Mahtowin Munro of United American Indians of New England (UAINE) and Jean-Luc Pierite, President of the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB), opened the rally with calls for international Indigenous solidarity, massive reparations, the right to return and land back for the Indigenous population of Palestine. “From Boston to Palestine, colonialism is a crime!” they declared.

Students under attack at Boston-area universities, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders, a Holocaust survivor and leaders of the Palestinian House demanded, “Lift the siege of Gaza,” “Cease fire now!” and that the U.S. and Zionist governments open the Rafah Crossing immediately to international aid.