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Leading Civil Rights Leaders, Members of Congress, Demand Federal Action on Police Reform & Call for a National Day of Mourning
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(New York, NY) — Prompted by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the leaders of the nation’s top civil rights and social justice organizations and several members of Congress have scheduled a media briefing to demand federal action to reform the nation’s police departments and to call for a national day of mourning.
Scheduled to participate in the briefing are:
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-California)
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-California)
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey)
Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League
Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network
The news conference will take place on Monday, June 1, at 2:30 pm via Zoom. To register, visit the following link: https://bit.ly/2XLCLhc
WHO
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey)
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-California)
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-California)
Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League
Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network
WHAT
Media briefing on federal action on police reform and accountability, call for a National Day of Mourning
WHEN
Monday, June 1, 2020
2:30 p.m. Eastern Time