Cleveland - Wade Oval - Free America Walkout

Bring a sign, or simply show up.

A peaceful gathering, collective show of support for peace and good government.

Acknowledgement that peaceful, intentional protest is alive, and well, and an important part of our democracy.

We are not protesting the institutions of University Circle: we gather here in a public spot to pause and make a collective peaceful statement.

We walkout in support of the US constitution and our rights as citizens of a free and democratic society.

We urge our elected officials to attend and represent with us.

One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, attacks on immigrants, families torn apart, mass surveillance, and terror used to keep us silent.  It is time for our communities to escalate as well. 

2025 was a year of marches that showed our collective strength. And as the threats grow, our movement must evolve and escalate. Trump and his allies have already made clear that a second term would bring a deeper wave of misogyny, racism, xenophobia, and violence than the first.

On January 20, we call on our communities to organize teams, call your neighbors and classmates, and turn your back and walk out on fascism. Host mutual aid planning meetings, organize public service, but walk out to block the normal routines of power, and make the stakes real. This is a protest and a promise.  In the face of fascism, we will be ungovernable. 

★ We walk away from fascism. ★  

★ We walk towards a Free America. ★ 

★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all. ★