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One hundred and twenty-five organizations have endorsed The Martin Luther King March Of Resistance that will take place on Monday, January 19, 2026, 12:00 noon, starting at the Martin Luther King Statue, 495 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Newark, New Jersey.
“The purpose of the march is to protest the efforts of the Trump administration to erase the past 100 years of racial and social progress,” Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress stated.
“This march will demonstrate our resistance to unjust and undemocratic domestic and foreign policies that are causing the pain and suffering of people at home and abroad,” Hamm said.
“People who are outraged by Trump’s racist, fascist, and draconian economic policies at home, and his invasion of Venezuela, bombing of Nigeria , support of genocide in Gaza and other imperialist policies abroad should come out and march with us,” he said.
The march is sponsored by People’s Organization For Progress (POP). It has been endorsed by 125 grassroots, civic, community, labor, religious, racial and social justice organizations so far.
“We are marching to recommit ourselves to the ideals and goals of Dr King and the Civil Rights Movement and to show our determination not to be dragged back by Trump to the dark past without a fight,” he said.
“The policies of the Trump administration are antithetical to everything that Martin Luther King stood for. They are perpetuating poverty, racial and class inequality, imperialism, and war which Dr king was opposed to,” he said.
“The president’s domestic and economic policies benefit the rich and hurt the rest of us; the middle class, working people and the poor. And he is pursuing a racist, white nationalist, and white supremacist agenda to stifle and impede the progress of black people and other people of color,” he said.
The demonstration will begin with a rally at the Martin Luther King Statue. Following the rally protesters will march to the Federal Building, 970 Broad Street, and then back to the King Statue where there will be a closing rally.
Speakers at the rally will include representatives from a wide variety of organizations that endorsed the march. They will discuss their opposition to various Trump administration policies and relevant political, economic, and social justice issues.
“Although we are glad to have 125 endorsing organizations we are not going to stop there. We are going to continue to seek more endorsements in the days ahead. Other organizations that wish to endorse should contact POP right away,” Hamm said.
POP is a volunteer, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for racial, social, economic justice and peace since it was founded 42 years ago. It has held annual observances of Dr King’s birthday almost every year since it was organized and has held marches in his honor over the past 37 years.
The Martin Luther King March of Resistance has been endorsed by 125 organizations so far including: Local 108 Retail Wholesale Department Store Union UFCW AFL-CIO, New Jersey Poor People’s Campaign, Nu Family Foundation Inc, Teaneck Peace And Justice Vigil, Seniors In Action, Let’s Save Paterson, Ceasefire Now NJ, Garden State Equality, Newark NJ Civilian Complaint Review Board, The HUBB Arts And Trauma Center, JFK Democratic Club – Franklin Twp Somerset County, Resistencia en Accion NJ, Corey Teague, WSM Associates, CHS Construction, CS2 Developers, River Sand Development, District 1199J, Sophia Inclusive Community, New Jersey Black Issues Convention, Latino Action Network, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, New Jersey Communities for Accountable Policing, New Jersey Peace Action, Unitarian Universalist Faith Action NJ, Food & Water Watch, Unitarian Universalist Beacon Summit Congregation – Social Action, Leonia Vigil for Peace & Justice,Justice for Drew Coalition, Essex County Federation of Democratic Women, Mt Airy United Fellowship of Philadelphia, PA, 350 NJ-Rockland, Greater Newark Chapter of the National Action Network, Justice & Unity Coalition, Refuse Fascism – NJ Chapter, South Ward Democrats, Young Professionals For Justice, United Church of Christ of Montclair, Irvington Branch NAACP, Bomba’s Barbershop, Party for Socialism and Liberation-NJ Chapter, Women Who Never Give Up, Radical Elders, Action 21, October 22 Coalition To Stop Police Brutality, Repression, And The Criminalization Of A Generation, Bergen County Black Caucus, New Brunswick Area Branch NAACP, Black Lives Matter-Elizabeth, Newark Interfaith Alliance, American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch, MAN VILLAGE Men’s Support Group, St James AME Church, REFAL Inc., Daughters, Friends, And Sisters In The Lord For Africa, MAL Civic Association, PAL-Awda NY/NJ, National United Youth Council, BET HaSHEM YHWH, St Paul AME Church-Kenilworth, SOMA Action, The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee of Elizabeth, NJ, Muslim League of Voters of New Jersey, Islamic Alliance, Good Deeds, West Orange for Humanity, The African American Alliance USA, NJ Anti-Violence Coalition, Urban League of Union County,
Israel Memorial A.M.E Church, The Wei LLC, The Northern NJ Socialist Party, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, Black Cops Against Police Brutality, Inc., FightBackBetter News Editors, Mothers Against Forced Foster Adoption, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.- Team Gamma Omicron Zeta, African American Public Policy & Advocacy Group, KnowTheIssue.Org, Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Essex Times, African American Reports, Jumpstart Community, NJ National Action Network, For The Love of Newark, December 12th Movement, Public Service Governance, New Jersey State Industrial Union Council, South Orange-Vailsburg United Methodist Church, National Action Network, Operation Grow Inc., Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church
Jersey City, New Jersey, New Jersey Black Empowerment Coalition, IUPAT DC21, National Awareness Alliance, South Jersey Progressive Democrats, Merchantville Democratic Committee, Unitarian Universalist Church In Cherry Hill, New Jersey for Bernie, St John Baptist Church, Jackie Robinson Little League, MapSO Freedom School, North NJ Democratic Socialists of America, Seton Hall University – Africana Studies Program, Faith in NJ, Veterans For Peace Chapter 021, The Foundation of Shakiaa Garrett, The Women Advisors to the Council of Imams, Sistars In Service, NAACP: Oranges & Maplewood, Weequahic Park Association, Urban League of Essex County, North Jersey Black Caucus for Social Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace-Northern NJ Chapter, Holy Renaissance Ministries United Church of God, Initials Entertainment & Productions LLC, M. Carr Enterprises, Avenging The Ancestors Coalition, Camden City African American Commission, All Politics R Local, Our Revolution New Jersey, Venceremos Brigade NY/NJ, FARD United, South Ward Environmental Alliance, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, and New Community Corporation.
For more information contact the People’s Organizations For Progress at (973)801-0001.
