15-07-2025
Good Trouble Rally in Manitowoc will join national day of action against Trump administration
MANITOWOC – On the anniversary of the 2020 death of U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a Good Trouble Rally and candlelight vigil will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Shipbuilders Park, 51 Maritime Drive, in Manitowoc.
According to Good Trouble Lives On, July 17 is seen as a national day of action "to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Together, we'll remind them that in America, the power lies with the people."
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Lewis was a civil rights activist and served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia's fifth congressional district from 1987 until his death at 80 years old July 17, 2020.
The website shows hundreds of "Good Trouble Rallies" are planned in every U.S. state.
The Manitowoc rally and candlelight vigil is hosted by Progressive Lakeshore People and the Democratic Party of Manitowoc County, according to
Voces De La Frontera is also a partner in the event and will be collecting donations to help Wisconsin immigrants.
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The League of Women Voters of Manitowoc County will also be involved in the rally.
"The League of Women Voters supports this gathering to lift up the work of John Lewis on the anniversary of his death," President Nancy Slattery wrote in an email to the Herald Times Reporter July 11.
A news release from LWV added: "The LWV joins locally in this action to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge the affronts to our civil rights and our voting right and those of our immigrant residents and workers."
Alisa M. Schafer is a reporter for the Herald Times Reporter in Manitowoc. She can be reached by email at aschafer@
This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Manitowoc anti-Trump Good Trouble Rally to address civil rights
