Good Trouble – National Day of Action

Tesla Takedowns, Hands Off, No Kings Day, and now Good Trouble Lives On – Thursday, July 17 in a community near you. Over 1,200 marches, rallies and other protests are already scheduled, with more being added each day.

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. Together, we’ll remind them that in the United States, the power lies with the people. Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” means coming together to take peaceful, nonviolent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. The civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17, five years since the passing of 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.

John Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) has long been someone we've admired and lifted up, both for his grassroots organizing and activist work and for his principled work in the US House of Representatives. An American civil rights activist and politician, Lewis represented Georgia's 5th congressional district in the House from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966, and was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. In 1965, Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where state troopers and police brutally attacked Lewis and the other marchers in an incident that became known as Bloody Sunday.

Lewis maintained his deep commitments to peace, nonviolence and liberation throughout his time in politics.

The Syracuse protest, for which SCW is a co-sponsor, is set for Thursday, July 17 @ 5:30 pm in Clinton Square, downtown Syracuse.

See you in the streets,

Andy Mager
for SCW

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