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NO KINGS DAY SATURDAY, October 18 – All over the Bay Area

SEE YOU TOMORROW!
Sat Oct 18 in Benicia, Vallejo and more…
(Scroll down for locations & times…)

In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

>> IN BENICIA: October 18th NO KINGS DAY! 1-2pm at the Gazebo (map: First and Military Streets). Bring your signs, your neighbors, friends, and family, and your goodwill. We’ll “parade” this block for the hour on the sidewalk.

>> IN VALLEJO: Vallejo-Benicia INDIVISIBLE is holding a second NO KINGS Day of Action on Saturday, October 18, 10AM – 12PM, at Unity Plaza / JFK Library, 505 Santa Clara St. The event will include inspiring local speakers and live music as well as songs from our Resistance DJ. We will then march briefly through downtown Vallejo, ending around noon. The Vallejo event is listed with more detailed info on the Vallejo-Benicia Indivisible Facebook page (including a map).

>> ALL OVER THE BAY AREA: Here’s a LIST of NO KINGS Oct 18 events in the Bay Area, starting with Benicia – scroll down and click on an event for more details. Or… go to the big nokings.org or mobilize.us map and zoom in. Then click on a city for detailed info.

MORE… (nokings.org)

About No Kings

In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice: America has No Kings. And it mattered. The world saw the power of the people. President Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation collapsed, and the story became the strength of a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs.

Now, President Trump has doubled down. His administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants. Threatening to overtake elections. Gutting healthcare, environmental protections, and education when families need them most. Rigging maps to silence voters. Ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities. Driving up the cost of living while handing out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and bigger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

Because this country does not belong to kings, dictators, or tyrants. It belongs to We the People – the people who care, who show up, and the ones who fight for dignity, a life we can afford, and real opportunity. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

MEMORIES: BENICIA’S JUNE 2025 NO KINGS RALLY:

 

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Vallejo-Benicia Indivisible holding No Kings rally October 18

Mark your calendar,
Sat Oct 18 in Vallejo…
(Scroll down for more locations & times…)

Vallejo-Benicia Indivisible is holding a second No Kings Day of Action on Saturday, Oct. 18 starting at 10 am at Unity Plaza, John F. Kennedy Library, 505 Santa Clara St. in Vallejo. The event will include inspiring local speakers and live music as well as songs from our Resistance DJ.

We will then march briefly through downtown Vallejo, ending around noon. As with all Indivisible events, this rally will be strictly nonviolent, joyful and uplifting.

The event will be one of more than 2,200 scheduled across the United States, protesting current presidential overreach that is causing harm by depriving ourselves and our neighbors of health care, food and the right to constitutional judicial recourse.

There will be barrels for our food drive for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties. Please bring packaged or canned foods, no glass or perishable items.

Scheduled speakers include Cassandra James, Solano County Supervisor; Allyssa Victory, ACLU Senior Staff Attorney; Will McGarvey, Executive Director, Solano Pride Center; Jaclyn Eyvonne, Vallejo Poet Laureate with original poem for this event; Mina Diaz, former Vallejo City Council member; Pastor Kim Kendrick, Community Congregational Church, UCC; and a representative from the North Bay Rapid Response Network, an organization protecting immigrants in our region.

Please dress for the weather, bring water, signs and sunscreen and your peaceful, joyful energy!

NO KINGS DAY ALL OVER THE BAY!

>> IN BENICIA: October 18th NO KINGS DAY! 1-2pm at the Gazebo (map: First and Military Streets). Bring your signs, your neighbors, friends, and family, and your goodwill. We’ll “parade” this block for the hour on the sidewalk.

>> IN VALLEJO: (as above) Vallejo-Benicia INDIVISIBLE is sponsoring a NO KINGS rally on Saturday, October 18, 10AM – 12PM, in Unity Plaza / JFK Library, 505 Santa Clara St. The Vallejo event is listed on the Vallejo-Benicia Indivisible Facebook page (including a map).

>> ALL OVER THE BAY AREA: Here’s a LIST of NO KINGS Oct 18 events in the Bay Area, starting with Benicia – scroll down and click on an event for more details. Or… go to the big nokings.org or mobilize.us map and zoom in. Then click on a city for detailed info.

MORE… (nokings.org)

About No Kings

In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice: America has No Kings. And it mattered. The world saw the power of the people. President Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation collapsed, and the story became the strength of a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs.

Now, President Trump has doubled down. His administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants. Threatening to overtake elections. Gutting healthcare, environmental protections, and education when families need them most. Rigging maps to silence voters. Ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities. Driving up the cost of living while handing out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and bigger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

Because this country does not belong to kings, dictators, or tyrants. It belongs to We the People – the people who care, who show up, and the ones who fight for dignity, a life we can afford, and real opportunity. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

MEMORIES: BENICIA’S JUNE 2025 NO KINGS RALLY:

 

Democracy under attack, Donald Trump, Local vigilance, No Kings!

