GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Thousands of Grand Rapids protestors who marched through downtown streets on Saturday were led by a coalition of two dozen West Michigan clergy members, who held hands up to stop oncoming traffic and at one point knelt in the street to pray.

The mile-and-a-half march capped off two different Grand Rapids rallies, part of a third round of “No Kings” demonstrations held Saturday, Oct. 18 against Trump and his administration’s policies.

They were part of a day of nationwide protests, with around 100 locations in Michigan and over a dozen held in West Michigan.

Prior to taking her position at the front of the march, Rev. Greta Jo Seidohl, a Unitarian Universalist with the All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, spoke with MLive about organizing clergy members und

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