Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action

Event details Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026 Time: All day Location: The William R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum Type: Conference/Workshop About this event General Events Calendar home Calendar search Share on Facebook Tweet Email add to calendar contact add an event General Events Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action Jul 18, 2026 - Jul 19, 2026 All Day The William R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum Conference/Workshop Sponsor Spurlock Museum Contact Nicole Frydman E-Mail nfrydman@illinois.edu Phone 217-333-2360 Views 12 Originating Calendar Spurlock Museum - Event John Lewis was a legislator and an activist who was passionate about ending racial segregation and securing voting rights. We need his words — and his spirit — now more than ever. Our coalition of organizations in and around Champaign County invites you to a weekend filled with the topics Lewis loved because addressing issues and celebrating wins benefits us all. At Good Trouble Lives On, taking place July 17 through 20, learn about Lewis’ legacy, voting rights and elections, honoring history, dignity for everyone, and so much more. Saturday Agenda: 10:30 a.m. Keynote speaker the Rev. Terrance L. Thomas (2023-24 John Lewis Fellow with the Faith and Politics Institute) 11:35 a.m. Champaign County Elections Lunch break 12:55 p.m. Dr. Jeffrey Trask, CU Reparations Coalition 1:55 p.m. Robert White, African American Heritage Trail 2:55 p.m. Chyna Figeroa-Dixon - "It Takes A Village: Mindset Frames Perspective” Sunday Agenda: 12:10 p.m. Guided tour of the Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights exhibit 1 p.m. League of Women Voters of Champaign County and ACLU of Illinois panel, moderated by Elizabeth Hess 2:45 p.m. Champaign, Rantoul, and Urbana Mayors’ Town Hall, moderated by Elizabeth Hess This program is presented in conjunction with the Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Right Exhibit . Presenting Coalition Members: ACLU of Champaign County Bend The Arc: Jewish Action Champaign-Urbana Champaign County Indivisible Champaign Urbana Reparations Coalition Champaign Urbana Resistance Effort (CURE) Illinois for a World BEYOND War ILVOTE of Champaign County Indivisible Illinois Indivisible Vermilion County League of Women Voters Champaign County NAACP Champaign County Branch National Council of Negro Women, Champaign County Section Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter, Prairie Group Spurlock Museum of World Cultures UC Reproductive Justice Uniting Pride Official event details: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/7/33555308