CINCINNATI, Ohio ― Since Wednesday, local artist and Black Lives Matter Mural Project Manager Brandon Hawkins has been working diligently to finish the Black Lives Matter Mural― a project that developed within only a couple of days.

This one of several other Black Lives Matter projects that will happen over the next couple of months in Cincinnati

“Being a father and a husband and a business owner, I haven’t been able to go out and do any protesting and speak out, but I’ve been given the opportunity to do it the best way I could possibly do it and that’s through art,” said Hawkins.

Hawkins was one of 17 artists assigned to design one letter for the project. Dozens of others have also helped out. They call themselves the Black Art Speaks group.

“This is a one-time opportunity, a lifetime opportunity, and it’s something that has to be done,” he said.

The letters on this mural not only spell out Black Lives Matter, but inside each one it also represents a part of a poem created by organizer Alandes Powell called "I Want What you Want."

“Any movement like Black Lives Matter has got to have a goal, an end goal,” he said. “All of their work that they’re doing is definitely for something and I believe it’s to propel Black people. And so what do we want to help propel us, and that’s what this is about.”

Hawkins says city hall was the perfect place for this art piece because it will cause politicians to think before they make any decision.

“They walk out and they see this and they see that look before you sign your name on that bill on that dotted line or make that decision, realize that black lives matter, and realize that your decisions affect those Black lives,” said Hawkins.

The mural was officially unveiled to the public on Friday. Cincinnati is now one of several other cities across the country with a Black Lives Matter mural.

They raised over $140,000 for the project through the help of a GoFundMe account and business sponsors.

Powell says it’s great to have raised as much as they did, but it means even more that they’re changing the lives of the people around them.

“I’m not sure if I’ll be able to change the hearts of everyone who don’t agree with this," said Powell. “But I think the people who have stayed silent are starting to speak up and really feel like they should be a part of this movement.”

This is just one of several other projects that will take place over the next couple of months, one of which will feature the Black Lives Matter letters across the city.