Sharpton To Lead Ohio Get Out The Vote Tour With Rev. Jackson, Rep. Joyce Beatty, Members Of Central Park 5

By National Action Network Photos: YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK, NY (October 16, 2024) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will lead a get out the vote tour in Central Ohio today with appearances from Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rep. Joyce (OH-3), and Korey Wise and New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam of the Central Park 5. The visit through the Greater Columbus area is the second phase of the non-partisan tour, following a bus trip with NAN volunteers to Philadelphia last month. “NAN made a commitment to ensure eligible Black voters, who are expected to make up 14% of the electorate this November, know where both candidates stand on key issues impacting their communities,” said Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of NAN. “We will be in Ohio to once again directly speak to those communities, so they can particularly hear the experiences of the Central Park 5, who continued to be attacked by Donald Trump even years after they were exonerated.” Rev. Sharpton served as youth director for Rev. Jackson while he was a teenager, and went on to advise his Presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988. In August, Rev. Sharpton and...