Sharpton to host 2016 Democratic hopefuls at racial justice forum
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he is poised to pull off what the liberal mayor of New York City tried and failed to do – host a presidential forum for all three Democratic candidates in an early voting state like Iowa or South Carolina, to discuss his top issue: racial justice.
Sharpton — a longtime ally of President Barack Obama who has yet to endorse anyone in the presidential race — said Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley have agreed to participate in a forum in January with top ministers from across the country, sponsored by Sharpton’s National Action Network.
The ministers who will participate, he said, include Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes from Texas, whose congregation includes 12,000 members; Rev. Ralph West from Houston, who counts 20,000 church members; Rev. Franklyn Richardson from New York, who leads a congregation of 4,000 members; as well as major pastors from South Carolina and Waterloo, Iowa, many of whom are at the forefront of social justice issues and many of whom did not back Clinton in 2008.
Sharpton said the forum is important because “the largest gathering of black voters in the country are still churches,” and added the Democratic candidates have done a poor job so far of reaching out to those communities.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/al-sharpton-democratic-2016-challengers-forum-216673#ixzz3u1cpKnnJ
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