March and Rally for Jobs and Justice

FROM THE EMANCIPATOR TO THE LIBERATOR MARCH AND RALLY FOR JOBS AND JUSTICE
 
The National Urban League is pleased to partner with Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN), along with partners in labor, education, civil rights, and clergy from across the country, to hold a rally and march for jobs and justice on Saturday, October 15, 2011, before the historic unveiling of the national King Memorial on the National Mall.
 
Click here for more information and bus locations.
 
The rally begins at 11 a.m. at the National Sylvan Theater, 15th & Independence Ave, Washington D.C. 20002. The march will begin afterwards to the King Memorial site on Ohio Drive, SW and West Basin Drive, SW.
 
 
FROM THE EMANCIPATOR (ABRAHAM LINCOLN) TO THE LIBERATOR (MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.)
THE COLLECTIVE JOURNEY OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO BE REAFFIRMED
 
  • REVEREND AL SHARPTON, President and Founder
  • REVEREND DR. W. FRANKLYN RICHARDSON, Chairman of the Board
  • TAMIKA D. MALLORY, National Executive Director
CO-SPONSORS
 
  • RANDI WEINGARTEN, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
  • LEE SAUNDERS, Secretary Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
CO-CHAIRS
 
  • RICHARD L. TRUMKA, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
  • NORMAN SEABROOK, President, COBA
  • DENNIS VAN ROEKEL, President of the National Education Association (NEA)
  • LARRY COHEN, President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA)
  • GEORGE GRESHAM, President of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
  • MARC MORIAL, President and CEO of the National Urban League
  • WADE HENDERSON, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR)
  • MELANIE CAMPBELL, President NCBCP
  • BEN JEALOUS, President NAACP
NATIONAL CLERGY DIRECTOR
 
  • REVEREND WILLIE F. WILSON, Union Temple Church, Washington, D.C.
 
Click here to view and download the official flyer.