Protesters who walked over 200 miles from Staten Island, New York, to Washington, D.C., to oppose police killings of unarmed people of color rallied at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday. Carmen Perez, an organizer of the nine-day March 2 Justice, said the march should be part of a larger cultural shift.

Carmen Perez: “We can’t just sit on our couches anymore. We can’t wait for somebody to come save us. We have to save ourselves. And so, that’s what we’re doing. One of the things that I feel is really important for people to understand is that the march is one of the tactics in a larger strategy. We need to change the hearts and minds of individuals. We need a cultural shift. We’re coming with three pieces of federal legislation that are going to address police brutality and racial profiling, as well as invest back into our communities and our children.”