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Retired NBA Player Jayson Williams To Join Rev. Al Sharpton & National Action Network (NAN) For Occupy The Corners Tonight In An Effort To Decrease Gun Violence In New York Boroughs

WHO:
Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network and MSNBC host
Jayson Williams, retired New Jersey Nets player
Tamika D. Mallory, National Action Network National Executive Director
Iesha Sekou, Executive Director of Street Corner Resources
Rev. Vernon Williams, anti-violence activist
And other anti-violence activists and community members

WHAT:
OCCUPY THE CORNERS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

WHERE:

*Rev. Sharpton sites:
11:00 p.m. –  129th and 7^th Avenue (Harlem, NY)
11:45 p.m. – 111th and 5^th Avenue (Harlem, NY)

WHEN:
TONIGHT – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

ALL OTHER LOCATIONS
FRI-MON -11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Manhattan

• 129th & 7th Ave.
• 111th & 5th Ave.
• 125th Street & Amsterdam Ave.
• 132 St & 5th Ave (Lincoln Houses)

Brooklyn

• Van Siclen Ave. & Stanley Ave.
• Myrtle Ave. & Throop Ave.
• East 46th Street & Church Ave.
• Mother Gaston & Sutter Ave.

Bronx

• 225th Street & White Plains Road

Queens

• Sutphin Blvd. & South Road

Staten Island

• Benziger Ave. and Jersey Street

PLEASE NOTE THE OTC EFFORT WILL TAKE PLACE ALL WEEKEND

Friday-Sunday 11p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Contact: Rachel Noerdlinger [email protected]

BACKGROUND:

National Action Network (NAN) and Rev. Al Sharpton, responding to the recent rash of shootings that have plagued the country are entering into the final weekend of “Occupy the Corners. For the past four weekends NAN and community activists, politicians, church leaders, and the like, have stood on corners in “hotspot” areas throughout the city, watching for any signs of violence, talking to residents, and take back the streets. OTC was not a patrol, says Sharpton, but an opportunity to show strong real-life neighborly support in our communities most plagued by gun violence.

For more information and to see who is leading each site please visit: www.nationalactionnetwork.net