WONDER WOMAN IN MINNESOTA

A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

Feb 01, 2026

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

In this newsletter, we discuss how the people of Minneapolis are exemplifying the best ideals from our comic book heroes, such as Wonder Woman. 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)

Arvada

2/1: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
- 80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)
2/8: 11:00am - 12:30pm - Weekly Resistance Rally *Weather Permitting*
- 80th and Wadsworth in Arvada (Safeway)
2/13: 5:00pm - ICE Breaks Hearts
- McIlvoy Park
  5750 Upham St., OldeTown
2/14: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Love Not Hate Protest
- SE corner of Ralston and Wadsworth

Boulder

2/5: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Visibility Brigade - Overpass Protest
- Foothills Pkwy & Sioux Pedestrian Overpass (Parking on Sioux Ave off of Thunderbird Dr.)
2/5: 12:15 - 1:00pm - Regents Rally/CU-Lime Air Protest
- West entrance SEEC Building
2/12: 12:00 - 1:00pm - Visibility Brigade - Overpass Protest
- Foothills Pkwy & Sioux Pedestrian Overpass (Parking on Sioux Ave off of Thunderbird Dr.)

Broomfield

2/1: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
- Northwest Corner
  West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
  Broomfield, CO 80020
2/8: 11:30am - 1:00pm - No Fascists! No Kings!
- Northwest Corner
  West 120th Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard
  Broomfield, CO 80020

Evergreen

2/1: 11:00am - 1:00pm - ICE Out!
- County Hwy 73 & CO 74

Fort Collins

2/3: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
2/5: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
2/10: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake
2/12: 3:15 - 5:00pm - WEEKLY Corner Protest Tues/Thu
- Corner of College & Drake

Golden

2/5: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For
- Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO
2/12: 2:30 - 4:30pm - Standing For
- Near the Buffalo Bill statue, Washington Ave & 10th St, Golden CO

Littleton

2/3: 3:00 - 4:30pm - WE THE PEOPLE
- South Broadway & Littleton Blvd
2/7: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny
- 5700 S Broadway
  Littleton, CO 80121
2/10: 3:00 - 4:30pm - WE THE PEOPLE
- South Broadway & Littleton Blvd
2/14: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest Against Tyranny
- 5700 S Broadway
  Littleton, CO 80121

Lone Tree

2/1: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now - "Good" Trouble
- Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
  8660 S Quebec St
  Lone Tree, CO 80124
2/8: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now - “Good” Trouble
- Park Meadows Dr and S Quebec St
  8660 S Quebec St
  Lone Tree, CO 80124

Louisville

2/2: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
- https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
  (Hwy 36 & 88th)
  88th St Overpass on Hwy 36
  2200 S 88th St
  Louisville, CO 80027
2/9: 3:45 - 5:00pm - Overpass Protest
- https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQUmi35XfgMHaG5E8
  (Hwy 36 & 88th)
  88th St Overpass on Hwy 36
  2200 S 88th St
  Louisville, CO 80027

Loveland

2/7: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
- 1440 N Lincoln Ave
2/14: 10:00am - 12:00pm - Stand Up Loveland!
- 1440 N Lincoln Ave

Northglenn

2/4: 3:00 - 4:30pm - Gabe Evans Pedestrian Bridge Protest
- I-25 Pedestrian Bridge
  281 W 104th Ave
  Northglenn, CO 80234
  Map of where we will protest (the pedestrian bridge over I-25 near Cinzetti’s): https://maps.app.goo.gl/cPPfGKSBYpWKwfYG8
2/6: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
- Northglenn District Office
  10701 Melody Dr
  Northglenn, CO 80234
2/11: 3:00 - 4:30pm - Gabe Evans Pedestrian Bridge Protest
- I-25 Pedestrian Bridge
  281 W 104th Ave
  Northglenn, CO 80234
  Map of where we will protest (the pedestrian bridge over I-25 near Cinzetti’s): https://maps.app.goo.gl/cPPfGKSBYpWKwfYG8
2/13: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Protest at Gabe Evans’ Northglenn Office
- Northglenn District Office
  10701 Melody Dr
  Northglenn, CO 80234

Pagosa Springs

2/7: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
- The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library
2/14: 12:00 - 2:00pm - Weekly - Stand Up Saturday
- The public Parking Lot on Hwy 160 next to the library

