On Tuesday, October 21, 2025, the third day of our historic event, AJP Action held a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court building and the U.S. Capitol building, where we hosted AJP Action Executive Director Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, Chicago delegation representative and activist Deanna Othman, Florida delegation member Zeyad Kadur, and CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin.

Over 600 advocates from across the country, from New York all the way to Hawai’i, gathered in Washington, D.C. for the largest coordinated advocacy effort for Palestine in U.S. history, a powerful demonstration of what people power looks like when guided by truth, conviction, and unwavering solidarity. And we did it during a government shutdown, while facing relentless attacks from Zionists and far-right extremists who tried to silence, smear, and intimidate us for daring to demand justice.

But we refused to be intimidated. We demonstrated that our movement cannot be shaken. Not by smear campaigns, not by fear, and not by a political establishment that continues to fund genocide while ignoring its own citizens.

Instead, we filled the halls of Congress with courage, discipline, and moral clarity. Our delegation held more than 200 meetings with both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate, an unprecedented show of organized, grassroots pressure in defense of Palestinian human rights.