Upcoming Events!
MVFF TEAM MEETING
Join Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters (MVFF) for an open community meeting where your voice matters. Come meet the team behind the movement, hear about our upcoming projects and actions, and help us shape the future of our work together.
Dare To Fight Fascism
Join the Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters, at the Mahoning County Courthouse for the “Dare to Fight Fascism” protest, an educational community event dedicated to understanding and combating fascism in all its forms. From 6:00-9:00PM, we’ll come together as a community to learn about the history, signs, and impacts of fascism, and most importantly, how we can take action as a community to resist it.
Our focus will be on education, featuring speakers and educators who will provide insights into what fascism looks like today and equip us with the knowledge and tools to counteract it.
Rise Up for Reproductive Rights
Join us at the Rise Up for Reproductive Rights Rally on July 26th, 2025. The Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters will gather outside Planned Parenthood at 3:00pm, as we come together as a community to stand in defense of reproductive freedoms.
We will peacefully rally in support of the right to choose and access essential healthcare. This event is part of our ongoing commitment to fighting for social justice, equality, and bodily autonomy.
GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: YOUNGSTOWN
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.
On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.
Rally For Residents: Fan Donation Drive
On Tuesday, July 15th, from 4:30-6:30 PM. The Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters will Rally for Residents, outside of the International Towers to host a Fan Donation drive for local residents. We will collect fans and AC units to help those who are in need of cooling throughout these heat waves. If you are in need of a fan or are willing to donate, please let us know. You can contact us at mvfreedomfighters@gmail.com
Wheels From Westside
Join us July 13, 2025. From 12pm-3pm to christen the final section of Tony Armeni’s monumental sculpture project outside Westside Bowl: the three bike racks!
Please, if you can, bring a new or gently used adult bike to donate to Valley immigrants in need of reliable transportation, part of Thrive Mahoning Valley’s Pedal Forward Program! The backlist of requests is more than 50 people - friends of Westside Bowl, let's do this! Can we get 50 bikes in a day?
Candles For Democracy
Join us on the evening of Saturday, July 12th for Candles For Democracy, a powerful candlelight vigil to honor the spirit of democracy, unity, and the power of the people. As our rights, freedoms, and futures face unprecedented threats, we gather together in peaceful reflection and unwavering resolve.
This vigil is a space for the community to stand shoulder to shoulder—lighting candles, raising voices, and reclaiming the values of justice, independence, and representation. We will hear from speakers, share a moment of silence, and close the evening with music and community connection.
DISSAPEARED IN AMERICA
In America, the government doesn’t get to grab people off the streets, skip the courtroom, and send them straight to a foreign prison. Disappeared in America is a National Day of Action to stand up for the rule of law and confront the Trump administration’s illegal abductions, detentions, and deportations of people like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Rui Marras, and Juan Maldonado Zuniga.
On Thursday, June 26th, we’re showing up at courthouses and town squares across the country to say: in America, we don’t let the government disappear people. That’s not who we are.
🛑 CALL TO ACTION: FIGHT BACK OHIO 🛑
Tell Columbus: We Do Not Approve.
For too long, the corrupt Ohio GOP has ruled unchecked — now, they’re pushing even further, trying to eliminate the Ohio Election Commission, silence our voices, and erase the systems meant to keep them accountable.
But we’re not going to sit back. We’re taking it to the Statehouse.
Sweet Solidarity: Cupcakes For A Cause
Join Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters for a Cupcake Decorating Fundraiser! 🧁
Join us for a sweet Sunday afternoon at The Grizzly Bean Cafe in Austintown! On June 22nd from 2–4 PM, learn the art of cupcake decorating from local expert Patience Morris, enjoy a cozy drink, and help fund our grassroots movement for justice in the Valley.
NO KINGS - March Downtown Youngstown, Ohio
In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve cracked down on free speech, detained people for their political views, threatened to deport American citizens, and defied the courts. They’ve done this all while continuing to serve and enrich their billionaire allies.
🚨On Saturday, June 14, we’re taking to the streets nationwide. We’re not gathering to feed his ego. We’re building a movement that leaves him behind.🚨
Join us in Youngstown, Ohio at the Mahoning County Courthouse (120 Market Street) at 3:00 PM. We will rally and march together in defiance of tyranny and in defense of our democracy.
