Good Trouble in San Diego, July 17-26
Everything from protests to picnics. Now you know. You should go.
This weekly calendar of resistance events appears in this space every Thursday until Trump shuts down Substack.
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Good Trouble Lives On San Diego Events…
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: San Diego 5-8pm Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, Good Trouble Lives On in San Diego is the central protest for the SD region as a part of the national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks on our constitutional rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. We sent a clear message when we said No Kings. We are building on this momentum to defend our civil and human rights on July 17th at Waterfront Park / County Center, with the March route TBA. Please know that although we encourage and love being creative with signs, you can attend if you don't have anything, showing up is what matters most! SIGN UP
7/17 - Change Begins With ME Presents AN EVENING OF GOOD TROUBLE: BYOB PICNIC FOR JUSTICE 5:30-8pm University City Standley Park Rec. Center, 3885 Governor Dr. Join us as we gather in the spirit of John Lewis and all those who have fought - and still fight - for voting rights, justice, and a more just democracy. “Good Trouble Lives On” is more than a rally cry; it’s a celebration of collective power, civic courage, and the work ahead RSVP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON - Escondido 6-8pm Grape Day Park 321 North Broadway Escondido On the five-year anniversary of the Civil Rights leader John Lewis' passing, we will gather to show that we will not back down. The fight to protect the freedom to vote, ensure justice, and demand dignity for all is far from over. We’ll meet at Grape Day Park, then line Broadway with signs, lights, and unwavering voices in support of our voting rights. SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON - San Marcos 3-6pm All Four Corners 717 W San Marcos Blvd. On 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. SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Mira Mesa 5-7pm Mira Mesa Blvd & Westview Pkwy, 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. SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Carmel Valley / Del Mar Heights 10am-Noon Carmel Country Road & Del Mar Heights Road SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Encinitas 4 Corners 4:30-6pm Corner of Encinitas Blvd & El Camino Real. SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Carlsbad 5:30-7pm Carlsbad Boulevard & Pine Avenue (near Harbor Fish Cafe) SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Vista 5-7pm Soroptimist Parkette N Sante Fe Ave & Vista Village Dr SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Temecula 5-7pm Temecula Duck Pond 28250 Ynez Rd SIGN UP
7/17 - No Kings 2.0 to honor Good Trouble John Lewis 10-11:30am Birch Road & Millenia Avenue (2015 Birch Road) Chula Vista SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: El Cajon 10am-12:30pm Fletcher Parkway & Magnolia Avenue SIGN UP
7/17 - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON LA JOLLA 5:15-6pm Girard Ave and Pearl St SW corner SIGN UP
More Thursday, July 17
7/17 - KEEP ICE OUT OF COURTROOMS! 10am Edward J. Schwartz federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego - Nonviolent collective action is how we overcome Trump’s abuses of power. Doing this every day until ICE is gone. There is strength in numbers, and we need everyone to rotate through these struggles so the same people are not bearing the burden and burning out. You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
7/17 - Showing Up for the Blue 8:30am 880 Front Street. Preliminary hearing. Blue showed up for our immigrant community, we need people to SHOW UP For Blue
7/17 - Weekly El Cajon Rallies: Feet on the streets in defense of Democracy 10am Fletcher Parkway and Magnolia El Cajon HANDS OFF: Our bodies Our healthcare Our public lands Our education Our human rights. Hosted by Indivisible North County San Diego SIGN UP
7/17 - Virtual Event, What's the Plan: A Weekly Discussion w/ Indivisible Co-Founders, Noon Register Here
7/17 - Weekly San Marcos Rallies 3-6pm Jack in the Box 717 San Marcos Blvd Bring a friend or 10! This is a great event for newbies to attend. We will have a good time, make new friends and let off a little built up steam. Details
7/17 - virtual event - Coffee Talk Thursday (Giffords Gun Owners for Safety) 8-9am Learn more about Giffords' work and join with gun owners and non-gun owners to discuss how we can take action to end gun violence. Together, we can pave the way for a brighter future for us all. REGISTER
7/17 - Vigil at Main gate of Camp Pendleton Daily until all National Guard and Marine units have been recalled off U.S. streets 5-6pm 20250 Vandegrift Blvd, Oceanside To declare solidarity as well with veterans and service members speaking out with dissent to the attacks of the Veterans Administration staffing and funding. We also support Acts of Love & Courage for conscientious objectors who decide not to participate in this Illegal Occupation mandated by a Tyrannous Dictatorship, this is the moment not to equivocate or relent.
