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The Fierce Urgency of Now — Marquette Park

Al Maa'uun on the ground at the national march into Marquette Park, Chicago — walking for justice with a coalition of neighbors, families, and faith communities.

Banner reading 'The Fierce Urgency of Now — A National March into Marquette Park' — The Fierce Urgency of Now — a national march into Marquette Park.

Thousands of marchers filling a Chicago street in the rain with flags, drums and umbrellas — Rain didn't stop it. Thousands stepped off together.

Marchers holding a large banner reading 'Abolish ICE — Liberen a todos los secuestrados' — Coalition on the front line — neighbors standing with immigrant families.

Al Maa'uun 'Twin Cities Walking for Justice' shirt honoring the MLK march route — Honoring the dream, advancing the future — Twin Cities to Marquette Park.

Al Maa'uun leadership on stage at the Marquette Park march with speakers addressing the crowd — Al Maa'uun on the main stage — Houston represented in the national call.

Interfaith leaders standing together on stage as a speaker addresses the march — Interfaith coalition — Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders shoulder to shoulder.

Rain-soaked crowd in ponchos applauding speakers under the trees at Marquette Park — Elders and neighbors in the rain, applauding the charge to keep organizing.

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On the march — Marquette Park, Chicago. English captions are on by default; turn them off in the player's settings.

Read the transcript

…ignore the demands of justice.

Only love — organized, courageous, disciplined love, expressed through nonviolence — can transform our communities and our nations.

Nonviolence right now is necessary and essential, contrary to what many people may believe, because it's not a tactic, it's not a momentary strategy, but it is a moral, spiritual, and social way of life.

Nonviolence is courageous confrontation, creative compassion, constructive resistance, and consistent commitment.

It is the discipline that keeps us from becoming what we oppose. It is the power that exposes injustice without destroying people or communities.

It is the pathway, yes, to the beloved community — because the beloved community cannot be built with bricks of bitterness or mortar of malice.

Chicago, today we marched.

Testimonies

"Al Maa'uun showed me that my faith and my organizing are the same work."

Amir, Third Ward

"I came for a Know Your Rights training. I stayed because I found my people."

Naima, Kashmere Gardens

"We build leaders the way our elders did — one relationship at a time."

Khalil, Lead Organizer