'Good Trouble' National Day Of Nonviolent Action Rally Shows Support For Rep. John Lewis In Riverside County

CORONA, CA —A rally will be held in Corona Thursday as part of the "Good Trouble Lives On" national day of nonviolent action on the fifth anniversary of the death of Rep. John Lewis.

The 10 a.m. rally at Rimpau Park is organized by Service Employees International Local 2015, which bills itself as the largest union in California, representing more than 500,000 long-term care workers.

Lewis, one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, coined the phrase "Good Trouble" 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 said.

Organizers have asked participants "to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values."

A detailed description of events is available at www.mobilize.us/john- lewis-actions.

Lewis participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, was a Freedom Rider who rode interstate buses to force their integration, and helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington.

In 1965, 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 support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Lewis was a Democratic House member from Georgia from 1987 until his death in 2020.