50501 CO Update - 7/6

Bringing Coloradans the latest protests and actions

Jul 06, 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
- 7/7: 5:30pm – 6:30pm – The Extremist Agenda of the Trad Wife Movement
- 7/8: 5:30pm – 6:30pm – Climate Change 101: What You Need to Know
- 7/9: 4:00pm – 5:00pm – Team ENOUGH Welcome Session
- 7/9: 6:00pm – 7:30pm – After We March, We Organize! Solidarity Warriors Indivisible Action Group
- 7/10: 1:00pm – 2:00pm – What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders
- 7/12: 10:00am – 11:00am – Civil Resistance Study Group
Aurora
- 7/7: 3:00pm – 8:00pm – Weekly ICE Protest (3130 N Oakland St, Aurora, CO 80010 (South side of the building) Peaceful Protest)
Berthoud
- 7/10: 7:00pm – 8:00pm – Berthoud Indivisible Monthly Membership Meeting (Wildfire Arts, 425 Massachusetts Ave)
Denver
- 7/12: 1:00pm – TBD – Fox Takedown (100 E Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO 80203)
Englewood
- 7/12: 10:00am – TBD – LiberTee-Shirt Screen Printing for Good Trouble (Ink Lounge, 4880 South Acoma Street, Englewood, CO 80110)
Ft. Collins
- 7/8: 6:00pm – 8:00pm – Meet Your Woke Neighbor FoCo (O'Dell Brewery)
Littleton
- 7/12: 11:00am – 1:00pm – Tesla Takedown Saturdays (5700 South Broadway)
Longmont
- 7/9: 8:30am – 9:30am – SHOW UP AGAINST INHUMANE AUTHORITARIANISM (SW corner of Hover St. and Clover Basin Dr.)
Loveland
- 7/12: 9:00am – 11:00am – Stand Up, Loveland (N. Lincoln from Sprouts to Tesla)
Lyons
- 7/12: 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Saturday Weekly Protest (Freedom Triangle, 3rd and Main)
Northglenn
- 7/9: 4:30pm – 6:00pm – Gabe Evans Protest (104 Ave I25 Pedestrian Overpass, 39 E 104th Ave, Northglenn, CO 80234)
Pueblo
- 7/9: 6:30pm – 3:30pm – Stop the Billionaire Giveaway Bus Tour (Rawlings Branch Library, 100 E Abriendo Ave (Bret Kelly B Room))
- 7/12: 11:30am – 12:30pm – Stop Illegal and Unconstitutional ICE Actions (Walgreens, 1520 W 4th St, Pueblo, CO 81004)
Salida
- 7/10: 5:30pm – 7:00pm – July AVI Monthly Meeting (Location via RSVP)
Steamboat Springs
- 7/10: 5:30pm – 6:30pm – Worth Fighting For – Routt County In-Person Meeting (Location via RSVP)
Windsor
- 7/12: 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Windsor Community Protest Hour (7th St and Main St)

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. Forming bonds through associations such as an HOA, tenant union, or even a group of folks you get together with to play games can help you cross the barriers and reach people who may be open to joining protests (or other actions) in the future.

2. Good organizations to sign up with include SURJ, Indivisible, or even 50501!

3. You can sign up at https://generalstrikeus.com/ to show your interest in and learn more about a potential general strike.

What We Were Promised

There’s something deeply American about questioning power.

It’s in the DNA of this country—not just in symbols, slogans or speeches, but in the spark that lit the fuse to begin with. The American Revolution didn’t start over a single tax or one royal decree. It was born out of something bigger: the belief that people should have a say in the forces that shape their lives. That government should serve the people, not rule over them. That dignity, fairness, and freedom weren’t luxuries to be handed down by kings—but rights that belonged to everyone, by default.

That idea—radical at the time—is what we were promised.

And the truth is, that promise has never been fully delivered. Not equally. Not consistently. Not to everyone.

But it’s also never completely gone away.

It’s the thread running through every era of American resistance. From abolitionists to suffragists, labor strikes to civil rights marches, queer liberation to immigration advocates—every generation has produced people who looked around and said: This is not the freedom we were promised. And they took action—not to reject America’s founding ideals, but to demand that we finally live up to them.

That’s where we are now.

We’re seeing military force used in civilian spaces, ICE agents asking people for papers in neighborhoods and marketplaces, the steady erosion of birthright citizenship, and the targeting of immigrant communities. At the same time, safety nets like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP are being cut to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, while attacks on the right to choose, LGBTQ+ rights—and more continue to escalate. The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, built by people who came seeking freedom, opportunity, and a better life. None of what’s happening now reflects the values this country was founded on—liberty, equality, justice, and government that protects its people rather than punishes them. What we’re witnessing isn’t just policy change; it’s a betrayal of that original promise.

And yet, even now, the spark remains.

We see it when people share resources, offer rides, bring meals, or help someone navigate a tough system. We see it when neighbors show up at court to support each other, when tenants organize to push back against unfair housing practices, and when people quietly—but stubbornly—refuse to give up, no matter how heavy it all feels.

We see it in every person who chooses to act, no matter how small the gesture, because they still believe we matter.

That’s what movements like 50501 are about. They aren’t fueled by rage alone. They’re fueled by belief—belief in justice, in dignity, in the idea that this country should work for everyone, not just the powerful few. We are not protesting because we hate this country. We are protesting because we still believe in what it could be.

The word "freedom" has been twisted and used in bad faith by people who are actively working to take it away. But we know better. We know freedom is more than a flag or a slogan. It’s not about who can shout the loudest or hoard the most wealth. It’s about fairness. It's about safety. It's about choice. It’s about having a voice—and using it.

So, yes, we question power. We challenge injustice. We refuse to look away. Not because it’s easy or convenient—but because it’s necessary. Because that original spark—the idea that people matter more than kings, more than armies, more than money—that spark still burns.

We were promised liberty and justice for all.
We’re just here to collect.