There’s a lot going on behind the singing emanating from the Campbell Community Center on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The singers are from the Resistance Chorus-Silicon Valley, a group that has taken up the art of protest singing.

Los Gatos resident David Creighton said he started the chorus after an “awakening” following the 2016 presidential election.

“The election caused a lot of people to look at the world and what they wanted to do to get involved in some way,” Creighton said.

On the group’s Meetup.com page it says “The revolution needs music!” and “While others man the phone banks, march, agitate, persuade or campaign, we sing. We encourage our fellow activists in public places, in the spirit of protest singers of the past.”

Creighton said he was inspired by the protest songs he heard during the Vietnam War era.

“It’s a great element of expression,” he said, adding that the group sings to address values such as justice, equality, peace and brotherhood rather than specific issues. “We sing toward values, not issues. We stay out of the debate, but will sing something that is relevant to what we see as the bigger picture.”

Creighton held the first meeting of the chorus in September. The first rehearsal was Nov. 14, and another was scheduled for Tuesday.

Early participants already feel drawn to the group and its mission.

“This gives me a creative outlet, like I can make a difference while singing, which is also something I am passionate about,” said San Jose resident Roxy Tracy. “It’s really like this was made for me.”

A retired businessman, Creighton has a volunteer gig leading a middle school choir. He dove in despite a lack of teaching and singing experience, though he plays the piano. He says his experience in business and his volunteer work helps organize the group, but adds that everyone has a say in what is sung.

Creighton said he’d like to have a group of roughly 60-80 people so when there is an organized march or protest, the chorus can be called upon to sing there. At press time the Meetup page listed 34 members.

“I think we can get there,” Creighton said. “We have a lot of vocal abilities.”

San Jose resident Kerry Moore joined the group after seeing a post in her social media feed. She figured the chorus could be her “creative outlet” in addition to channeling her politics.

“I only became an activist last year,” Moore said. “I have always thought that as a citizen, I was doing my job if I read and voted, and I’ve now realized that it takes more than that.”

The group holds rehearsals every second or third Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Campbell Community Center in Room C-35, and another rehearsal the following Saturday at 10 a.m.

Singers of all abilities and experience are welcome to join.

For more information, visit meetup.com/resistance-chorus.