Live stream from our Chicago Flagship event starts at 8:00PM Et / 7:00pm CT. Many other local events are already happening or starting soon! Find yours at https://goodtroubleliveson.org/ or click here.
July 10 – Quick update for those who love good trouble: There are now more than 1,000 individual events planned for July 17 and a couple of these are going to be really big, memorable, and exciting.
- New York City – plans to surround the building ICE operates out of in lower Manhattan with love, flowers, and commemorations of those who have been disappeared. RSVP here or get the promo toolkit, volunteer, and more here.
- Chicago is planing a massive mobilization in Daley plaza – the same location as one of the biggest actions in the country from our no Kings day of action. RSVP Here.
- Washington DC – Is planning a march from Franklin Park to Black Lives Matter Plaza – right across from the White House – and we’ll be joined by labor unions and federal workers Trump has fired and put on leave in recent weeks. RSVP Here
- And more actions and mobilizations are being planned every day – if you want to hear about them all or start some good trouble of your own, join our last call for new hosts tonight, July 10, at 7pm ET / 4pm PT. Deadline to start your own action and list it on the map is Friday night! Click here to host your own before the deadline.
Wherever your live, join us Thursday July 17 to march in peace, and act in power. More info, history and context is below in our original post from July 3. And share these social media posts to spread the word:
July 3 – A few minutes ago, Republicans finally passed their their fossil fueled fascist budget bill with a party line vote – the final tally was 218 Republicans in favor – 214 – opposed including all Democrats and Republicans Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania. Just like all the times before, it passed by a single vote, and the critical details were all negotiated at night and behind closed doors. The final vote only took this long because House Minority leader Jeffries used his privilege as a party leader to speak for a record-breaking 8 hours 44 minutes to hold up the bill.Also, just like before (and just like we’ve been telling you) the bill will kill American citizens, starve children, destroy the climate, and give the regime a massive secret police force with which to arrest, deport, or disappear anyone they dislike without due process.
We are facing the most brazen rollback of our civil liberties in generations. And it’s clear that voting, calling our representatives, attending marches and rallies, and speaking out against injustice and cruelty are simply not enough to stop the fossil fueled fascists. We have to take direct action, and get in good trouble.
Whether you’re outraged by attacks on our climate, communities, the gutting of essential services, the assault on free speech, the disappearing of our neighbors, or your right to protest — this is the moment to, in the words of Congressman John Lewis: “Get in Good Trouble. Necessary trouble. And redeem the soul of the United States”
Trump is trying to divide us, but we know the power of coming together. RSVP here to join us and allies from across the voting and civil rights movement for Good Trouble Lives on – a day of action on July 17 to honor the life and legacy of John Lewis. No event near you? There’s still time to host one! Click here to host one or click here to learn more at our host call tonight at 7pm ET / 4pm PT.
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Congressman John Lewis defined “Good Trouble” as taking peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change.
Lewis was famous for getting in good Trouble: On the Edmund Pettus bridge, where he and other marchers were beaten during the first march for voting rights — The televised attack that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday.” At the March on Washington where he spoke on behalf of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). And even as a member of Congress where he led the first and only sit in on the floor of the US Congress to demand the Republican leadership take action on gun control.
He wrote a letter that was published shortly after his death during the first Trump Administration, where he urged all of us to “Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” through the practice of non-violent direct action. That’s why on July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.
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