50501 CO Update - 8/10

Bringing Coloradans the latest protests and actions

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! ✊✊✊

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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

• 8/11: 6:00pm - 7:00pm - WORKSHOP | Yes, you can host a house party! (Virtual)

• 8/13: 6:00pm - 7:00pm - One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered (Virtual)

Aurora

• 8/4: 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Weekly ICE Protest (3130 N Oakland St, Aurora, CO 80010 - South side of the building)

Boulder

• 8/11: 8:30am - 9:30am - Monday Visibility Brigade (Sioux Drive & Thunderbird Drive, Boulder, CO 80303)

Denver

• 8/16: 1:00pm - Fox Takedown (100 E Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO 80203)

Fort Collins

• 8/12: 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Meet Your Woke Neighbor (O'Dell Brewery, RSVP for exact address)

Greeley

• 8/16: 5:30pm - 9:00pm - Roosevelt Dinner (UNC)

Loveland

• 8/16: 9:00am - 11:00am - Stand Up, Loveland (N. Lincoln from Sprouts to Tesla)

Lyons

• 8/16: 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Saturday Weekly Protest (Freedom Triangle 3rd and Main)

Northglenn

• 8/13: 4:30pm - 6:00pm - Gabe Evans Protest (104 Ave I25 pedestrian overpass, 39 E 104th Ave, Northglenn, CO 80234)

• 8/15: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans' Northglenn Office (Northglenn District Office, 10701 Melody Dr, Northglenn, CO 80234)

Pueblo

• 8/15: 12:00pm - 1:00pm - NO detention center in walsenburg (huerfano detention center (closed) 2 miles out of walsenburg)

• 8/16: 10:30am - 11:30am - Losing Our Democracy (Walgreens 4th & Abriendo)

Walsenburg

• 8/15: 12:00pm - Road Trip Protest (304 Ray Sandoval Rd, Walsenburg, CO)

Windsor

• 8/16: 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Windsor Community Protest Hour (7th St and Main St)

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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. Card Campaign for Democracy (CC4D) has several designs available for business cards that can easily be left in public restrooms, restaurants, public transport, etc. Leaving cards can be a subtle form of resistance, and can help spread the word about important topics and information that others may not see otherwise.

2. You can sign up to volunteer with 50501 here. The Solidarity Warriors volunteer link is available here.

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Compassion Is the Rebellion

There’s something I’ve been feeling lately that I haven’t quite known how to name. I’m still firmly in the fight—I haven’t wavered in my resistance to Trump, to authoritarianism, to the cruelty and corruption that’s overtaken so much of our politics. But lately, the weight I’m carrying isn’t just about them. It’s something heavier. It’s the hate itself—because I’m starting to see it on all sides.

Not in equal measure. Let’s be clear: the hate coming from MAGA and the Trump administration is organized, intentional, and weaponized. It’s a political strategy—a campaign of fear, rage, and division. But I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t seeped into our side too. The bitterness. The numbness. The temptation to give up on decency because the other side abandoned it long ago.

There’s a part of me that wants to meet fire with fire. That wants to scream back, slam doors, call names, hold grudges. That wants to take all this rage and throw it right back at them. Because what else do you do when someone’s gloating about stripping people’s rights? About banning books, banning people, silencing dissent? How do you stay soft in the face of so much glee?

That tension—that edge—is real. And if we don’t name it, we risk letting it define us. Because it’s one thing to fight hard. It’s another to be changed by the fight. That’s what I’m most afraid of: that hate wins not just by overwhelming us—but by reshaping us into something smaller. Meaner. Less capable of building the future we claim to believe in.

The hard truth is that we can't control how low they go. But we do get to decide who we become in response. And while it might feel like kindness is weakness and empathy is naïve, I don’t think that’s true. Not now. Not with what we’re up against.

In a culture that rewards cruelty, compassion is a rebellion.

Refusing to dehumanize is a radical act. Choosing to organize, to reach out, to help, to listen—these things matter. They aren’t just moral choices. They’re strategic ones. Because the Trump movement thrives on despair. It needs us hopeless. It needs us cynical. It wants us to believe that decency lost and hate won and nothing we do will ever make a difference again.

But we know better. Or we’d better.

Because every choice we make can either deepen the divide or chip it away. At its core, it’s a question of intent: are we acting to simply bring down the other side or to embody the ideals we profess? It means forging respect where discord tempts us to burn bridges, building alliances instead of retreating into ideological bunkers, and holding ourselves to the same high standards we demand of our opponents. That clarity of purpose keeps our actions aligned with the future we seek—one founded on trust, not score-settling.

That means asking questions instead of making accusations. Inviting someone you fear might disagree to a coffee and listening—for real—when they talk. It’s volunteering to drive your neighbor to the polls, even if their candidates aren’t yours. It’s cheering every small victory for fairness, no matter who’s banner it flies under. It’s amplifying stories of struggle and resilience without turning them into weapons.

Each time we opt for connection over contempt, we claim a piece of the better world we’re fighting for. Every compassionate act—unabated, unselfish, unchained to revenge—is a blueprint for the society we want to be.

So no, I don’t have it all figured out. I still get angry. I still get tired. But I’m trying, every day, to choose the kind of resistance that doesn’t just push back against hate—but refuses to be remade in its image.

That’s not weakness. That’s the work.

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