Lyrics listed at bottom of website: Get Together, Love Train, Turn! Turn! Turn!, For What It's Worth- Please Sing with Us
You are invited to join Our Group, the 3.5% ers
Saturday, March 28th within Cass Gilbert Memorial Park at the State Capital prior to the 3rd National No Kings Rally (nokings.org)
We will be music-gating/
tail-gating immediately before the kick off at NOON.
Minnesota Musicians and all who wish to gather with us, will raise awareness and shine a light on the importance of the 3.5% RULE. We invite you to join in solidarity and uplift one another through song, peace, love, & unity.
"3.5% RULE: Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts - and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/publications/35-rule-how-small-minority-can-change-world
GOAL: The goal is to mobilize over 200,000 in the State of Minnesota, 3.5% of 5.7 Million people!! With your participation we can blow that number out of the water!!
GATHERING TIME:
10:00 AM - NOON, Saturday, March 28th
Join Us for Music-Gating,Tail-Gating prior to the No Kings Rally beginning at NOON. We will be singing the songs of Laurel Canyon and others.
LOCATION: CASS GILBERT MEMORIAL PARK, 30 Sherburne Ave, St. Paul, MN 55155. Cass Park is a scenic, grassy hill that overlooks the beautiful bluffs along the river, the City of St. Paul, and the Captial. It has sweeping views of the area and is the ideal spot to gather and bring awareness to the 3.5% RULE.
PARKING: Parking and other valuable information can be found at
nokingstwincities.org.
Please know parking around the Capital will fill up fast and some parking lots have been reserved for specific purposes.
WHAT TO BRING: We suggest bringing snacks and water to stay hydrated as this Rally does not have food vendors. You may also wish to bring an instrument, acoustic guitar, tambourine, etc. if you would like to join in with the musicians. Voices for singing and hands for clapping highly encouraged & welcomed!!
SYMBOL of SOLIDARITY: We ask that you might consider creating the powerful symbol of 3.5% to indicate our collective voice for reform. This can be done on signs, banners, t-shirts, with masking tape, markers, on your vehicle, on your dog, on a cap, or anything uniquely creative.
Our government will come to understand that we know what they already know, we, the masses hold the economic power and the power to force change.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU!
If you are looking for people to be with on this monumental day, we would love to have you as we raise up one another and bring focus to the 3.5% Rule.
From No Kings: On October 18, 2025 over 7 Million People Came Together to showcase that this country belongs to the people. The numbers on Saturday, March 28, 2026 are expected to be much larger.
The Rest of the Country and World are Invited to Participate in the No Kings March from Wherever They Are
Specifics of Event:
We shall rise in peaceful song to the skies above.
We invite you to sing, clap, bring your acoustic guitar, or play your instrument with us in solidarity.
Our beloved Minnesota, The United States, and our World needs healing and affirmation that collectively
we can make change.
WE MARCH FOR:
1. 3.5% AWARENESS
We ask all people in the great United States of America, as well as Internationally, to join us on March 28th by coming together with hope and bringing awareness to the 3.5% Rule.
The 3.5% rule states that no nonviolent campaign has failed to achieve its goals once it has actively mobilized 3.5% of the population.
“Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.”
Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
We hold the economic power. We hold the power for justice. We hold the power to unite and create:
TRUSTWORTHY LEADERSHIP - DECENCY - PROSPERITY - DUE PROCESS - FREEDOM - PEACE
3.5 % is the tipping point. It moves and ignites the masses into activism. It allows everyday citizens to regain control of what is just and morally right. It removes power from the elite few and returns it to the people.
The vast majority of people want security for their family, respectful discussion, nonpartisan decisions, and leadership with maturity, thoughtfulness, wisdom and integrity. Our governance has lost its moral and supportive compass. They have forgotten that they serve us. The foxes are watching the henhouse.
It is time to collectively unite as sane people and overturn the ills that are dismantling our great country. These include: ruling through fear, threats, and intimidation, reducing our educational institutions, making health care unaffordable, raising our food and utilities, advertising propaganda, and bribing the American people with refund checks and false promises during periods of elections.
We welcome all parties and all people who support this. All who are for checks and balances in our political system.
Imagine what would happen to our governmental decision making body if republicans and democrats were one voice; bonded together towards humanity over party. Division and segregation would disintegrate; opening up true and honest discussion without extremism.
We cannot imagine what we cannot become. We can imagine what we can become.
It is up to us, the masses, to prompt this.
Our elected officials have demonstrated an absurd ineptness to come together for the good of the people who elect them. Shut downs have occurred while they are paid and citizens are not, rational conversation has been replaced with pathological lying, name calling, and sarcasm. Individual egos rule over democracy and hate rules over camaraderie; all within what is referred to as, The United States of America.
