Protesters in Salinas and Monterey will join a nationwide day of action in response to the Trump administration.

The protest, held on the fifth anniversary of the death of Congressman John Lewis, focused on immigration advocacy, voting rights and racial justice.

National organizers of the “Good Trouble Lives On” protests said more than 1,500 events took place across the country Thursday, pushing back against what they described as the Trump administration’s “most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations.

Over 200 people gathered at downtown Modesto’s Five Points intersection for a “Good Trouble Lives On” protest Thursday evening, in honor of the late congressmember and civil rights’ leader John Lewis on the anniversary of his death. Protesters rally in front of BAC bank at Five Points in downtown Modesto for the “Good Trouble Lives On” protest.

In a similar peaceful spirit as the recent “No Kings” rallies, the “Good Trouble Lives On” movement is a national day of non-violent action to “peacefully respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people,” the organizers said in a news release.

A nationwide protest dubbed "Good Trouble Lives On" will sweep through Victorville on July 17, following in the "No Kings" protest footsteps.

The legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis will live on across America Thursday, with more than 1,600 events scheduled on the fifth anniversary of his death.

Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people are planned Thursday at more than 1,