Went to the BFF/Why can't we be friends? statue on the National Mall on Sunday for a pop-up concert by @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social . Made a video of it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSDk... #TrumpAndEpstein #TheSecretHandShake #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles

An @onthemedia.bsky.social hat makes an appearance at a @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social event. Two entities that help me make it through these times!

Our members out in West Hyattsville today, offering support to a neighborhood that's been targeted by ICE, including the horrific arrest that occurred in a busy intersection on Wednesday. Our communities stand together. Thank you @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social for joining us. #meltice

“It makes me feel so much comfort and joy to wake up and say, ‘Well, the news is awful, but at least we’re here, trying to do something about it.’” - Peter Burkolder, @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social via @Sojo.net This is what advocacy looks like. Read more:

"about 100 people gathered Sunday near BWI to raise awareness about the airline — and protest its role in deportations," incl. Rapid Response Choir rapidresponsechoir.org and @thirdactmd.bsky.social members.

our protest today with @docs4campclosure.bsky.social @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social @mdcdsa.bsky.social @orhoco.bsky.social @eyesonice-bmore.bsky.social @eyesonice-md-cc.bsky.social @eyesonice.bsky.social @stopavelo.bsky.social @dsainternational.bsky.social @indivisible.org

Give the @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social a follow. Here they are with a new verse for the union song, “Which Side Are You On?” Right now, Avelo Airlines is on the side of ICE and concentration camps and not on the side of common decency. #BoycottAvelo #AveloWorksWithICE

Avelo Airlines is fueling ICE’s deportation machine — for $150M. We showed up today outside of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) to say: Not in our city. Not in our name. #StopICEFlights

The RRC will be singing in support of Texas Moms Rising actionnetwork.org/events/texas... - July 21, the Ellipse. Join us, won't you?

Very nice 138th birthday party across from the Canadian embassy in DC this morning. You're welcome to sing a long at home, folks! Thank you, @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social, for a very meaningful event (and the shady location).

A great moment! Americans celebrate Canada Day by serenading the Canadian embassy in DC, a good reminder that most of us are not down with any of Trump's lunacies. Many thanks to @climateboomer.bsky.social for leadership!

I once sang O Canada! in Scots Gaelic at the cèilidh that closed an immersion week in Toronto, but that was a good 10 years ago. Better to be singing it in English at tomorrow's Canada Day friendship serenade at the embassy in DC. Just printed out my songbook from rapidresponsechoir.org/songs

In or near DC? Join us! Can’t make it? Tell your friends! There will be Canada Solidarity events in Detroit and Chucago, too! (See comments for those links) actionnetwork.org/events/ameri... O Canada! Americans Celebrate Canada Day - Action Network @thirdactoh.bsky.social

Beautiful idea from some of my @thirdactorg.bsky.social colleagues July 1 is Canada Day, and so they'll be outside Canadian embassies/consulates serenading them with O Canada and other tunes, all to show that most of us really truly like our neighbors to the north actionnetwork.org/events/ameri...

O Canada! We've not forgotten our northern neighbor. We'll be singing at a pop-up Canada-USA friendship event on July 1, 11am, at the DC Canadian embassy. Join us! -- actionnetwork.org/events/ameri... O Canada, America the Beautiful, L. Cohen's Hallelujah and more!

Today we stood with QueerYouthAlliance in grief and solidarity over the Supreme Court's Skrmetti ruling. We will continue to sing, march and vote in support of trans youth across the land

Tearing up here. This morning the @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social (start one in your neighborhood) sang, "I ain't going to study war no more" and it occurred to me that many of the rightwing websites do nothing but study war. Well, all you fascists bound to lose.

Hundreds showed up for the "No Kings" rally in Riverdale, Maryland, today, with the Rapid Response choir singing a #WoodieGuthrie song. #riverdale #maryland #NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica @indivisiblepgc.bsky.social @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social @SSPAction1 @IndivisibleRt1Corridor

The RRC is again pictured in the @nytimes.com : www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

"🎶 Ain't gonna let no system walk all over me... 🎶"

We agree every town should have a Rapid Response Choir -- stay tuned for upcoming Rapid Response Choir Starter Kit meetings

The choir is a local "rapid response choir" that was started by a friend of mine. Every tonw should have one.

Once again, there's a sizeable community turnout at the courthouse in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. People have been singing, chanting in the lead up to the 1 pm hearing. In the media room, I can still hear supporters milling about outside.

HAPPENING NOW: Hello from Greenbelt, MD, where a federal judge will hear arguments over whether the Trump administration can invoke the state secrets privilege to withhold information about what it has done to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to the US. I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org 🧵

We are showing up for justice and due process: Today at the Kilmar Abrego García hearing in Greenbelt, MD. 20 choristers signed up!

From a Greenbelt U.S. Courthouse participant 4/15: ----- It was incredibly powerful to be at the court house yesterday, and I was only able to be there a short time. The Rapid Response Choir filled me with emotion. Thank you for what you are doing. It’s extraordinary and important. ----- Thanks!

Going to be big week ahead with Solidarity City going on (solidaritycity.org) and another Abrego García hearing. Finally fixed some website issues that had been bugging me. Hope you all find it a little easier to navigate.

The fruit of our protests. If we'd all hung our heads in hopelessness, nothing would have happened. Be loud, show up, and things move, right? Now we need Van Hollen to bring him home!

Nice photo of us singing out in the @nytimes.com today: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04... static01.nyt.com/images/2025/...

What a fantastic way to make your voices be heard! Here’s a clip of @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social out there in support of NOAA. Love it!

Speakers included, in addition to Del. Charkoudian, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Glenn Ivey, former NOAA scientists, and others. The @rapidresponsechoir.bsky.social led us in song. Hundreds of drivers honked their horns in support.

From a news livestream I was watching

29 days ago, the Rapid Response Choir didn't exist. Today about 18 of us assembled to support NOAA and climate science, and we made a splash nbcwashington.app.link/sjdbK75SrRb (jump to 2:50)

All y'alls near Silver Spring should come support NOAA on Monday morning with @chesapeakeclimate.bsky.social Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu... There may be music (hint, hint)!

The DC Movement Music Project is gathering Friday night, 7pm in Petworth, to coordinate music-related activism across the DMV. DM me or email [email protected] to learn more!