Springfield, IL

We collected events from February 2017-February 2018 and are no longer active. You can download the events, locations, organizers, and signs.

15 protests

March 23, 2017, 12:00 pm

Springfield, IL

#ObamaCare 7th Anniversary Rally

Join us as we rally and Celebrate the 7 anniversary of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act. We will have cake and rally outside the Springfield Office of Rep Darin LaHood urging him to #SaveACA #ProtectOurCare.

March 25, 2017, 1:00 pm

Springfield, IL

Community Action Planning & What's Next?

Join our community making plans & taking action defending the progress made over the last 8 years. 

April 5, 2017, 10:00 am

Springfield, IL

Illinois Women Moving Forward Advocacy Day

Illinois women are moving forward, and we want you to be a part of our movement. On Wednesday, April 5th, we will show our strength at the Statehouse in Springfield. We will take our message directly to the decision makers and demand the change...

April 22, 2017, 1:00 pm

Springfield, IL

March For Science/Earth Day: Springfield, IL

Speakers at 1:00 pm at the Illnois State Capitol (by the Lincoln statue), then march to the Old State Capitol, site of the City's Earth Day Awareness Fair with music, food, and vendors and exhibitors until 5:00 p.m.

April 25, 2017, 12:00 pm

Springfield, IL

Illinois Women March on Springfield

More than 50 organizations have joined a coalition to educate and organize around dozens of progressive bills being proposed in the Illinois House and Senate this session. 

They will bring together people across the state for the...

May 8, 2017, 5:00 pm

Springfield, IL

Rapid Action ACA Protest - Springfield

Join us as we hold our elected officials accountable for their catastrophic votes that repealed the ACA. Rodney Davis & Darin LaHood chose to deny access to healthcare for 24 million people, a tax cut for the wealthy and a disastrous cut to...

June 19, 2017, 4:30 pm

Springfield, IL

Illinois HealthCare Truth Tour: Springfield Rally

Join the HealthCare Truth Tour Rally stop here in Springfield! Help us send a clear message to Rep Davis and Governor Rauner, it's time to stand with your constituents. We will not go silently into the night and allow the US Senate to strip...

July 8, 2017, 12:00 pm

Springfield, IL

Emergency Save Our HealthCare Rally

Join local residents urging Govenor Rauner and our elected officials, the time is now to take a statnd for Illinois families. Cutting medicaid expansion in Illinois will jeopardize the healthcare for rural communities. Bring family, friends and...

July 28, 2017, 5:00 pm

Springfield, IL

Die-in for Improved Medicare for All, Springfield

Tell Senator Dick Durbin: Stand up for our healthcare, and demand national Improved Medicare for All!

Deaths per year due to a lack of health insurance: - 50,000 people under the Republican healthcare bills - 29,000 under the...

October 17, 2017, 1:00 pm

Springfield, IL

Stop ACA Sabotage Phone Bank

We will be having a phone bank to urge constituents to call their House Representatives and tell them to stop the ACA sabotage and sign onto the Bi-partisan bill to make cost sharing reductions permanent and stabilize the marketplace. You can...

October 24, 2017, 9:30 am

Springfield, IL

Calling out Greedy Corporations!

Out of state fossil fuel companies want to have their say in Springfield and Rauner's in bed with big coal. 

Enough is enough! On October 24th, we're fighting back. Join us for an action -- we're meeting at the Lincoln Statue at 9:...

October 25, 2017, 11:00 am

Springfield, IL

Illinois Women Moving Forward Lobby Day

Join Illinois Women Moving Forward for a lobby day at the Illinois State Capitol

January 8, 2018, 5:00 pm

Springfield, IL

3 Strikes You’re Out - Rep Davis & Rep LaHood Retirement Rally

It’s PAYBACK time Springfield: Whether it’s passing the #TrumpTaxScam or yanking protections away from immigrant youth, Trump and Republicans are dead set on pushing their agenda, no matter who it hurts.

Rep Davis and Rep...

January 20, 2018, 12:00 pm

Springfield, IL

Women's March to the Polls Springfield 2018

It's been almost a year of resistance and we're all still here and still rising. In fact, we're making great strides in finding our voices and smashing old institutions and ways of thought. However, with 45 in the White House and the...

April 20, 2018, 10:00 am

Springfield, IL

National School Walkout - Springfield, Illinois

This event is a placeholder until details are finalized. We want to support the student led movement that is being planned nationwide on this day. All local students, community organizers and stakeholders are welcomed to be involved and take...