Yesterday, more than a thousand Richmonders took to Monument Avenue as part of the nationwide Good Trouble Lives On demonstration, organized by 50501 Virginia and local partners. The peaceful action stretched from Lombardy Street to Willow Lawn Drive, forming a three-mile human chain of protest and remembrance.
Timed to honor the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, the protest echoed his lifelong call to “get in good trouble” in defense of democracy and civil rights. Participants raised signs, chanted, and stood in solidarity against the Trump administration’s crackdowns on immigration, attacks on healthcare access, and threats to constitutional protections.
The Richmond action was one of many across the country, uniting a growing movement of citizens demanding accountability, inclusion, and justice in an increasingly uncertain political landscape.
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