NEW YORK (Nov. 6, 2026) – The family and friends of Javits Frimpong, together with the African Advisory Council, the National Council of Ghanaian Associations, and the National Ghana Parade Council, are organizing a community walk and candlelight vigil in the Bronx on Saturday to honor Javits and call for justice.
Javits, 15, moved to the Bronx from Ghana last year to live with his father. On the morning of Oct. 29, he was shot in the Claremont section of the Bronx while walking to school and later died at St. Barnabas Hospital.
WHO:
Family and friends of Javits Frimpong
African Advisory Council, Bronx
National Council of Ghanaian Associations, Bronx
National Ghana Parade Council
Attorney Natalie Jackson, on behalf of Ben Crump Law
WHEN:
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026
4 p.m. ET
WHERE:
Walk begins: Lou Gehrig Plaza, East 161st Street and Grand Concourse, Bronx, N.Y. 10451
Vigil: East 171st Street and Fulton Avenue, Bronx, N.Y.
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