No Kings protestors blanket Bell Road in Surprise, Sun City
A pair of protestors hold signs Oct. 18 as others walk down Bell Road in Surprise during the No Kings event on Bell Road west of 141st Avenue.
(Northwest Valley Indivisible)
No Kings protestors crowd on the southeast corner of 51st Avenue and Bell Road on the boundary of Glendale and Phoenix on Oct.18.
(Northwest Valley Indivisible)
Thousands of Arizonans lined Bell Road in the Northwest Valley on Oct. 18 in a series of 10 No Kings protests — among thousands nationwide.
The 10 sites chosen, mostly on Bell, are in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. Northwest Valley Indivisible estimated 8,061 participants across the 10 sites.
“Donald Trump and other Republican politicians like Rep. Abe Hamadeh want to rule, not serve, but Arizonans are refusing to be silent,” stated Brent Peak, co-chair of Northwest Valley Indivisible, in a press release. “Real power still belongs to the people, and today we proved it.”
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No Kings protestors blanket Bell Road in Surprise, Sun City
(Northwest Valley Indivisible)
A pair of protestors hold signs Oct. 18 as others walk down Bell Road in Surprise during the No Kings event on Bell Road west of 141st Avenue.
(Northwest Valley Indivisible)
No Kings protestors crowd on the southeast corner of 51st Avenue and Bell Road on the boundary of Glendale and Phoenix on Oct.18.
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Thousands of Arizonans lined Bell Road in the Northwest Valley on Oct. 18 in a series of 10 No Kings protests — among thousands nationwide.
The 10 sites chosen, mostly on Bell, are in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. Northwest Valley Indivisible estimated 8,061 participants across the 10 sites.
“Donald Trump and other Republican politicians like Rep. Abe Hamadeh want to rule, not serve, but Arizonans are refusing to be silent,” stated Brent Peak, co-chair of Northwest Valley Indivisible, in a press release. “Real power still belongs to the people, and today we proved it.”
Out of roughly fifty No Kings protests in Arizona, ten took place in CD8 — Hamadeh’s district — highlighting the depth of local engagement. The event featured a 14 mile line of peaceful demonstrations at six intersections along Bell Road between Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, Sun City, and Surprise.
Other CD8 protests took place in Sun City West, North Phoenix, and Anthem. Participants carried signs, wore costumes, waved flags and played music.
A few isolated incidents were managed swiftly thanks to the cooperation of local law enforcement,
Organizers estimate 8,061 people attended the events based on manual counts along each section of sidewalk, confirmed by photos and videos from consistent vantage points at each protest site. Volunteers documented the area to ensure accurate and transparent counts.
The Northwest Valley actions were part of a nationwide wave of demonstrations connecting local resistance to a broader rejection of authoritarianism.
Protests in CD8 were organized by five grassroots groups: Northwest Valley Indivisible, Anthem Indivisible, The Big Blue Bubble, Stand Up Together and Desert Progressives.
Nationally, No Kings protests were organized by a broad coalition including the ACLU, American Federation of Teachers, Common Defense, 50501, Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible, League of Conservation Voters, MoveOn, National Nurses United, Public Citizen, SEIU and others.
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