Ken Thompson’s widow helps out the Black Bar Association’s suit drive
The Metropolitan Black Bar Association has been running its Suited for Success men’s suit drive since Jan. 17, but on Wednesday it got a nice donation of 20 suits from Lu-Shawn Thompson, the widow of the late District Attorney Ken Thompson.
To make the announcement, Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez hosted a press conference with Thompson and Paula Edgar, president of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA) in the lobby of 350 Jay St. on Wednesday. The suits will be given to men who have been recently released from the Rikers Island Prison Complex in an effort to help them to try to find jobs.