Thousands of “No Kings” protests will be held across the country, and numerous ones are planned in southeast Michigan, on Saturday, March 28.
Almost a dozen organizations are planning the protests, aimed at peacefully opposing President Donald Trump, in Oakland County.
According to Debbie Rosenman, the turnouts for the “No Kings” protests have been “growing exponentially.”
Rosenman is one of the co-leaders organizing an event in Ferndale this weekend. It will be led by two Indivisible advocacy groups — Indivisible Huron Valley from Milford and Indivisible 9 from Ferndale.
“We believe we had 3,000 people at the event in April 2025, our June event had about 5,000 and by October we had 7,000,” said Rosenman. “We believe this one will exceed that.”
She pointed out what the goal of these events are.
“The goal is to express our utter dismay at the fact that we are losing our democracy to an authoritarian regime,” she said. “It is to bring people out as one community so we have one common voice standing against this authoritarian regime.”
The Oakland County Republican Party said in a statement that it “strongly condemns” the demonstrations.
“While many concerned activists have expressed interest in organizing peaceful counter-demonstrations, the Oakland County Republican Party’s official recommendation is that our supporters do not attend or engage with the No Kings events,” the party said in a statement.
“Our county will not be intimidated by organizations whose only aim is to sow chaos and division,” party Chairman Vance Patrick said in the statement. “We reject the radical and violent tactics that have become the hallmark of the No Kings movement and its extremist sponsors.”
Rosenman said interest in their advocacy group has also increased over the past few years.
“More people are coming to our meetings, signing up for our (weekly) newsletters and coming to our Facebook page,” she said. “We went from 400 people receiving our newsletter before (President) Trump got re-elected to 1,300 now. We went from having 25 people at our (monthly) meetings to having over 100 coming to our meetings now.”
She added, “People that have never been at a protest, that never were politically active are coming out and they are very much joining this community of people that are speaking out.”
Several different groups such as Downriver United 734, Stand Up, MoveOn and the American Civil Liberties Union will hold rallies throughout the Metro Area.
“When hardworking people struggle to make ends meet while power concentrates at the top, when our neighbors are targeted because of the color of their skin, and when our sons and daughters are sent into conflict without honesty or transparency, that is not a policy disagreement — that is broken promises,” said Detroit organizer Audrey Bourriaud. “We are gathering in the streets on March 28 because we love our country, but the moment we stop holding power to account is the moment we hand it away.”
All events are Saturday, March 28. Some organizers do not release the location on the NO KINGS website unless you sign up for the event.
9 – 11 a.m. – West Bloomfield: Address not released until registration
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Oak Park: Parkwoods Plaza Parking Lot, West 10 Mile Road and Coolidge Highway
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Rochester, Rochester HIlls event: Corner of Rochester Road and Auburn Road, Rochester Hills.
Noon – 2 p.m. – Ferndale: 9 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue intersection
Noon – 2 p.m. – Waterford Township: Address not released until registration
Noon – 3 p.m. – Troy: Gateway Park
1 – 3 p.m. – Farmington Hills: Farmington Community Library, 32737 W 12 Mile Road.
1 – 3 p.m. – Novi: Grand River Avenue and Novi Road intersection
1 – 3 p.m. – South Lyon: Mchattie Park, South Lafayette Street
1 – 4 p.m. – Royal Oak: 26998 Woodward Ave.
2 – 4 p.m. – Rochester, Rochester Hills, Oakland Township event: Walton Boulevard and North Livernois Road, Rochester Hills.
2 – 4 p.m. – Pontiac: Address not released until registration
4 – 6 p.m. – Lake Orion event: Address not released until registration
6 – 8 p.m. – Walled Lake: Target, 495 Haggerty Road.