Event Title:

Organization:

  Civic

  New York

Start Date:

  4/6/2006

End Date:

  4/8/2006

Start Time:

End Time:

Event Info: 

  Each year, Reverend Sharpton's National Action Network hosts its national convention in New York City, bringing together delegates from over thirty NAN chapters across the country, national and local elected officials, and community leaders to discuss contemporary issues impacting people of color. The three-day convention features workshops and reports from our various departments including the Madison Avenue initiative, Truth Hamer voter registration initiative, Youth Development program and various issue oriented endeavors of the organization.

Confirmed guests, speakers, and honorees for the 2006 Convention include James Brown, Leslie Cagan, Shon Gables, Bruce Gordon, Earl "Butch" Graves Jr., Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator John Kerry, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Errol Lewis, Marc Morial, Linda Johnson Rice, Eleanor Tatum, Brian Williams, Mort Zuckerman, and many others. For more information and to register for the convention, be sure to visit the National Action Network website.

Location:

  New York Sheraton Hotel & Towers

Room:

Address:

  811 Seventh Avenue @ 53rd Street

Phone:

  212.603.3704

City:

  New York

State/Province:

  NY