WASHINGTONThe American Federation of Teachers will hold a press conference on Friday Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. with civil rights and faith leaders and others to ask President-elect Donald Trump to use his bully pulpit to call for an end to the wave of racist, bigoted, violent incidents since his election.
The leaders will release a letter signed by more than 25 groups, urging Trump to call for an end to the acts of harassment, vandalism, property destruction and even assault that have intensified over the past several days, including those in schools and on college campuses.
Speaking will be
Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, president, president and national lecturer for Repairers of the Breech,
evangelical pastor and architect of the Moral Monday movement
Maureen Costello, director, Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center
Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Austin McCoy, Mellon postdoctoral fellow, University of Michigan
The press conference will be held at AFT, 555 New Jersey Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20001.
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