Take Action this May Day with FAN and the Washington for All Coalition
May 1st – International Workers’ Day – is a day born from the labor struggles of working people right here in the United States, a powerful National Day of Action uniting labor, immigrants, and community organizations in the streets. This year, organizers are calling for a day of “No School, No Work, No Shopping” to disrupt the takeover of our country. Here in Washington—and across our country— workers, students, and families will be marching, rallying, walking out and taking action together to demand:
📣ICE out of our communities.
📣Investments in workers and expanding our rights – not corporations and billionaires.
📣Free and fair elections.
Note: If you can’t fully participate in the “No Work, No School, No Shopping” on May 1st, consider what actions you can take. For example, you could shop at local businesses instead of big box stores or get groceries ahead of May Day. Together, we can show where real power lives in this country: with workers, not billionaires. Follow this link to make a pledge on how you will participate this May Day and see a list of May Day actions below. Let’s show up to support workers and immigrants at marches across the state!
- Seattle: Rally & March (12:00-3:00 PM) Cal Anderson Park (1635 11th Ave) Specific location for faith communities to gather to be announced soon! Contact FAN Staff Blake Alford@fanwa.org for more details.
- Wenatchee: Families Before Fortunes! (5:30-7:00 PM) March starts and ends at Methow Park (420 Methow St.), followed by rally and taco truck
- Sunnyside: March for our People, Our Land and Our Future! (3:30-4:30pm) March starts at South Hill Park (1521 S 1st St), followed by Community Celebration (4:30-7pm).
- Spokane: (4:00-6:00pm) May Day Youth Rally and March, Riverfront Red Wagon. Join youth leaders from across Eastern WA organizing for justice and a future that works for all of us. If you can participate fully, we encourage you to join the call to disrupt business as usual. If you can’t—because of work, school, or responsibilities—you still have a role to play.
- Yakima: March & Demonstration Gather at 3:30 pm at Yakima Valley College (W Nob Hill Blvd/16th Ave) followed by a 4 pm March to Miller Park (513 N 3rd St.). 5:15 Gathering at Miller Park with resource booths, speakers, entertainment, food.
Peacemaking & Public Faith:
A Conversation with Justin Giboney
Join this annual Racial Justice Speaker Event Wednesday, April 29th at 7:00pm, Bethany Green Lake Sanctuary, 8023 Green Lake Dr N, Seattle, “Peacemaking & Public Faith: A Conversation with Justin Giboney,” to explore how our faith in Christ shapes the way we respond to racial tension and cultural division.
Justin is the co-founder and president of the AND Campaign, a Christian civic organization focused on the intersection of faith and politics.
Together with Justin and a panel of local leaders, we’ll consider how the Gospel forms us as people of reconciliation, guiding us toward unity, love of neighbor, and a faithful presence in our communities.
The panel during this event will feature FAN Executive Director Dr. Joyce del Rosario! Learn more here.
Countering Anti-Muslim Hate in an Era of Christian Nationalism
Thursday, April 30, 2026 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET, Interfaith Alliance and the Muslim Public Affairs Council invite you to join us for a timely and urgent national webinar confronting the rise of anti-Muslim bigotry and its threat to religious freedom and American democracy. Over the past few months, Christian nationalist leaders have increasingly been stoking anti-Muslim bigotry and scapegoating Muslim communities for political gain. Come hear from leading national advocates, faith leaders, and policy experts about how and why anti-Muslim sentiment is experiencing a resurgence through Christian nationalist movements, how it erodes the constitutional promise of religious freedom, and how it is fueling discriminatory policies and marginalizing Muslim communities.
Sacred Conversations: a time to gather, listen and share
Health Care Legislative Successes:
Everybody In, Nobody Out!
Come learn about our Legislative Successes and what HCFA-WA does to achieve our Mission: equitable access to affordable, high quality, comprehensive, and publicly financed healthcare for all Washington residents
Join us April 29 at 7pm on Zoom. RSVP for Zoom info – look for it in your confirmation email! Learn more here.
Day of Awareness for Murdered and
Missing Indigenous Women/People May 5th
The Interfaith Network for Indigenous Communities reminds you that the Day of Awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women/People is coming up on May 5.
“The MMIWP crisis is a result of generations of violence, broken promises and treaties, and assimilationist policy. Existing institutional structures and systems do not sufficiently reflect or honor the experiences or needs of Indigenous people, and therefore cannot promote healing, justice, and accountability.” (from Executive Summary of the third report of the WA State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force)
In an analysis of Washington State’s Homicide Investigation Tracking System from 1980 to April 2025, researchers found that the homicide rate for American Indian/Alaska Native people was more than two times higher than the rate for non-Native people, and the unsolved homicide cases are 2.5 times higher.
Please consider taking action as part of this Day of Awareness:
- Advocate with your federal Representatives for the Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act ( 390/ H.R. 1010), which would strengthen Tribal safety by giving tribes and states tools to counter violence against missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives (MMIWR). This is a bipartisan bill that has passed the Senate, and is supported by the Friends Committee on National Legislation and Amnesty International, among others. To learn more, the FCNL has a good article and Congressman Dan Newhouse has a one-pager.
- Highlight this crisis and all those impacted in prayer on the weekend of May 1-3. Pray for the safety and dignity of all.
- Check to see what is happening in your city. There are resolutions and events around Washington state.
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