A group of local residents plan to gather Saturday afternoon, April 5, in downtown Baker City for a rally to protest actions by the Trump administration.

The “We the People: Reclaim our Democracy” event is scheduled for 3 p.m. in the Court Plaza, on Court Avenue between Main and Resort streets.

The Baker City event is one of hundreds planned across the nation, with about a dozen in Oregon, including La Grande, that are part of a nationwide “Hands Off!” movement.

Jeanie Zebrak of Baker City, who is helping to organize Saturday’s event, said she has talked with at least 70 others, mostly from Baker County, who plan to attend. She said the farthest anyone is planning to travel is from Crook County, because no rally is planned in that county.

“People are just done,” Zebrak said.

Zebrak said she doesn’t object to every example of Trump’s effort to trim federal spending. But she believes that some examples, such as reducing grants for medical research through the National Institutes of Health, and firing thousands of federal employees, are not justified or, in some cases, legal.

“They’re doing all these things are our constitution says are unconstitutional,” Zebrak said.

Legal challenges have been filed against many of the administration’s actions, and in some cases courts have at least temporarily blocked those actions.

According to a flyer for the event, organizers are protesting federal budget cuts that could affect local groups including Court-Appointed Special Advocates, which help children in foster care, May Day Inc., which helps victims of sex abuse and domestic violence. The rally is also intended to advocate for federal employees in Baker County, as well for programs including Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

A press release announcing the Baker City event states that the April 5 rallies are “in defiance of the Trump-Musk billionaire takeover and the Republican assault on our civil rights, critical services, and our freedoms.”