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BGAA (A Kentucky Indivisible Chapter)
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We are engaged citizens working together to make a difference in our community, state, and nation. We connect you with progressive activities and volunteer opportunities in your area. #indivisible #bgaa https://www.bluegrassactivistalliance.org/
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Lexington, KY #NoKings #NoKingsLex

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People fill the plaza in front of the Courthouse in downtown Lexington, KY.
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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We were honored to be joined by Lexington Vice Mayor Dan Wu and former State Senator Charles Booker, many inflatable creatures, and at least 7,000 other attendees. It was peaceful. It was anti-fascist. #NoKingsLex #NoKings
A large crowd hold up protest signs. A person in an inflatable frog costume in the middle of a crowd of protestors. Lexington Vice Mayor Dan Wu speaks to a crowd, holding a sign that says "Immigrants and Refugees Belong Here." Former Kentucky State Senator Charles Booker speaks to a crowd.
October 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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LFG. Biggest nonviolent protest ever in this country. Be a part of it. Courthouse Plaza 1-4

Speeches @ 2
💠George Ella Lyon
💠Bishop Mark Van Koevering
💠Vice Mayor Dan Wu
💠Charles Booker

@progressky.bsky.social @50501ky.bsky.social @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social @dsabluegrass.org
Bishop Mark Van Koevering Vice Mayor Dan Wu George Ella Lyon Charles Booker
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Yesterday, several hundred labor activists, area grassroots organizers, & citizens gathered in Lexington to remind folks about the power of collective action to fight corporate greed and government inaction.

Our Coalition Linktree has calls to action and more info. linktr.ee/ky_action_co...
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September 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🔊 Call to action

Want to support educators and protect our kids in Fayette County? Email the County Board members and let them know you support collective bargaining. Learn more from Coalition Partner @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social: buff.ly/B9yXCZt

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July 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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🔊 Call to action

Our coalition partner Gathering for Democracy asks you to write to your central KY representatives to support the VISIBLE ACT (buff.ly/Ohifvq0 ), which would require that immigration officers display clear ID.

Learn more here: buff.ly/OiKt5x2
July 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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📅 Save the Date!

@50501ky.bsky.social is hosting Lexington's Rage Against the Machine action on August 2. More info coming soon...

#RageAgainstTheRegime
#August2Action
#ResistTogether
#NonviolentNotPassive
#CommunityStrength
#UnitedInResistance
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July 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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🔊 Call to action

The ominous sky over the courthouse on Thursday reflected the threat that ICE is posing in our communities. Want to verify and stay updated on reported ICE activity in your area? Follow the Neighbors Immigration Clinic buff.ly/sU24ah7 to learn how.

#resist
Clouds billow over a city landscape.
July 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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📅 Mark your calendars!

Want to make more GoodTrouble? Our coalition partner Peaceful Bluegrass Resistance will host a die-in to mourn the #BigHorribleBill on Thursday, July 24 at 120 N. Limestone.

More info & link in the comments about the "Funeral for the Future We Lost" when available.

#resist
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July 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Lexington, you united to stand in the rain for two hours to raise up the work of John Lewis. Now it's time to take action

Choose at least one action from Lexington League of Women Voters to help defend democracy: www.lwvlexington.com/call-to-action

#bgaa #resist #goodtrouble
People stand in the rain with umbrellas
July 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We are not spectators to history. We are the makers of it.

LFG!

#bgaa #goodtrouble #goodtroubleky

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Join us! buff.ly/JYZbtCu
"Speak up. Speak out. Get in the way." quote by John Lewis. Good Trouble Lives On. July 17, 6-8 pm, Robert F Stephens Courthouse Plaza, Downtown Lexington. Join us for a silent march, music, vigal, and calls to action. Let's make Good Trouble to honor John Lewis.
July 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” John Lewis

#bgaa

Join us: buff.ly/JYZbtCu
July 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Some of us are overwhelmed. Getting tired of marching & rallying. Feeling as if it won't make a difference. Is that you? Let this video of the Peaceful Bluegrass Resistance marching on July 4 in the blazing heat INSPIRE YOU to come to the Courthouse on Thursday at 6:00. We are stronger together.
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Come make signs with us!
Lexington Public Library Northside Branch until 4:00.

