Ocasio-Cortez Speaks At NAACP Meeting

By Robert Wirsing

Posted on April 3, 2019

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NAACP Parkchester Branch’s Jessica Harrison (l) and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez (r) with Jacob Smith (c), a 9-year-old Parkchester resident, with his mother Jouli Yohannes, sister Isabella and brother Solomon Smith. Smith’s question on education was the first question selected to be asked during a Q&A with the congresswoman.

Photo by Laura Stone

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the keynote speaker at the NAACP Parkchester Branch’s General Meeting on Sunday, March 24 at St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.

(l-r) Parkchester branch of NAACP Board of the Directors Christopher Oyathelemi, treasurer; Samanta Oyathelemi; Ocasio-Cortez; Jessica Harrison, president; Kai Butcher, Membership chair and Danielle McCoy, Education chair.

Photo by Laura Stone