While Irish Prime Minster Enda Kenny traveled to the White House to take part in a traditional “shamrock ceremony” with his American counterpart on Thursday, Irish lawmaker Aodhán Ó’Ríordáin and other critics called on Irish-Americans to take a stand against President Donald Trump and his xenophobic policies.

To coincide with Ireland’s National Holiday, St. Patrick’s Day, on Friday, Ó’Ríordáin has planned an event dubbed “Irish Stand,” which will provide a platform for “Irish, American, and global voices” to be “raised in united for justice and equality.”

“The story of the Irish, both home and abroad, is one of immigration, sectarianism, and oppression,” reads the event website. “We understand and echo the concerns of those communities who face fear and uncertainty. We are, therefore, compelled to raise our voices in the spirit of the late and great, Dr. King, and make a compassionate stand for unity.”

Notably, the event is being held at New York City’s Riverside Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. historically took a stand again the Vietnam War in April 1967.

Ó’Ríordáin, the Labour Party senator who made waves last fall when he declared Trump a “fascist” before Parliament, told the Irish Times that Kenny’s visit to the White House compelled him to action.

“If we were to let Enda Kenny’s visit to the White House pass without people from an Irish background least trying to do something then that would be a missed opportunity,” he said. “I don’t know what happens next and we do have to be realistic but things can often go in expected directions.”

In an op-ed published The Journal on Thursday, Ó’Ríordáin expanded on this idea. He wrote: