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Caribbean Life, April 7-13, 2022
Mayor, gov, former sec of state headed where the ‘Action’ Is
Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy
Hochul are among a long list of influential
Americans headed for the Sheraton Times
Square Hotel for National Action Network’s
31st annual convention from April 6 to 9.
Like devout, supporters of the Civil Rights
organization founded by Rev. Al Sharpton
they believe next week there is where the
action is.
It will be the first time the newly-installed
first citizens of the city and state represent
their vast constituency at the gathering of
the largest organization in America devoted
to advocacy for Black.
Along with other elected officials from
the state, they will be among the nation’s
most represented during three-days of
eclectic presentations.
Senior Senator Charles Schumer, Public
Advocate Jumaane Williams, Congresspersons
Yvette Clarke, Sean Maloney, Mondaire
Jones, Carolyn Maloney, Jamaal Bowman,
Tom Suozzi and the state’s former Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton have all committed to
the dates.
Held to coincide with the anniversary of
the Jan. 4. 1968 assassination of Dr. King
in Memphis, Tennessee, in previous years,
the NAN annual has attracted some of the
most-high profiled personalities.
On the organization’s 20th anniversary,
Barack Obama, the first Black president of
the United States, addressed the celebrants.
Last year on NAN’s 30th anniversary,
Vice President Kamala Harris presented
her address during the second year of the
COVID-19 pandemic from the prestigious
Carnegie Hall.
Revered as one of the leading civil rights
organizations in America, NAN boasts chapters
throughout the entire United States.
Following leadership of protest movements
supporting the families of Michael Griffith
– who was killed in Howard Beach,
Yusuf Hawkins – murdered in Bensonhurst
and other racially disparaged Blacks in
New York, Sharpton founded the advocacy
organization.
Beginning in Brooklyn in 1991, the activist/
preacher mobilized the grassroots movement
he said would embody “the spirit and
tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” and
“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,
nationality or gender.”
Sharpton had been on a path to leadership
since age 12 however, he gained national
prominence leading protesters vowing
“no justice, no peace” to systemic discrimination
and intolerance to brutality.
The three-day talkfest will welcome
“national leaders from the civil rights movement,
government, labor, religion, business,
media, the Black church and the activist
community to reflect on King’s legacy and
impact while celebrating today’s civil rights
leaders and examining the path forward.”
In addition to local representatives invited
to address the national gathering a
long list includes: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Cong.
Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, Department of
Transportation, Ohio Cong. Joyce Beatty,
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo,
Texas Cong. Sheila Jackson Lee, Health and
Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra,
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Ambassador to
the United Nations, South Carolina Cong.
James Clyburn, Georgia Cong. Lucy McBath,
Marcia Fudge, Secretary of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, The
Honorable Donald M. Remy, Deputy Secretary,
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen.
Amy Klobuchar, Texas Cong. Al Green, New
Jersey Cong. Donald Payne and Alejandro
Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security.
Rapper Fat Joe will kick-off the talkfest
on the first day.
And Benjamin Crump, the Civil Rights
attorney who successfully represented the
families of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd
and other disfranchised Blacks will moderate
a panel.
Catch You On The Inside!
Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the
30th Anniversary of National Action
Network at Carnegie Hall in the Manhattan
borough of New York City, New
York, U.S., Nov. 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah
Moon, File
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