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National Action Network’s 2018 Convention, April 18-21 — Register today!

April 13, 2018 12:25 AM·

National Action Network’s 2018 Convention will take place April 18-21 at the Times Square Sheraton [811 7th Av, New York, NY 10019] in New York City. It offer an opportunity to revisit the current state of the national civil rights movement in America. We will take a look back on the last 50 years since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968.

Registration is free. Sign up today to be a part of the nation’s largest civil rights convention.

Announced Guests Include:

  • Former Attorney General Eric Holder
  • Senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Tim Scott
  • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Representatives Al Green, Sheila Jackson-Lee
  • Common, Rapper and Activist
  • Susan Taylor
  • Governor Phil Murphy
  • Commentators Angela Rye, Symone Sanders, Joy-Ann Reid
  • #MeToo’s Tarana Burke
  • DNC Chairman Tom Perez
  • Mayor Ras Baraka
  • Kristen Clarke
  • Robert Smith of VISTA Equity Partners
  • Valeisha Butterfield-Jones, Head of Black Google
  • Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr.

National Action Network 2018 Convention. April 18-21, 2018

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