Reverend Al Sharpton to speak in Cleveland at the National Action Network two-day Midwestern Conference in Cleveland beginning September 27, 2018 at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church, which is led by the Rev. Dr. E. Theophilus Caviness....The Midwest Conference forum in Cleveland is titled "Ballots, Bullets, and Bank Accounts" ....Marcia McCoy, president of greater Cleveland NAN, said that the Midwest Conference includes 11 states...By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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The Rev. Al Sharpton

By editor Kathy Wray Coleman

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-The New York-based National Action Network (NAN), led by its founder and president, the Rev. Al Sharpton, will host its two-day Midwestern Conference on Sept, 27 and 28, 2018 in Cleveland at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church on the city's largely Black east side, Sharpton scheduled to speak at 5 pm on Sept. 27 with a town hall at 9 am that morning 

For more information on the free and open-to-the-public event call 313-355-2150 or Greater Abyssinia, which is led by senior pastor the Rev. Dr. E. Theophilus Caviness, chair of the Cleveland Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference and president of the Cleveland board of NAN, at 216-795-1842. 

"Registration is at 8 am with free breakfast at 9 am during the town hall meeting," said Marcia McCoy, president of the greater Cleveland chapter of NAN.

Marcia McCoy

"Everybody is invited during this crucial time in the Black community regarding public policy issues at the national level, the attack on Civil Rights, and repeated efforts to disenfranchise the Black vote statewide and nationally," said McCoy, also a community activist. 

NAN'S Midwest region, she said,  includes some 11 states and  its regional executive director is the Rev. Charles Williams of Detroit, Michigan, who will also attend. 

Williams is senior pastor at the historic Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit. 

Rev. Charles E. Williams

The keynote speaker for the noon luncheon on Sept 27 is Mark Thompson.

Former state representative Alicia Reese will moderate the town hall and the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., pastor emeritus at the prominent Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, is also among the speakers. 

Rev. Dr. E. Theophilus Caviness

The Midwest Conference forum in Cleveland is titled "Ballots, Bullets, and Bank Accounts" and will bring together NAN chapters from across the Midwest to discuss gun violence, voting, and  economic and social justice issues plaguing the Black community.

"Ballots, Bullets and Bank Accounts will address voting rights and empowerment, urban violence, and economic growth," said Sharpton, likely the nation's most prominent Civil Rights activist and a MSNBC talk-show contributor who ran for president in 2004. 

Attendees will include community activists, politicians, educators and clergy.

Also included, said organizers, will be panel discussions, family-style meals, and a church service at Greater Abyssinia.

According to organizers, the regional gathering in Cleveland, a majority Black major American city, is designed to increase political awareness and create a strong network of social activism among the Midwest region. 

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.