Congressman John Lewis’ Legacy Celebrated With ‘Good Trouble’ Campaign To Inspire Social Change

The companies behind the upcoming documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” have launched a voting rights campaign designed to educate and encourage civic participation among audiences to celebrate Juneteenth.

The Good Trouble campaign will provide opportunities to learn about voter suppression, support voting rights, and participate in civic engagement and register voters. Audiences can also go to the campaign’s digital hub, at makegoodtrouble.com, to check their status, register to vote, and find their polling place and register voters. The hub also includes a Good Trouble handbook, which provides resources on voting rights and how they can get into “good trouble,” ensuring they can cast their votes, including via mail-in or absentee ballot.

The campaign launches in partnership with Congressman Lewis, BET, Fair Fight, the NAACP, When We All Vote, Color of Change, Black Voters Matter, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, VoteRiders, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Rock the Vote, HBCU Heroes, houses of worship and locally-led community groups. The campaign will also partner with local and national organizations to focus particularly on efforts on Georgia and North Carolina, where the 2013 Voting Rights Act Supreme Court decision has led to voter suppression laws.

David Linde, Participant CEO, said, “We’re proud to celebrate the iconic legacy of Congressman John Lewis in partnership with some of the leading voices in the fight for all our democratic principles. Together, we’re excited to make some good trouble, support disenfranchised communities in fully participating in their democratic rights and raise awareness about the power of every vote.”