This Boston rally, July 17, in memory of John Lewis, drew on many ways to make good trouble: posters, stencils, bubbles, costumes, singing, speaking, signing, dancing, chanting, painting, and much more. Let photos and quotes here suggest the event’s energy and emotions.

“Bring your signs showing support for voting rights, free and fair elections, the civil rights of our Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and transgender communities, the end of ICE raids, and opposition to the would-be king!” (quote from Good Trouble Lives On, Mass 50501)

“John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. (quotes from John Lewis, Wikipedia )

“BVOCAL is a new protest chorus committed to uplifting our rallies, marches, picket lines, and civil disobedience with singing ‐ wherever people gather for justice. Social justice movements are stronger ‐ more joyful, more resilient, and more powerful ‐ when they sing.”

“Lewis..was also instrumental in organizing bus boycotts and other nonviolent protests to support voting rights and racial equality.….During this time, Lewis said it was important to engage in “good trouble, necessary trouble” in order to achieve change, and he held to this credo throughout his life.” (quotes from John Lewis, Wikipedia )

“The Good Trouble Brass Band is a large, not-for-profit, “raucous, stomp-your-foot-and-belt-out-the-choruses” activist New Orleans-style street band based in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to fight for social justice causes and support community events while having fun and spreading joy through our music.“

More information: Good Trouble Lives On, Mass 50501 and John Lewis, Wikipedia