NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN) STILL IN ACTION

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

The indomnitable Rev. Al Sharpton continues  to work for justice despite the Coronavirus - and is in the forefront of standing for the rights of Black people.

Join Rev. Al Sharpton as he hosts a live discussion on May 4, 2020 with other Black faith leaders on how to lead and practice faith in the time of coronavirus. Among the panelists will be Pastor Jamal Bryant, Reverend Lakeesha Walrond, Pastor Freddy Haynes, Bishop Rudolph McKisick. 

 

When:   Monday, May 4, 2020 
               7:30 — 8:30 p.m. EST

The discussion will take place on Facebook Live
https://www.facebook.com/nationalactionnetwork/

Moderator
Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network

Panelists
Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia GA
Reverend Lakeesha Walrond, President of NY Theological Seminary
Pastor Freddy Haynes of Friendship West Baptist in Dallas TX
Bishop Rudolph McKisick of the Bethel Experience in Jacksonville FL.

NAN Calls for an Investigation into Killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia.

NBCnews.com (courtesy of the family)

NAN urges all to join the fight for justice and calls for charges to be brought against the father and son perpetrators, one of whom is a former law enforcement officer.

“Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton demanded on Wednesday (April 29) an immediate investigation into the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Georgia man who was gunned down in February near his hometown in Brunswick, Ga,” reported BET.

Arbery was killed by a father and a son on February 23^rd. The father is a former Glynn County police officer. There have been no charges or arrests in connection with the killing and Rev. Sharpton and NAN are calling for an investigation for racial profiling and the unjust illegal use of Georgia’s citizen arrest statute. Rev. Sharpton and NAN were brought into the case by the family of Mr. Arbery and his attorney S. Lee Merritt.

“NAN and I are closely following this case and we will apply pressure until this case is fully investigated and those responsible are held to account for their acts that led to the killing of unarmed Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging,” said Reverend Sharpton.  “Justice delayed is justice denied and we are vigorously pursuing for all parties to be held accountable for the death of Ahmaud. We demand an impartial investigation over racial profiling as one of the perpetrators should not be granted immunity because he is a former law enforcement officer.”

Attorney Merritt said that the family of Ahmaud Arbery is relieved to receive the support of NAN and Reverend Sharpton.

“NAN will be working closely with our attorneys to ensure Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael are vigorously prosecuted and appropriately sentenced,” said Merritt.  “Our attention now turns to DA Tom Durden of Liberty County, GA where the case has been referred. Mr. Durden has held this file since April 22. He has not met with the Arbery family nor requested the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) in the handling of the case. As the DA for Liberty County, Mr. Durden likely shares similar conflicts that required two other county DAs to recuse themselves from this case. As such, we are demanding that Mr. Durden turn this file over to an independent special prosecutor.”

Merritt is also calling for a prompt Department of Justice investigation into this shooting.

NAN Expands Meal Distribution Efforts

“Al Sharpton's Harlem-based advocacy organization, the National Action Network, is partnering with humanitarian groups to distribute thousands of meals to healthcare workers and people in need, the group announced this week,” reported Patch.com

“The National Action Network is teaming up with international organization CARE to launch the humanitarian group's first-ever domestic relief project. The partnership will result in 175,000 "CARE packages" — consisting of nutritious meals — being delivered to residents of Harlem and the Bronx. CARE has been distributing its "CARE packages" since 1945, when the organization was founded to feed survivors of World War II.”

 

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, NAN has partnered with World Central Kitchen and now CARE to provide meals in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. 

NAN Second Virtual Townhall Focused on Stimulus and the Black Community

On Sunday, April 26, 2020 National Action Network held its second in a series of virtual town halls. Titled COVID-19: The Stimulus and the Black Community, the discussion was moderated by Rev. Sharpton and featured U.S. Senator Cory Booker,  Drs. Andre Perry and Khalilah Brown-Dean who fielded questions from the audience about the future of Black businesses, the economy, and how to contribute to the political landscape in a time of crisis. Watch a recording of the town hall  here:

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Gloria Dulan-Wilson