Friday
7/18 - Rally for better regional transportation 8:30-10am SANDAG offices 1011 Union Street San Diego Short rally at 8:30 am, before the SANDAG Transportation Committee meets to call for improvements to the 2025 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). We’ll bring signs, hear from inspiring speakers, and then head inside to provide public comments at the SANDAG Transportation Committee meeting, which begins at 9 am SANDIEGO350 RSVP
7/18 - KEEP ICE OUT OF COURTROOMS! 10am Edward J. Schwartz federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego - Nonviolent collective action is how we overcome Trump’s abuses of power. Doing this every day until ICE is gone. There is strength in numbers, and we need everyone to rotate through these struggles so the same people are not bearing the burden and burning out. You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
7/18 - Weekly Darrell Issa Office Rallies! 9am Darrell Issa’s Escondido Office 221 W Crest St Escondido. Indivisible North County San Diego We’ll meet first at the office and then walk as a group to the public sidewalk on Lincoln Blvd. Bring your protest signs and a folding chair if you can’t stand for an hour or so. Consider a double-sided sign so that you can have one message for Issa and another for the motorists. SIGN UP
7/18 - Ramona Sign Waving/ Rally Immigration Theme 4-6pm SE Corner of Dye Road and Rt 67
7/18 - Your Rights, Your Power - 8:10-9:25pm Islamic Center of Eastlake (821 Kuhn Dr #108, Chula Vista) Join us for an essential Know Your Rights (KYR) session to equip yourself and your community with the knowledge you need to stay safe and informed when stopped or questioned by TSA, ICE, or law enforcement. CAIR California event
Saturday
7/19 - Feet on the Streets against all things trump 10:15am Birch Road & Millenia Avenue 2015 Birch Road Chula Vista Come and join us - we are regulars on this corner now, and the drivers and the foot traffic and even the bike riders are so welcoming and encouraging and grateful! The more the unengaged see "regular people" fighting for democracy consistently, joyfully and peacefully, the more inspired they will be to do the same, or at least they will start paying attention. Just being with like-minded people is helpful and it's inspiring. It's absolutely the antidote to our fear and frustration -- we instead turn it into action! Plus, the bonus is, we don't have to wonder if we are with people who share our values and our morals. It's empowering to see so many of us sharing the same values, willing to step up to save democracy SIGN UP
7/19 - Pride Parade 10am-3pm Hillcrest to Balboa Park. A major event, drawing as many as 250,000 people to watch the parade celebrating the diversity and creativity of the LGBTQIA+ community. The Parade ends in Balboa Park, site of a multiday (ticketed) Pride Festival. This year’s Festival is marred by the withdrawal of major sponsors in the wake of a video by headliner Kahlani that opens with the message "Long live the Intifada," which many interpret as a call to violence against Jews.
