From:
One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York
MEDIA ADVISORY
FREEDOM SQUAD 2020
100 BLACK MEN HEAD TO PHILADELPHIA TO
STAND AGAINST VOTER INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT
On Election Day morning, Tuesday, November 3, at 9:30 am ET, a New York City-wide coalition of
100 Black men will head to Philadelphia to help protect the integrity of the vote in the battleground state’s largest city.
Freedom Squad 2020, supported by the
Prince Hall Masons of New York and the One Hundred Black Men of New York (OHBMNY),
will be met by its Philadelphia-based counterparts
led by community activist and criminal justice rights advocate Bill
Cobb. The group will be deployed to polling locations across the city to
monitor, escort
the elderly and infirm, guard against interference, and establish a
stabilizing presence to instill voter confidence in at risk areas.
“The
2020 election is taking place against a backdrop of extreme partisan
hostility and widespread social unrest,” said Rev. Jacques
A. De Graff, the organizer of the initiative who serves on the pastoral staff at Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem
and is a former Vice President of OHBMNY. “We will not ‘stand down, and stand by’ while voters are threatened with intimidation,” De Graff noted.
“The credible threats of right-wing militia groups and a president who has called for ‘an “army” of poll watchers’ to monitor
contested election areas compels us to make sure that the integrity of the right to safe voting is upheld,” he added.
WHAT: Freedom Squad 2020-
A
Citywide Coalition of 100 men travel to Philadelphia, PA to stand against voter intimidation and harassment
DATE/TIME: Tuesday November 3rd, 2020
Boarding: 8:30 AM ET
Departure: 9:30 AM ET
LOCATION:
Buses leave from 137th
Street
and Malcolm X
Boulevard, Harlem
ARRIVAL: Penrose Plaza, 2900 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153,
11:45 a.m. ET
NOW THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
VOTE BLUE - NO MATTER WHO!!
HAVE A PLAN IF YOU HAVE TO STAND
And if you need Free Transportation to the polls Contact:
Mobilevoters.pa@gmail.com or 267.416.0177
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