We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it
RESIST and RECLAIM: Stop The Billionaire Takeover
Our democracy is under attack. The current administration is making a full-blown power grab — shredding the rule of law, ignoring the courts, and handing over control of our country’s financial system to a billionaire crony. This is a hostile takeover, a coup, and we need relentless, united pressure to stop it.
We refuse to let our communities be ruled by greed, racism, and corruption. We demand justice. We demand a future that puts people before profit. We envision a future where healthcare is a right, not a privilege; where public education is for everyone; where billionaires don’t get to rewrite the rules to favor themselves and enslave the workers.
This is more than a protest – this is a movement to reclaim our power, restore our rights, and fight for a future where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
Where: Mahoning County Courthouse, 120 Market Street, Youngstown Ohio 44503
When 3:00PM-6:00PM
Sign up now and bring a friend!
Strike For Justice
Come out and bowl for a cause!
Join us on May 23rd from 4:00–7:00 PM at WestSide Bowl for Strike for Justice -an evening of fun, food, and community.
For just $20, enjoy UNLIMITED bowling, food and soft drinks, raffle basket prizes, and the chance to connect with like-minded individuals who care about justice and change.
All proceeds help support the Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters legal fees and help us take the next steps in becoming an official organization. Bring your friends, bring your family—let’s Strike For Justice.
Location: WestSide Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave, Youngstown, OH 44509
Bowl. Connect. Empower. Strike for Justice.
DEFEND OUR NEIGHBORS
Event Details
Type
Visibility Event / Protest
Location
Mahoning County Sheriff's Office
110 5th Ave, Youngstown, OH 44503
Visibility
Public
Host(s)
Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters • indivisiblefreedomfighters@gmail.com
Description
🚨 URGENT COMMUNITY ACTION: DEFEND OUR NEIGHBORS 🚨
📅Sunday, April 27th | 3:00–6:00 PM 📍 Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department – Youngstown, OH
Our community is under attack. Friends, family members, and neighbors have been detained by ICE—ripped from their family and denied their due process rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
This is a matter of life or death. And we need you.
We're calling on every resident of the Mahoning Valley and beyond to show up in force. This isn’t just about immigration—it’s about basic human rights, justice, and standing up against cruelty and silence.
💥 What You Can Do:
SHOW UP in person. Numbers matter.
CALL 5 FRIENDS. Make sure they show up too.
BRING SIGNS, bring love, bring noise.
SHARE this event everywhere.
When our people are taken, we fight back together. The time to act is now. Don’t wait until it hits your family—because it already has.
✊🏾 Let’s fill the streets. Let’s demand justice. Let’s bring them home.
#DueProcessForAll #YoungstownRising #MVFreedomFighters #AbolishICE #MVFF #PROTECT-OUR-CONSTITUTION! #SilenceIsComplicity
Event Campaign
General Local Indivisible Event
Echoes of April 19th: The Fight Lives On
Details
Type
Visibility Event / Protest
Location
Mahoning County Court House
120 Market St, Youngstown, OH 44503
Visibility
Public
Host(s)
Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters • indivisiblefreedomfighters@gmail.com
Description
My friends, my family — my fellow citizens —
We stand here today, not because it’s easy, not because it’s comfortable — but because it is necessary. Because silence is no longer an option. Because when injustice becomes the norm, resistance becomes our duty.
Look around you. This is what courage looks like. This is what hope sounds like. This is what change feels like.
The administration has failed us. Failed to protect the people. Failed to listen. Failed to lead with empathy, integrity, or even basic human decency. While they sit in their offices, shielded by privilege and power, we are the ones bearing the weight of their choices — in our homes, in our streets, in our communities.
But today, we say no more.
We are not here to beg. We are not here to ask politely. We are here to demand what is ours — justice, dignity, and accountability.
And let them hear this loud and clear — we are not afraid.
Because what we have — they can’t take. They can’t take our unity. They can’t take our truth. They can’t take the fire in our hearts that says another world is possible, and we will fight for it.
This is more than a protest. This is a promise. A promise that we will not back down. That every voice here today adds to a wave that will not be silenced, a force that will not be stopped.
To those in power: you may ignore our cries, twist our words, try to break our spirit — but we are still here. And we are not leaving until the people are heard.
So raise your voices, raise your fists, and raise your hearts.
This moment is ours — let’s make history.
Thank you, and keep fighting.
Event Campaign
General Local Indivisible Event