DC DAY! | June 28th
UPDATE!
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We are adjusting all days earlier due to the heat. Please stay posted to this page for timing.
Check here on the day you will be joining the march to confirm time/location of MEETUP. Weather and other conditions may lead us to alter the Meetup times.
SAFETY
Detailed maps/routes will be provided on the day of the event. For advance viewing of these, please reach out to your Indivisible or 50501 leadership. Our email is 12daystodemocracy@gmail.com.
Thank you for your understanding.
ROADWAYS
We are avoiding high-speed roadways. This is our priority, hence the shuttle from Chesapeake City to Bel Air. The majority of the march is on sidewalks, and when there is no sidewalk, we have 3 cars to be arrayed behind, to our flank, and in front. The police are aware of our march and routes, and have been friendly and accommodating.
ROADWAY NEEDS
We have an RV traveling with us with a shower and a toilet.
NOTE: There will be water breaks every 45-60 minutes during the march. It's early summer...but summer nonetheless. We encourage participants to bring their favorite electrolyte tablet, and we will have plenty of water available to participants at all times.
Day 1: Mon, Jun 16 | 11.2 miles to Upper Darby
MEETUP: North Apron of City Hall (by Dilworth Park) 1400 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA
March ends: ~3:30pm
11:00-11:30am Registration for day marchers, Baggage Collection
12:00pm March to Upper Darby from City Hall
6:00pm Pot-Luck/Music at Murphy's Giving Market, Kickoff for Democracy 12 & Fundraiser for Murphy's, which has been hit hard by recent cutbacks along with food pantries nationwide.
Day 2: Tue, Jun 17 | 12.4 miles to Chester
MEETUP: 8:00AM Upper Darby Municipal Building
EVENTS: Chester Transit Center:
5:00pm Feed Farcie the Trojan Horse with Letters to the Administration
5:30pm Evening Rally
6:30pm Dinner and Lodging at local place of worship (location to be shared with participants)
To Chester where MLK attended seminary school and cultivated his practice of non-violent protest. Dinner with civic leaders.
This day focuses on Transportation. Transportation in Chester is under attack. Cutbacks are forcing the closing of lines, which in turn will cost residents their jobs, many of whom commute to Philadelphia or further for work. The losses far exceed the "efficiencies".
Day 3: Wed, Jun 18 | 11.9 miles to Wilmington
MEETUP: 7:30AM Calvary Church [please check in day of march for time update] March ends: Downtown Wilmington ~3pm Highlights: Dinner/Lodging at local place of worship (location to be shared with participants) Enjoy Wilmington Jazz Fest, Free Festival Starting on This Day By morning we will pass through Delaware County, PA into the Brandywine Valley and, by afternoon, we will cross the Brandywine River into Wilmington. Along this river were the original DuPont Company gunpowder mills. DuPont's gunpowder mill on the Brandywine River near Wilmington, Delaware, played a significant role in supplying gunpowder to several freedom movements throughout history, chief among them the American Civil War and General Ulysses S. Grant’s Union Army. During the Civil War, DuPont was a major supplier of black powder to the Union forces, and the company's founder, French exile Henry du Pont, was a Unionist who supported the U.S. government. Entering into Wilmington, the group will stop at their accommodations for the night at The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SSAM), a church with a truly unique history. You can learn more at their website: SSAM.ORG After a bit of a rest and some much needed sustenance provided by local Indivisible.org chapters, the group will head .2 miles around the corner (by foot or shuttle--marchers decision!) to Rodney Square where, on Juneteenth Eve, they will enjoy the opening night, entitled, “CELEBRATION OF BLACK JOY AND FRIENDS” at the 38th Annual Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, a free Jazz event.
MEETUP 8:30AM Saints Andrew and Matthew Episcopal Church // March Ends: 2PM Immanuel Episcopal Church 7pm RAIN LOCATION: NEW CASTLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Singalong for the Public! NOT AT Battery Park, New Castle, DE Begin at Saints Andrew and Matthew Episcopal Church (SsAM) in downtown Wilmington. Gather for a brief welcome, intention-setting, and overview of the day. FINISH: ~2 PM Immanuel Episcopal Church, founded in 1706, one of the oldest church buildings in continuous use in the U.S. The group will continue from SSAM to the Tubman-Garrett Park situated on the beautiful Christiana River, marchers will cross the river by foot, then pick up a portion of the Harriet Tubman Byway as they make their way through Southbridge, a Historically Black neighborhood in Wilmington. They will then continue their journey until it concludes for the day at the 350 year old town of Old New Castle on the banks of the Delaware River. Here, they will enjoy the scenic beauty at the pier at Penn’s Landing, where William Penn landed in 1682 when he came to take over the Governance of the Colony of Pennsylvania, of which Delaware was then a part. Marching further into the heart of the old city, marchers will be transported to an another era, as they are surrounded in the charming atmosphere of this 350 year-old colonial town. Marchers will enjoy a community dinner at one of the oldest church buildings (1706) and oldest existing continuing congregations (1648) in United States, an a interactive Juneteenth Justice concert is being planned for afterwards.
