March 4 Nationwide Day of Action
Life is getting harder for working families. Instead of helping kids and families get ahead, this administration is cutting schools and healthcare, attacking student borrowers, muzzling academic freedom, and hollowing out the public services our communities rely on. Immigration raids are pushing fear into schools, campuses, hospitals and neighborhoods that should be places of safety, learning, care and belonging.
When public education, healthcare and essential services are weakened, entire communities suffer:
- Kids can’t thrive when schools are underfunded.
- Patients can’t get care when hospitals are understaffed.
- Families can’t get ahead when costs keep rising and opportunity keeps shrinking.
The consequences reach far beyond any single classroom or hospital. Families lose stability. Local economies weaken. Opportunity moves further out of reach for entire communities.
We cannot afford to stay silent.
On March 4, AFT members and allies across the country are coming together for a nationwide day of action to protect our kids, our families and our communities and to fight for a better life for all.
Find an event near you and add your voice to this movement.
Host a March 4 event and bring your community together to take action.
Why We Are Taking Action
Our kids deserve strong public schools, and our families deserve affordable healthcare. Our communities deserve safety, dignity and opportunity.
Right now, those foundations are under attack. Educators, healthcare workers and public employees are being stretched thin while families are asked to carry more. Fear is being pushed into spaces where people should feel safe and supported.
Protecting our communities means standing up for our students, our patients and our neighbors. It means demanding the resources our communities need to survive and thrive. And it means refusing to accept cuts, fear and neglect as the future for our kids and families.
Join an event near you and help defend our kids, our families and our communities.
Host an event in your community and take the lead on March 4.
Pressure Works: Collective Action Wins
We know that action makes a difference because we’ve seen it: When education funding was threatened, collective action forced Congress to stop the cuts. When civil rights protections were put at risk, we fought back and won in court. When our communities faced intimidation, our members organized to protect students, patients and families.
Progress happens when people come together and refuse to accept less than what their communities deserve.
March 4 is our opportunity to stand together and demand better.
Find an event near you. Our communities cannot wait.
Host an event and help grow the power our communities need right now.
Take Action on March 4
Across the country, educators, healthcare workers, students, parents and allies are coming together to march, rally and speak out in defense of our communities.
We are demanding strong public schools, affordable healthcare, safe communities and real opportunity for all. These are not abstract ideals. They are the foundation that allows families to live with stability, dignity and hope.
Join us on March 4 and be part of the movement to protect our communities.
Host an event and help ensure your community is part of this nationwide action.
Our Communities Are Worth Fighting For
Real change has always come from people who were willing to stand together and act. That is how we protect our students. That is how we protect our families. That is how we protect our communities.
And that is how we will win. Join an event near you and help make our voices heard.
Host an event in your community. Our future depends on what we do now.