loading . . . Good Trouble – Groups & Orgs This page includes groups working across a range of topics. Some are extremely local to specific cities, some are statewide and some are nationwide. If you know of a group doing good work that is not listed here, please email us at [email protected] with the details.
## **Kansas**
**ACLU Kansas** – https://www.aclukansas.org/
**AIRRKC** – https://airrkc.org/ -AIRR organizes and activates immigrants in Kansas and Missouri to advocate for their rights and well-being. Through education, leadership development, and community-driven action, we foster a welcoming environment that values justice, dignity, and reconciliation. Together, we strive for a future where immigrant rights are respected and upheld, working alongside our communities to create lasting change.
**The Coalition for Collaborative Governance** is a group of actively engaged residents advocating for improvements in the cultures, policies, and practices of the governmental entities serving Lawrence, Kansas. Our initial objective is to support the City of Lawrence in fulfilling its commitment to collaborative community engagement. See https://www.c4cgovernance.com/
**FLIP Kansas.** Is a communication hub for progressives both inside and outside of Kansas. We are coming together to brainstorm and learn, to coordinate and act in ways that will help support progressive candidates – and eventually get out the vote for them. We are not party-affiliated. We hope this forum offers opportunities to innovate. In the process of doing this we are hoping to refine outreach tools & resources, which may be useful if adapted for future progressive campaigns. With your help, we can do it! Kansans can vote and get out the vote.While we are a private group, this link will work as an invitation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FlipKansas/
**The Haskell Foundation** in **Lawrence** , Kansas, has an Emergency Relief Fund that offers immediate financial assistance to Native American students facing unexpected hardships, ensuring they can continue their education without disruption. https://www.haskellfoundation.org/
**“Heartland Town Hall: Connecting in the Heart of America.”** The heart of a town hall is those who are speaking, sharing their ideas, concerns, and their dreams for our nation. We are creating a town hall in a podcast format to speak with those that really matter, the citizens of our nation. Heartland Town Hall will have 4 speakers and last about 30 minutes. Now accepting submissions from people who wish to speak for 2-3 minutes. We would love a wide range of submissions, including geography, age, background, ethnicity, etc. Each episode will feature an opportunity to dialogue with each other. Those who submit comments that do not make it into the podcast will also be featured in the Heartland Town Hall Facebook group. Visit our website at www.HeartlandTownHall.com for more information about the podcast. We hope you will join us as a speaker or audience member (or both!) And here is a link to join our Heartland Town Hall Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1325314555282636
**The Homeless Resource Center** , works to ensure that those facing homelessness in Douglas County have access to basic human dignity — meals, showers, mail services, and a safe space to rest. Additionally, we are committed to creating a mutual space for the community as a whole to come together in equity and growth. We rely heavily on volunteers who show up with compassion and a willingness to serve. If anyone receiving this newsletter feels called to contribute their time or talents, we’d love to connect. To learn more about how to get involved, email us at **[email protected]** and see www.hrclawrence.org
I**ndivisible chapters in Kansas** : (search by zip code, city or group name on https://indivisible.org/groups)
Indivisible SWKS – Garden City
Indivisible MHK – Manhattan
BlueDot Indivisible – Lawrence
Power of the People Kansas – Topeka
Topekans Against Injustice TAI – Topeka
Defend Our Constitution – Gardner and Baldwin City
BlueSlipper Politics: The Fight – Tonganoxie
Franklin County Action Network – Ottawa
Indivisible Heart of America – Hays
Boots on the Ground Midwest – Johnson County
Wyandotte Indivisible – KC Metro
Mainstream Coalition – Mission
Heartland Mission Indivisible – Mission
Rise Above Justice Movement
Indivisible Parsons – Parsons
Salina Indivisible – Salina
Kansas Women Indivisible
We The People KS – Wichita
Defend Democracy ICT – Wichita
**Kansas Reflector** is a nonprofit news operation providing in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and daily coverage of state government and politics. This public service is free to readers and other news outlets. https://kansasreflector.com/subscribe/****
**Kansas 50501**https://bsky.app/profile/50501-kansas.bsky.social****
**The Kansas Regulars** at https://kansasregulars.com/ We are Kansans, farmers, workers, and neighbors, standing together against corruption, hate, and greed. Greedy billionaires and corrupt politicians have rigged the system to keep working families down. We’re here to take back what’s ours—fair wages, good schools, strong unions, and a future for every family.
**Kansans For Rights** at https://www.facebook.com/groups/638754184477122 A virtual group of amazing humans wanting to work together for a better Kansas. We are above partisan and focus on issues more than the broken two-party system. We recognize the power of our votes, and we want to ensure we all have the information we need to make informed decisions. Education and turnout are the keys to success in our Forever Free state
**The Lawrence Times** provides a daily calendar of local events, including free meals, community resource events, etc. See https://lawrencekstimes.com/events/
**The LFK Phoenix Coalition** is working to help stabilize food for the community. Contact Craig at [email protected].
**The Little Prairie Donation Garden** in **Lawrence,** Kansas, hosts community volunteer days on Wednesdays from 6-8 pm and Saturdays from 11 am – 2 pm through the growing season. The Little Prairie Donation Garden and Orchard are volunteer-based Common Ground and Giving Grove sites that produce fruits and vegetables to be donated back into our local food system through free community meals and local food pantries. Volunteer sign-up is available through our link here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CADAB2FA5FBC25-55832279-community#/ If a larger group would like to schedule a work day event, please email [email protected]
**Loud Light** – https://www.loudlight.org/ – Loud Light engages, educates, and empowers individuals from underrepresented populations to build community power that has an impact on decision makers.
