Get Into Good Trouble on July 17th

Pro-democracy allies are coming together across the country on July 17th to honor and uplift Lewis’ Good Trouble idea with a day of “Good Trouble Lives On.”

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"Get in good trouble, necessary trouble."

The late Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) used the phrase “good trouble” to refer to the idea of creating positive change through nonviolent action and activism.

To mark the five years since his passing on July 17th 2020, pro-democracy allies are coming together across the country to honor and uplift Lewis’ Good Trouble idea with a day of “Good Trouble Lives On” on July 17th.

John Lewis’ legacy is intertwined with the marches of 1965, including leading a group of 600 protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on "Bloody Sunday.” The peaceful marchers were brutally attacked by Alabama state troopers and local law enforcement with tear gas, whips and billy clubs. John Lewis, then a young activist, suffered a severe beating, resulting in a fractured skull.

The violent attack on peaceful protesters didn’t sit well with the public. Contrary …