#GoodTrouble

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#bgaa
Colorful protest signs fill a table.
July 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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We're having a #GoodTrouble Lives On sign-making meetup this weekend. We'll have some wording ideas, supplies, and snacks, but feel free to bring your own to share! Drop in as you are able any time during the 2 hour period.

📅 Saturday, July 12
🕔 2-4 pm
📍 Lexington Public Library Northside Branch
Build community and create signs together!
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Who is John Lewis? Join us July 17 to hear from local speakers about Lewis's legacy here in Central Kentucky.

📅 July 17
🕔 6-8 pm
📍 Robert F Stephens Courthouse Plaza, Downtown Lexington.
CONGRESSMAN. ACTIVIST. LEADER. John Lewis (1940 - 2020), was a U.S. Rep of Georgia, advocate for nonviolent action, and a key figure in the fight for civil rights from his participation in Selma marches to speaking at the historic March on Washington in 1963. He said, "When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something." A proponent for "Good Trouble," Congressman Lewis used his elected position to fight for civil and voting rights, the rights of women, children and veterans, affordable healthcare, anty-war efforts, and immigration reform. He said, "Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division." In 2011, Lewis was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In his speech introducing Lewis, former president Obama said, "And generations from now, when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of John Lewis will come to mind -- an American who knew that change could not wait for some other person or some other time." Join us on July 17th to honor John Lewis' legacy with a national day of action. "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." ~John Lewis
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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✊Our coalition partners at Peaceful Bluegrass Resistance are *killing* it here in Lexington, Kentucky.

"No Kings. No crowns. We the People won't back down!"

Learn more: linktr.ee/ky_action_co...

#patriotism #resist #goodtrouble

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July 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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“The test of any democracy is not whether it was founded perfectly, but whether it retains the capacity to correct its course when it strays from its highest ideals.”
@rabbisandra.bsky.social

www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

#bgaa #GoodTrouble
"Speak up. Speak out. Get in the way." quote by John Lewis. Good Trouble Lives On. July 17, 6-8 pm, Robert F Stephens Courthouse Plaza, Downtown Lexington. Join us for a silent march, music, vigal, and calls to action. Let's make Good Trouble to honor John Lewis.
July 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Ernesto Manuel-Andres, 18, was detained June 4 in an ICE sweep in KY as agents sought someone else. He has Deferred Action from the Dept. of Homeland Security - it legally protects him from deportation. Fill out this Kentuckians for the Commonwealth form to message your legislators! kftc.org/ernesto
An adolescent boy sits on a swing in a playground.
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#NoKings attendees in Lexington. You have asked for action items. This is your task this week:

Please come out to this historic statue unveiling, and to any of the Juneteenth events that fit your schedule. Let's CELEBRATE freedom and diversity. allevents.in/mobile/amp-e...
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June 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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June 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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June 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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We did a thing. #NoKings #Lexington #RageAgainstTheMachine @indivisible.org @50501ky.bsky.social @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social @progressky.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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We think over 5,000 people in Lexington raised their voices today. Three hours of sidewalk protesting. Great speeches. Open Mic. Completely nonviolent. Don't believe the "protests are violent" narrative. Protests are DEMOCRATIC. #NoKings #Indivisible #Kentucky #BGAA #50501KY #ProgressKY #KY120AFA
Very large crowd at a NoKings rally in Lexington, KY
June 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🚨 We the People Say: NO KINGS.
Join us as we stand up against authoritarianism & demand accountability. We want to overflow the Plaza with thousands of Kentuckians.📣✊

🗓️ Sat, June 14th @ 12PM
📍 Courthouse Plaza, Lexington KY
🔗 buff.ly/dguRZk8

#NoKings #resist #solidarity #indivisble #bgaa
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June 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM