After President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland, organizers are planning an “emergency” naked bike ride in protest.

The organization, an offshoot of the World Naked Bike Ride group, made the announcement in an Instagram post on Wednesday, writing, “Emergency World Naked Bike Ride coming up in response to the militarization of our city. Plans are being worked on.”

While this “emergency” bike ride is in response to the National Guard deployment, generally, the World Naked Bike Ride aims to promote body positivity and encourage decreased reliance on fossil fuels. In Portland, the event splintered after the original organizers decided not to host one in 2024. A smaller group hosted their own version instead, resulting in two separate events last year. The upcoming event is hosted by an offshoot group of World Naked Bike Ride.

“As a longstanding protest, we believe strongly in the power of people, and love that Portlanders use bikes (and sometimes their bodies) to stand up for justice and community,” the official Portland World Naked Bike Ride said in a statement on Thursday.‘Oregon has no choice’: New SNAP requirements will impact over 313K residentsThis comes after President Donald Trump announced on TruthSocial on Sunday that he planned to bring troops to Portland with the intent to use “full force” and claims “Antifa and the radical left anarchists” have been attacking federal officers outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

Following Trump’s TruthSocial post, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum calling 200 members of the state’s National Guard into federal service.

During a press conference Monday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek shared that the Portland Police Bureau is managing the protests outside of Portland’s ICE facility while complying with sanctuary city laws, which state that officers will not aid federal immigration enforcement efforts. In text messages to the president, the governor called the deployment “unlawful” and “unwarranted.”General to National Guard on Portland mission: ‘We don’t get to pick and choose’

The Oregon Military Department told KOIN 6 News that the city could see boots on the ground as early as Thursday; however, military officials later said that timeline could be delayed.

In response to the deployment, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a temporary restraining order on Monday, challenging the president’s call for federal troops in Portland, saying the decision is “unlawful” and poses a “substantial risk” to its residents.

Michaela Bourgeois