50501 CO Update - 7/20

Bringing Coloradans the latest protests and actions

Jul 20, 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
- 7/21: 6:00pm – 7:00pm — WORKSHOP | Yes, You Can Host a House Party!
- 7/23: 4:00pm – 5:00pm — Team ENOUGH Welcome Session (For Young People Under 26)
- 7/23: 6:00pm – 7:30pm — After We March, We Organize!
Aurora
- 7/21: 6:00pm – 8:00pm — Weekly ICE Protest (3130 N Oakland St, Aurora, CO 80010 – South side of the building)
Boulder
- 7/21: 8:30am – 9:30am — Visibility Brigade – (Foothills Pedestrian Bridge – Sioux Drive & Thunderbird Drive, Boulder, CO 80303)
Colorado Springs
- 7/22: 4:00pm – 6:00pm — Colorado Springs Disappeared in America Visual Action (El Paso County Sheriff's Office, 27 E Vermijo Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903)
- 7/23: 6:00pm – 7:30pm — Project 2025 (First Congregational Church, 20 E. St. Vrain St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903)
Denver
- 7/26: 10:00am — The Mile Long Table – Community Event (Auraria Campus, Denver)
- 7/26: 1:00pm — Fox Takedown (100 E Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO 80203)
Fort Collins
- 7/26: 10:00am – 11:00am — Weekly Palestine Sign Waving on Corner of Mulberry and College (Lucky's Market, 425 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524)
Idaho Springs
- 7/25: 4:30pm – 5:30pm — Fight Back Friday (Location provided upon registration)
Littleton
- 7/26: 11:00am – 1:00pm — Tesla Takedown Saturdays (5700 South Broadway)
Longmont
- 7/23: 8:00am – 9:30am — SHOW UP AGAINST INHUMANE AUTHORITARIANISM (Hover Street & Clover Basin Drive - Longmont, CO 80501)
- 7/24: 5:30pm – 7:00pm — Volunteer Recruitment (Dry Land Distillers, 519 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501)
Loveland
- 7/26: 8:30am – 10:30am — Larimer County Fair Parade (Fairgrounds Park, 700 S Railroad Ave, Loveland, CO 80537 )
- 7/26: 9:00am – 11:00am — Stand Up, Loveland (N. Lincoln – from Sprouts to Tesla, Loveland, CO)
Lyons
- 7/26: 12:00pm – 1:00pm — Saturday Weekly Protest (Freedom Triangle, 3rd and Main)
Northglenn
- 7/23: 4:30pm – 6:00pm — Gabe Evans Protest (I-25 Pedestrian Bridge – 104th Ave I-25 Pedestrian Overpass – 39 E 104th Ave, Northglenn, CO 80234 )
Pueblo
- 7/26: 6:00pm – 9:00pm — Families First – Community is Power (Pueblo Community College, 900 W. Orman Ave, Pueblo, CO 81004)
Thornton
- 7/25: 4:00pm – 6:00pm — 4th Friday Intersection Protest (112th Avenue & Colorado Boulevard)
Windsor
- 7/26: 12:00pm – 1:00pm — 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. For more info and/or to sign up, visit https://postcardstovoters.org/

2. For the background on why this petition was created, please visit the CIRC (Colorado Immigration Rights Coalition) website. To sign the petition, visit this link.

3. This week, the Department of Justice requested voter rolls from several states, including Colorado. As reported by Axios, county clerks across the state rejected this request.

Normalization Watch: What We Must Never Accept as “Just Politics”

When people imagine authoritarianism taking over, they often picture something dramatic—tanks rolling into cities, banners hanging from government buildings, leaders making sweeping declarations. But that’s rarely how it begins. In places like Germany in the 1930s, it started quietly, almost bureaucratically. Laws were passed that seemed procedural. Language shifted to divide “us” and “them.” Political opponents were labeled dangerous. Rights were gradually stripped away from people who were told they no longer belonged. By the time the repression was visible to everyone, much of the damage was already done.

That’s what we’re watching now. Not a single moment, but a slow grind. Language that dehumanizes immigrants. Executive power bending and twisting past what most of us assumed were hard lines. Fundamental rights treated as optional. Democratic norms reframed as inconvenient, or worse, un-American.

It’s tempting, in a moment like this, to ask: what can I do? Especially if you’re not someone who can attend every protest, or maybe not any. Especially when the news is overwhelming and designed to make you feel powerless. But that feeling—being small, being unsure—is not a reason to stay quiet. In fact, it’s often the very thing authoritarianism counts on.

So, here’s what we do. We pay attention. We resist the urge to look away when something feels off. That may sound small, but it isn’t. Authoritarianism relies on normalization. It depends on the population getting used to things that once felt unacceptable. It needs people to sigh and say, “That’s just politics,” or “It’s always been like this.” Simply refusing to do that—to name things plainly, to stay alert—is a form of resistance. You become harder to manipulate.

We talk to each other. Not just on social media, but in real life. With friends, coworkers, neighbors, family—especially the ones who don’t follow the news or feel like politics doesn’t apply to them. We share what we’ve noticed. We say what we’re concerned about. We point to real things, not just opinions. Not every conversation will go well. Some won’t change a thing. But others will. And over time, those conversations build the kind of shared awareness that no administration can erase.

We support what we want to preserve. That means local journalism. Public schools. Libraries. Unions. Civic institutions that make up the infrastructure of democracy. The more we show up for these spaces—by attending meetings, volunteering, donating, or simply being present—the harder they are to dismantle. They matter even if they’re messy. Especially if they’re messy.

We protect the vote. Not just our own, but others’. We check in on deadlines. We help people get registered. We fight disinformation by triple-checking what we share. If we hear a false claim, we push back—not with rage, but with facts. Democracy only works when people participate, and participation only works when people can trust the process. Help rebuild that trust wherever you can.

We document. Take notes on what you’re seeing. Save screenshots of news stories. Talk with others who remember events the same way. Authoritarians manipulate truth by distorting memory. Keeping a record—your own or one you share—is a quiet but powerful countermeasure.

And we remind ourselves and each other: this is not just politics. This is not business as usual. It’s something deeper, more dangerous—and not yet permanent.

You don’t have to do everything. But doing something, regularly, is the difference between letting a new normal settle in and holding the line.

In a time when so much is shifting, our attention, our conversations, and our everyday actions are anchors. Resistance isn’t always loud. But it is persistent.

And persistence is how we make sure democracy doesn’t just survive—it holds.