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No Kings happens March 28.

Get ready to rally

Only two days to go before No Kings 3! Make sure you have a plan:

Make a sign. Here's an inspiring list to get your creative juices flowing.
Know the schedule. If you're going to Seattle's premier event, the rally starts at noon and the march at 1:15 p.m. Here are more details about the Seattle rally.
Plan your transportation route. Parking will be difficult, and buses may fill up and start skipping stops, as has happened before. Light rail is always a good option, as it runs more frequently. Can you ride a bike?
We had an amazing turnout on Wednesday for the joint Phinneywood Rising/Communities Rising meeting -- nearly 100 people! Thanks to all who came.

No Kings 2 was the largest single-day mass demonstration in U.S. history, and No Kings 3 organizers want even more people out on the streets this time, to break the record once again and show that this movement has momentum.

In Seattle, the focus is on getting the maximum number of people to show up for the downtown protest, which starts at noon at Cal Anderson Park and ends at the Seattle Center at 4 p.m. Seattle Indivisible aims to get 100,000 people out for this rally -- which would make it perhaps the largest demonstration in city history, according to The Seattle Times.

The keynote speaker will be Sergio Amezcua, a Minneapolis-based pastor and Trump-supporter-turned-critic.

We know not everyone can go to a huge protest like this. If this is too far outside your comfort zone, or other reasons prevent you from going, consider one of the other events (map here). For Phinneywood folks, the No Kings Ballard protest from noon-1 p.m. at Bergen Place is a good option.

There will also be a pre-march rally at 10 a.m. March 28 at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. This is a family-friendly rally, with sign-making and opportunities to meet neighbors, and it will continue until 1 p.m. People planning to attend the main rally will leave for Cal Anderson around 11:30 a.m. New on the map: a Greenwood Seniors rally at the Ida Culver House, 12505 Greenwood Ave. N., from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Banner with the frog

Phinneywood Rising's bannering project takes place Tuesdays from from 4-5 p.m. Find out why the regulars at this event love to be out there dancing and waving signs to the approximately 2,000 motorists that pass by. Bannering takes place at the Highway 99 north pedestrian overpass at Woodland Park. Here's a map of the exact location. Here's a little write-up about why bannering matters.

Rally for Democracy

Thursdays: Rally for Democracy at 73rd & Greenwood (Ken's Market), 4 - 5 p.m. (note new start time). Join the sign-wavers! An hour of noisemaking, sign and handwaving, and conversations on the sidewalk.

Make some calls!

If you can't get to a No Kings rally, or if you're fired up to do some action before or after the event, we love the app/website 5 Calls, which makes it extremely easy for you to contact your congressional representatives and register your opinion about ongoing issues. Yes, our Washington delegation does a good job of representing liberal values, but it never hurts to remind them of the importance of voting against legislation like the SAVE Act, or to tell them thanks for their work. Find it in your phone's app store, or use the website.

Read, watch and listen

Heather Cox Richardson and Timothy Snyder had an insightful conversation Wednesday that's worth watching. Find it here on YouTube.

Indivisible, the powerful organization behind No Kings, holds weekly national Zoom sessions ("What's the plan?") describing where the movement is headed, and you can now listen to these in podcast form on their website, or wherever you get your podcasts. Of note: The March 19 session was a good No Kings preview.

Fighting ICE

If you missed the national No Kings training about how to document and record ICE encounters, there's a YouTube video of the training here. Fast-forward through the first 8 minutes to get to the heart of the workshop.

The League of Women Voters has published a comprehensive guide to immigrant and protester rights, including downloadable cards and trainings. Check it out.

And the City of Seattle's Stand Together: Let's Make Seattle a Welcoming City is worth a read to understand Seattle's policy on immigration enforcement.

Meetings, actions

March 28: The next No Kings march. Have your plan and make a sign!
April 8: Phinneywood debuts its Brews & Bitchin' sessions at a local bookstore. Details to come via email.
May 1: The next major action is a May Day General Strike & boycott (details to come).
May 16: Movement Voter Project Washington's Dance for Democracy is a benefit to fund MVP's grassroots organizing in swing states. Dance to help flip the House & Senate in November 2026! Details here.

"He took the greatest military force in world history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, and demanded that the media lie about this and everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone can mistake this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength. His weakness is something negative, gravitational, so deep that it can draw in a whole country. But only if we fail to see it. Only if we let it." -- Timothy Snyder, author

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