To the Journal editor:

Help collectively say, no to violent, threatening, authoritarian governance that is attacking our rights, our neighbors, and our democracy by participating in a “No Kings” demonstration this Saturday, March 28.

Right now a small group of people is looting the government for their own benefit and we need to do everything we can to stop them.

Go to nokings.org, and enter your zip code, to see which of the more than 3,000 events is nearest you.

Many protests are scheduled in Upper Michigan:

Marquette 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., West Washington Street

Munising 2-3:30 p.m.

Escanaba Noon-2 p.m., Corner of Lincoln and Ludington

Houghton 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Keweenaw Unitarian Universal Fellowship

Sault Ste. Marie 3-5 p.m., Market Corner

St. Ignace 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Marina

Iron Mountain 1-2 p.m., City Hall parking lot

Iron River 11 a.m.-noon, Sidewalk along U.S. 2 downtown

Ironwood 2-4 p.m., Downtown City Square

Marinette/Menominee 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Stephenson Island

Bring your families, play musical instruments and sing, wear costumes!

Here are a few ideas for signs to carry: “No Wars,” “No ICE,” “No Kings,” “Release the Epstein Files,” “Pay TSA Agents,” “Fund Health Care,” “No Deportation Warehouses,” “Protect Voting Rights!”

People in Minnesota have just received a John F. Kennedy Library Foundation 2026 Profile in Courage Award. The foundation said it chose to honor Twin Cities residents “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation, peacefully defending the human rights and values that serve as the foundation of our Constitutional democracy.”

The term ‘neighboring’ was born out of the courageous actions of Minnesotans.

Let’s all be good Minnesotans on Saturday and stand up for our beliefs and our country by showing up in the streets in historic numbers and collectively saying, “No Kings, Eh?”