Calling All Crows

We're so excited to be included in the @womeninmusic Safe(r) Spaces Resource Directory! "This directory will serve as a crucial resource for those in the music industry seeking support while navigating the challenges of harassment and abuse." Access the directory at the link in the @womeninmusic Instagram bio! Together, we can create a safer, more inclusive music industry #WIMSaferSpaces

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support our Democracy In Action service project, and a special shoutout to our partners @mavotertable, @lwvma, and @dispatchmusic who made this event possible. We had an awesome night full of amplifying democracy, making new friends, and listening to some great music. We're just around the corner from the critical November election, let's make our voices heard! 📷: @inspirerdphoto

Calling all East Coast @dispatchmusic fans! We'd love for you to join us Saturday, October 19th for a FREE pre-show service project and celebration at MGM's Mass Mutual Lounge. Help us encourage civic engagement before the election season and enjoy snacks and drinks with fellow Dispatch fans! You don't need to have a ticket to the Dispatch show to attend. Register at the Givebutter link in our bio!

Calling All Crows supports the National Independent Venue Foundation as an active contributor to the workforce development program. NIVF offers free trainings, resources, and an Emergency Relief Fund for independent venues, promoters, and festivals across the country. The best way you can support us is by attending a workshop, and the best way you can support NIVF is by finding out more about their work and following them on socials! @nivassoc Join us in supporting them this #Rocktober to ensure these opportunities continue. Learn more at NIVF.org #NIVA #NIVF

This October, we recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month on a national scale. Officially designated by Congress in 1989, October serves as a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the movement while still thinking about moving ahead to bring awareness to and end domestic violence. Every year, over 10 million adults experience domestic violence in the United States, and 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year. We encourage reflection and action during this month. Think of ways you can get involved, from having a fundraiser for a local organization combatting the issue, or having conversations around intimate partner violence with family and friends. Most importantly, we implore you to register to vote, and understand how candidates stand on this very important issue. Statistics sourced from Fairleigh Dickinson University. #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth #DVAwarenessMonth

Today is #InternationalEqualPayDay. Across all regions in the world, women are persistently paid less than men, with the gender pay gap estimated at around 20% globally. According to @UNWomen “pay equity matters because it is a glaring injustice and subjects millions of women and families to lives of entrenched poverty and opportunity gaps. At the current rate, we risk leaving more than 340 million women and girls in abject poverty by 2030, and an alarming 4 per cent could grapple with extreme food insecurity by that year. Ensuring workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively is an important part of the solution. Women must be involved in employer and union leadership, enabling legislation that establishes comprehensive frameworks for gender equality in the workplace.”

Today is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! Celebrate with us by checking your voter registration via the link in our bio through our BallotReady widget. If you are already registered, be sure to check that you are registered at your current address and that your registration status is active in the state you live in. Pass along the word to friends and family! #VoteInformed #RegistertoVote

This #LaborDay, Calling All Crows celebrates women’s decisive contributions to the labor movement throughout history: Hattie Canty, a widowed mother of eight, worked as a maid, cook, housekeeper, and janitor before rising to prominence as one of the most influential labor leaders in American history. She played a key role in organizing a 75-day strike of Las Vegas hotel workers, which marked a turning point in the city's labor movement. Later, as president of the Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226, Canty led 550 culinary workers in the longest strike in U.S. history, lasting six and a half years, solidifying her legacy as what many refer to as one of the greatest strike leaders of all time. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers in 1962, is a leading figure in the Chicano civil rights movement and one of the most influential labor leaders in American history. Huerta has dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of farmworkers and the broader Latine community. She recently spoke at a panel on rental caps during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where she highlighted homelessness in America as a glaring example of the failures of capitalism. At just 23 years old, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, a Jewish Ukrainian immigrant, became a leading voice in the labor movement by spearheading the Uprising of 20,000 in 1909 at New York's garment factories. The strike against intolerable working conditions, which involved 20,000 factory workers—primarily young women—was a pivotal moment that sparked 5 years of revolt and transformation in the garment industry. On the eve of the uprising, Lemlich called for a general strike, and alongside her fellow workers, she took a Yiddish oath, pledging, "If I turn traitor to the cause I now pledge, may this hand wither from the arm I now raise." Mary Harris “Mother Jones” was an Irish born American Labor organizer who co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World. Dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America,” Mother Jones was a formidable force in the labor movement known for her ability to rally workers and their families against exploitative mine owners. At the 1902 United Mineworkers of America convention she declared, “My friends, it is solidarity of labor we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: We must be together; our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing.”

Hi friends, we need your help! Join us for a postcard writing service project in support of our civic engagement campaigns, #AMPlifyingDemocracy and #VoiceYourChoice! Here’s how it works: You fill out the Google form below with your info, and we will mail you postcards, stamps, and sample writing to fill the cards out. You can then send the cards to friends, family, colleagues - whoever you’d like to share our campaign and BallotReady with - to help us “vote double” this election season. Once you are done writing your cards, email a photo of your filled out cards to Emma, at eruddock@callingallcrows.org, and we will send you a link to a special virtual concert featuring Voice Your Choice artist partners, including @chadwickstokes and @cmahoneymusic. *tip: send #VoiceYourChoice post cards to friends and family in states where reproductive freedom measures are on the ballot, including CO, PA, SD, AZ, FL, MT, NV, NE, MD, and MO. Join us here! https://lnkd.in/g8xZdzrX

A big appreciation post for one of our many rock star volunteers, Marina! Marina has volunteered at multiple Calling All Crows events this year and has made them all the more memorable and successful. From lending a hand with set-up to tabling at shows to offering her infectious smile and enthusiasm throughout, Marina truly embodies the spirit of volunteerism. We're beyond grateful for your endless support and commitment to making a meaningful change! Thanks to Marina and all of our wonderful volunteers who truly make CAC's work possible. #changemakers #CallingAllCrows