September 17, 2025
No Kings 2 is Oct. 18
No Kings means just that: It's a day to peacefully but strongly send the message that America does not and will not answer to a king, a dictator or an authoritarian leader. While the president and his Republican-led administration continues to sow division with their authoritarian agenda, we will take to the streets in neighborhoods, villages, towns and cities across the country to send an unmistakable message that we don’t bow down to kings in America.
From targeting unionized workers, abducting immigrant workers—more than a few of them U.S. citizens—and attempting to cut funding to federal grant programs, health care and education funding to preaching and encouraging retribution for his perceived enemies and enacting tariffs that threaten to once again tank the stock market, the administration has made it more expensive and more dangerous than ever to be an American.
We must resist because this is a fight for our future.
We will continue to oppose the attacks on freedom of speech and academic freedom and to fight back against the administration’s unprovoked attacks on colleges and universities.
We will continue to oppose attacks on international students and immigrant workers, who have been targeted and terrorized by the administration. Many, far too many, have been stripped of their due process rights and whisked into detention or out of the country. Others have simply been disappeared.
We will continue to protect our constitutionally guaranteed First Amendment rights and the ability for all Americans to freely and courageously engage in free speech without intimidation or threats to their families, their livelihoods or themselves.
We will continue to protect academic freedom, to investigate and discuss issues in our academic fields and to teach and publish reports, studies and findings without interference from administrators, boards of trustees, politicians, donors or anyone else. It also includes the rights of faculty members to speak freely as a U.S. citizen, without retribution for what they say, write or communicate.
We are at our strongest when we organize and when we fight side by side, shoulder to shoulder. We must come together and we must remain united.
Below, you'll find a list of No Kings 2 events across the state. This is not a complete list; more events will be added as they are scheduled. Check back for updates. More information is available at No Kings.org.
Saturday, October 18
*Albany
No Kings Albany: Noon to 2 p.m., Western Avenue from Fuller Road to Manning Boulevard. Click HERE for more information.
*Beacon
No Kings Beacon – Noon to 4 p.m. Click HERE for more information.
*Cherry Valley
No Kings Cherry Valley - 10 to 11 a.m. Intersection of Main and Alden streets. Click HERE for more information.
*Delhi
No Kings Delhi - 10 a.m. to noon. Courthouse Square, Main Street. Click HERE for more information.
*Kingston – No Kings Ulster County:
2 to 3:30 p.m. Academy Green Park, 238 Clinton Ave. Click HERE for more information.
*Newburgh
No Kings Newburgh - 10 a.m. to noon. Click HERE for more information.
*Norwich
No Kings Norwich - 1 to 3 p.m. East and West parks, West Main Street. Click HERE for more information.
*Oneonta
No Kings Oneonta - 1 to 2:30 p.m. Field adjacent to Foothills Performing Arts Center, 46 Market St. Click HERE for more information.
*Poughkeepsie
No Kings Poughkeepsie – Noon to 2 p.m. Victor C. Waryas Park, Main Street. Click HERE for more information.
*Rhinebeck
No Kings Rhinebeck - 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lions Minipark, South Parsonage Street and North Park Road. Click HERE for more information.
*Rome
No Kings Rome - Noon to 1:30 p.m. Fort Stanwix National Monument, 100 N. James St. Click HERE for more information.
*Salem
No Kings Salem – 10 to 11 a.m. NY Rt. 22 4 Corners. Click HERE for more information.
*Saugerties
No Kings Saugerties – Noon to 1 p.m. Market Street and Main Street. Click HERE for more information.
*Utica
No Kings Utica - Noon to 1:30 p.m. Pirnie Federal Building, 10 Broad St. Click HERE for more information.
*Woodstock
No Kings Woodstock - Noon to 1 p.m. Woodstock Sidewalk, 16 Tinker St. Click HERE for more information
**By no means is this a complete list; if you know of an event that isn’t listed here, please let us know. Also, these events are all subject to change.