BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1950@coolcleveland.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250614 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250615 DTSTAMP:20260402T083158Z URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/americans-will-be-gathering-across-th e-country-and-in-northeast-ohio-to-remind-the-president-that-the-u-s-has-n o-kings/ SUMMARY:Americans Will Be Gathering Across the Country and in Northeast Ohi o to Remind the President that the U.S. Has NO KINGS DESCRIPTION:\nSat 6/14 @ 2-4PM\nOn Saturday April 5\, ordinary citizens ass embled across the country for a series of peaceful “Hands Off” rallies \, which warned Republicans in D.C. that Americans were furious about prop osals to cut essential services such as Medicaid and food assistance to gi ve the ultrawealthy a bigger tax cut.  An unprecedented number of people gathered in an unprecedented number of cities\, towns and villages to ampl ify the message — and many were not your usual activists\, just concerne d ordinary people. Thousands gathered in Cleveland on the corner of West 2 5th and Lorain\, across from the West Side Market.\nShortly after that\, n ational advocacy group Indivisible began working with other pro-democracy groups to stage another nationwide series of peaceful rallies/demonstratio ns on Saturday June 14\, which is also Flag Day. The NO KINGS Nationwide D ay of Defiance is intended to remind our leaders that they are elected to serve US and are constitutionally required to do so\, and that we declared our independence from monarchy 250 years ago.\nThat’s something our cur rent administration is defying more and more each day\, with an escalation in unconstitutional attacks on its own people this past weekend in Los An geles. That includes frighteningly un-American and unlawful developments s uch as threatening to arrest the governor of California for pushing back a gainst federal seizure of law enforcement based on lies about small\, most ly peaceful\, constitutionally protected demonstrations.\nIn Washington\, D.C. the would-be king is making a military parade celebrating the country ’s the 250th anniversary all about himself\, his birthday and his imagin ed glory. But in Cleveland and Parma and Chardon and Bainbridge and Mentor \, in Ashtabula and Lorain counties\, and hundreds of other locations acro ss the U.S.\, people will be standing up to remind him that it's not about him at all.\nThe organizers stress that they are NOT holding a Washington \, D.C. event to deprive the would-be king of additional attention saying that he wants a “made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A sp ectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Wash ington. It rises up everywhere else. Instead of allowing this birthday par ade to be the center of gravity\, we will make action everywhere else the story of America that day: people coming together in communities across th e country to reject strongman politics and corruption.”\nSo NO KINGS wil l hold its flagship march in Philadelphia\, the birthplace of American dem ocracy. It’s advising Washington\, D.C. residents to attend one of the m any events in Maryland or Virginia or attend DJ Joy Day in Anacostia Park where there’ll be teach-ins\, line dancing and face painting — artful designs\, not slathering faces with orange goo.\nIn Cleveland the big rall y will take place at Willard Park\, the location of the Free Stamp\, alon g with demonstrations around the region. In a reminder of our country's co mplex historical crosscurrents\, that's just over a block from Mall C wher e the Juneteenth Freedom Fest—marking the day in 1865 when the last slav es were freed—is happening. It's a golden opportunity to celebrate both\ , and a reminder that freedom doesn't defend itself. (Also\, there’s a S oul Food Village at the Freedom Fest and you may need fuel.)\nIf you’d r ather not rally peacefully downtown\, you can find info about all those ou tlying rallies here.\n“This country doesn’t belong to a king and we’ re not letting him throw himself a parade funded by tens of millions of ou r taxpayer dollars while stealing from us and stripping away our rights\, our freedoms\, and the programs our families rely on\,” say the organize rs. “On June 14th\, we’re coming together to send one clear message: N o Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.”\nmobilize.us/nokings/\n\n[mappress mapi d="559"] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://coolcleveland.com/wp-content/uploads/202 5/06/NoKings.jpg CATEGORIES:college,Education,Civic Affairs,----WRITERS----,Outdoors,Politics,Anastasia Pantsios,Preview,Free,RSS,Literary,Pet Events,Tags END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR