WINONA. Minn. — A Windom Park protest against Trump policies, planned for Thursday evening, is one of 1,600 panned nationwide. The loose national coalition organizing the rallies said it had received 126,000 R.S.V.P. confirmation from participants as of Tuesday. The Windom Park rally, unlike previous weekend afternoon events organized by Indivisible Winona, will on a weekday and run later, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The date was chosen to coincide with the day that civil rights icon John Lewis died in 2020. Organizers weren’t worried that a Thursday protest might mean lower turnout than previous rallies. A leader of one organizing group, Transformative Justice Coalition in Washington, said: “People are happy to gather in a celebratory protest” The expectation: “The largest weekday action this year.” Events are taking various forms: Protest rallies and marches, food drives, teach-ins, voter registration drives, and what’s called “moral assemblies.” Said Allison Pulliam, co-director of one organizing coalition, Declaration for American Democracy. in Washington, said: “People are showing up in their communities in the ways that they feel led to show up, and that’s just exactly what Congressman Lewis meant when he talked about ‘good trouble,’ finding ways to be of service to your community.” The flagship event this time will be in Chicago. Five events were planned in Palm Beach County in Florida, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is located.
Somewhere among the dots is Winona. Also St. Charles, where Winona County Democrats planned a prelude rally on a U.S. Highway 14 street corner at 4:30 for Whitewater folks.
At earlier Windom rally. Peaceful show of civic involvement. Participants estimated at 1,400.