[Ahmaud Arbery\National Action Network]
On Friday, May 8th, Rev. Al Sharpton will moderate a Call to Action with Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, father, and attorneys on his 26th Birthday.
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Murder victim Ahmaud Arbery with his mother Wanda Cooper-Jones.
On Friday, May 8th, Rev. Al Sharpton will moderate a Call to Action with Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, father, and attorneys on his 26th Birthday.
Rev. Al Sharpton, President and Founder of National Action Network (NAN), alongside Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones, his father Marcus Arbery, Sr., and the attorneys for the family, Attorneys S. Lee Merritt and Benjamin Crump, are convening via Facebook Live to honor the life of a son and honor student who was killed while on a daily jog in late February.
Video footage of Ahmaud Arbery’s death surfaced online this week and NAN is calling for the arrests of the father and son (Gregory McMichael, 64, and son Travis McMichael, 34,) who murdered Arbery while he was jogging.
The call to demand justice to and to honor Ahmaud Arbery’s on what would’ve been his 26th Birthday will be broadcasted on Facebook: www.facebook.com/nationalactionnetwork.
It starts at 6:00 pm ET Friday, May 8th.
About the National Action Network
National Action Network is one of the leading civil rights organizations in the nation with chapters throughout the entire United States. Founded in 1991 by Reverend Al Sharpton, NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote a modern civil rights agenda that includes the fight for one standard of justice, decency and equal opportunities for all people regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, criminal record, economic status, gender, gender expression, or sexuality.www.nationalactionnetwork.net.