A crowd marched up Long Pond in Greece, making multiple stops at Greece Town Hall, Greece Athena High School, and English Road for a Black Lives Matter Rally.

Organizer Dina Johnson said the message from the rally was clear:

"We're here to say (get) your knee getting off my neck, honey, and results will happen because we are not dividing in the town of Greece and we are not standing for that anymore," said Johnson.

Organizers laid out a list of demands, including having the school district adopt a black centric curriculum, reestablish talking circles for black and white students, and more funding for tutoring and creating mental health services in school instead of using the police.

Johnson said the key to success in the community is education, which can help unite rather than divide.

"Use your voices, call people out when they say things that are inappropriate at work. No, it's not comfortable, but god is here," said one of the rally's speakers.

Johnson also addressed the statement that town supervisor Bill Reilich sent out informing residents of the protest and that state police will be on stand-by, ready to respond to any illegal activity.

She took offense to the idea that the town assumed that protesters would destroy and loot businesses because Greece is her home.

"I may not be anybody to him,” Johnson said. “I'm just a regular Greece resident, however, I am somebody who has a voice and would like answers as to why you think without talking to me.”

Reilich said in a text after the rally that he would be happy to meet with Dina Johnson in person, saying “if she calls my office it can be set up.”

Johnson responded that she intends to call him on Monday.