COVINGTON, Ky. – People from around the country are preparing to march in Washington D.C. Saturday, calling for an end to the violence in the Gaza Strip.

A Northern Kentucky man has been trying to spread that message in Covington, and now he’s taking it to the nation’s capital.

For more than a month, Covington resident Mohammad Ahmad has been pleading with the City of Covington to pass a resolution he crafted that would support a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Ahmad, who is of Palestinian descent and has lost a family member to the violence, has been consistent with his message. He was joined by several other supporters of the ceasefire Tuesday at the city's latest commission meeting. 

“People are realizing this is genocide; this is ethnic cleansing,” he said.

Covington Mayor Joseph Meyer said the city would not adopt the resolution to keep peace and avoid taking one side. Ahmad said he was disappointed by his response. 

"They claimed not to take a side, but that in and of itself is taking a side," he said. "I actually think you could argue that even if this was not the mayor’s intention, he took a side that defended Israel.

"We need cities in Kentucky to talk to our elected officials because they won’t listen to us. We’re telling the mayor to tell those people to do their job because they’re not listening to us. We’ve tried calling them; we’ve tried emailing them.”

He's now planning to show up at those elected officials’ doorsteps, figuratively. Ahmad is joining what he expects to be more than half a million people who are planning to march on Washington for Gaza.

“Hopefully, this march in D.C. gets them to listen to us if they’re not listening to us already,” he said.

He said his activism won’t end there, as his goal is to continue talking with Covington officials to come up with a resolution they can agree on, no matter how long it may take. 

Ahmad said he’s not expecting to see much of a counter-protest in D.C., but even if there is, it won’t deter him from delivering his message.