weber of Solidarity Warriors

On April 5th, 2025, millions of people gathered at over 1,600 protests across the country. At least 10,000 fed-up Coloradoans took to the streets to say "Hands Off!" to Trump, Musk, DOGE, and MAGA Republican legislators.

“Hands off!” is a simple rallying cry against an administration that’s dangerously overreaching and throwing our democracy, our economy, and, for many, our private lives into chaos. Hands off our Medicaid, our Social Security, our public lands, our jobs, public education, veterans’ benefits, our undocumented neighbors, our trans siblings, Ukraine aid, diversity programs, Canada, our reproductive rights, and hands off our democracy.

My activist group, Solidarity Warriors, worked with Colorado 50501, Colorado Indivisible, and Common Ground People's Collective to organize the rally and march in Denver. We had 11 great speakers, including Attorney General Phil Weiser and State Senator Jessie Danielson. The hour-long march started at the State Capitol and went through downtown and all the way down North Speer Blvd—more than one mile long! The day ended at the Capitol with live music from Scrapyard Izzy and a chance for people to meet their fellow activists.

It takes 4% of the population to mobilize in protest to affect real change. On April 5, we saw 1.6% out in the streets—and this was just the first mass mobilization. We must keep showing up. It's also important that we know that it's OK to take a break when we need to. We're like a choir. When one of us needs to breathe, the others will keep singing. The important thing is not to give up.

A second protest is scheduled for April 19 on the Capitol grounds. See this link for more information.