HARLEM, NY (NYC)
SUN JUL 31 - 3:00 PM
125th Street & Lenox Avenue
#MLKSitInHarlem
MLKSitIn Harlem is holding a peaceful vigil on Sunday July 31st, 2016 3-5pm. Along with our partner, Iesha Sekou and Street Corner Resources, we will shine a light on our community's youth. This event is part of the National #MLKSitIn Day of Action A national gathering of everyday people in an occupational protest on every single street and monument named for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in America on Sunday July 31st #MLKSitInHarlem is the chance to: • Draw international attention to the systematic execution of Black Americans and the terrorism inflicted upon us by racist institutions • Celebrate the joy, love, and hope of our future in defiant acts of community and peace • Call everyone around the country to commit themselves in the fight to eradicate racism, sexism, queer/transphobia, xenophobia poverty, injustice, and all violations of civil and human rights and liberties. • We are a group of DEDICATED organizers taking part in a national act of peaceful resistance, an act of defiant JOY, a sit in on the every street and monument named after the man who gave his life to move us closer to freedom and liberation.