Congressman Charles Rangel, Artist Juelz Santana And Celebrity Friends Pounded The Pavement

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - March 31, 2014 - PRLog -- NEW YORK, NY – Just days before the looming Affordable Care Act deadline, celebrities and community leaders independently organized a #Get Covered bus tour of New York City. The tour took place on Friday, March 28^th and traveled across three boroughs to increase awareness of the impending March 31^st deadline.

Recording artist Juelz Santana led the pack by enrolling for Obamacare on the spot, stating “We put so much focus on being fly on the outside, that we forget to take care of what counts on the inside and that is our health, exclaimed the Harlem-born rapper. “I’m not here today as an expert, but to sign-up for the Affordable Care Act and to let my story serve as motivation.”

Juelz Santana was joined by U.S. Representative Charles Rangel, who introduced the bill in the House of Representatives and helped lead to its passage, reality television stars Yandy Smith and Jennifer Williams, NBA veteran Dahntay Jones, author/television host Tionna Smalls, NAACP President Dr. Hazel N. Dukes and others.

Veteran political and community organizers Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Tamika Mallory and Brian Benjamin organized the tour with human rights activist Marvin Bing, former White House aide and community advocate for the Bronx Michael Blake and CEO of Global Grind Michael Skolnik.

Community partners of the tour included; 1199 SEIU, Planned Parenthood,Everything Girls Love, Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN), YP4C, Single Stop USA, Global Grind, National Action Network, Brooklyn Branch NAACP, PR2Politics, Life Camp, Inc. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Street Corner Resources, Inc., Bed Stuy Restoration Plaza, Sylvia’s Restaurant and Life Camp, Inc.