NAN to Join with the AFT, Civil Rights Leaders and Gun Safety and Labor Groups for Rally at NRA Lobbying HQ

 

New York, NY ― On the 53rd anniversary of the March on Washington, National Action Network (NAN) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have partnered to announce a rally and march on August 27th with more than 40 leading civil rights, labor and gun violence prevention groups to send a unified message that the nation will no longer tolerate the easy availability of firearms that is turning intolerance and hate lethal.  

The coalition will protest against the Washington gun lobby that is stalling meaningful gun reform legislation in Congress. 

The groups will also announce a 72-day campaign of direct action to promote gun safety, including civil disobedience, rallies, sit-ins, and marches in Washington, D.C., New York City and other cities around the nation. 

Marchers will assemble at noon at Folger Park, 2nd Street SE and march to the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) lobbying office, located at the 400 block of 1st Street SE.

Among the groups that are supporting the march with National Action Network (NAN) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) are: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Black Women's Roundtable (BWR), Black Youth Vote (BYV), Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, The Center for Black Equity, The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus, Campaign To Unload, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Disarm Hate 2016, Feminist Majority Foundation, Gays Against Guns, Generation Progress, Hispanic Federation, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Justice Initiative, Justice League NYC,  Keep Guns Off Campus, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Labor Council For Latin American Advancement, MomsRising, National Action Network (NAN), The National Cathedral, National Council of La Raza, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), National Domestic worker’s Alliance, National LGBTQ Task Force, National Urban League (NUL), National Organization for Women (NOW), Newtown Action Alliance, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, New York State Nurses Association Social Justice Initiative, Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, One Pulse for America, Rabbis Against Gun Violence, SEIU (Service Employees International Union),  States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV), Stop Killing Innocent People (S.K.I.P.), Violence Policy Center, Voto Latino, Women Against Gun Violence, Working Families, and Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights. 

Source: Mercury