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WHAT: Flint Area Unites to Say “NO KINGS IN AMERICA!” event
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS:
WHEN: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Demonstration: Flint Area Unites to Say NO KINGS in America!
Noon – 4:00PM, Saturday, October 18, 2025
WHERE: GLOW NO KINGS INFORMATION TABLE
3191 S. Linden Rd, Flint, MI 48507
(parking lot at the former Sears)
HOSTS: Indivisible Genesee, Livingston, Oakland Warriors (GLOW)
Black Lives Matter-Flint (BLM-Flint)
Genesee County Bridge Brigade
Flint Alliance for Immigrant Rights (FAIR)
Genesee Resist Indivisible Team (G.R.I.T.)
Git-R-Done Troublemakers
SPEAKERS: Dan Kildee, former Congressman
Congresswoman Kristin McDonald Rivet
State Sen John Cherry
Dale Kenneth Weighill, Genesee County Commissioner
DeWaun Robinson, Black Lives Matter Flint
Regina Laurie, Flint Alliance for Immigrant Rights (FAIR)
Brian Daniels, Purple Heart recipient, Iraqi War veteran, and entrepreneur.
Charlie Hirst, Michigan Education Justice Coalition
* pending
What should I bring?
- Pro-democracy, Pro-Constitution, No Kings signs
- Inflatable costumes if you’re into that, or maybe your GLOW merch
- Gear appropriate for whatever the weather decides
- Water, snacks, lawn chairs, etc, for comfort
- Non-perishable food and/or personal hygiene products to donate
Some tips for extra-appreciated donations: boxed cereal, paper products (toilet paper, paper towels), food packaged with flip-top lids (no need for can opener), shelf-stable boxed or powdered milk, beef stew/chili
- It’s always good to have paper and a pencil or Sharpie
- Friends! Family! Neighbors!
What should I leave at home?
- Weapons, legal or otherwise
- Your car, if you can carpool with others
- Picnic blankets – better to be off the ground in a crowd
- Contact lenses
- An unprotected phone that turns on with your face or finger or isn’t in Airplane Mode.
- Valuables and things you’d hate to lose.
What if I’ve volunteered and don’t know what to do?
- Refer to the FAQ’s emailed to you
- Go to the “Welcome” table
- See the Volunteer and Set-up leads (they’ll have red or green stickers on their lanyards)
- Review this: Know Your Rights and De-escalation Training
Why? The event organizers have stated the purposes of this event are:
- To…show us what democracy looks like!
- To say No Kings! No way! No dictators in the USA!
- To resist in a big way, fun and peaceful, to demonstrate in numbers
Commitment to Nonviolent Action
A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action and no civil disobedience. All participants are expected to seek to de-escalate for any potential confrontation with those who disagree with their values, and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events. https://indivisi.org/safety
Indivisible Genesee, Livingston and Oakland Warriors (GLOW) is a group of concerned citizens from the three-county region using the principles found in the Indivisible Guide to defend our Constitution and the Rule of Law, influence our elected representatives and others impacting public policy decisions, and to make sure that our country reflects a diverse, equitable and inclusive democracy. To that end, ‘We the People’ stand together demanding an end to authoritarian breakthrough and that we recommit to the more perfect union as was so powerfully expressed in the Preamble to our United States Constitution. A core principle of all Indivisible groups is a commitment to peaceful nonviolent action. GLOW is inviting all like-minded citizens to join this national movement in your community.
Indivisible is a national nonprofit organization that organically formed around the Indivisible Guide, a 2017 Google Doc guide to organizing locally to pressure elected officials to resist authoritarian creep. It caught fire as millions of people picked up the guide and its name – Indivisible – and organized their own local Indivisible groups to put the guide into action. These new Indivisible activists formed a nationwide movement of people taking matters into their own hands to build their own power through collective action. Indivisible is now a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to defend and rebuild democracy as they aim to defeat the authoritarian agenda. A core principle of all Indivisible groups is a commitment to nonviolent action.
DISCLAIMER
All INDIVISIBLE GLOW events are intended to be peaceful, nonviolent, pro-constitution pro-democracy actions. Pro-democracy. Aspirational demonstrations that are welcoming, supportive and encourage ever-growing participation. INDIVISIBLE GLOW event organizers are committed to practicing non-confrontation, de-escalation, with the help of a safety team and every participant. Signs and/or behavior that can be interpreted as inciting violence, or is counterproductive to the mission of the Indivisible movement, has no place at their events.
If you choose to attend this event, you are committing to participate non-violently and in accordance with the law, to work to de-escalate confrontations with others, and behave lawfully to ensure the safety of event participants. You also acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any injury or damage to your person or property resulting from or occurring during this event, and that you release all event sponsors and organizers (and their officers, directors, employees, and agents) from any liability for that injury or damage.