MEETUP: 8AM Battery Park, New Castle, DE March Ends: 5PM Chesapeake City Overnighting Marchers will awaken in a dreamy 350 year old colonial towne (with an effort emphasis!) and after breakfast, will meet with local marchers in Old New Castle’s Battery Park on the Delaware River waterfront to begin the day with music and stretching and then will proceed to the Mike Castle Trail that will take them to Delaware City, another colonial town and then they will continue on the paved nature trail that runs alongside the scenic Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal that connects the Delaware River with the Northern Chesapeake Bay until they arrive in Chesapeake City, Maryland.
Singalong with us!
Thursday, 6/18, 7pm
RAIN LOCATION: NEW CASTLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Battery Park, New Castle
DAYS 6/7: VIsible Statement of Resistance
Marching down Pulaski Highway, we will be flanked by our protective caravan, waving flags and signs.
TIME CHANGE DUE TO HEAT WAVE:
SAT JUNE 21 STARTING 6:30AM SAME LOCATION 7-ELEVEN
SUN JUNE 22 STARTING 6:00AM SAME LOCATION ROYAL FARMS WHITE MARSH
Day 6: Sat, Jun 21 | 11 miles to White Marsh
MEETUP: NOT9AM 7-Eleven, 3901 Pulaski Hwy, Abingdon, MD
Day 7: Sun, Jun 22 | 13 miles to Baltimore Patterson Park (bring swimsuit!)
MEETUP: NOT8AM Royal Farms, 10740 Pulaski Hwy, White Marsh, MD
Dinner: Private Pot-Luck / Core Marchers Meet Homestay Families
Lodging: Homestays with local activists
DC DAY! | June 28th
Day 8: Mon, Jun 23 | Rest day and a Rally in Baltimore
6PM: McKeldin Plaza: Rally: Coalition of Baltimore Organizations including Eyes on ICE
Lodging: Homestays with local activists
Day 9: Tue, Jun 24 | 13 miles to Ellicott City
NOT MARCHING DUE TO EXTREME HEAT: MEET US AT RED EMMA’S, BALTIMORE, AT NOON.
MEETUP: 8AM Baltimore City Municipal Building (200 Holliday St)
March Ends: ~2PM Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum, 300 Oella Ave, Catonsville, MD
Lodging: Historic House of Worship (location to be shared with participants)
Day 10: Wed, Jun 25 | 7.2 miles to Columbia
MEETUP:7:30AM Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum, 300 Oella Ave, Catonsville, MD
March Ends: ~2PM Central Branch Howard Co Public Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy
RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY: 6PM Organized by Immigrant Rights Leader Gabriel Moreno, featuring Jessica Nichols, Howard County 2025 Teacher of the Year, Sanjay George of Manufacturing Dissent, and Lizz Hammon, master organizer of Columbia Democrats.
Day 11: Thu, Jun 26 | 13 miles to Laurel
MEETUP: 7AM, Central Branch Howard Co Public Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy
March Ends: ~2PM, Laurel Municipal Center, 8103 Sandy Spring Rd
Day 12: Fri, Jun 27 | 10.8 miles to College Park
MEETUP: 7AM, Laurel Municipal Center, 8103 Sandy Spring Rd)
March Ends: ~2PM, College Park City Hall, 7401 Baltimore Ave (8am-5pm)
Final approach: Sat, Jun 28 | 9.6 miles to Washington, DC
MEETUP: 6:45AM
DEPART: 7:00AM, College Park City Hall, 7401 Baltimore Ave
LANDING: 2:00PM, Lafayette Square, Washington, DC. (Backup Location: Franklin Park)
What will we do? We will read the letters collected by Farcie to the administration. The people have a thing or two to say!
Presentation plans underway. Followed by celebratory dinner together. We will deserve it!