2021 in Review
Happy Holidays from Good Trouble Monroe!!
Thank you for all your support this year; it sure has been a rough one! Starting with an attempted insurrection and ending yet again with covid, Good Trouble Monroe would like you all to focus on the positive things we have accomplished in 2021!
Together we can make things happen, so please consider joining us for your 2022 New Year’s resolution! We’ll be starting monthly meetings, and I know every one of us has at least one skill or focus we can add to the project!
February
Dr. Graham Denton and Katybeth Davis were featured guests on CREED's Honest Conversation about Racism. The topic was Symbols of Racism & How to Heal.
April
Protest for Transgender Day of Visibility
Protest: Black Lives Still Matter
May
The United Tribes of Michigan unanimously passed a resolution we helped write and introduce alongside the Anishinaabek Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party calling for the removal of a Custer statue in Monroe, Michigan.
June
Custer Falls Again rally on the 145th anniversary of the Battle at Little Bighorn. Native Americans from all over Michigan and as far out as North Dakota came to protest Monroe’s Custer culture despite the inclement weather.
Cole Beehn became a member of the brand new Promedica LGBTQ+ Patient & Family Advisory Council geared towards advising the hospital on LGBTQIA+ integration and consideration in policies and procedures.
Katybeth Davis teamed up with the Monroe Democratic Party for Cultivate Community to assist Monroe homeowners with maintenance, cleaning, fixing up, painting, planting, and decorating their homes!
July
Katybeth Davis, Cole Beehn, and Cody Crutchfield joined the annual River Raisin Clean Up with the River Raisin Legacy Project to help keep the environment clean and safe for all who live here!
August
Katybeth Davis, Cole Beehn, and Cody Crutchfield helped work the Democratic Party booth at the Monroe County Fair.
September
At our prompting, Monroe City Council voted to expand its various codes of ethics to include age; race; height; weight; religion, or lack thereof; disability; color; national or sectional origin; sex; familial status; sexual orientation; gender identity; or that of their friends or associates, or as may be prohibited by Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. We worked with Councilman Felder to ensure the wording would be more inclusive and definitive.
October
The National Congress of American Indians passed a resolution we helped write and introduce alongside the Anishinaabek Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party to dismantle memorials to George Armstrong Custer across the United States.
Dr Graham Denton and Julie Dye presented Indigenous history and current issues to the Monroe Huddle chapter.
Protest: March for Reproductive Rights
Cole Beehn became a member of the Monroe City Trails Advisory Committee with the goal of improving the city’s non-motorized walkways. Their main goal is to make the trails more accessible.
Protest for LGBTQ+ people against the incoming Chik-fil-A restaurant at the corner of Telegraph and Mall Road.
Good Trouble Monroe sponsored a table at the John Dingell Unity Dinner!
November
Katybeth Davis and Dr. Graham Denton presented on “Psychology and the Custer Monument” during Professor Melissa Grey’s college course.
Nathaniel Spurr and Katybeth Davis were guests on Michigan Radio’s “Stateside” in order to talk about the community’s push to remove/relocate the Custer statue in Monroe.
Dr. Graham Denton and Julie Dye held a town hall on American Indian Boarding Schools.
December
Dr. Graham Denton presented “Thanksgiving myths, the Doctrine of Discovery, and myths concerning Christopher Columbus” as part of the Monroe County Community College November Diversity month events.
Julie Dye, Edmund LClair, Cody Crutchfield, Melissa Grey, Barb Mauter, Steve Cielinski, and Dr. Graham Denton worked to draft the first ever official Land Acknowledgement for Monroe County Community College!
Cole Beehn hosted an online vigil in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
It has been a labor of love, but we are so grateful to every person who has shown up, spoken out, sent an email, or messaged with encouragement. We would love to grow and continue to push for positive change in Monroe.
Happy holidays!
Good Trouble Monroe
