Common Sparrow<p>In Rochester, NY, today's May 1st rally took place downtown from 5pm to 7pm. A large crowd gathered in Austin Steward Plaza, and listened to several speakers from 5pm to 6pm. Then we set out to march through downtown. It began to rain just as the march began, and a number of people left at that point. But still about half of the original crowd remained, and we marched about a mile in the rain, down Main Street and East Avenue to Gibbs Street, where we paused to listen to more speakers, and then continued on Main Street, to finish up at Parcel 5 at about 7pm. </p><p>I carried a two-sided sign, both sides shown in the the first photos attached. The other two photos show the intrepid folks who stayed throughout the rain.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/50501Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MayDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayDay2025</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RochesterNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RochesterNY</span></a></p>