The National Action Network is celebrating their silver anniversary convention April 13-16 at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel. Guests for the 25th convention include Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, NAACP State Conference President Hazel Dukes, comedian Sherri Shepherd, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Marc Lamont Hill, Michael Eric Dyson and New York Amsterdam News Publisher, Elinor Tatum. The convention will take a look at the progress NAN has made over the last 25 years.
The event will also feature a discussion with several mothers of unarmed Black men who were killed including Valerie Bell, mother of Sean Bell, Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, and Constance Malcolm, mother of Ramarley Graham. Registration is currently open. Go to www.nationalactionnetwork.net or call 212-690-3070.
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