The Circle Keepers

🔊SONG CHALLENGE: This song challenge is to lift up our National Day of Action this coming Wednesday, May 20th, so please start sharing your version on social media now! When sharing this song via socials be sure to connect to us. Collaborate with @KairosCenterNYC @FreeFamiliesForever @TheCircleKeepers to amplify the video. Find the challenge at bit.ly/AllOfTheChildren #SingingResistance #WeSingFreedom #FreeFamilies

Friday updates from us! Organization Highlight: 7 hours of Community Service Hours for the 3rd Annual 2026 Peace & Justice Conference, and a Screening of Suspended Program Highlight: Prisons Must Fall! - Abolitionist Music Making Free Resource: Prison Must Fall, An Abolitionist Songwriting Toolkit Funding Ask: Help Us Raise $10,000 Toward Our 2026 Peace & Justice Conference!

Check out our partners @vocesciudadanasinc ! They are el poder de la gente! “¡El equipo de Voces en acción! En mayo y hasta el 21 de junio, nos instalaremos en varios lugares en Sunset Park para que nuestros vecinos voten en El Dinero del Pueblo. ¡Haz que tu voz cuente! Voces’ team in action! Throughout Mayo and till June 21, we’ll set up shop in various locations throughout Sunset Park so that our neighbors vote on the People’s Money. Make your voice count!” @nyccec #thepeoplesmoneynyc

CAE is proud to present our 2nd Annual youth event, Ode to Community: Driven by Joy! CAE’s Teen Programs: Peer Educators and PACT Activists are two diverse groups of young people committed to preventing, interrupting, and healing from violence in our communities. Through teaching workshops, building community and personal growth, CAE teens build and share knowledge both as advocates and changemakers in NYC and beyond. Please join us on Friday May 29th, from 3:30-7pm at Prospect Park, Concert Grove Pavilion, Brooklyn. NY. We’ll have youth groups and partners offering workshops and trainings on topics like immigration, reproductive health, activism, restorative justice, anti-violence, and more. Given the many reasons our communities see themselves impacted by the current administration, ICE raids, and more, CAE youth intend to create and host a space where joy, connection and grounding could be uplifted amidst all. Join us at Ode to Community, where we will celebrate the diverse, strong, resilient youth of NYC, grounded in joy. Register Here: https://forms.gle/xY4gGXvJGwPE7bLm6 More details below: Where: The Concert Grove Pavilion, Prospect Park When: Friday May 29th, 2026 from 3:30-7 PM

🚨 YOUTH ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZERS & CHANGE MAKERS 🚨 Need community service hours? We got you. ✅ Participants at the 2026 Peace & Justice Youth Conference will receive 7 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE for attending! 🎉 🔎 The 2026 Peace & Justice Youth Conference is a full-day, in-person gathering created by youth, for youth — alongside adult allies committed to youth leadership, agency, and voice. ✨ “Everything worth doing is done in community.” — Mariame Kaba This year’s conference is co-hosted in coalition with: @thecirclekeepers @yayanyc @brotherhood_sistersol @rjinyc @pspnyorg @yah_nyc @dignityinschools caeny @nyappleseed and the Dignity in Schools NY Coalition. 🎤 WHAT TO EXPECT: 🔥 Youth-led workshops, performances & tabling at the intersections of: • Restorative & Transformative Justice Education • Mental Health & Wellness • Self-Defense & Safety • Social Justice Media Making • Youth Organizing & Abolition 👥 WHO IT’S FOR: 💥 Tweenagers (10–12) & Teenagers (13–19) who care about justice, peacemaking & activism 💥 Youth leaders, organizers & activists (20+) in justice-centered fields 💥 Educators, organizers, families & community members ready to learn, support & build together 🎁 YES — FREE FOOD & SWAG: 🥐 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch & snacks 👜 Tote bags, stickers, keychains & more 📍 Come build community, learn, organize, and earn 7 hours of community service while doing it. 📝 REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/peaceandjustice2026 #PeaceAndJustice2026 #TheCircleKeepers #YouthPower #RestorativeJustice #TransformativeJustice #YouthOrganizing #CommunityServiceHours #YouthLeadership #JusticeEducation #AbolitionistEducation

