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October 30, 2017
Menéndez Lawyers Call for Mistrial, Duty Calls Barack Obama, and Julián Castro Gives First Stump Speech
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Donald Trump’s former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort and a former business associate were ordered to surrender to federal authorities this morning. These are the first charges in a special counsel investigation into Russian links to the 2016 presidential campaign. All weekend, the president has been eagerly trying to change the narrative to focus on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But the effort will fail today, so expect to see the breaking news banner and Manafort across your TV and in your social media feeds today. Speaking of Russia collusion and social media -- Facebook, Twitter, and Google will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, and at separate House and Senate Intel hearings Wednesday, answering questions about Russian attempts to influence the election using their sites last year. Also, happening this week: open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins on Wednesday (prepare yourselves for some tweets from 45 slamming the law that he thrice failed to repeal). And Donald Trump heads to Asia on Friday, but first he will reveal his pick to lead the Federal Reserve -- all the candidates are Republicans. Lastly, the weekend was lit. Hillary Clinton had a surprise 70th birthday party in DC and brought out the who’s who of the nation’s capital. And on Friday, JAY-Z kicked off his 4:44 tour in Anaheim, CA. Much of his latest work is about the power and urgency of Black economic self-sufficiency. He punctuated these thoughts throughout the concert, paying homage to Dick Gregory, talking about the NFL protests, and leaving the audience captivated by the motivation interstitials. Ok, we’ve got 444 things to tell you about today so let’s get started. We’re kicking off Monday with this...
  • Julián Castro continues to fuel speculation he’s running in 2020.
  • Gov. Ricardo Roselló kills Whitefish.
  • Jury duty calls Barack Obama, and he answers yes.
  • Lawyers for Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) call for a mistrial.
  • UN Ambassador Nikki Haley says nope to Secretary of State rumors.
  • Hurricane Maria death count in Puerto Rico could be over 900.
  • Texas Members Sheila Jackson Lee (D) and Al Green (D) summon Houston Texans owner after “inmates” comment.
  • Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) pushes for a Black Women’s Health Week.
  • Women of color running the show on the Small Business Committee.
  • Meet Uber’s new Chief Legal Officer and check out his connection to Barack Obama and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA).
  • “I Have a Dream” Foundation names a new President & CEO.
  • Islamic Relief USA picks from within to helm the organization.
  • Loretta Lynch honored by the Center for Reproductive Rights.
  • AKAs say don’t mess with one of our own.
  • The Grio has a new Chief.
  • Univisión moves two big shows to its news division.
  • Native American journo leaves University of ND over Standing Rock.
  • A phallic exposé in Florida among (former) friends running for office.
  • Former Congresswoman Corinne Brown could face many, many years in jail.
  • Immigrant communities could help decide outcome of VA gubernatorial race.
  • Judge tells military it can’t block the citizenship applications of immigrant recruits.
  • Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) wants DOJ to track missing and murdered Native American women.  
  • Trump administration will reportedly shrink the size of the Bears Ears monument.
Governor Ricardo Rosselló with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Puerto Rico on Friday.
Actress Uzo Aduba Saturday night at the 21st Annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in DC.
Castro Sounds Like a Man Running for President
Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro has fueled much speculation that he will launch a presidential run in 2020. So we’re not surprised that his 24-minute keynote address Saturday at the Florida Democratic Party’s statewide conference sounded a lot like a national campaign stump speech. “I’m convinced that our country has been greatest when it expects hard work from individuals and from their families,” he said. “But then when it matches that hard work with MEANINGFUL opportunity in life, no matter the skin color or how much money someone makes or their resume or their religion or who they love, that has been the greatest success of our country.” He took shots at Trump, invoked former President Barack Obama, and talked how he felt when he and his twin brother -- Congressman Joaquín Castro (D-TX) -- were both accepted to Stanford University in 1992, only to face the immediate challenge of a formidable $28,000 annual tuition price tag. Now teaching at the University of Texas at Austin, Castro will be making many more appearances for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. More here.