7/19 - Virtual - Take Action San Diego Monthly Meeting 4-5pm Zoom meeting will feature guest speaker Andrea St. Julian, who will describe "Why Choice Voting Is A Better Way to Vote for San Diego" With a new Trump administration, we have challenging work ahead of us, but coming together in community to be informed, to support one another and to act together is the first step. Learn more about our group here: https://takeactionsandiego.org/
7/19 - Save Our Democracy Del Mar! 11am Del Mar Civic Center 1050 Camino Del Mar Join Democracy Defenders of Del Mar's weekly rallies. Raise awareness of the current threats to our democracy! Each week we bring bold signs proclaiming our concerns: police state tactics; cuts to MediCal, medical research, voting rights and more. SIGN UP
Sunday
7/20 - Democracy Corner Chula Vista 10-11am 2255 Otay Lakes Rd, Chula Vista. Weekly sign-waving in front of the Islands restaurant on Otay Lakes Road. Bring a large, easily readable sign. Please no noisemakers (megaphones, cow bells, whistles, etc.). We will use our signs, waves & smiles to encourage motorists to "Honk for Democracy". RSVP
7/20 - Ramona Resist Protest 11am-1pm, 10th & Main Street, Ramona
7/20 - Picket - Blue Corner Group, Poway 11am-12:30 pm Poway and Community Roads
7/20 - Peaceful Protest - At the Kook Statue, Encinitas - Noon-2pm
7/20 - Support Ukraine Rally at Balboa Park 2-4pm El Cid Statue
Monday
7/21 - Virtual - Messaging for Solidarity - Race Class Narrative with Anat Shenker-Osorio organized by Indivisible 4pm The opposition regularly uses racial fear as a tool to exploit economic realities and turn people against one another. The Race Class Narrative messaging and analysis help us fight back against these attacks to build solidarity across differences. RSVP
7/21 - KEEP ICE OUT OF COURTROOMS! 10am Edward J. Schwartz federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego - Nonviolent collective action is how we overcome Trump’s abuses of power. Doing this every day until ICE is gone. There is strength in numbers, and we need everyone to rotate through these struggles so the same people are not bearing the burden and burning out. You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
7/21 - Virtual - Lunch & Lobby (Newtown Action Alliance) 9-10:30am Briefing on the latest updates in the gun violence prevention movement followed by calls to Congress. We will provide everything you need in our toolkit and no prior experience is necessary. RSVP
7/21 - Virtual - After Hours Lobby Session (Newtown Action Alliance) 5-6:30pm Join Newtown Action Alliance as volunteers come together for an evening of action on federal gun violence prevention legislation. First-time volunteers are extremely welcome. Actions may change depending on where policy and lobbying currently stand and efforts are most needed. RSVP
7/21 - Between the Grounds, Coffee Chat 10am-Noon 713 D Street, Suite B Ramona Indivisible
7/21 - Activist San Diego’s July CommUnity Summit 5pm Potluck 6-8pm Program - Joyce Beers Community Center, 3900 Vermont St., Hillcrest. We will discuss Project 2025 and Project Esther – the plans written by the Heritage Foundation which the Trump Administration has been using as its playbook. We will talk about how our community has been responding and what ways we can and are organizing to counter the repressive, harmful unconstitutional authoritarian policies being implemented under DJT. Also on Zoom, starting at 6pm. Link.
Tuesday
7/22 - Virtual - Stop ICE Abductions & Block the Bombs 4pm PDT As the U.S. backs Israel’s genocide in Gaza, immigrant communities across the U.S. face increased ICE raids, surveillance, detention, and deportation. This webinar explores the shared systems fueling both: racialized violence, militarization, and corporate profiteering.
Speakers include: Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist, Pedro Rios, AFSC, Brad Parker, Center for Constitutional Rights. The webinar will be facilitated by IMEU Policy Project’s Amira Hassan of and AFSC’s Nusaiba Mubarak. Register
7/22 - Protect Social Security Rally & Protest 11:30am-1pm. Social Security Administration Offices, 7961 University Ave La Mesa. Bring your signs in support of Social Security, and make sure to bring a hat, and your own water. We’ll be on the sidewalk in a relatively sunny location, so a hat will make a big difference. RSVP
7/22 - KEEP ICE OUT OF COURTROOMS! 10am Edward J. Schwartz federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego - Nonviolent collective action is how we overcome Trump’s abuses of power. Doing this every day until ICE is gone. There is strength in numbers, and we need everyone to rotate through these struggles so the same people are not bearing the burden and burning out. You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
7/22 - Demonstrate for our Democracy, 4:30-6:30pm, Corner of Mira Mesa Blvd & Westwood Pkwy Black Mountain Democrats Make Good Trouble.
