Mamdani to join Sharpton for Jackson tribute, address NAACP on Saturday
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend civil rights events Saturday including a Rev. Jesse Jackson tribute with Al Sharpton and NAACP's annual meeting in Manhattan.
Mamdani to join Sharpton for Jackson tribute, address NAACP on Saturday
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend civil rights events Saturday including a Rev. Jesse Jackson tribute with Al Sharpton and NAACP's annual meeting in Manhattan.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to spend Saturday, February 21, moving among several Harlem and Manhattan events tied to civil rights leaders, beginning with a tribute to the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. alongside the Rev. Al Sharpton, according to public schedules released by the mayor’s press office.
The mayor will join Sharpton at 10:30 a.m. for the National Action Network’s “Keep Hope Alive” tribute to Jackson at Mother AME Zion Church, 140 W. 137th St., the press office said. The Network listed the overall tribute as running from 9 to 11 a.m., with 10:30 a.m. the mayor’s scheduled arrival within the event. That portion of the day is open to press.