Overview

• Activists held more than 1,600 demonstrations on July 17 in all 50 states under the Good Trouble Lives On banner, marking the fifth anniversary of civil rights leader John Lewis’s death.
• In Manhattan, protesters blocked the intersection outside ICE’s Federal Plaza in a sit-in demanding “no detentions, no deportations” and displayed images of those killed by police or displaced in immigration raids.
• North Texas rallies drew over 400 participants in Dallas and more than 100 in Fort Worth to denounce mass deportations, Medicaid cuts and the weakening of safety nets for vulnerable communities.
• Sacramento’s State Capitol saw hundreds gather at a SEIU Local 2015–sponsored rally to protest aggressive immigration raids, including a recent Home Depot parking lot operation, and to oppose Medicaid funding cuts.
• In the Midwest, coalitions led teach-ins and marches in Cleveland’s Market Square and Chicago’s Daley Plaza—where leaders like Barbara Arnwine and NEA president Becky Pringle urged continued action on voting rights and social justice.