JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Saying “Good Trouble Lives On,” organizers are expecting millions of protestors throughout the United States to honor the memory and ideals of former activist turned Congressman John Lewis.
In a written release from Indivisible Jax Riverside spokesperson Tyra Smude says protestors will “stand united against the growing attacks on our civil and human rights.”
Presentations, speeches, and protests are scheduled to take place throughout the country, with more countries participating on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
No Kings organizers say the last such protest, promoted as “No Kings Day 2025,” drew more than five million people in North America.
At least six “Good Trouble” protests at planned throughout Northeast Florida and Georgia today.
Local events are the result of cooperation of several groups, including:
- “BAM,” the Beaches Activist Movement;
- Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church;
- Northside Coalition of Jacksonville;
- League of Women Voters Jacksonville First Coast;
- Jacksonville NOW;
- Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters;
- Florida Rising;
- Indivisible Jax Riverside;
- Indivisible SJC;
- Indivisible Mandarin;
- 50501 Northeast Florida
Rosemary McCoy is a member of the Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters. She spoke with Jacksonville’s Morning News to discuss the movement.
She says that education will be the primary focus of her gathering today. Whether the issues include affordable housing or taking back our communities, she says, the common theme is unification.
Through a press release, Beaches Activists Movement President Carol Brady said Florida’s government representatives are, “...using our tax dollars to seize our neighbors for detention, often without due process, in violation of immigration law and under inhumane conditions at newly-built camps in the Everglades and Clay County. We have to be willing to make ‘good trouble’ to protect people in our communities from the effects of these vile policies.”
More protest information can be found on the Good Trouble Lives On website.
Jacksonville
The event in Jacksonville, Florida will take place from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at A. Philip Randolph Heritage Park (1096 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32206).
St. Johns County
A “Sign Wave” event takes place from 9:00am to 10:30am.
St. Augustine
The event in St. Augustine will take place at the Castillo de San Marcos. The event will take place from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.