Representative Adriano Espaillat, Local Elected Officials Hold Virtual Town Hall: Coming Together in Faith & Unity to Demand Justice
Special Guest, Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus, Associate Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church & President of The 400 Foundation
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and local elected officials will hold a virtual town hall to address new legislation and federal, state and local efforts to end police brutality and stop the targeting of African Americans and Latinos in New York's 13th congressional district and communities around the nation.
During this week's forum title "Coming Together in Faith and Unity to Demand Justice," Rep. Espaillat and leaders will be joined by special guest, Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus, Associate Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church and President of The 400 Foundation.
Streamed live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RepEspaillat/
WHO: Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)
Guest speaker, Rev. Reginald Lee Bachus, Associate Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
New York State Senator Brian Benjamin
New York State Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa
New York State Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez
New York State Assemblyman Al Taylor
New York State Assemblywoman Inez Dickens
New York City Councilman Mark Levine
New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez
New York City Councilwoman Vanessa L. Gibson
New York City Councilwoman Diana Ayala
New York City Councilman Bill Perkins
New York City Councilman Fernando Cabrera
New York State Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez
New York State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz
WHAT: Virtual Community Town Hall
WHEN: June 5, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: www.facebook.com/RepEspaillat
RSVP: EspaillatPress@mail.house.gov
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First elected to Congress in 2016, Rep. Adriano Espaillat is serving his second term in Congress where he serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the House Small Business Committee. He serves as a Senior Whip of the House Democratic Caucus and is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) where he also serves in a leadership role as CHC Whip. He is also chairman of the CHC Task Force for Transportation, Infrastructure and Housing. Rep. Espaillat's Congressional District includes Harlem, East Harlem, northern Manhattan and the north-west Bronx. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at /.