50501 CO Update - 5/25

Bringing Coloradans the latest protests and actions

May 25, 2025

Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of our 50501 CO newsletter!

In this newsletter you’ll find information on upcoming activities from the 50501 calendar, actions you can take outside of protesting, and also find out about additional ways to connect with us.

See you on the streets! ✊✊✊

Actions and Activities

(The below list contains details on all actions this week which have been submitted to our 50501 CO calendar; click the link above for more details and the full calendar)

All cities
- 5/20-5/26: Walmart boycott
Aurora
- 5/26: 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Jeanette Vizguerra Vigil (Geo Group Inc/ICE facility, 3130 N Oakland St, Aurora, CO 80010)
Boulder
- 5/31: 3:00 - 5:00 PM - Win Elections, Rebuild Democracy (Upslope Brewing, 1898 S Flatiron Ct, Boulder, CO 80301)
Greeley
- 5/23: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Protest Gabe Evans (Gabe Evans Greeley Office, 3400 West 16th St, Building 1S, Suite C, Greeley , Colorado 80634)
Durango
- 5/31: 12:00 PM - #NationalDayOfAction #EveryoneDeservesHealthcare (Buckley Park, Durango, CO)
Littleton
- 5/27: 4:30 - 6:00 PM - Teslatakedown Tuesday (5700 South Broadway 80121)
Lone Tree
- 5/31: 9:30 - 11:00 AM - 86-47 Lone Tree (Lincoln Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, 9624 Lincoln Ave, Lone Tree, CO 80124)
Northglenn
- 5/28: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Protest Gabe Evans (104 Ave I25 pedestrian overpass, 39 E 104th Ave, Northglenn, CO 80234)
- 5/28: 6:00 PM - Indivisible Thornton-Westminster-Northglenn meeting (Good Shepherd Church, 10785 Melody Dr)
- 5/30: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Protest Gabe Evans (Gabe Evans Northglenn Office, 10701 Melody Drive 80234)
Pueblo
- 5/31: 12:00 PM - The Law Matters (Corner of highway 50 & Elizabeth, Pueblo, CO)
Windsor
- 5/31: 12:00 - 1:00 PM - Windsor Community Protest Hour (7th St and Main St, Windsor)

Non-Protest Actions Bingo

The below bingo card contains a list of actions you can take (other than protesting) to help further the cause. If you get a bingo (or heck, a blackout), tag us on social media to let us know!

1. When purchasing items produced by counties that supported Trump and MAGA in the last election, do some research and buy an item from a blue state/county instead.

2. PBS has provided an easily-digestible breakdown of the most significant measures here. In addition, this article from The Guardian goes into detail of the impact of some of those measures.

3. A group of internet sleuths has tracked down board members of firms which capitulated to Trump’s demands for pro bono representation. They are asking for assistance in reaching out to others who have a relationship with these board members, in order to encourage them to cut all ties with the decision-makers who were instrumental in making the decision to capitulate. If you’re interested in helping, you can find the toolkit here.

Do you Dare?

Every week — as new crimes are committed and protests either ramp up in response or not — I’m reminded of a communal experience with a thousand faces.

The authority figure (be it a parent, teacher, or babysitter) leaves the room.

Children old enough to sense the opportunity glance at each other. And they ask a silent question: “Do we dare?” Dare to steal the ice cream; dare to glance at test answers. Dare to play a prank.

In the answer to that question, we find our character. Timid or brave, rule-follower or rebel. For most, the answer comes in the form of a compromise. “I will if you will.”

I’ll protest if you do. I’ll boycott if you do. I’ll strike, if you do.

Just like our young counterparts, we must decide if we are willing to break the rules. Not necessarily the law, but the rules. The rules of capitalism, which state that consumers will buy the cheapest product no matter the means by which it is manufactured. Or that employees should produce the maximum of which they are capable. The rules of polite society, which discourage political discourse amongst individuals.

When we withhold our dollars, we rebel. When we withhold our labor — by striking or by minimizing our productivity — we rebel. When we gather for protests, we rebel.

But, just as in childhood, “I will if you will,” fails more often than it succeeds. The teacher returns to find no test answers pilfered, no pranks pulled.

We cannot continue looking to others for permission to be brave. The authority figure in this case is no kindly parent or teacher. They threaten to destroy everything we value. If you are asking yourself why there are no protests in response to the latest crime, picture those children looking at each other.

“I will if you will,” must become, “Watch me.” Otherwise, the rollback of rights will continue while we’re all waiting on one another to take the first step.

So what do you say? Do you dare, Colorado?