Oakland’s “No Kings” Nationwide Day of Defiance Protest (March to Frank Ogawa Plaza)

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About this event
The narcissist-in-chief is throwing a ridiculous military parade for himself in DC – everywhere else we rise up to say NO KINGS!!

Assemble between 12:30 & 12:45: Gather at Wilma Chan Park (810 Jackson St.). Parking will be challenging, so take BART to Lake Merritt Station (right next to the Park). Come early and have lunch in Chinatown!

• 12:50: March welcome from Stewart Chen, President of the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council!
• 1:00 SHARP: March kicks off! March for 1 mile to Oscar Grant / Frank Ogawa Plaza.
• 1:15: At the Plaza: live music, plus tabling by the orgs co-sponsoring the event!
• 2:00: Rally kicks off!

MCed by the fabulous Francisco Herrera!

Confirmed Speakers so far:

• -Representative Lateefah Simon
• -Pastor Mike McBride: https://livefreeusa.org/our-team/
• -Joe Hawkins: https://www.oaklandpride.org/joeh
• -Zahra Billoo, from the Council on American-Islamic Relations
• -Dan Siegel, activist attorney
• -Becca Horwitz, Planned Parenthood

2:45/3:00-ish Rally wraps up!

 

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