(“Over two-hundred ministers participated in a conference call” – Bishop Samuel Green, Sr. of the AME Churches in the Arkansas/Oklahoma was on the conference call. )
ON NBC’S TODAY SHOW REV. AL SHARPTON ANNOUNCES NAN JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON 100-CITY VIGIL LED BY NATIONAL CLERGY SATURDAY, JULY 20TH
Monday, July 15, 2013–Today on NBC’s Today Show, Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network (NAN), announced that NAN is organizing “Justice for Trayvon” vigils in 100 cities across the country on Saturday, July 20th to press the federal government to investigate civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. Hundreds of national preachers, led by Rev. Al Sharpton and NAN will hold prayer vigils and rallies in front of federal buildings calling on the Justice Department to investigate the civil rights violations made against Trayvon Martin. Over two-hundred ministers participated in a conference call on Sunday evening and are pushing congregants to register in various cities at www.nationalactionnetwork.net.
Rev. Sharpton also discussed the renewed mobilization for the Saturday, August 24th National Action to Reclaim the Dream March on Washington that he and Martin Luther King, King, III, are leading. Fifty years after the 1963 March on Washington, Voting Rights, and the Justice for Trayvon Martin movement are key civil rights rallying issues and NAN is escalating the call for the Department of Justice to investigate whether George Zimmerman committed civil rights violations against Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012. According to Rev. Sharpton: “Trayvon Martin had the civil right to go home. He was not doing anything wrong.”
On NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, July 14th, Rev. Al Sharpton discussed going to Sanford, Florida, in 2012, with Trayvon Martin’s parents and Attorney Benjamin Crump to meet with the U.S. Attorney, and they asked for civil rights charges to be pursued at that time. The Department of Justice decided to wait until after the state trial to decide whether to go forward. Rev. Sharpton is now calling on the Justice Department to complete a full investigation and will send a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder that will be signed by himself, Melanie Campbell, (National Coalition on Black Civic Participation), Marc Morial (National Urban League), and Benjamin Todd Jealous (NAACP) to resume the filing of civil rights charges that the family of Trayvon Martin and Rev. Al Sharpton initially met in Florida with a U.S. Attorney about.
The August 24th, 50th Anniversary March on Washington will focus on voting rights and ending state laws like Stand your Ground and Stop and Frisk. It will be the first national march since the acquittal of George Zimmerman. According to Rev. Al Sharpton and NAN, Dr.King’s dream has been undermined by both the Supreme Court Voting Rights decision and the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
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ARKANSAS MARCH & VIGIL FOR JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON
THE AME CHURCHES OF ARKANSAS WILL LEAD A MARCH, SATURDAY, JULY 20TH GATHERING AT 10AM (CST) AT DICKEY STEPHENS PARK, 400 WEST BROADWAY IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THE MARCH WILL BEGIN AT 10:30AM (CST) AND WILL END AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING, 700 WEST CAPITOL IN LITTLE ROCK WHERE A VIGIL WILL TAKE PLACE ASKING FOR JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN. THOSE WHO CAN NOT MARCH, CAN MEET AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING AT 11AM (CST) FOR THE VIGIL.
THIS MARCH AND VIGIL IS PART OF THE "JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON" NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION VIGILS IN 100 CITIES LED BY REV. AL SHARPTON. VIGILS ABOUND THE NATION ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK WEBSITE AT WWW.NATIONALACTIONNETWORK.NET.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARCH IN ARKANSAS, CONTACT REV. TYRONE A. BROOMFIELD AT 870-305-6520.
