Since its founding, ETNAM has organized numerous demonstrations calling for the independence of East Turkestan[8][9] and lobbied members of the US Congress to enact bills to help protect the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of Xinjiang.[10] On December 20, 2018, in remembrance of the 69th anniversary of Xinjiang's incorporation by the People's Republic of China, the group organized a march from the White House[11] to the State Department and called on the US government to "recognize the genocide occurring in East Turkistan" and also called on the United Nations to "act according to the UN Genocide Convention and stop the 21st century Holocaust".[12]