Santa Fe City NK3 March in the Streets is on!
Sambe Fe band will lead the March!
There will be whistle kits to be distributed as we March - to help give them out, come to the gathering point between 11:55 am and 12:10 pm. We’ll give you a bunch to distribute as you march.
On Wednesday, March 18, 1A Santa Fe founder Heidi Li Feldman received the following email from the City Manager of Santa Fe:
Good morning, Ms. Feldman,
In the interest of public safety, and in the context of the expectedly large No Kings, 1A and other gatherings planned for March 28, 2026, the City of Santa Fe will proactively close Old Santa Fe Trail to vehicular traffic from the State Capitol Roundhouse to the Santa Fe Plaza. This will allow for a march, procession or other pedestrian activity that excludes motor vehicles at the time planned for political rallies. At this time a permit will not be needed to request a road closure. By closing the road to motor vehicles, the City will facilitate the protection of First Amendment rights. Thank you for your cooperation.
Brian J Moya/ City of Santa Fe
Interim City Manager
[contact info omitted]
Here’s the recommended route and start time for the No Kings City March:
Info about 1A Santa Fe
1A Santa Fe is an initiative started by Heidi Li Feldman to promote the exercise and protection of First Amendment rights in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In a time of rising authoritarianism in the United States, people must be free to peaceably assemble in public and express their political views. These civil rights are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Background on the City March - No Kings 3 - Santa Fe
The first project 1A Santa Fe is working on is a No Kings march from the Roundhouse to downtown Santa Fe on March 28, 2026.
📣 On March 16, 2026, Heidi Li Feldman filed a request for permit to use the streets along the route below. We hope the City of Santa Fe will grant this permit via a process and terms that respect all applicable First Amendment law. More on the City’s track record on abiding by First Amendment law is at “Marchers deserve constitutional protections”. The Santa Fe New Mexican news desk also covered that situation.
1A Santa Fe sought this permit because 1A Santa Fe would like to publicize a No Kings 3 street march in Santa Fe using the No Kings Mobilize platform and map and the No Kings branding. All No Kings hosts agree to conduct lawful events. Simply deciding to use the streets without making a good faith effort to obtain a permit would be inconsistent with that promise.
The City of Santa Fe’s decision to act on its own initiative and close the streets for which 1A Santa Fe sought a street use permit solves the practical problem of marching legally on NK3 day in the City. The City’s decision does not bring permit practices into compliance with the New Mexico or United States Constitutions. 1A Santa Fe will be working on that problem going forward.
Further information
People who march on the sidewalks and in the city streets do so at their own risk. This means that all marchers are individually responsible for assessing the circumstances, including the condition of the sidewalks and streets, and proceeding with reasonable care for their own safety. The City of Santa Fe always has non-delegable duties to keep the sidewalks and streets in good order and to provide for traffic control when people use them. Marchers are not legally responsible for providing traffic control - in fact, private parties cannot lawfully assign that task to themselves - nor for providing any other public safety services. In fact, the only way planners or participants in a march in New Mexico can be held liable for inadequate traffic control or public safety services is if they voluntarily undertake to perform these and fail to do so with reasonable, prudent, and attentive care.