Parker

2/1: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now, Rally Now
- 19240 Lincoln Ave, Parker, CO 80138
  (SE corner of Parker & Lincoln)
2/8: 1:00 - 3:00pm - Speak Now, Rally Now
- Intersection of Parker Rd and Lincoln Ave, near Tokyo Joe's

Superior

2/7: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
- 2 S Marshall Rd
  Superior, CO 80027
2/14: 11:00am - 1:00pm - Stand Up! Speak Out!
- 2 S Marshall Rd
  Superior, CO 80027

Thornton

2/6: 3:15 - 5:15pm - FOURTH-FRIDAY FIGHT BACKS
- Colorado Boulevard & East 112th Avenue
  Thornton, CO 80233
2/13: 3:15 - 5:15pm - FOURTH-FRIDAY FIGHT BACKS
- Colorado Boulevard & East 112th Avenue
  Thornton, CO 80233

WONDER WOMAN IN MINNESOTA (A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT)

I’ve been thinking about Minnesota through a lens that is obviously not real life, because superheroes are not real life. But sometimes fiction gives you a clean instrument. A character you can use like a tuning fork. Tap it, and you can hear what’s out of key in the world.

Wonder Woman is that instrument for me. Truth, love, justice. Not as slogans, as work. She fights for those things, and she’s obsessed with legitimacy: what power claims. What power owes.

In January, Minneapolis had two moments that didn’t just hurt. They changed the air. Both Renée Good and Alex Pretti were killed by federal law enforcement agents while protesting and documenting ICE actions.

That second one happened the day after I’d written last week’s article, which is its own kind of whiplash. You finish a sentence. You close the laptop. Reality answers with “next.”

So, Wonder Woman.

Would Diana have intervened in the moment? In basically every version of her, yes. Immediately. Not because she’s eager for a fight, but because she refuses to let a life end in front of her if she can stop it. She’s a shield before she’s a weapon.

But here’s where the thought experiment has to grow up: real life doesn’t work like panels.

In comics, she can step between a weapon and a person and absorb the consequences. She can disarm without someone calling it “assault.” She can end a crisis without becoming the excuse for more force. We do not have that option. In real life, a regular human body inserting itself into a volatile armed situation can escalate, can get people hurt, and can hand authorities the exact story they want: “we had to.”

So I’m not asking “what would Wonder Woman do” as an instruction manual. I’m asking it as a translation problem. What is the human version of her moral posture when you don’t have superpowers?

And that’s where Minnesota keeps pulling focus.

Because people there are already doing almost everything Diana would do, just in human scale.

They’re protecting vulnerable people without turning it into a macho performance. They’re showing up in ways that make it harder for anyone to disappear in silence. They’re building care like it’s infrastructure: rides, meals, childcare, translation, court support, legal support. They’re moving as crews, not as lone wolves. They’re practicing restraint in a moment designed to bait escalation.

That is what a shield looks like in a world where shields are made out of coordination.

And then there’s the Lasso of Truth.

In our world, the lasso is witnesses and receipts. It’s people documenting calmly, sharing responsibly, refusing to let official language overwrite what happened. It’s the insistence that legitimacy isn’t something power gets to declare about itself. It’s something it has to earn through process, transparency, and accountability.

Which is why today’s news hit the way it did: Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul that he says he covered as a journalist.

The larger signal is hard to miss. When witnessing becomes risky, truth becomes negotiable. When documenting gets treated like interference, the record gets thinner. And when the record gets thinner, power gets bolder.

Wonder Woman would be angry about all of this. Furious, even. She’s not passive.

But she wouldn’t let that anger rot into hate. That’s one of the most radical things about her. She can fight without dehumanizing. She can pursue justice without surrendering her humanity. She refuses to become a mirror image of what she’s opposing.

Love isn’t weakness. It’s discipline. It’s choosing not to let cruelty recruit you into cruelty. It’s holding the line on truth and still remembering that the goal is a world where people can come back from this, including the ones who were wrong.

So, if you want the Wonder Woman version of what Minnesota is doing, it’s not fantasy.

Truth as a record you protect.
Love as a refusal to give in to hate.
Justice as a demand for accountability, not revenge.

No bracelets. No lasso. No clean ending.

Just a community insisting on staying human anyway.

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!