Time

Thursday, July 17

6 – 8pm PDT

Location

Corner of 12th & – Lacey

12th Avenue & West Lacey Boulevard, Hanford, CA 93230

About this event

Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.

On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.

From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump administration is launching a full-scale attack on our civil and human rights. But we know the truth: in America, the power lies with the people, and we’re rising to prove it.

This is more than a protest; it’s a moral reckoning. A continuation of the movement Lewis helped lead, and a new front in the struggle for freedom.

Click here to sign up to help in this latest fight against efforts to take away the freedoms Rep. Lewis risked his life for.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today condemned the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate specialized suicide prevention support for LGBTQ youth callers through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — a vital service used by hundreds of thousands in crisis. While the federal government turns its back on vulnerable youth, California is stepping up with historic mental health investments, including a $4.7 billion Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health and continued partnerships with organizations like the Trevor Project to provide LGBTQ suicide prevention for youth.

Click here to read more and how to get help today and in the future.

The Central Valley Democratic Central Committees stand together in solidarity, adamantly opposing ICE’s recent attacks on communities in Los Angeles and across California. We demand the immediate release of SEIU California President David Huerta and all those unjustly targeted and detained by ICE.

We are witnessing a federal government that is disregarding due process and violating basic liberties—freedom of speech, the right to peaceful protest, and more. Immigrants have long been an integral part of California’s Central Valley and are valued members of our society, economy, and neighborhoods. We will not be divided, and we will not abandon our immigrant communities for political convenience.

While our democracy is under attack, our collective communities remain strong and united—from labor unions to civil rights organizations, interfaith groups, and, most importantly, our undocumented neighbors. An attack on one is an attack on all.

As a unified Central Valley, Democrats stand firm in support of our immigrant communities, our constitutional rights, and our democracy.

Nearly 80 million Americans receive health care through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provide critical care throughout all stages of life. Medicaid covers everything from childbirth to nursing home care and everything in between.

In Rep. David G. Valadao’s district, the 507,388 people on Medicaid (also known in California as Medi-Cal) are at risk of losing their health care under Republican budget plans.

This includes 231,532 children under the age of 19 and 32,000 seniors over 65 in Rep. David G. Valadao’s district.

Contact Congressman Valadao at (559) 460-6070 (Hanford office) or Washington, D.C. at (202) 225-4695 and ask where he stands on the issue of protecting working class families in his district (Kings, Tulare & Kern counties).

Click here for more of what House Democrats are doing to protect American families from draconian Republican policies of comforting the comforted and afflicting the afflicted.

By simply typing your address into the CA.Elected.Guide, you can view all your elected officials as well as their contact information.

Unfortunately, very few California voters know who their elected officials are, or how to contact them.

For example, do you know who is on your city council, school board or water board? It may not matter to you today. However, in the future, you may want to know how to contact one of your elected officials to let them know your thoughts on an issue.

We have created an extremely user-friendly way for individuals like you to reach out to your elected officials. That can only be beneficial for our democracy.

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: CA.Elected.Guide@Gmail.com.

Where: Sierra Pacific HS Cafeteria, Hanford

When: Saturday, May 10, 2025, 10a to Noon (it’s a wrap!)

Speakers: Dr. Randy Villegas, COS professor. Dr. Dan O’Connell, author of In The Struggle. And Laurie Pessante from the Sierra Club. Congressmen Valadao and Fong were invited to speak too.

It turns out that two hours were not enough to get to all the questions submitted by the audience (chits were distributed at the outset for attendees to write out their questions for panelists to answer). Afterward, attendees & guests mingled amongst themselves amiably. It was a joyous event, though we did miss our members of Congress … If you missed it, click here to watch part 1 and here for part 2.

Thank you to all the organizers who put on the event. We hope we can do it again sometime in the future.

This was the second town hall event so far over recent years; Mark Arax was among our invited guest at our Water Town Hall held at the Civic Auditorium several months ago. More to come..

One of them owns the Washington Post. Another owns TwitterX. One used to host a TV show on NBC. Another owns Facebook. Joe & Mika will be added later, maybe. Not what you’d expected after what happened on January 6, 2021, eh?

Oligarchs combine government and corporate power in a person accountable to neither. They’re not elected, and can’t be voted out. They’re not subject to market discipline; much of their wealth comes from government contracts, and government decisions that favor their businesses. They build a vast personal influence empire within government and private society, and openly bully, control or get rid of elected politicians who cross them. Oligarchs are a product of weakening democracies, but do everything in their power to make democratic decline permanent, entrenching power not in we the people, but in them and their oligarchic friends.