NO KINGS DAY Saturday, October 18 – All over the Bay

Mark your calendar,
Sat Oct 18 in Benicia, Vallejo and more…
(Scroll down for locations & times…)

In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

>> IN BENICIA: October 18th NO KINGS DAY! 1-2pm at the Gazebo (map: First and Military Streets). Bring your signs, your neighbors, friends, and family, and your goodwill. We’ll “parade” this block for the hour on the sidewalk.

>> IN VALLEJO: Vallejo-Benicia INDIVISIBLE is sponsoring a NO KINGS rally on Saturday, October 18, 10AM – 12PM, in Unity Plaza / JFK Library, 505 Santa Clara St. The Vallejo event is listed on the Vallejo-Benicia Indivisible Facebook page (including a map).

>> ALL OVER THE BAY AREA: Here’s a LIST of NO KINGS Oct 18 events in the Bay Area, starting with Benicia – scroll down and click on an event for more details. Or… go to the big nokings.org or mobilize.us map and zoom in. Then click on a city for detailed info.

MORE… (nokings.org)

About No Kings

In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice: America has No Kings. And it mattered. The world saw the power of the people. President Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation collapsed, and the story became the strength of a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs.

Now, President Trump has doubled down. His administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants. Threatening to overtake elections. Gutting healthcare, environmental protections, and education when families need them most. Rigging maps to silence voters. Ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities. Driving up the cost of living while handing out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and bigger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

Because this country does not belong to kings, dictators, or tyrants. It belongs to We the People – the people who care, who show up, and the ones who fight for dignity, a life we can afford, and real opportunity. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

MEMORIES: BENICIA’S JUNE 2025 NO KINGS RALLY:

 

Democracy under attack, Donald Trump, Local vigilance, No Kings!

NO KINGS DAY in Benicia – Your Personal Invitation

“A protest is an invitation to a better world. It’s a ceremony.” – Peter Coyote

You are cordially, personally, and expansively invited…

…to the RALLY FOR NO KINGS,  Saturday, June 14th, from 1-2 pm on the sidewalk at the Gazebo, corner of First & Military in Benicia. Rally organizer Susan Street says: Bring noisemakers, signs, your dog, anything to increase the joy of being together to protest the nonsense being played out in Washington DC.  We will be on the sidewalk, so please stay out of the street and allow pedestrians to walk by on the sidewalk.  This is a joyous occasion, so please be civil to any dissenters.

The rally in Benicia is one of close to 2000 events planned nationwide as a counter-measure to President Trump’s $45 million military parade, complete with 150 tanks and other vehicles, 50 airplanes, 50 helicopters, and nearly 7,000 soldiers marching in front of the White House, supposedly to commemorate the establishment of the U.S. Army, Flag Day, and, oh, it all happens to fall on the President’s birthday. As the State Department’s Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley put it, “June 14 is a special day. Of course, it’s the president’s birthday, so I’m sure the crowd will break out into a ‘Happy Birthday.’” Former Vice Chair of the Joint Chief of Staff, Paul Selva, used a different characterization, calling such a parade “what dictators do.”

“Trump’s birthday parade and his attack on LA are all part of the same agenda of fascist theatrics, divide and conquer politics, and the consolidation of power,” wrote Leah Greenberg of Indivisible. “Our flag was first raised nearly 250 years ago in defiance of a king, and we won’t let Trump disgrace it as he tries to become one.”

No Kings in the USA.  Flag Day, claiming and re-claiming the flag that waves over the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” Gathering as Beloved Community aspiring to “liberty and justice for all.”  June 14, 2025, 1-2 p.m. An invitation to a better world.

NO KINGS – ALL OVER THE BAY…

Benicia Gazebo, corner of First & Military Streets

>> IN BENICIA: June 14th NO KINGS DAY! 1-2pm at the Gazebo (map: First and Military Streets). Bring your signs, noisemakers, and your goodwill. We’ll “parade” this block for the hour on the sidewalk. – Susan Street

>> IN VALLEJO: Vallejo-Benicia INDIVISIBLE is sponsoring a NO KINGS rally and march on Saturday, June 14 in the plaza at the Vallejo City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street in Vallejo. The event will start at 10 am with brief speeches, with speakers including Benicia Mayor Steve Young and others. The Vallejo event is listed (with a map) on the mobilize.us website. Bring your signs. Crowns optional.

>> IN FAIRIELD: Sat June 14, 12 – 1pm, corner of Jefferson and Texas Streets under the flags, 605 Texas St., Fairfield. Here’s a map.

> ALL OVER THE BAY AREA: Go to the nokings.org or mobilize.us website and zoom in on the big map. Then click on a city for detailed info about the specific event in that location.