Ypsilanti Indivisible plans to host another Ypsilanti No Kings Day protest March 28, 2026. A national protest against the Trump administration, this will mark the country's third No Kings Day and the second one held in Ypsilanti.
The movement began June 14, 2025, which coincided with the U.S. Army's 250th Anniversary Parade, as well as President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. People took to the streets as a response to the policies of the Trump administration. Thousands of political groups, such as MoveOn, Indivisible and the American Civil Liberties Union, banded together for the nationwide protest. June 14 brought more than five million protesters to the streets.
On Oct. 18, 2025, millions of people across the nation joined together a second time with signs, shirts and flags. These protests have been non-violent, public demonstrations in cities across many states.
The Ypsilanti No Kings Protest in October, hosted by Ypsilanti Indivisible and Ann Arbor Indivisible, had more than 4,000 people in attendance.
Gordon McAllister, the founder of Ypsilanti Indivisible, told The Eastern Echo that the March 28 event will begin at the Ypsilanti Farmer’s Marketplace at 16 S. Washington St. in Ypsilanti. At 10 a.m., there will be a kids' table and supplies for participants to make posters and signs. At 11 a.m., the march and rally will begin, and it will continue until 1 p.m.
Protesters will begin at the Ypsilanti Farmer’s Marketplace, walk down Washington Street and turn down Michigan Avenue. They will then stop to protest and rally in an open space on Michigan Avenue before returning back to the marketplace. Marshalls will stand at each intersection, and the group has been approved to have tables at the farmers market, McAllister said. Since the protest will be moving and on public streets, no official permit or permission is needed.
McAllister said he encourages people to shop at the marketplace and other local businesses on the day of the protest.
This third protest will focus on a breadth of topics, both local and national.
“This is No Kings III, but also no ICE, no data centers, and also Free Krystal Clark," McAllister said.
The No Kings movement focuses on the policies of the Trump administration, as well as those protesting the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities, with protesters pushing to reform the immigration and deportation issues they feel the Trump administration has caused.
On the local level, there has been pushback against the University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory project to implement a data center in Ypsilanti Township. Krystal Clark is a woman who has been in the Huron Valley Women’s Prison and has faced several medical issues due to the mold growing in the building. The Free Krystal Clark movement supports the release of Clark from prison to receive proper medical care and aims to reform the prison system under the Michigan Department of Corrections.
McAllister founded Ypsilanti Indivisible in September 2025. He said, “We do national events and local and social groups that are already on the ground in the Ypsilanti area. We don’t want to take over or anything like that. We just want to help where we can.”
McAllister encourages anyone interested to attend this event: “It gives them an opportunity to voice their opinion on their signs. To me, protesting is partly therapy for the people doing the protesting. Everyone goes away feeling uplifted.”
McAllister described the protest as an upbeat atmosphere, encouraging attendees to wear colorful clothing or costumes, bring instruments and songs and connect with their community.
“What we are asking people to do is to come and plan for a party-type presentation. We want people to be upbeat. Anything that people can think of to make people smile during what's going on but still get the word out,” he said.
While Eastern Michigan University students were on fall break for the previous protest in Ypsilanti, McAllister was still impressed by the turnout of young people. He hopes that with school in session, even more college students will be encouraged to come.
“We need to get the young people out there, because they're going to feel the breadth of what's going on, more so than us gray-haired people. We are fighting for our grandkids’ future,” he said.
