October 18th, 2025

Members of the Albany Banner Brigade promoted "No Kings" day during the weekly Albany Honk & Wave demonstration Oct. 10 at Fourth and Ellsworth in Albany. The brigade plans to bring out the the banner again for the Friday, Oct 17, Honk & Wave from 4 to 6 p.m.

Big turnouts expected
​for 'No Kings' demonstrations

 The first No Kings demonstrations on June 14 drew huge crowds in the mid-valley — an estimated 4,500 in Corvallis, 850 in Albany and more than 200 in Lebanon. Organizers are hoping for even larger turnouts this Saturday during the second No Kings day. Here’s the mid-valley lineup:
  • Albany — 2 to 4 p.m., Ellsworth Street at Fourth Avenue (and other nearby numbered streets along Ellsworth).
  • Corvallis — Noon to 3 p.m., in front of the Benton County Courthouse, 120 N.W. Fourth St.
  • Lebanon — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Academy Square along Main Street.
   Albany Region Indivisible, Indivisible Benton County and East Linn Indivisible are organizing the demonstrations.
  “My signups last week were a little bit ahead of what they were in June,” said Albany organizer Bernadette Niederer with Albany Region Indivisible. “It feels like it’s going to be bigger than June.”
  And there are good reasons for that prediction.
  Neighborhood Leaders have knocked on hundreds of doors in Linn and Benton counties recent weeks, handing out No Kings day fliers. “Those of us who distributed spoke to a lot of people and had a very positive response,” said Nancy Greenman, NL team leader.
  The other reason: growing opposition to the Trump administration’s deplorable policies and actions.
  “We’re doing this because the administration is acting lawlessly, like an authoritarian government,” Niederer said “The cabinet are all Trump loyalists. We used to have adults in the room. We don’t have that now. We have sycophants. And none of the Republican in Congress are willing to push back.
  “…I hope we have a lot of people turning out, and that it will be a peaceful protest with no disruptions from the opposition. All we’re doing is practicing our First Amendment rights.”
  More than 2,500 No Kings demonstrations are planned around the country.
  Indivisible sums up the day on its website: “On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.”

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