KGT 1-Year Celebration
On Saturday, December 6, 2025, Keep Going Together gathered for our 1-Year Anniversary Celebration. Before sitting down to an amazing potluck dinner, together we read through all the things that we’ve done together. We did all of this with ZERO budget, no board of directors, building the plane as we fly it. We did this simply through people coming together, showing up, creatively and passionately supporting our community to reduce suffering and harm.
Nov 2024
Keep Going Together Facebook Group Launch – we now have 626 members!
Dec 2024
Produced our First Fundraising Event for Community Climate Collaborative (NOTE: for all our fundraisers, we have folks donate directly to the organization. We never touch the money which makes the fundraising “clean” and it is also difficult to track exactly how much we raise!)
Jan 2025
Volunteered with Beloved Community Cville to prep for their upcoming events
Partnered with Legal Aid to identify local needs for the immigrant community
Keep Going Together website launch at keepgoingtogether.org
March 2025
Stand with Ukraine Protest at the Federal Building drew hundreds
Partnered with Sexual Assault Resouce Agency to identify needs after funding cuts
Tesla Takedown Protest at Stonefield
Produced our second fundraiser to support the new Rivanna Area Queer Center - we raised more than $1200
KGT Collage Workshop invited creative exploration of activism
April 2025
5000 protesters demonstrated at Hands Off in Cville – – and 100,000 in DC. KGT represented at both!
Tax The Rich Rally at Barracks Road
At the Tom Tom Festival Block Party, KGT offered movement and showcased non-profit partners
Volunteered at Indivisible Cville Town Hall with Flat McGuire
Volunteered at Beloved Community Cville event
May 2025
May Day protest in downtown Charlottesville, KGT represented with our Out Here For You banner
Moral Mondays at the Freedom of Speech Wall began and has been there every Monday from 1230-1pm since
ICE made its first appearance at the Albemarle County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 22. KGT has been standing up and speaking up at every City Council and Board of Supervisors meeting since Monday, May 5.
Tesla Takedown Protest at Stonefield
Rule of Law Rally in Downtown Cville
Estabilished a Local Action Group set up to demand action and accountability around immigration issues
KGT was part of Visibility Brigade action on the bypass
Jun 2025
Participated in Pramila Jayapal’s online Resistance Lab (they are free, excellent and ongoing!)
Volunteered for Beloved Community Cville event
Offered Movement Breaks at the No Kings Protest in Cville where 7000 people turned out!
Spoke at Disappeared by ICE Rally on the Downtown Mall
Jul 2025
Attended the Rivanna Area Queer Center Grand Opening
Submitted a Resolution to Unmask ICE to both the City Council and the Board of Supervisors. We collected over 2000 signatures in support of the Resolution. To date, neither body has taken any action. We continue to appear at every CC and BOS meeting.
Participated at Talk Back TJ - Hands off UVA Protest
Produced our third fundraising event for the Community Bond Fund and raised more than $1600
Participated in the online One Million Rising Resistance Training
Aug 2025
Co-sponsored Moral Mondays / Indivisible Cville Rally at McGuire’s Office in Lynchburg in protest against the Big Deadly Bill
Partnered with The Table at The Farmer’s Market at IX to gather signatures for the Unmask ICE petition
Sep 2025
Produced our 4th Fundraiser for the Jefferson Madison Regional Library with a two-month Community Art Show and Raffle with the theme of community and books
Volunteered at Cville PRIDE
Co-Sponsored Know Your Rights Training: What To Do When ICE Shows Up at Sojourners Church – we expected 70 people and more than 100 attended
Participated in Creating Mutual Aid Training to learn about how to support the community when benefits are slashed
Tabled at 13th Annual Cville Sabroso Festival – inviting young artists to make art for the Happy Gallery and community members to sign the Unmask ICE petition
Oct 2025
JMRL Community Art Show & Raffle continued with Banned Book Event with speaker, Karen Pape
Initiated screening of The Librarians at The Paramount Theater
Attended Albemarle County School Board Meeting re: Turning Point USA event at Western Albemarle High School
Offered Movement Breaks at the No Kings 2.0 Rally at Stonefield where 10,000 protesters lined the streets
Participated in Indivisible Cville Activist Series
Nov 2025
Co-Sponsored Jazz Parade for Democracy and Democracy Fair
Participated in Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil and March
Established the KGT Bread & Eggs Fund at the Farmer’s Market at IX which has given away locally produced food to dozens of local families
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