Join us for a Hands Off Veterans March, in solidarity with veterans protests happening around the country. Our entire speaker line-up and our MC will be veterans of the United States armed forces. Bring your powerful voice and defend our country against all enemies - foreign and domestic.
Optional: Bring your flags, wear your uniform, and prepare to re-take your oath to the constitution. (The oath is optional, and available for anyone regardless of military service.)
WHEN: Friday, June 6 from 5 - 8 PM
WHERE: TX Capitol Front Steps
BRING: Everyone is welcome! Bring your veteran family and friends, plus your creative protest signs (No sticks longer than 12 inches are allowed by Capitol DPS including flag poles.)
MOBILITY: We will be marching around the TX Capitol, not outside of Capitol grounds. If you have mobility concerns, you are welcome to stand firm at the front steps of the TX Capitol. Capitol bathrooms are ADA accessible.
DEETS: Bathrooms are available inside the Capitol. You will have to pass through a DPS security checkpoint to access bathrooms. Emergency water will be available on-site but please bring your own.
TRANSPORTATION & PARKING: CAPMETRO bus lines 1, 10, 103, 20, and 3 drop off near the Capitol, plan your trip. Please park at the Capitol Visitors Parking Garage (free for the first 2 hours), or park on the street in the neighborhoods west of the TX Capitol using the Park ATX app with discount codes: FREE15ATX1, FREE15ATX2
KEEP IN MIND: Soliciting donations and selling products is not allowed on Capitol grounds. We respect the DPS rules so that we can continue to have impactful mass mobilization efforts on OUR Capitol grounds!
SAFETY: We have a team of volunteers, legal observers, and street medics coming to this event. If you would like to volunteer for any of these teams, please use this form to contact us!
Veteran? We have a veterans arm of Hands Off Central TX. Plug in on-site to defend democracy, the constitution, and our first amendment rights. In the meantime, email your interest to veterans@handsoffcentraltx.org
If your organization would like to partner with us to defend democracy, please email our lead wrangler (AKA Board President) president@handsoffcentraltx.org
Media disclaimer: There will be media and photos/videos of this event taken and shared on the internet, feel free to wear a mask for wellness or privacy reasons, and feel free to take your own photos and videos! Tag us: @handsoffcentraltx #handsofftx #handsoffcentraltx #handsoffveterans
Languages Disclaimer: ASL will be available for all speakers. Language interpretation for languages other than English will not be guaranteed at this event.
Nonviolent Protest Disclaimer: Nobody from our organization will be provocative and we are not planning civil disobedience. We are utilizing our First Amendment right to protest and our right to lobby our representative government. We do everything in our power to protect the civil rights and physical safety of everyone at our events. We have yet to have any significant incidents of safety issues at any of our events.
By attending our events, you are implicitly agreeing that while you attend our event, you will respect the laws and constitution of the United States and State of Texas and not create or contribute to a safety issue or lawlessness for our attendees and neighbors. We protect our community and defend democracy - we do not put people at risk or threaten violence.