'No Kings' Protest Planned In Homewood This Weekend

HOMEWOOD, IL — A second series of “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration will take place around the country on Saturday, with several demonstrations scheduled in Illinois.

One will be held in Homewood, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 18161 Morris Ave.

"Looking for a local No Kings event?" organizers shared. "We got you! Join us by the gazebo for community resistance. Bring your signs, chanting voices, chalk, costumes, and anything else that helps you resist! This is a family friendly event. Please avoid foul language or threats in your signage. This is a peaceful act of resistance and we don't want to be the antagonist."

Can't make that one? Protests will be held in dozens of Illinois cities and towns elsewhere, including:

• Aurora: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at McCarty Park, 350 E. Galena Blvd.
• Bolingbrook: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at northeast corner of Boughton Road and Janes Avenue
• Champaign-Urbana: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Champaign County Courthouse, 101 E. Main St.
• Chicago: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Grant Park, 337 E. Randolph St.
• Chicago, Edgewater: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Berwyn Avenue and Sheridan Road
• Crystal Lake: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 5650 Northwest Hwy.
• Elmhurst: 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Elmhurst City Hall, 209 N. York St.
• Evanston: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Evanston Fountain Square, 1601 Sherman Ave.
• Forest Park: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Chicago Bulk Mail Facility, 7500 Roosevelt Rd.
• Geneva: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Randall Road and Gleneagle Drive
• Joliet: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mall Loop Drive
• LaGrange: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Lombard: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 4 E. Roosevelt Rd.
• McHenry: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at State Route 31 and McCullom Lake Road
• Naperville: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St.
• Oak Park: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Scoville Park, 800 W. Lake St.
• Palatine: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Volunteer Plaza Clock Tower, 1 Idot
• Rosemont: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 5590 N. River Rd.
• Schaumburg: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Schaumburg Road and North Roselle Road
• Springfield: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Illinois State Capitol, 401 S. 2nd St.
• Wheaton: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 3080 Ogden Ave.
• Wilmette: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Wilmette Village Hall, 1200 Wilmette Ave.

No Kings is a coalition of numerous progressive and pro-democracy organizations led and coordinated by the national organizing group Indivisible.

In the first No Kings protests in June, millions of people peacefully demonstrated against what they say are authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump. The protests were held on the same day as the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade on Trump’s 79th birthday.

At least 2,000 protests will be held Saturday in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Protests are designed to be a peaceful day of action, according to the No Kings website.

A large gathering planned on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol drew the ire of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who told Fox News Friday that although he is “a very patient guy,” he has “had it with these people.”

He called the Saturday protest a “Hate America rally” staged by “all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people.”

“They’re all coming out,” Johnson said.

Protestors’ ranks are expected to be swelled by laid-off federal workers who won’t get a paycheck until the federal government reopens or who may lose their jobs entirely.

The American Federation of Government Employees urged members of its 900 local unions to join No Kings protests as well. Together, the locals represent more than 820,000 workers in almost every federal agency of the government.

“The protest movement has taken on new urgency with the government shutdown that began Oct. 1,” the union said in an Oct. 6 statement. “Shutting down the government is another authoritarian power grab by this administration, which has threatened to lay off mass numbers of furloughed federal workers as part of an ongoing quest to gut federal programs and services the administration finds objectionable.”

No Kings said demonstrators this weekend are expected to protest a variety of administration policies, including immigration enforcement by masked agents and the disruption of migrant families, congressional map gerrymandering, health care and higher costs of living.

Patch Editor Lisa Farver contributed to this report.