2. ICE OUT - THAT MEANS THOSE THAT ARRIVED IN 2026 ARE GONE
ICE needs to provide appropriate state and local legal authorities the names of those they have removed from their homes, what their convictions were, and where they are now. They need to provide an estimated time frame for their 'mission' to capture the worst of the worst to be completed. This is basic, operational protocol. What is happening in selected states is contrary to basic human rights and is costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
ICE is not providing safety or working within the letter of the law. The organization seeks to destroy the spirit of those in its path and punish those who have voiced opposing perspectives.
Innocent adults, teenagers, and children must once again be free to live in peace, justice, and security. This is what our great country was founded on and what we have lost sons and daughters to protect.
3. TRUST
Trustworthy, ethical, respectful, non-exaggerated discussions among our elected leaders. It is time to return to professionalism, honesty, and a level of maturity expected by those we have elected to serve us.
We will no longer allow the protection of corrupt behavior. No one is above the law.
4. Voting According to the Situation Presented, Not Party Lines or Fear of Reprisal
Voting and vocalization must never be cast out of fear, potential loss of a job, retaliation, sustained inclusion of a particular group, or ignorance. When such occurs, we all lose. Individual votes must be cast based upon the best outcome for each presented situation for humanity, our entire country, and sustaining our planet for future generations.
5. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, COMMUNICATION, and EXPRESSION FROM ALL PEOPLE
Transparency must be maintained by allowing people to be present, ask questions, hold people accountable, ensure the morality of our elected government, and maintain checks and balances for the American people. No one should be arrested for exercising the First Amendment.
First Amendment: 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.
6. INTEGRITY or DEATH TO THE 2 PARTY SYSTEM
Our governing body is systemically broken and filled with such dysfunction that it is no longer able to effectively serve the public interest as a whole. Billions of taxpayer money is being spent unwisely and mismanaged. Laws are being publicly broken and ignored by those elected and paid to enforce them.
Ironically, taxpayers are paying for the federal government to harm them in a myriad of ways.
Our 3.5% Awareness March is dedicated to governmental reform, as well as to honor all who have given their lives, time, and resources for our valued freedoms. Let Freedom Ring in the streets across this great country of ours.
In Peace, Passion, Solidarity, and Love for All Humanity,
-3.5%ers
Spirit-Led Songs of Peace & Love by Minnesota Musicians will be sung. We would love for you to join us!!
These will include the below: Get Together by The Youngbloods, Love Train by The O'Jays, Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds, and For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
Get Together – The Youngbloods
Leader: Love is but a song we sing - Fear's the way we die You can make the mountains ring - Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing - And you may not know why
Chorus
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Leader: Some may come and some may go - He will surely pass When the one that left us here - Returns for us at last We are but a moment's sunlight - Fading in the grass
Chorus 3x
Come on, people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another right now
Leader: If you hear the song I sing - You will understand, listen
You hold the key to love and fear - All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both - It's there at your command
Chorus 3x
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Love Train – The O’Jays
Chorus
People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train
Leader: The next stop that we make will be England Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too Don't you know that it's time to get on board? And let this train keep on riding, riding on through
Chorus
People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train
Leader: All of you brothers over in Africa Tell all the folks in Egypt, and Israel, too Please don't miss this train at the station 'Cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you
Chorus
People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train
Ride - Let it ride Let it ride - Let it ride
Chorus 2x
People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train People all over the world Join hands Start a love train, love train
Turn! Turn! Turn! – The Byrds
Chorus
To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep
Chorus
To everything, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down A time to dance, a time to mourn A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together
Chorus
To everything, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time of love, a time of hate A time of war, a time of peace A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing
Solo – chorus, verse
Chorus
To everything, turn, turn, turn There is a season, turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose A time to rend, a time to sew A time for love, a time for hate A time for peace, I swear it's not too late
For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
Leader: There's something happening here But what it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware - I think it's time we
Chorus
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look, what's going down
Leader: Theres battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind, it's time we
Chorus
Stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look, what's going down
Leader: What a field day for the heat (Ooh ooh ooh) A thousand people in the street (Ooh ooh ooh) Singing songs and they carry signs (Ooh ooh ooh) Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh ooh)
Chorus
Stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look, what's going down
Leader: Paranoia strikes deep (claps) Into your life it will creep (claps) It starts when you're always afraid (claps) Step out of line, the man come and take you away – you better
Chorus 2x
Stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look, what's going down
3.5% Awareness March,
Minneapolis MN, March 1st