Trump opponents plan rallies

South Florida events to express disapproval

Donald Trump opponents are gathering at various South Florida locations on Friday and Saturday to show their aversion to the new president.

The biggest gathering is expected Saturday at a Women’s Rally at Bayfront Park in Miami. The event is associated with the Women’s March on Washington also designed to show opposition to Trump.

“Since the election, I’ve heard from a lot of people who want to know how they can be more involved and what they can do to help,” Miami rally organizer Stephanie Myers said in a statement. “This rally is about harnessing all that positive energy right now in order to address oppression in all its forms.”

Organizers said they want to show “in numbers too large to ignore that people of all religions, ethnicities, orientations and identities speak collectively on behalf of women’s rights with one united voice.”

The event is from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater, 301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami.

Also Saturday, the Women’s March on Palm Beach is planned from noon to 4 p.m. in West Palm Beach. It’s also held in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington.

The event will take place in the green space along the water in front of 525 S. Flagler Drive.

On Saturday, a “Stand up for American values” event is planned at the intersection of Glades Road and St. Andrews Boulevard in Boca Raton. “We’re going to be carrying some signs, chanting some slogans,” said Steve Engel, communications director of Democratic Club of Boca Raton and Delray Beach.

The event is planned from 3 to 5 p.m.

On Friday, a group calling itself ElectionDistress is holding an “upside down flag campaign of the resistance,” in West Palm Beach.

Protesters plan to gather from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Flagler Drive at the foot of the bridge that goes across the Intracoastal Waterway and heads toward Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach.

An email from organizers called for “patriotically displaying” upside down flags “to display our distress.”