Saturday's rally was planned in response to threats from the federal government to withhold nearly $9 billion in federal funding if Harvard doesn’t follow a broad list of demands.

Harvard University students and faculty, along with Cambridge residents and city leaders, came together to speak out and to stand up against President Donald Trump and his administration. As many as 300 people attended the Stand Up Harvard protest on the Cambridge Common Saturday afternoon.

Residents gathered in a rally calling on Harvard University to push back against the Trump administration’s threats.