Some 600 people marched or showed up the evening of July 17 for an upbeat rally on the nationwide John Lewis Day of Action.
The Chico event was held in concert with actions across the country honoring the late congressman from Georgia, who was a civil rights activist and coined the phrase “good trouble” referring to non-violent social justice action.
Rally moderator and Oroville pastor Kevin Thompson said the gathering was driven by the need to stand up for “access to programs we’re entitled to” and because Lewis’s “unwavering dedication was not in vain.”
Rally participants — an organizer’s count landed between 600 and 800 — came with signs protesting Trump Administration power grabs, the use of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in sweeping immigration raids and detentions, and pronouncing advocacy of so-called “good trouble.”