Good Trouble Lives on Protest
A day of nonviolent action to protest the attacks on civil and human rights by the Trump administration.
Thursday July 17th
Lincoln Park
Olean, NY
4-6 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Co-hosts
Jessica Davis
Brittany Binz
Chanel Welsh
Cara Kretschmer
GOOD TROUBLE NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST
Group- LOCAL ORGANIZED PROTESTS/ACTIONS
“GOOD TROUBLE PROTEST LIVES ON”
100 East St. Olean, New York, Lincoln Park
July 17th, 2025
4-6 pm
Attendees bring signs, water, whistles, chairs and umbrellas if you need them.
Olean will once again be joining in the next National Day of Protest hosted nationally by 50501 and Indivisible, and locally by the Local Organized Protests/Actions. It will be held at Lincoln Park. Please come prepared for the weather and the safety concerns we have addressed at previous protests.
Our July 5th protest at the park had 125 people show up to say We Dissent. After horrible SCOUTS decisions and the systemic stripping of America rights. Ending birthright citizen for anyone Trump deems unworthy of America’s greatness. Trump isn’t a man of the people. He is not a president for all of Americans. He has drove division into the United States so he could hoard more wealth for himself and his rich billionaire friends. SCOTUS also said those on Medicaid have no right to choose their own doctor. It is now up to the State in which you live and what doctor, what treatment and what medications you get. The state decides. Then Congress voted to strip 17 million Americans of their healthcare coverage. Medicaid, no matter what each state calls it, is being stripped of almost a trillion dollars. This will affect the elderly and small children, people with disabilities and veterans. It will affect what hospitals can stay open when their Medicaid payments are wiped out. Olean has 30-40% of Medicaid pay to keep it running. Let that sink in. Rural hospitals will close. Doctors will be further away and wait lists will be even longer. You though insurance and getting seen and treated was bad before. This will cause people who have insurance through an employer or their pension to pay more into the system. This is a medical tax. In fact, the entire “Big Bad Bill” is a Trump tax. A tax on the middle class and the poor and all so he could give billionaires their tax cuts permanently. All while they wipe away SNAP benefits on top of everything else, including the price of groceries increasing. The tariffs are causing prices to soar. Trumps TACO Tariffs caused the stock market to crash more than once. The uncertainty of what place he is going to bomb next or what the policy will be next week are causing chaos. The world is turning away from us. This will also make us less safe in the world and here at home.
For all these reason and a million more, pro-democracy groups are holding the Good Trouble Lives on Protest after House of Representative John Lewis. John Lewis called for “good trouble to save the soul of America.” This is a day of national action to advocate for voting rights, signing people up to vote and standing up for Justice and Freedom for All. He fought for civil rights and told us to resist attacks on civil liberties. John marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alamba to Montgomery, the capital. He was nearly beaten to death by State troopers. This event was later called “Bloody Sunday.” He was also at the National Mall during the March on Washington (“I have a dream speech”.) John later became a politician, activist, and advocate for civil rights. Congress tried to pass the John Lewis voting rights act which would make it easier not harder to vote. More polls, more poll workers, early voting. Easier access to the ballot. In a country where citizens are having their citizenship revoked, their visas torn up or their doctoral programs on hold while they fight to prove they belong here, and now, SCOTUS has allowed Trump to act without giving them due process.
So, to honor John Lewis, we will be holding a protest at Lincoln Park, July 17, from 4-6. We will have petitions to sign, and hopefully voter registration too. We will be holding both a silent protest over by the gazebo in the park and then our signs and chanting one lining the park. We are asking for huge numbers. With the forementioned SCOTUS decisions, and Congressional laws decimating the safety net of this so-called Christian nation. Trans people having their right to body autonomy stripped away and upheld by the court. The reason the court gave, trans people haven’t been around long enough. There has always been trans or non-binary people. Always. Native culture called them two-spirited. Androgynous people have always been here... think David Bowie or Prince.
Whether it is family table issues like putting healthy food on the table and paying bills or pay for gas or its union rights slowly eroding, or the planet warming so much that it is changing our weather in real time. Climate change, not weather modification machines and chemtrails. Facts matter. Human rights matter. The Constitution and Democracy matter. It all matters. Words matter. Deeds matter.
Let’s meet at the park to protest, to advocate for civil rights, human rights, as we fight for the sick and those in need, to speak for the caged migrant in a concentration camp in the hot Florida sun. There are tons of reasons for why we show up. We thank the community for their support with honks, peace signs, heart signs or claps. We see you.
This is not a moment for passive observation. This is a call to all who believe in justice, equality, and democracy. THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
Raise your voice. Take to the streets. Demand accountability. Protect the rights that generations fought for and refuse to let them be undone without a fight.
We dissent. And we will not be silenced. Let’s get into some Good Trouble to save the soul of America.
