Good Trouble Lives On When We Speak Up for Justice
Honor John Lewis, demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and join a week of courageous action to protect civil rights, accountability, and democracy.
🗽 This moment belongs to all of us. Join us, stay connected, and help power the movement forward.
Friends,
Democracy aka rights and freedoms belongs to the people—shaped by our voices, protected by our courage, and accountable to all of us.
But democracy cannot survive on words alone. It requires ordinary people to notice injustice, refuse to be silent, and take meaningful action. As the Honorable Congressman John Lewis reminded us:
“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.”
Those words are not simply a reflection on history. They are instructions for this moment.
Fear is a tool used by those who want us silent. Fear tells us that speaking out is dangerous, that our voices do not matter, or that injustice happening to someone else is not our responsibility. Courage tells us something different: that we belong to one another, that our voices carry power, and that justice denied to one community weakens the promise of justice for us all. Let us choose courage over fear.
Justice for Lorenzo Salgado & Johan Sebastian Guerrero
On July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo—a father, worker, coworker, and member of his community—was shot and killed by an ICE agent while driving his crew to a job site in Houston. Lorenzo was not a suspect. He was not under investigation. He was going to work.
His life mattered. His family deserves answers. His community deserves the truth. And the public deserves accountability from government agencies that exercise enormous power in our names.
Lorenzo’s death cannot be hidden behind secrecy, excuses, or impunity. The rights and freedoms we claim for ourselves must be protected for every person, everywhere—regardless of immigration status, occupation, language, race, neighborhood, or country of origin.
Tonight, July 15, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, people will gather for the Justice for Lorenzo Movement Call. Participants will hear from Lorenzo’s loved ones, receive updates about the case, and learn how to take action in the weeks ahead. Showing up is one way we say Lorenzo will not be forgotten.
Good Trouble Lives On
And this weekend, we will carry that same commitment forward through Good Trouble Lives On: Teach! Reach! Preach!
From July 17–19, communities across the country will honor Congressman John Lewis through nonpartisan voter education, civic engagement, faith services, vigils, voter registration, and community organizing.
Teach — Friday, July 17: Teach-ins, voter education, candlelight vigils, and faith services.
Reach — Saturday, July 18: Community events, voter registration, votercades, and faith services.
Preach — Sunday, July 19: Faith services and nonpartisan civic education.
John Lewis taught us that good trouble is not trouble for its own sake. It is the courageous disruption of injustice. It is refusing to look away when people are harmed. It is registering voters when powerful interests want fewer people participating. It is gathering in community when fear is intended to isolate us. It is speaking the truth when institutions would prefer our silence.
This week, we have opportunities to live those values.
We can honor Lorenzo by demanding truth and accountability. We can honor John Lewis by educating, organizing, registering voters, gathering in faith and solidarity, and strengthening democracy in our communities.
Speak up. Say something. Do something.
Because democracy belongs to the people—and when the people move forward with courage, justice and good trouble live on.
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People Power United members believe change is possible because we have seen ordinary people rise, organize, and be a force for progress. Real change does not come from waiting politely, staying quiet, or hoping those in power suddenly grow a conscience. It comes when people speak out, show up, and demand action—because our communities and families cannot wait, and every moment we delay gives injustice more room to tighten its grip on our communities.
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We need justice for everyone that the trump and Stephen miller has hurt. They are killing people just because they can not one is holding trump or millet accountable. ICE IS TRUMP HIT MAN. IT IS PAST TIME TO START ARRESTING AND CHARGING THEM ALL
Whatever happened to Lewis' voters rights bill? The damned republicans blocked it, of course, but that was an excellent bill that would go far toward election integrity and voters' rights!