{"id":10251,"date":"2015-03-05T08:48:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T13:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=10251"},"modified":"2015-03-05T08:48:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T13:48:21","slug":"nalc-president-rolando-to-take-part-in-selma-50th-anniversary-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/03\/05\/nalc-president-rolando-to-take-part-in-selma-50th-anniversary-commemoration\/","title":{"rendered":"NALC President Rolando to take part in Selma 50th anniversary commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year marks the 50th anniversary of three pivotal events in the struggle for civil rights in America: \u201cBloody Sunday,\u201d the Selma-to-Montgomery march, and the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This weekend, NALC President Fredric Rolando will join leaders from other labor unions and a host of civil rights organizations\u2014not to mention tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world\u2014to commemorate these historic occasions. \"Selma-Montgomery-March\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Selma 50th Anniversary Jubilee<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>will culminate on Sunday, March 8, with a reenactment of the historic civil rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in what promises to be a memorable event.<\/p>\n

Beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday, NALC will have a registration table in place at the Selma Post Office at 1301 Alabama Avenue, just blocks from the Edmund Pettus Bridge. There will be box lunches available for participants as well as\u00a0<\/span>special T-shirts<\/a>, plus\u00a0<\/span>commemorative postcards<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>suitable for distribution. (Click here to download the flyer.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

At 1:30, President Rolando is scheduled to be among the speakers at a rally at Selma\u2019s Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church at 410 Martin Luther King Street. From there, a march will take place across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a dramatic illustration of the kind of power people have when they join together for a common cause.<\/p>\n

You can read more about this event\u00a0<\/span>in this month\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Postal Record<\/em><\/a>. And if you would like to take part, please contact Region 8 Regional Administrative Assistant Monica Walker. She can be reached at 256-828-8205.<\/p>\n

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