Organizers of last June’s No Kings walk in Wrangell — part of a nationwide protest against Trump administration authoritarian policies — hope advance publicity will draw more participants to this month’s event.

The peaceful protest walk is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28, on Outer Drive, moving to Front Street, then down to St. Michaels Street and back.

It’s part of a nationwide effort to show opposition to many of the president’s policies. This will be the third such rally, following on events last June and October. The October protests drew several million Americans in more than 2,000 cities.

About 15 people turned out last June in Wrangell.

“The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings,” says the national nonprofit organization’s website.

“‘No Kings’ is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon,” the group says of U.S. history.

Organizers of the Wrangell event have ordered signs to hand out to walkers, or people can make and bring their own, said Bonnie Demerjian.

“Don’t sit around and complain about it,” she said of people who are upset with the president’s actions but undecided about joining the protest walk.

Demerjian said this will be her third No Kings rally. “I just feel like I should do something.” She said President Donald Trump’s efforts to erode the rights of registered voters, his anti-immigrant policies and the administration’s moves against environmental protections as among her biggest concerns.

“Some of us think we’re living in an authoritarian regime right now,” said Vivian Prescott, one of the organizers of the March 28 protest in Wrangell.

Among her concerns, she said, are the administration’s efforts to make it harder for registered voters to cast ballots, the president’s decision to start the war in Iran, the tactics of federal immigration agents and moves against freedom of the press.

“It seems like a lack of empathy is at the root of it.”

In addition to national issues, Prescott said, “a lot of things have to do with Alaska,” including the administration’s stepped up emphasis on resource development that could endanger fish habitat.

Demerjian said she is a little nervous about the march in Wrangell, knowing that advance publicity can work both ways: Getting more people to join in, and giving supporters of the president’s policies more time to organize.

Prescott acknowledged that many people who are troubled by the president’s policies will be reluctant to participate in a public demonstration, but based on the supportive response by drivers passing marchers at past rallies, “they’re glad we’re out there.”