Attendees are encouraged to make signs. We encourage people to remain peaceful and to not engage with counter protestors. Safety first.
Thursday July 17th
Lincoln Park
Olean, NY
4-6 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Co-hosts
Jessica Davis
Brittany Binz
Chanel Welsh
Cara Kretschmer
GOOD TROUBLE NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST
Group- LOCAL ORGANIZED PROTESTS/ACTIONS
“GOOD TROUBLE PROTEST LIVES ON”
100 East St. Olean, New York, Lincoln Park
July 17th, 2025
4-6 pm
Attendees bring signs, water, whistles, chairs and umbrellas if you need them.
Olean will once again be joining in the next National Day of Protest hosted nationally by 50501 and Indivisible, and locally by the Local Organized Protests/Actions. It will be held at Lincoln Park. Please come prepared for the weather and the safety concerns we have addressed at previous protests.
Our July 5th protest at the park had 125 people show up to say We Dissent. After horrible SCOUTS decisions and the systemic stripping of America rights. Ending birthright citizen for anyone Trump deems unworthy of America’s greatness. Trump isn’t a man of the people. He is not a president for all of Americans. He has drove division into the United States so he could hoard more wealth for himself and his rich billionaire friends. SCOTUS also said those on Medicaid have no right to choose their own doctor. It is now up to the State in which you live and what doctor, what treatment and what medications you get. The state decides. Then Congress voted to strip 17 million Americans of their healthcare coverage. Medicaid, no matter what each state calls it, is being stripped of almost a trillion dollars. This will affect the elderly and small children, people with disabilities and veterans. It will affect what hospitals can stay open when their Medicaid payments are wiped out. Olean has 30-40% of Medicaid pay to keep it running. Let that sink in. Rural hospitals will close. Doctors will be further away and wait lists will be even longer. You though insurance and getting seen and treated was bad before. This will cause people who have insurance through an employer or their pension to pay more into the system. This is a medical tax. In fact, the entire “Big Bad Bill” is a Trump tax. A tax on the middle class and the poor and all so he could give billionaires their tax cuts permanently. All while they wipe away SNAP benefits on top of everything else, including the price of groceries increasing. The tariffs are causing prices to soar. Trumps TACO Tariffs caused the stock market to crash more than once. The uncertainty of what place he is going to bomb next or what the policy will be next week are causing chaos. The world is turning away from us. This will also make us less safe in the world and here at home.
For all these reason and a million more, pro-democracy groups are holding the Good Trouble Lives on Protest after House of Representative John Lewis. John Lewis called for “good trouble to save the soul of America.” This is a day of national action to advocate for voting rights, signing people up to vote and standing up for Justice and Freedom for All. He fought for civil rights and told us to resist attacks on civil liberties. John marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alamba to Montgomery, the capital. He was nearly beaten to death by State troopers. This event was later called “Bloody Sunday.” He was also at the National Mall during the March on Washington (“I have a dream speech”.) John later became a politician, activist, and advocate for civil rights. Congress tried to pass the John Lewis voting rights act which would make it easier not harder to vote. More polls, more poll workers, early voting. Easier access to the ballot. In a country where citizens are having their citizenship revoked, their visas torn up or their doctoral programs on hold while they fight to prove they belong here, and now, SCOTUS has allowed Trump to act without giving them due process.
So, to honor John Lewis, we will be holding a protest at Lincoln Park, July 17, from 4-6. We will have petitions to sign, and hopefully voter registration too. We will be holding both a silent protest over by the gazebo in the park and then our signs and chanting one lining the park. We are asking for huge numbers. With the forementioned SCOTUS decisions, and Congressional laws decimating the safety net of this so-called Christian nation. Trans people having their right to body autonomy stripped away and upheld by the court. The reason the court gave, trans people haven’t been around long enough. There has always been trans or non-binary people. Always. Native culture called them two-spirited. Androgynous people have always been here... think David Bowie or Prince.
Whether it is family table issues like putting healthy food on the table and paying bills or pay for gas or its union rights slowly eroding, or the planet warming so much that it is changing our weather in real time. Climate change, not weather modification machines and chemtrails. Facts matter. Human rights matter. The Constitution and Democracy matter. It all matters. Words matter. Deeds matter.
Let’s meet at the park to protest, to advocate for civil rights, human rights, as we fight for the sick and those in need, to speak for the caged migrant in a concentration camp in the hot Florida sun. There are tons of reasons for why we show up. We thank the community for their support with honks, peace signs, heart signs or claps. We see you.
This is not a moment for passive observation. This is a call to all who believe in justice, equality, and democracy. THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
Raise your voice. Take to the streets. Demand accountability. Protect the rights that generations fought for and refuse to let them be undone without a fight.
We dissent. And we will not be silenced. Let’s get into some Good Trouble to save the soul of America.
Attendees are encouraged to make signs. We encourage people to remain peaceful and to not engage with counter protestors. Safety first.