THE HANDS PROJECT
During the march, we want 40 co-counselors and friends marching with three-foot-tall Hands in all different skin colors. The hands will have five movements:
- STOP (pushing the hand forward)
- HELLO (waving the hand side to side)
- SHAKE (shaking the hand)
- VICTORY (slapping high five with other hands)
- Flip the hands to show the backs
We are currently looking for drummers. There will be one drum beat for each hand movement. When you hear the beat you’ll know which hand movement is being signaled. The backs of the Hands are 40 different hues of green, with slogans. Carrying a Hand requires a short rehearsal, just enough to learn the five different drum beats.
We have scheduled a series of art builds at the Extinction Rebellion NYC studio, and we are looking for co-counselors and their friends to join us in creating artwork. The Hands are finished but we have plenty of other art to make. No RC or artmaking experience is necessary to join the art builds! Please sign up before you come. The signup sheet with all of the information you need is at this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Bb0tU_3ZzoXSZr6zDY2-q0u4HKfiEKy8Hr4l8-ynA4/edit
We hope this will be a vibrant SAL contingent at the march that reflects the liberation
work we have done as RCers. We hope that Global Majority RCers will take their visible, rightful place in ending racism, oppression, and the climate emergency. We hope GMs create and march with these Hands and invite friends and loved ones. We want to make visible our relationships across constituencies and march alongside each other. We hope white RCers who can attend the march will discharge and reach for your beloved Global Majority people in your life, offer this idea, and use the opportunity to back their leadership. We have also shared this idea with other groups, and at least one other organization will join with us in this multi-media/multi-racial art event. Hopefully we will fill the streets with close to 100 Hands marching together.
We would love to have as many Global Majority RCers as possible carry a hand in the march (and some of our white delegates as well). If you or a friend (Global Majority?) want to carry a hand in the march, but can’t attend an art build, please fill out this form to tell us the name of the person carrying the sign, their email, the skin tone of the person carrying the hand (see the photo on the form, choices are 1 - 4). The person who will carry the sign must meet us either at 9 am 12 East 41st or at 12 pm at Urban Plaza at World Wide Plaza (50th St. between 8th and 9th Avenues). Please indicate where you will meet us by filling out the form here:https://www.rc.org/workshop/salnycmarch2023