NEW YORK – In advance of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and senior officials of the Attorney General’s Office will be holding a civil rights forum in Harlem TOMORROW, August 21, at 6:30PM. This program will be presented in partnership with the NAACP, the National Action Network, the New York Urban League, La Fuente, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Special remarks will be delivered by Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network; Marc H. Morial, President and C.E.O. of the National Urban League; and Dr. Hazel Dukes, President of NYS NAACP.
This event is co-sponsored by:Congressman Charles B. Rangel, New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, New York State Senator Bill Perkins, New York State Senator Jose M. Serrano, New York State Assemblyman Keith Wright, New York State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa, New York State Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, New York State Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez, New York City Councilwoman Inez Dickens, New York City Councilman Robert Jackson, New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, New York City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus.
For more information or to RSVP, please call 212-416-6044 or e-mail Intergovernmental.Affairs@ag.ny.gov.
WHERE:
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building
Outdoor Plaza
163 West 125th Street
New York, NY
WHEN:
Wednesday, August 21 at 6:30PM
