Below are select protest and political events scheduled in the Denver area over the next week. If you know of upcoming events that are open to the public across Colorado, please let us know (at [email protected]).

Events:

Wednesday, August 6

GIFFORDS and Colorado Democratic Party Gun Violence Prevention Town Hall – 7 p.m. – Location: Provided on RSVP

GIFFORDS is a national gun violence prevention group named after former U.S. Rep. and shooting survivor Gabby Giffords. The town hall will include Giffords, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Colorado House Majority Leader Monica Duran, and will be moderated by Colorado Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib. The event will be in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, represented by Congressman Gabe Evans (R-CO). who has yet to host an in-person town hall in the district. To RSVP for the event and get the location, go to this link.

Thursday, August 7

Denver Democratic Socialists of America: Orientation Call – 7-8:30 p.m. – Location: Virtual

Visit http://bit.ly/DDSA-Orientation to join the meeting

Friday, August 8

Pueblo County Democratic Party: Friday Night Bingo – 6-9 p.m. – Location: 4109 Club Manor Dr., Pueblo

Saturday, August 9 

CD7 Weekly Peace Vigil for Palestine – 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Location: 5250 Wadsworth Bypass, Arvada

The group CD7 Watermelon organizes a weekly vigil to call attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The event is open to the public and attendees are encouraged to bring signs and flags. Here is information on a similar past event. 

#TeslaTakedown – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Location:  Three locations in Littleton, Loveland, and Superior

This is a recurring event where activists protest billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the richest man in the world, and his involvement in slashing public funds and federal departments. Activists plan to nonviolently protest his impact by demonstrating outside of local Tesla dealerships. More information can be found here. The Littleton event runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Lovelend event runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the Superior event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

FOX Takedown – 1 p.m. – Location: 100 Speer Blvd, Denver, CO, 80203 

This is a weekly protest against Fox News over what activists describe as “Rupert Murdoch’s rightwing propaganda network.” Organized in part with Colorado 50501, the peaceful demonstration meets every Saturday outside the Fox 31 Studio. More information can be found here.