NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS SCHEDULE TELECONFERENCE TO COMMENT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
NEW YORK (November 11, 2016) – Leaders of seven national civil rights groups will teleconference with the news media at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, Monday, November 14, regarding the Presidential election, the response of the racial justice community and the effect of racially discriminatory voter suppression laws.
Participating in the teleconference will be:
Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Melanie Campbell, President and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable
Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League
The Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network
To join the call you must RSVP here. The dial-in number is: (800) 230-1766. Please inform the operator that you are calling for the “Civil Rights Press Call.”
WHO:
Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)Melanie Campbell, President and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable
Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League
The Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network
WHAT:
Teleconference to discuss the Presidential election, response of the civil rights and racial justice community and the effect of discriminatory voter suppression laws.
WHEN:
11 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday, November 14, 2016
WHERE:
To join the call you must RSVP here. The dial-in number is: (800) 230-1766. Please inform the operator that you are calling for the “Civil Rights Press Call.”