7/22 - Virtual - Giffords Gun Owners for Safety Relational Organizing 4-5pm This GOS training will break down how we can use your personal networks to effectively advocate for gun safety in communities across the country. You do not have to be a gun owner to join this discussion. REGISTER
Wednesday
7/23 - KEEP ICE OUT OF COURTROOMS! 10am Edward J. Schwartz federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego - Nonviolent collective action is how we overcome Trump’s abuses of power. Doing this every day until ICE is gone. There is strength in numbers, and we need everyone to rotate through these struggles so the same people are not bearing the burden and burning out. You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
7/23 - Virtual - 1000 Women Strong | State of Black Women Conversation 4-5:30pm This movement is led by Black Women — and open to EVERYONE who believes in a more just, representative future. During the call, we’ll discuss how we’re building political homes with our 365 organizing model, sustaining long-term infrastructure, sisterhood, and the beloved community across America RSVP
Thursday
7/24 - Out of CECOT — El Salvador Consulate Protest 10-11:30am Corner of Birch & Millenia (navigate to Panera in Otay Lakes) 2015 Birch Rd Chula Vista It is well known that the citizens of El Salvador used to fear the gangs. Now they fear President Bukele and his gang of thugs. July 24 is Bukele‘s birthday. Let’s make it the most memorable ever for him with a nationwide protest to remind him that there are hundreds of men that were unlawfully imprisoned in his country in their brutal prisons and we want them out. Either let them go or send them back to the US. INFO
7/24 - KEEP ICE OUT OF COURTROOMS! 10am Edward J. Schwartz federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego - Nonviolent collective action is how we overcome Trump’s abuses of power. Doing this every day until ICE is gone. There is strength in numbers, and we need everyone to rotate through these struggles so the same people are not bearing the burden and burning out. You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
7/24- Virtual Event, What's the Plan: A Weekly Discussion w/ Indivisible Co-Founders, Noon Register Here
7/24 - San Marcos Dissatisfied with Issa Demonstration 3-4pm, Corner of Grand and San Marcos Details
7/24 - Take Action Thursday - El Cajon 10am (New Time!) Parkway Plaza and Magnolia- Feet on the Street! And Beat the Heat SIGN UP
7/24 - Dying Behind Bars - The Crisis of In-Custody Deaths 6-8pm Center on Policy Initiatives 2820 Camino del Rio South #314 Presented by Racial Justice Coalition of San Diego. A community forum focused on exposing systemic neglect, amplifying impacted voices, and demanding accountability. The town hall will be a think tank examining in-custody deaths, systemic failures, and the rise of hidden technological harms. RSVP
7/24 - GOTV in CA-49 Postcarding at the Dove 9-11am The weekly writing table in the courtyard at the Dove Library is resuming. Join us for this postcarding effort to register voters in the 49th District in advance of the midterms. Once again, all supplies will be provided including lists and scripts and stamps. Just bring a hat and perhaps a sealable water bottle and you'll be all set to make a difference. SIGN UP
Friday
7/25 - KEEP ICE OUT OF COURTROOMS! 10am Edward J. Schwartz federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego - Nonviolent collective action is how we overcome Trump’s abuses of power. Doing this every day until ICE is gone. There is strength in numbers, and we need everyone to rotate through these struggles so the same people are not bearing the burden and burning out. You can’t do everything, but you can do something.
7/25 - Weekly Darrell Issa Office Rallies! 9am Darrell Issa’s Escondido Office 221 W Crest St Escondido. Indivisible North County San Diego We’ll meet first at the office and then walk as a group to the public sidewalk on Lincoln Blvd. Bring your protest signs and a folding chair if you can’t stand for an hour or so. Consider a double-sided sign so that you can have one message for Issa and another for the motorists. SIGN UP
Saturday
7/26 - Rancho Bernardo Rally for our Rights! 11am-12:45pm Rancho Bernardo and Poway! Join us for a sidewalk rally. Bring signs and a folding chair if you need one. We will rally on the public sidewalk for 1.5 hours. SIGN UP
7/26 - Feet on the Streets against all things trump 10:15am Birch Road & Millenia Avenue Chula Vista SIGN UP
7/26 - Save Our Democracy Del Mar! 11am Del Mar Civic Center 1050 Camino Del Mar Join Democracy Defenders of Del Mar's weekly rallies. Raise awareness of the current threats to our democracy! Each week we bring bold signs proclaiming our concerns: police state tactics; cuts to MediCal, medical research, voting rights and more. SIGN UP
7/26 - Families First in Oceanside 10am-Noon 300 N Coast Hwy Oceanside On this day, Americans in every corner of the country will come together in peaceful marches, rallies, and actions to say: our families come first—not billionaires, not authoritarians, and not corrupt politicians. From rural towns to major cities, Families First actions will bring people together to collectively demand an end to policies that harm children, seniors, and our families. We reject the Administration's actions that have gutted essential programs like Medicaid, FEMA, food stamps, school lunches, and more, all so a handful of billionaires can get tax giveaways. We are coming together to say in unity: our families come first. SIGN UP
