Flagstaff continues pressure on Trump administration with May Day Strong Protest at City Hall. With updated local related news stories

Flagstaff continues pressure on Trump administration with May Day Strong Protest at City Hall. With updated local related news stories

FLAGSTAFF — Protesters took their positions again in front of Flagstaff City Hall during the May Day Strong Protest on Thursday, May 1, 2025. KAFF News reported that organizers had expected more than 1,200 protesters to attend the event, which was held between 4 and 6 p.m.. However, those attending said that number was exceeded at the peak of the event. Video courtesy of Jake Bacon of the Arizona Daily Sun appearing on Women's March Flagstaff showed protesters with signs crowding the corner of the Flagstaff City Hall and stretching down the street. The Flagstaff protest was part of a national event organized by Indivisible Northern AZ, and co-sponsored by locally by AZ LD7 Democrats, Arizona List, AZ Students Association, Catch Fire, Coconino County Democratic Party, FLAGPAC, and Women’s March Flagstaff. In Arizona alone, more than 26 other May Day demonstrations were planned, including an event a Jameson Memorial Park in Sedona. Workers across the United States gathered to demand a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness, organizers said.
Arizona Indivisible Groups Join May Day Strong Rallies Across the State and Country to Demand a Fairer Future for Working Families

Arizona Indivisible Groups Join May Day Strong Rallies Across the State and Country to Demand a Fairer Future for Working Families

By Indivisible Northern AZ — FLAGSTAFF — Indivisible groups across Arizona stood shoulder to shoulder with working families on May Day in a statewide show of strength as part of the May Day Strong mobilization. From Flagstaff to Phoenix and beyond, community members gathered to declare that it’s time to put people over profits and take back power from the billionaires and politicians who are dismantling our livelihoods. The Flagstaff protest drew over 1200 people. A bigger-than-life sized puppet paraded up and down the sidewalk and was a highlight of the day.  Protest signs reflected a wide variety of concerns, from the destruction of jobs, gutting of public resources, and higher cost of living— all for the benefit of billionaires.  Protesters were joined by NAU students who gave speeches about the importance of supporting workers’ rights, affordable education, and a stronger social safety net. Flagstaff was just one of over 800 cities across the country to join the mass mobilization that was attended by hundreds of thousands of protestors.
Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar provides update to community on impact of Trump administration funding cuts

Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar provides update to community on impact of Trump administration funding cuts

Using a powerpoint presentation and her own personal experience working with Latino governmental leaders nationwide, Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar made a powerful case that local leaders and residents should be prepared for a number of local impacts coming out of the Trump Administrations funding cuts to governmental programs nationwide. Benatar made her remarks on April 21, 2025 at the Indivisible Northern AZ Community Gathering in Flagstaff. She started her presentation with the impact Trump's Tarriff Tax will have on local government and consumers. Quoting former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, "It's the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen." In her power point she said: "The real damage has already been done. This back-and-forth has shaken confidence in the U.S., left lingering uncertainty, created volatility in the markets, and left the world rattled."
Indivisible Northern AZ to hold community gathering in Flagstaff on April 21

Indivisible Northern AZ to hold community gathering in Flagstaff on April 21

Please join us at our Community Gathering on Monday, April 21st at 5:30 at the Flagstaff Federated Community Church!   We will celebrate the success of the protest movement across the country, and talk about why it’s important  and what we see coming next.  We’ll discuss the actions you can take in-between protests. We will  revisit some key elements of the Indivisible Guide, which lays out the tactics that underpin the actions we need to take to reclaim our democracy; in other words, Activism 101.