Events for December 16-18, 2006

Saturday At 10 a.m. The National President of the NAACP, Bruce Gordon, speaks at the National Action Network offices in Harlem. At 10:30 a.m. Queens marchers board buses at Council Member Hiram Monserrate's office: 980-17 Northern Blvd., Corona. At noon, the march dubbed "Shopping for Justice" starts at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue and ends at 34th Street. And at 1 p.m., The Best of Brooklyn Holiday Celebration, hosted by Marty Markowitz, takes place at the Christian Cultural Center on Flatlands Ave. At 5 p.m., Adolfo Carrion will join clergy members and activists to "call for calm" following the police shooting of Timur Person, 19, who was killed on Wednesday. The event will take place at 1240 Walton Avenue. [added] If you know of anything else, please feel free to utilize the comments section. -- Azi Paybarah