Organizers Plan Free America Walkout In Skokie

SKOKIE, IL — Local organizers in Skokie are planning a protest and walkout next week to support teachers in School District 219.

The Skokie Free America Walkout will take place at Niles North High School on Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. The Skokie action is a part of a larger nationwide movement, the Free America Walkout, which opposes recent actions from the Trump administration, immigration raids and national guard presence in cities across the country.

"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," national organizers wrote on the Women's March website.

More than 930 protests will be held in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities. In Illinois, additional protests will be held in Chicago, Glenview, Oak Park, Brookfield, Joliet, Peoria, Ottawa, Kewanee, Springfield, Champaign, Urbana, Mascoutah and Carbondale.