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NAN’s “Overnight Occupy” Protests Violence in Communities of Color
—Aug 09, 2018
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN) TO LEAD CITYWIDE “OVERNIGHT OCCUPY” EFFORT TO BRING AWARENESS TO SENSELESS VIOLENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
National Action Network leaders will sleep in the streets overnight to raise awareness about rising violence throughout the Five Boroughs
WHO:
Minister Kirsten John Foy, NE Regional Director, NAN
Rev. Kevin McCall, National Crisis Director, NAN
NAN Youth Huddle & Local Activists
WHAT:
NAN leaders to march from each location at 7:00 p.m. in respective borough and will sleep in streets overnight to raise awareness about growing threat of violence throughout NYC
WHEN:
**All stops to begin at 7p.m.**
WHERE:
August 9, 2018
107th Ave. & 159th St.
Jamaica, NY 11433
August 10, 2018
Mother Gatson Blvd. & Belmont Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11212
August 11, 2018
Cypress Hills Project
Fountain & Sutter Aves.
August 12, 2018
Manhattan Polo Grounds
155th St. & Frederick Douglass Blvd.
New York, NY 10039
August 13, 2018
Manhattan Polo Grounds
East 110th St. & Park Ave.
New York, NY 10029
August 14, 2018
Jersey St. & Winter Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10301
August 15, 2018
Tompkinsville Park
Bay St. & Victory Blvd.
Staten Island, NY 10301
**All stops to begin at 7p.m.**