WINONA, Minn. — The grassroots community organizers at Winona Indivisible are back with a third No Kings rally. It’s set for Saturday at the usual Windom Park. Time: 11:30 a.m. It was at Windom Park that the first mass protest against Trump policies and practices in June drew 1,000 demonstrators. A follow-up in June, also at Windom Park, October drew 1,400 demonstatrs in October. The theme has been nonviolence in the spirit of citizen rights in the U.S. Constitution to “peaceably assemble to petition the government for redress of grievances.” The weather is forcast as favorable for a turnout — sunny in the 50s. The Windom Park event is among 92 on a growing list in Minnesota and 2,600 nationwide. The national coalition of organizations coordinating events has chosen Minneapolis as its flagship city this time, marking the state’s success in driving back Trump’s violent military occupation over the winter. Three marches converging on the State Capitol in St. Paul are expetced to draw 80,000 people, said Rebecca Larson with the organizer Indivisible Twin Cities.
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Online poster. Besides posters and flags, participants are asked to bring item for Winona food shelves: Personal care items, cleaning supplies, canned meat and fish, and boxed meal kits.
Planning huddle. Winona Indivisible organizers.
other rallies hereabouts
Albert Lea: 10 a.m., New Denmark Park. Austin: 10 a.m., Eighth Avenue and 14th Street. Faribault: 11 a.m., Courthouse. LaCrescent: Noon, at Welcome to LaCrescent sign. LaCrosse: Noon, old K-Mart. Lake City: Noon, Gold Star Mothers’ Park. Owatonna: Noon, Owatonna. Preston: Noon, Fillmore County Courts. Red Wing: 10 a.m., AP Anderson Park and Highway 61. Rochester: Noon Sixth Street and Broadway Avenue. Rushford: Noon, four-way stop. Spring Grove: Noon, Viking Memorial Park. St. Charles: 10:30 a.m., U.S. 14. Wabasha: 11:30 a.m., Veterans Memorial Park. Zumbrota: 3 p.m., behind City Hall.