Overview

• Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network are staging the demonstration to urge companies to reject efforts to scale back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• The event is timed to the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, framing DEI as a contemporary civil-rights cause.
• Marchers are set to begin at Foley Square near the African Burial Ground, proceed through the Financial District past the Charging Bull, and end with a speaking program.
• Organizers say clergy, labor and community leaders will join, with New York City mayoral candidates Eric Adams, Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo expected to attend.
• The action follows the Trump administration’s moves to end federal DEI programs and pressure schools, with organizers also highlighting nearby 26 Federal Plaza and a recent court order on migrant detention conditions as part of the march’s message.