[Racial Disparities\Black Men]
Rep. Wilson: “The commission will review police brutality, gun violence, fatherhood, recruiting and training black male teachers, and even sneakers, which play an important role in the lives of Black boys.
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[Davell Gardner]
Davell’s service will take place at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 1927 Fulton Street in Brooklyn.
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[Eric Garner\John Lewis]
National Action Network (NAN) will recognize the historic life of Congressman and Civil Rights legend John Lewis while commemorating the sixth anniversary of the murder of Eric Garner.
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[Republican JUSTICE Act]
Benjamin Crump: “The Black community is tired of the lip service…We all know that as the Act is written, it is in direct contrast to the demands of the people, who have taken to the streets to call for the reallocation of resources in order to improve social safety.”
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[George Floyd Vigil\Eric Garner]
The vigil to honor George Floyd will be held at 200 Bay St. in Staten Island. 1:00 PM EDT.
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[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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[Killing of Ahmaud Arbery]
Merritt: ” NAN will be working closely with our attorneys to ensure Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael are vigorously prosecuted and appropriately sentenced.”
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[National Action Network\CAREHutchins Family Foundation]
International humanitarian relief organization CARE is partnering with the Hutchins Family Foundation and Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network to provide 175,000 nutritious meals to frontline health workers and vulnerable people impacted by COVID.
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[COVID-19\NAN Town Hall]
Cory Booker, U.S. Senator for New Jersey, will be a featured speaker along with experts to discuss how the African-American community and small businesses have been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
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[COVID-19\ BLACK FAITH & CIVIL RIGHTS]
“We, the undersigned, have joined together to state our unequivocal and firm opposition to the premature effort of governors to willfully re-open their states. The actions of these governors, which demonstrate reckless disregard for the health and life of Black residents.”
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