‘Good Trouble Lives On’ events planned locally, nationally to honor John Lewis
Rep John Lewis speaks to Morse High School students who read his biographical graphic novel March File photo by Ken Stone Events are planned for throughout San Diego County on Thursday for Good Trouble Lives On billed by organizers as a national day of nonviolent action on the fifth anniversary of the death of Rep John Lewis The phrase was coined by Lewis one of the Big Six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement to explain the action of coming together to take peaceful non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change This is more than a protest it s a moral reckoning organizers commented Organizers have demanded participants to seek to de-escalate any probable confrontation with those who disagree with our values San Diego County events include sidewalk sign-waving rallies at a m at Fletcher Parkway and Magnolia Avenue in El Cajon and p m at W San Marcos Blvd in San Marcos according to organizers Other events are planned for Carmel Valley a m Carmel Country Road and Del Mar Heights Road Encinitas p m corner of Encinitas Boulevard and El Camino Real Downtown San Diego p m Waterfront Park Pacific Highway Mira Mesa p m Westview Parkway Vista p m Soroptimist Parkette North Santa Fe Avenue and Vista Village Drive La Jolla p m Girard Avenue and Pearl Street SW Carlsbad p m Carlsbad Boulevard and Pine Avenue University City p m location is private and will be provided upon RSVP Escondido p m Grape Day Park N Broadway A detailed description of events is available here Lewis participated in the Nashville sit-ins was a Freedom Rider who rode interstate buses to force their integration and helped to organize the March on Washington In Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery Alabama marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where he and other protesters were brutally attacked by law enforcement officers in what was later called Bloody Sunday The marches spurred backing for the Voting Rights Act of Lewis was a Democratic House member from Georgia from until his death in
