Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.
From felony disenfranchisement to voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act, anti-democracy forces are working overtime to silence our voices. 60 years ago, President Johnson federalized the National Guard to protect peaceful civil rights marchers in Selma. Now, President Trump is calling the Guard to stop protestors from using their voice and to block progress on issues we care about.
We can’t wait. We need Good Trouble now!
July 17th, 7:00pm-8:00pm
Ft Crockett Park, 4550 Seawall Blvd., Galveston
On July 17th, the anniversary of Rep. John Lewis’ passing, we’re joining with communities across the country to demand that Congress protect our rights and ensure free and fair elections for all.
We’re sending a clear message: In the United States, the power lies in the hands of the people. We demand an end to:
- The extreme crackdown on our civil rights by the Trump administration, from our right to vote to our right to protest and free speech..
- The attacks on black and brown Americans, immigrants, trans people, and other communities.
- The slashing of programs that working people rely on, including Medicaid, SNAP, and Social Security.
Congressman John Lewis warned us of this moment. He spent the final years of his life fighting to protect the right to vote. This is our moment to carry the torch, continue his legacy, and pass it forward to future generations.
It’s time for Good Trouble, not just from us, but from every lawmaker who claims to care about our country.
Chants
Voting rights
1. [call:] Voter power on the rise!
[response:] Now’s the time to organize!
2. What do we want? Voting Rights
When do we want it? Now!
(repeat)
What do we want? Democracy
When do we want it? Now!
What do we want? Fair Districts!
When do we want it? Now!
What do we want? Ethics Reform!
When do we want it? Now!
What do we want? Clean Elections!
When do we want it? Now!
What do we want? Secure Elections
When do we want them? Now!
3. When I say “money,” you say “out!” (repeat 2x)
When I say “voters” you say “in!” (repeat 2x)
Money! Out! Voters! In!
4. I say voting, you say rights!
Voting! Rights! Voting! Rights!
When I say money, you say out!
Money! Out! Money! Out!
When I say voters, you say in!
Voters! In! Voters! In!
5. What do we want?
Fair Elections!
When do we want them?
Now!
Democracy
1. The people,
united,
will never be defeated!
2. Show me what democracy looks like!
This is what democracy looks like!
3. When Democracy is under attack,
what do we do? Stand up fight back!
4. Read the Writing on the Wall
Democracy is Meant for All!
SONGS
America the Sorrowful (Beautiful))
Author Unknown (2025)
How sorrowful when human rights are met with such disdain –
When mercy is a laughing stock, while power is the gain!
America, America, you’ve lost humanity.
Resentment for the weak and poor will be your undoing.
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How sorrowful when hatred holds the gavel and the scales;
How beautiful for humankind when selfless love prevails!
America, America abandon hate and greed.
There’s so much more worth living for that starts with you and me.
Get Up, Stand Up (Bob Marley)
Get up, stand up: stand up for your right
Get up, stand up: stand up for your right
Get up, stand up: stand up for your right
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight
Preacher man don’t tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don’t know
What life is really worth
It’s not all that glitters is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light, eh!
You stand up for your right
Come on!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your right
Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight
Get up, stand up: stand up for your right
Talkin’ About a Revolution (Tracey Chapman)
[Refrain]
Don’t ya know
They’re talking about a revolution?
It sounds like a whisper
Don’t ya know
They’re talking about a revolution?
It sounds like a whisper
[Verse]
While they’re standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sittin’ around waitin’ for a promotion
Don’t ya know?
They’re talking about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what’s theirs
[Bridge]
Don’t ya know you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Oh, I said you better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Power to the People (Curtis Mayfield)
[Chorus]
We want the power for the people
That’s all we ask in our country, dear
The sick and the hungry are unable
Protect them and those who may live in fear
[Verse 1]
We as the young wish to say in this song
God bless great America
We give thanks to the old for acheiving their goal
It is now up to us and we know we must build up a trust
[Chorus]
And we want the power for the people
That’s all we ask in our country, dear
The sick and the hungry are unable
Protect them and those who may live in fear
Power for the people
Power for the people
Power for the people
Power for the people
[Verse 2]
Hardening crimes is a part of the times
And it’s rough for some people to live
Disease can move fast but it don’t have to last
It is now the nation’s turn for all to be concerned
We can be freer still, it is the people’s will
[Chorus]
And bring back the power for the people
That’s all we ask in our country, dear
The sick and the hungry are unable
Protect them and those who may live in fear
[Outro]
Power for the people
Power for the people
Power for the people
Power for the people
Pow-pow power
Pow-pow power
My Country ‘Tis of Thee
My country ‘tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrim’s pride!
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring!
In America (John Legend)
[Verse 1]
In America, in America
I poured my sweat in America
This land is my land
It’s America
I broke my back for America
All of money I make
All of these chances I take
Just paying my rent in America
Won’t just stand around
Watch it go down
Won’t just stand around
Watch it go down
[Chorus]
But maybe it’s a long shot
Maybe it’s a fantasy
We’ve given it all that we’ve got
Maybe we can live a dream
Oh, oh
Can we build a new life was it ever meant that we…
Could make it in America
Make it in America
[Verse 2]
In America, in America
They say I’m free in America
In America, in America
I still can’t breath in America
Watch them squeezing my neck
Watch them bullets connect
We still gon’ fight in America
Won’t just stand around
Can’t watch it go down
Won’t just stand around
Watch it go down
[Chorus]
But maybe it’s a long shot
Maybe it’s a fantasy
We’ve given it all that we’ve got
Maybe we can live a dream
Oh, oh
Can we build a new life was it ever meant that we…
Could make it in America
Make it in America
[Bridge]
We’ll make it in America
We’ll make it in America
We’ll make it in America
We’ll make it in America
We’ll make it in America
We’ll make it in America
We’ll make it in America
We’ll make it in America
[Outro]
In America, in America
My hopes right here in America
In America, in America
My hope, my prayer in America
Our Country (John Mellencamp)
[Verse 1]
Well, I can stand beside
Ideals I think are right
And I can stand beside
The idea to stand and fight
I do believe
There’s a dream for everyone
This is our country
[Verse 2]
There’s room enough here
For science to live
And there’s room enough here
For religion to forgive
And try to understand
All the people of this land
This is our country
[Chorus]
From the east coast
To the west coast
Down the Dixie Highway
Back home
This is our country
[Verse 3]
And poverty could be
Just another ugly thing
And bigotry would be
Seen only as obscene
And the ones who run this land
Help the poor and common man
This is our country
[Chorus]
From the east coast
To the west coast
Down the Dixie Highway
Back home
This is our country
[Verse 4]
The dream is still alive
Some day it will come true
And this country it belongs
To folks like me and you
So let the voice of freedom
Sing out through this land
This is our country
[Chorus]
From the east coast
To the west coast
Down the Dixie Highway
Back home
This is our country
From the east coast
To the west coast
Down the Dixie Highway
Back home
This is our country
