DC Vote Marches August 28 to Reclaim The Dream of Full Democracy for DC

For more information contact: James Jones, Communications Director
202.462.6000 x12 office / 202.557.4864 mobile / jjones@dcvote.org

August 26, 2010

This Saturday, August 28, DC Vote will join Al Sharpton's National Action Network in marching to 'Reclaim The Dream' on the anniversary of the March On Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech.

We will march to reclaim the dream of full democracy and equality for all Americans, including DC residents who are still treated like second-class citizens.

Details:

• What: Rally and march organized by National Action Network, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, DC Vote, National Urban League and others.
  
• When: Saturday, August 28, 2010
  
• Where: Dunbar High School football field, First & N Streets, NW
  
• Time:
  10:00 AM DC Vote on the Dunbar High School football field to distribute rally signs and t-shirts.
  11:00 AM Rally on the Dunbar High School football field.
  
  1:00 PM DC Vote Directors available for media inverviews, followed by a march to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. Click here for the march route.
  

Speakers include:

• Reverend Al Sharpton - President & Founder, National Action Network
  
• Martin Luther King III - President, Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.
  
• Marc H. Morial - President & Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League
  
• Tom Joyner - The Tom Joyner Morning Show
  
• Melanie Campbell - Executive Director & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
  

Contact:
Leah Ramsay, Communications Manager
lramsay@dcvote.org
mobile: 202.642.9640
office: 202.462.6000 x12
www.dcvote.org

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