#sneakpeak to our artivist artbuild for the #2026peaaceandjusticeyouthconference with @manyhandsnyc

This past we visited Oakland's @rjoyoakland to sit in circle, learn from the youth, jam and bond! We read Jane Ball & Mariame Kaba's Prisons Must Fall and then we wrote a song based on it! We held a readloud and then youths got to jamming! Here are the lyrics! "No More People Being Treated Like Dolls If People Rise, Then Prisons Must Fall Freedom Is Our Safe Place But Prisons Take It Away There’s No Room To Segregate For This Place, I Dare To Legislate There’s No Room To Separate How Does One Repent From Behind A Gate If People Rise, Then Prisons Must Fall If People Rise, Then Prisons Must Fall If People Rise, Then Prisons Must Fall If People Rise, Then Prisons Must Fall" @interruptcrim

Hello ☀️RISE UP Family!☀️ RISE UP in Sunset Park and @cflsunsetpark will be joining @thecirclekeepers for this on-going event, EVERY SATURDAY, from May until July! Join us for a hands-on intergenerational community workshop series featuring activist singalongs, drumming, art making, social justice read alongs, and snacks! Open for ALL AGES! 📍 : SUNSET PARK, 5TH AVE AND 36TH STREET CORNER! 3 PM TO 6 PM! RSVP HERE: /sald9pqg ¡Hola, familia de ☀️RISE UP!☀️ ¡RISE UP in Sunset Park y el Center for Family Life se unirán a The Circle Keepers para este evento continuo, TODOS LOS SÁBADOS, desde mayo hasta julio! ¡Acompáñennos en una serie de talleres comunitarios intergeneracionales y participativos que incluirán cantos activistas, percusión, creación artística, lecturas sobre justicia social y refrigerios! ¡Abierto a TODAS LAS EDADES! 📍: ¡SUNSET PARK, ESQUINA DE LA 5.ª AVENIDA Y LA CALLE 36! ¡DE 3:00 P. M. A 6:00 P. M.! CONFIRMEN AQUÍ: /sald9pqg 哈喽，☀️RISE UP 大家庭！☀️ RISE UP in Sunset Park 将携手 Center for Family Life，共同举办这项持续性的社区活动——从 5 月至 7 月，**每周六**不见不散！ 诚邀您加入我们，参与这一系列寓教于乐的跨代际社区工作坊。活动内容丰富多彩，包括：行动主义歌曲合唱、击鼓体验、艺术创作、社会正义主题共读，现场还提供美味小食！**欢迎所有年龄段的朋友参与！** 📍 地点：日落公园（Sunset Park），第 5 大道与第 36 街交汇处！ ⏰ 时间：下午 3 点至 6 点！ 点击此处报名：/sald9pqg

The ballot is live! Through #ThePeoplesMoney, all New Yorkers 11 and older regardless of immigration status get to decide how millions of dollars of the city budget will be spent in their communities. From workforce development programs to affordable housing, food access, and more, every project you get to vote on was thought of by and for New Yorkers. Cast your vote today our #linkinbio or at on.nyc.gov/pb (choose code "CIRCLE") to decide which projects will be implemented in your community! #ThePeoplesMoney #VotePB #NYCCEC #CEC

Happy May Day and Friday Updates! Here's what we've been up to this week. Organization Highlight: Register for the 3rd Annual Peace & Justice Conference on May 30th Program Highlight: Testifying for Restorative Justice and Against School Police Free Resource: Exploring Identity Restorative Justice Circle Protocol Funding Ask: Help Us Raise $10,000 Toward Our 2026 Peace & Justice Conference

Mayday! “Which side are you on? Which side are you on? Si la migra are hielo, los vecinos traen calor. Si los bosses traen miedo, los workers traen amor!” #mayday check out the songbook by @kairoscenternyc /wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-Day-Song-Sheet-2026.pdf

Join The Circle Keepers and RJOY on May 4th. 2026 from 5PM –7PM for a participatory songwriting workshop, where we will engage in creative resistance, artivism and cultural wealth! We will listen to, compose and sing songs inspired by freedom fighters, ancestors, comrades & friends! We will be with our