3/28: Third No Kings Yolo to march across Tower Bridge on 60th anniversary of historic farm worker march to Sacramento

Countywide event will be held alongside protests across the country

(From press release) Following in the footsteps of farm workers in their historic march across the Tower Bridge with the farm workers movement 60 years ago, Indivisible Yolo is joining with the Sacramento Labor Council for Latin American Advancement AFL-CIO and Change to Win, along with Davis Phoenix Coalition, to host the third No Kings Yolo on March 28. The event will begin with a democracy fair at River Walk Park in West Sacramento at 10:30am with activities for all ages and a brief speaker program. Supporters will then march at noon across the Tower Bridge to the state capitol to join Indivisible Sacramento’s No Kings rally. Learn more and sign up: https://www.indivisibleyolo.org/no-kings-yolo. 

No Kings Yolo, this time themed “We are the Power! Somos el Poder!,” is part of the largest single-day national mobilization in history expected to attract millions nationwide as people gather to protest Trump administration policies – including ICE terrorization, unauthorized wars and threats to working families in the community – and to remind the president that America is a democracy. 

“We are proud to bring people together from across Yolo County to show that we will fight to protect one another and our country against this authoritarian regime,” said Steve Murphy, co-chair, Indivisible Yolo. “We are grateful to the Sacramento Labor Council for Latin American Advancement AFL-CIO and Change to Win for standing with us today. As we march, we honor farm workers and continue to fight against the exploitation, discrimination, criminalization and unsafe working conditions they still face. This year marks 60 years since farm workers first marched from Delano to Sacramento. At No Kings, we march once again to show that power will always belong to the people – all people – not to a would-be king.”

Partners to date include Davis College Democrats, League of Women Voters Yolo County, SEIU 2015, States Win Yolo (formerly Sister District Yolo), West Sacramento Democrats, Yolo County Democratic Party and Yolo Democratic Socialists of America.

“We stand in solidarity with people from across the nation to say that we, the people, will not stop fighting back,” said Fatima Garcia, president, Sacramento Labor Council for Latin American Advancement AFL-CIO and Change to Win. “We also stand in support of independent worker unions and the right of workers to organize freely for dignity, safety and fair treatment. Today’s struggles, imperialist wars, forced migration, low wages, lack of protections and threats to migrant workers remind us that the fight for dignity and justice in the fields is far from over.”

Indivisible Yolo is the local chapter of the nationwide grassroots movement Indivisible. Indivisible Yolo’s mission is to promote progressive policies by activating people to engage in their democracy at all levels of government. The group organizes and advocates for policy goals and to get out the vote to elect candidates who pursue those policies. These complementary efforts ensure democracy works for everyone and that those in power do, too. For more information: http://www.indivisibleyolo.org.

The Sacramento Labor Council for Latin American Advancement is the local chapter of the leading national organization for Indigenous, Latino, Chicano/a workers and their families. It was created out of the need to educate, organize and mobilize Latino/as in the labor movement and has expanded its influence to organize Latino/as in an effort to impact workers’ rights and their influence in the political process. The council represents the interest of millions of Latino/a workers in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), independent unions and all their affiliate unions. For more information: http://www.lclaa.org/sacramento. 

The mission of Davis Phoenix Coalition is to promote a world where all people are safe, respected and free from violence. The coalition engages and unites the Davis community in eliminating intolerance, preventing hate and promoting a broader civic culture that embraces all aspects of its diverse community. For more information: http://www.davisphoenixco.org.