The Cold and Bold – March for America is scheduled to take place around West Side Park in Champaign. The one-day demonstration is expected to be brief.
CHAMPAIGN — Champaign-Urbana Resistance Effort (CURE) will hold a demonstration titled “Cold and Bold – March for America” on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. around West Side Park in Champaign. Organizers have scheduled the event to last approximately 30 minutes due to anticipated winter weather conditions. Forecasts call for a high temperature of about 19 degrees.
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
A Hands-Off rally was held near downtown Champaign last spring. Protesters will be back at Westside Park another rally expected to last about 30-minute to protest the latest Trump Administration policies.
The march is planned during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term. During that period, the administration has undertaken a series of actions that have prompted national attention and legal challenges, including the acceptance of a new Air Force One from Qatar, the imposition of tariffs that have slowed U.S. economic growth, and the approval of advanced artificial intelligence chip sales to China. Several administration actions have also been addressed in federal court. In December 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in *Trump v. Illinois* that the president did not have authority to federalize the Illinois National Guard. Following that decision, efforts to federalize the California National Guard were withdrawn. A federal judge also blocked an attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with that case scheduled for review by the Supreme Court in January 2026. Additional court rulings have required the administration to restore clean energy funding in certain states, reinstate equal pay data collection requirements, resume funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, and overturn a rule related to healthcare workers’ refusal of care. Earlier this week, a federal court ordered the restoration of nearly $12 million in pediatric health funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics while litigation continues. The demonstration is scheduled to take place regardless of cold weather conditions.