Local grassroots organizations will gather at Kansas City’s Swope Park Thursday to celebrate the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis, according to event organizers.

An estimate of more than 1,700 people attended an IndivisibleNOCO rally at Dwayne Webster Veterans Park in June. The group will hold an event in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis, Good Trouble Lives On – March in Peace, Act in Power, on Thursday at the park. (Jeff Larson / Courtesy of IndivisibleNOCO)

Tens of thousands are expected to join the Good Trouble Lives On protests across all 50 US states on July 17, marking the fifth anniversary of civil rights icon John Lewis’s death. Organizers aim to spotlight what they call severe civil rights rollbacks under the Trump administration.

Those attending the rally are encouraged to give blood during a blood drive that day and to make a donation to the Rainbow Connection.

The 'Good Trouble' protests are part of a nationwide mobilization to honor the late Congressman John Lewis and to protest the Trump administration.