Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of our 50501 CO newsletter!
In this newsletter we discuss the deployment of the US military to Washington, DC. In addition, 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 and next week which have been submitted to our 50501 CO calendar; click the link above for more details and the full calendar)
All Cities
9/17: Constitutional Mail Storm (Virtual)
9/17: 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Team ENOUGH Welcome Session (For Young People Under 26) (Virtual)
9/24: 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Team ENOUGH Welcome Session (For Young People Under 26) (Virtual)
Denver
9/20: 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Fox Takedown (100 E Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO 80203)
9/27: 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Fox Takedown (100 E Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO 80203)
Fort Morgan
9/27: 5:00pm - 8:00pm - MCDP Fall Dinner & CD4 candidates meet & greet (Larkspur Room, The Block Commissary Kitchen & Events, 19592 E 8th Ave)
Littleton
9/16: 4:30pm - 6:00pm - WE THE PEOPLE (South Broadway and Littleton Blvd, Littleton, CO 80121)
Northglenn
9/19: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans' Northglenn Office (Northglenn District Office, 10701 Melody Dr, Northglenn, CO 80234)
9/26: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans' Northglenn Office (Northglenn District Office, 10701 Melody Dr, Northglenn, CO 80234)
Parker
9/21: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Release ALL the Epstein Files Rally (Email for details)
Pueblo
9/20: 10:30am - 11:30am - Losing Our Democracy (Walgreens 4th St & Abriendo)
9/22: 3:00pm - 4:00pm - Vaccines & Science saves Lives (Parkview Hospital in front of the Grand Ave Parking garage)
9/27: 10:30am - 11:30am - Losing Our Democracy (Walgreens 4th St & Abriendo)
Thornton
9/26: 4:00pm - 6:00pm - 4th Friday Intersection protest (112th avenue and Colorado Boulevard)
No Exceptions: Hold the Line After Violence
Let’s call it what it is:
The killing of Charlie Kirk is not a win for anyone. It’s a rupture. How we respond will either stitch the tear—or widen it.
Either we believe political violence is wrong with no exceptions, or we don’t believe it at all. The line only exists if it holds when it’s hardest. That’s the test.
This is where people fail—by inches.
“Violence is wrong, but…”
“I’m not saying he deserved it, I’m just saying…”
These are tiny chisels at a load-bearing beam. If we let ourselves carve out carve-outs, we’re not condemning violence; we’re negotiating with it.
The spectacle begs for your attention: the clip, the rumor, the red-hot take. But the spectacle is the decoy. What decides whether democracies wobble or steady is the pattern—the habits we repeat and the permissions we grant. So let’s talk about the pattern we need to choose on purpose.
Here’s the rule that has to cross every aisle: no celebration, no rationalization, no vigilante talk. Full stop. You don’t have to like a person to defend their right to safety, speech, and due process. That’s the point of a democracy. We don’t protect each other because we agree; we protect each other because we live together.
What the pattern looks like
Don’t feed the snuff-cycle. Refuse to circulate graphic clips. Don’t make someone’s worst moment your content. De-amplify gore; elevate verified reporting and official updates instead of rumors.
Timestamp your beliefs: “As of 3:00 p.m., here’s what we know.” Breaking news is provisional; say so.
Shut down exceptions on your own side. “He had it coming,” “maybe it’s fake,” “well, remember when they—” No. If it excuses or dehumanizes, it erodes the line we need intact.
Language discipline. Trade heat for clarity. Condemn the act; insist on due process; reject collective blame. Leave room for facts to arrive.
Treat compassion as strategy. Not the soft kind. The disciplined kind that refuses to let grief be weaponized into permission for new abuses.
Normalization Watch (just the tells)
Rumor outruns truth. Slow your shares; quicken your corrections.
Blame drifts from a person to a party to a population. Stop it at individual responsibility.
Big, theatrical “solutions” appear that feel strong and shrink rights. Demand targeted, evidence-based measures with clear sunsets.
Old grievances get hauled in to justify new cruelty. Refuse retaliation logic.
If you’re in a movement, a campus group, a union, a faith community—write the norm down and make it public. Something simple and nonnegotiable: We condemn political violence without exceptions. We won’t share graphic footage. We won’t call for vengeance. We’ll correct falsehoods. We’ll defend due process for the accused and care for those harmed.
Then model it—in chats, meetings, and feeds. When someone drifts, offer a way back without humiliation: We’re keeping the line here. Here’s why.
None of this abandons accountability. Fight hard on budgets, bills, appointments, and power. That’s politics. But the moment we pretend murder can be a messenger, we’re not doing politics anymore. We’re doing elimination.
If this feels small in the face of tragedy, remember: systems are made of habits. A habit of refusing dehumanization sounds ordinary until you see it block the on-ramp to catastrophe. A habit of timestamping claims feels fussy until you watch it puncture a viral lie. A habit of saying “no exceptions” lowers the temperature that makes “just this once” sound reasonable.
The spectacle is loud. The pattern is quiet.
Choose quiet. Choose the line that holds for people you cannot stand. Choose the work that looks like nothing on camera and everything in the long run.
The work is to interrupt the pattern while there’s still time—before grief gets repackaged into permission.
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, 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. As you have likely heard, the United States budget for fiscal year 2026 must be passed before the end of September to avoid a government shutdown. Both Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have indicated that they are willing to compromise on passing the budget so long as Affordable Care Act subsidies are added back in. This cannot be the only item they fight for. Democrats have the ability to filibuster the budget, and should use it to rein in ICE budgets/behavior, the rampant corruption of the Trump administration, and the use of the Department of Justice as a political hit tool. Call our CO senators and demand that they pressure Schumer and their peers to take a stand for what really matters to you!
4. The list of CO events sponsored by Indivisible is available here
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