Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride, and a number of other local groups, came together last week to plan an emergency demonstration—they're hoping to draw crowds to inner Portland on Sunday for an Emergency World Naked Bike Ride to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland. Specifically, they're getting on bikes in the buff to ask Portland's City Council to revoke the facility's land use approval.

"We need our city hall, mayor and council members to collectively revoke the ICE facility permit and represent the values of Portland residents," reads an announcement posted yesterday.

Information about the protest has trickled out from organizers—each time exploding across social media. First, that they were planning a ride at all. Then, that it would be on October 12 at 2:30 pm. Today organizers told the Mercury the start point for the ride will be at Oregon Convention Center Plaza.

The plaza itself is across NE MLK from the convention center, between NE Pacific and NE Oregon. [UPDATE: The ride is expected to begin around 3 pm, and organizers plan to stage a die-in on the Burnside Bridge at some point along the way, but the route itself won't be released to the public.]

"We are using this protest to bring attention to the Militarization of Portland and the ongoing and escalating harm that is happening to our immigrant and indigenous communities," read a combined social post from World Naked Bike Ride, and three other groups: Rainbow Bloc, Revoke the Ice Permit PDX, and NakedHearts:PDX. 

"ORS.163 allows this form of protest... The vulnerability of bodies could not be more explicit than seeing our neighbors kidnapped off our streets while at the same time those who protest at the Ice Facility are dealing with being brutalized. This ride is clothing optional. It’s your choice how much or little you wear."

Participants of the annual World Naked Bike Ride, don't always know that the massive summer event, which draws thousands, is a protest about body positivity. the "vulnerability of cyclists, skaters, and pedestrians," and discouraging dependence on oil. Anyone new to the practice can find a number of tips in the World Naked Bike Ride site's frequently asked questions.