**Ottawa Together**. Mutual Aid is a form of resistance! The threats to various government agencies and not-for-profit entities that support the economically marginalized among us, coupled with the inevitability of rising prices due to tariffs, point to a growing likelihood of food and housing insecurity in our community. We need your help! Are you a gardener? Could you plant an extra tomato plant, one more row of beans, or a few more potatoes to help your neighbors who don’t have the space, time, or knowledge to do so? There is also a FREE community garden space available in Ottawa. Call Will at ECKAN at (785) 242-9954 for info. Please be in touch with us at [email protected] to let us know you’re planting to share!
**Petition to University of Kansas PROVOST BARBARA BICHELMEYER** : SUPPORT YOUR FACULTY AND ACADEMIC STAFF! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/provost-barbara-bichelmeyer-support-your-faculty-and-academic-staff?source=direct_link&
**Republican Budget Impact on Kansas**. Indivisible has provided a resource. **Please use our new “Stop The Cuts” toolkit to take action, organize your neighbors, and educate your community about the terrible harm this bill will cause in Kansas!**
**Sanctuary Alliance**. A collective establishing Sanctuary for Lawrence by;
-Holding our city accountable for their interactions with ICE
-Educating allies on local and national immigration matters
– Providing resources & support to the local immigrant community
https://www.facebook.com/SanctuaryAllianceLawrenceKS/
**SOMOS** is currently seeking donations for printing and legal expenses. ‘Somos Lawrence’ is a grassroots-driven project, whose main goal is to practice and advocate for culturally and linguistically informed outreach to non-English speakers, with a special emphasis on the Spanish-speaking community”. Go to https://ballardcenter.org/somos-lawrence/ When you select your donation amount, scroll to the “Notes” field and type “SOMOS.” Or mail a check to Ballard Center, 708 Elm Street, 66044. Be sure to put “SOMOS” in the memo line.
**Take Action with People Power United Kansas at****https://www.mobilize.us/peoplepowerunited/event/561550/******
**Taking Care Together** is an awesome new website created by Jerry Jost out of Lawrence, Kansas, with information about what you can do, resistance organizations, guiding wisdom, warnings, news sources, plans to vote, knowing your rights, high conflict situations, social security, travel, and security, and more! https://www.takingcaretogether.org/what-you-can-do
**Talk on SRS, the Nuclear Arms Race & Upcoming Meetings on Plutonium “Pit” Production. **The event video is archived at: https://www.youtube.com/live/paiDOA8thlcThis information applies to the Kansas City nuclear bomb plant, because they make parts for SRS’s radioactive parts of nuclear bombs. We need a mass movement to say NO to new nukes.
**Women for Kansas.** Women for Kansas is a grassroots initiative designed to energize and educate individuals and groups of women across the state to ensure the election of moderate candidates to public office who advocate for moderate policies. Subscribe to their newsletter at https://womenforkansas.org/news-we-can-use/
## **National**
**The ACLU** notes that everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws, and they provide some excellent resources on that topic. See https://www.aclunc.org/home
**5 Calls.** It is the easiest and most effective way for U.S. constituents to make a political impact. More information on their website at https://5calls.org/ or download the app.
**Citizen’s Impeachment** – Our Article of Impeachment on Tyranny can be found here. Our initial project, Operation Anti-King made national press and led to multiple members of Congress publicly supporting impeachment within 48 hours. And, the list of representatives saying “YES” to impeachment is growing. You can see if your member is one of them by searching for their name in the search bar above the tracker at citizensimpeachment.com
The “5 Minute Impeachment” guide lists things you can do right now to push for impeachment and the About Us page provides a little more information about our efforts.
**Election Truth Alliance** – https://electiontruthalliance.org/eta – The Election Truth Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in December of 2024 when multiple individuals came together to share independent data, analysis, and research into the results of the 2024 US Presidential Election. As concerning trends emerged from our shared data we moved quickly, at the speed of trust,**** to make our findings more accessible and understandable to the broader public.
**Fox Takedown**. Fox Takedown is a grassroots non-violent protest movement against Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing propaganda machine. Start a protest where you live — any day of the week — to tell Fox to stop hurting America. See https://www.foxtakedown.com/
**General Strike** at https://generalstrikeus.com/aboutus
**Impeach Trump Again!** https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/
**Indivisible** https://indivisible.org/
**The Movement Infrastructure Project** is a grassroots initiative aimed at getting organizers and activists the tools and resources that they need to take bold action, build strong organizations, and create transformative change. They have an amazing collection of artful posters that you can download and plaster everywhere! See https://www.movementinfrastructureproject.org/unwelcoming-committee
**The National Immigration Law Center** has a form here for people to sign on to a public comment opposing forced registration. In case it’s helpful, NILC has also put together more info on registration here and here.
**People Power United** has good suggestions for actions you can take every day! https://www.newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/
**Protect Public Media**https://protectmypublicmedia.org/
**The Resistance Rangers.** 800+ off-duty park rangers fighting for our public lands. At https://linktr.ee/resistanceranger
**Run for Something** will recruit and support young, diverse progressives to run for down-ballot races to build sustainable power for Democrats in all 50 states. See https://runforsomething.net/
**The 2025 Summer Community Organizing** Fellowship is a deep community organizing and local power training program. This opportunity is for young people and individuals belonging to communities disproportionately impacted by disenfranchisement and underrepresentation. See https://www.loudlight.org/fellowship
**The Visibility Brigade** at https://www.visibilitybrigade.com/ RUSH HOUR RESISTANCE.Providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. Check out their toolkit!
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