The Sunrise Movement and Shut Down D.C. participated in a wake-up protest, which has existed since the Civil War era, in which unhappy civilians would go to their representative’s house and bang pots and pans to wake them up, and therefore inhibit their sleep.
Such protests are more and more popular nowadays, especially in such a time of social unrest. Protesters demanded he not confirm a new justice for the Supreme Court, after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.