Organizers will call for passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and other voting rights legislation.

More than 200 rallied in Fort Myers to honor John Lewis and protest what they see as threats to civil and human rights.

"Good Trouble Lives On" is known as a national day of action and brings topics of controversial changes happening throughout the country to the events. SHARON On Saturday, over 1,000 nationwide protests are being held to call for change, defend civil and human rights and to honor a late civil rights activist.

Thursday marked five years since the death of civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, which is why the movement was held that day. The Good Trouble Lives On organization said Lewis coined the phrase "Good Trouble" to describe coming together for peaceful action against injustice.

Thursday marks five years since John Lewis, a prominent civil rights activist and longtime Georgia congressman, died.

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)

The downtown Raleigh rally, part of national “Good Trouble Lives On” protests, will focus on a GOP bill that would affect North Carolina elections.

“Good Trouble” rallies are coming to Boston and other Massachusetts cities on Thursday, July 17, in protest of the Trump administration, according to the Indivisible Mass Coalition.