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With less than two weeks to go until the next national No Kings Day of Nonviolent Action, organizers across the nation are now planning over 3,000 local events – more than any previous No Kings national mobilization.

Locally, rallies are planned in Statesville, Salisbury, Huntersville, Newton, Lincolnton and Charlotte on Saturday, March 28. The Statesville event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Square, located at South Center Street and West Broad Street, where protesters regularly meet on Saturdays.

Last June, more than 5 million people took to the streets across more than 2,100 events to protest the Trump administration’s policies and actions during the coalition’s first day of action. Then, more than seven million people protested across more than 2,700 events last October. The March 28 mobilization is the next step in this growing movement, with organizers anticipating it will be one of the largest single-day nonviolent nationwide protests in U.S. history.

“Just months ago, millions of people took to the streets across thousands of events to say no to Trump’s abuses of power, and today that movement is only growing. With every ICE raid, every escalation abroad, and every abuse of power at home, Americans are rising up in opposition to Trump’s attempt to rule through fear and force. Each day Trump crosses a new red line, and more people are deciding they’ve had enough,” said Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible. “That is why people across the country are organizing, showing up for their neighbors, and making one thing unmistakably clear: we are done with the corruption, the cruelty, and the authoritarianism. This No Kings will be the largest protest in American history. We are all united in this fight to save our democracy from this administration, and we will win. From every corner of this country, we are all saying: NO KINGS.”

“On March 28, we will come together to show that our communities reject corruption, senseless war, and division,” added MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell. “Instead we welcome immigrants, believe in the rule of law, and stand up for an economy that works for everyone. More of us than ever before will rise up, because America does not belong to strongmen or those who rule through fear. It belongs to us, the people.”

Leading up to March 28, the No Kings Coalition has also been holding “Eyes on ICE” training programs, nationwide virtual training sessions designed to equip Americans with tools to exercise their rights and legally monitor federal enforcement actions as safely as possible. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken these trainings.

Groups organizing the nonviolent and lawful No Kings protests across the country include ACLU, American Federation of Teachers, Common Defense, 50501, Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible, League of Conservation Voters, MoveOn, National Education Association, National Nurses United, Public Citizen, SEIU, United We Dream, among others. 

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For a list of participating cities, event details, and spokespeople available for interviews, visit www.NoKings.org.