January 20th, 2026

Protesters gather at Fourth Avenue and Ellsworth Street for the "Free America Walkout."

'Free America Walkout'

More than 100 people turn out for the Jan. 20 protest in Albany
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  The mid-afternoon weekday time didn't deter protesters who gathered Tuesday, Jan. 20, for the "Free America Walkout" along Ellsworth Street, from Third Avenue to Fifth Avenue, in downtown Albany. Most of the more than 100 protesters were retirees, but more than a handful of them heeded the call to walk out of work.
  Free America Walkout protests were also held in Corvallis and around the nation. The Albany protest was organized by Albany Region Indivisible, which also hosts Honk & Waves protests from 3 to 5 p.m every Friday at Fourth and Ellsworth.
  The Women's March, primary national coordinator of Free America Walkout, posted this statement on its website:
   "One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: ICE raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, families torn apart, attacks 

Video: Marcie Howard

​on our trans siblings, mass surveillance, and terror used
​to keep us silent. It is time for our communities to escalate as well.  ... A free America begins the moment we refuse to cooperate. This is not a ​request. This is a rupture. This is a protest and a promise. In the face of fascism, we will be ungovernable."