Good Trouble Lives On Twin Cities: National Day of Action Thursday, July 17th Updates
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Thursday. July 17th, 2025
Time: 6 pm – 8:30 pm CST
Location: Hennepin County Government Center Plaza' 300 South 6th St, Mpls6pm Gather for program
7pm March begins. Participants may choose to march or stay at Government Center Plaza where the program will continue.
8:15pm Marchers return to Government Center Plaza for candlelight vigil.
Event Website: https://indivisibletwincities.org/good-trouble-lives-on-twin-cities
What is Good Trouble?
On July 17th, the 5th anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’ passing, a local coalition including Indivisible Twin Cities, Racial Justice Network, Women's March Minnesota, Black Lives Matter Minnesota, MN AFL-CIO, and MN 50501, are leading the Good Trouble Lives On: Twin Cities Rally & March. Our Twin Cities mobilization is one of hundreds of events across the country honoring the legacy of John Lewis and fighting back against the growing attacks on our civil and human rights.
We denounce the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We demand that Congress protect our human and civil rights as well as ensure free and fair elections for all. John Lewis didn’t wait for permission to demand change as an activist or congressman — and neither will we. His belief in making “good trouble, necessary trouble” taught us that nonviolent direct action is a moral force, and that we must confront injustice wherever it lives, whether in the halls of power, in the courts, or on our own streets.
At the Government Center Plaza, speakers include: Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan; Racial Justice Network’s Nekima Levy Armstrong, a co-organizer of Good Trouble Lives On: Twin Cities; TikTok influencer Off JaWaggon @off-JaWaggon; former state senator and immigration activist Patricia Torres Ray; About Face - Veterans Against the War’s Doug Leung; LGBTQ+ and democracy advocate Nancy Lyons; Black Lives Matter MN’s Monique Cullars-Doty, a co-organizer of Good Trouble Lives On: Twin Cities; actor and democracy and justice advocate Toussaint Morrison; and CAIR MN’s Jaylani Hussein.
Performers include: Kennedy Pounds - Black Poetic Justice, singer Jayanthi Kyle, Brass Solidarity, Indigenous Roots dancers, singer Emmett Doyle, and The Silent Treatment.
On July 17, we are sending a clear message that in the United States, the power lies in the hands of the people. We demand an end to:
The Trump administration’s extreme crackdown on our civil rights — from our right to vote to our right to protest and speak freely.
Elected officials, corporations and individuals targeting Black and Brown Americans, immigrants, trans people, and others with hateful, dangerous policies and speech.
The wealthy and well-connected slashing programs that working, disabled, elderly, low-income people and families rely on — including Medicaid, SNAP, and Social Security — to enrich their already fat bank accounts.
Our July 17th rally and march will remind elected officials and our community that in America, the power lies with the people. Together, we march in peace and act in power.