SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — People gathered at First Baptist Church in Salt Lake City on Sunday afternoon to promote anti-violence and peaceful protest through song.
Part of a national movement, this sing-in was hosted ahead of Saturday’s No Kings Protest as a method of non-violent direct action to help people process grief and spark change.
Ana Shaw with Singing Resistance SLC told ABC4.com that Singing Resistance is a part of a nationwide movement originating out of Minneapolis, with the mission “to sing together, to help envision a better world and oppose ice specifically and oppose a lot of other things that we are really concerned about.”
Shaw said that the goal of Singing Resistance is to bring hope to those who feel hopeless and to display peace in an ever-changing and chaotic world. She sincerely hopes that this peaceful form of protest will reach thousands…