Duty Calls Former President Obama
Duty calls, Mr. President. Jury duty that is. Former President Barack Obama has been called for jury duty in Chicago and plans to serve next month. In addition to his Kalorama home in DC, Obama also owns a home in the Kenwood area of Chicago. “Obviously we will make certain that he has all the accouterments that accompany a former president. His safety will be uppermost in our minds,” Chief Judge Tim Evans said. So apparently the Chicago jury pool is lit. Other famous jurors who have served include Oprah and Mr. T. This is the second time Obama has been summoned; the first time was in 2009 but he was recused for being a sitting president. More here.
Menéndez Lawyers Call for Mistrial
Lawyers for Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) formally declared in a new court filing Sunday that they will seek a mistrial, declaring that U.S. District Judge William Walls is biased and has prevented them from presenting a case. Lawyers for his co-defendant, Dr. Salomón Melgen, have done the same. Walls is almost certain to rule against them. Walls already has denied previous motions to have the case thrown out, most recently two weeks ago when defense attorneys alleged prosecutors hadn't proved evidence of bribery under a narrowed definition of the crime stemming from a SCOTUS decision last year. But this latest effort most certainly sets grounds for an appeal. More here.
Congressmen Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Dan Kildee (D-MI) with Joshua DuBois, Flint, MI activists Melissa May and Nayyirah Shariff, and actress Betsy Brandt from the movie Flint.
Colin Kaepernick taking a knee with musician Steve Aoki
Haley Says She Will Not Be Secretary of State
Will UN Ambassador Nikki Haley replace embattled Secretary of State Rex Tillerson if given the chance? She says nah. “I just don’t want to keep having this conversation. The focus is, I really want to do a good job now in what I’m doing,” Haley said in an interview with WaPo and Reuters. Still, her recent trip to several African countries and her routine talks with Trump about matters of world affairs even as policy differences over Iran, Afghanistan, and other issues have tested 45's relationship with Tillerson. “We have a secretary of state. Tillerson’s not going anywhere, so it’s really not been a topic of conversation.” Pressed, she said she would turn down the position if Trump offered it. If she says she won’t take the job, we’ll take her at her word. For now. But Tillerson not going anywhere? We'd have to be "morons" to believe he has job security right now. More here.
Puerto Rico Cancels Fishy Contract
PR Governor Ricardo Rosselló cancelled the controversial $300 million contract it had with Whitefish Energy, a small Montana company it hired to work on Hurricane Maria recovery efforts on the island. The contract drew scrutiny after reports that the two-person firm located in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown had not ever undertaken a job as extensive as helping to rebuild the island’s electric grid after the devastating hurricane, and that the company was awarded the no-bid contract because of political connections to the White House, which the island government, Zinke, and Donald Trump all deny. The cancellation could delay efforts to restore electricity to the island by 10 to 12 weeks. More than 70% of the island remains without power, and Rosselló has requested that utility crews from New York and Florida come help. The company, which has already been paid more than $10 million by the island government for work on the island, says it is disappointed in the decision and will finish any work it has already undertaken. Audits of the Whitefish contract at the local and federal level are ongoing. "If something illegal was done, once again, the officials involved in that process will feel the full weight of the law, and I will take administrative actions," Rosselló said. More here,
The Death Count in Puerto Rico Could Be More Than 900
Since Hurricane Maria nearly laid waste to Puerto Rico, more than 900 bodies have been authorized for cremation. BuzzFeed reports that funeral home and crematorium directors are being permitted by the Puerto Rican government to cremate the bodies of people who they say died as a result of the hurricane -- without those people being counted in the official death toll. This will likely suppress the official death count. For a person to be counted in the death toll, the body must be sent to the Institute of Forensic Sciences in San Juan for an autopsy. Hence, the official number of deaths related to the hurricane stands at 51. Some funeral home and crematorium directors believe that indirectly related deaths -- such as people on oxygen who died when the power failed -- should be counted. Others disagree, saying those are “natural deaths.” More here.
Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) at a neighborhood gathering in his district.
Congressman José Serrano (D-NY) with Bronx Community College President Dr. Thomas A. Isekenegbe at the Bronx's annual African Heritage Celebration. 
NAACP, Jackson Lee, and Green Want to Meet with NFL Team Owner
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
and Congressman Al Green (D-TX), along with the NAACP, are requesting a meeting with NFL Houston Texans owner Bob McNair to address controversial remarks McNair made about players taking a knee during the national anthem. At an NFL owners meeting last week, McNair said, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.” 
McNair later apologized. “His apology is not accepted," said James Douglas, President of NAACP Houston at a Friday press conference. "'I didn’t know anyone would be upset by what I said,’ is even worse because it shouldn’t matter whether anyone had been upset.” Added Jackson Lee, “It troubles me that for all that period of time, the owners considered these young men something less than human beings.” Green remarked that McNair’s comments are part of a growing racial discord fueled by Donald Trump. "This president is bringing the level of discourse to a level that is intolerable and unacceptable." The three leaders also said McNair's comments were not an isolated incident, but a part of a long-ongoing treatment of African American athletes as "commodities." According to public records, McNair gave $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee, which received a total $7.5 million from NFL team owners. More here
Small Biz Committee Run by Women of Color
On Friday, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Vice Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee, hosted a roundtable about necessity entrepreneurship, the unique factors that drive women to become small business owners such as childcare, career opportunity, and gender discrimination in the workplace. Following the roundtable, Adams and Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced resolutions in both the House and the Senate recognizing October as Women’s Small Business Month, necessity as a driver, and minority women entrepreneurs. For the first time ever, all seven female members of the House Small Business Committee are ethnic minorities, as are two of the six female members of the Senate Small Business Committee. More here.
Roland Martin, Brittany Packnett, Michaela Angela Davis, Symone Sanders, and Tamika D. Mallory backstage Saturday at the Women's Convention in Detroit.
The Houston Texans on Sunday. A majority of the players took a knee following comments from the team owner referring to players as "inmates."
Uber Names Tony West Chief Legal Counsel
Uber has hired Tony West as its Chief Legal Officer. West arrives at Uber after serving as the General Counsel at PepsiCo, and before that, as an Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ during the Obama administration. The DOJ, by the way, is one of the very agencies probing some of Uber’s business activities. The Harvard undergrad/Yale Law School graduate is nonetheless well equipped to contend with a number of criminal probes and one of the largest legal battles playing out in Silicon Valley -- a lawsuit against Uber from Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, Waymo. While in government, West helped the DOJ secure a nearly $17 billion settlement with Bank of America over toxic mortgage securities, and played an integral role in the 2011 decision by the Obama administration to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, which barred federal recognition of same-sex marriages. West is married to Maya Harris, a former Senior Advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and his sister-in-law is Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). More here.
"I Have A Dream" Foundation Names New President & CEO
The “I Have A Dream” Foundation announced that Eugena Oh will be their new President and CEO. She has served as the organization’s COO, Chief Governance Officer, and Interim CEO before the departing CEO (Donna Lawrence) joined the team. Prior to joining the Foundation, Eugena practiced commercial and products liability law, and served in development, strategy, and operations roles within several nonprofit organizations, including Teach For America -- New York City, Rock The Vote, and Washington State Court Appointed Special Advocates. Eugena received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and her J.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia. The “I Have A Dream” Foundation is an education nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty through a comprehensive program of support that follows the same group of young people (“DREAMers”) from elementary school all the way through college. Founded 36 years ago through the vision of Eugene Lang, IHDF operates in 16 cities and has served more than 18,000 "DREAMers." More here
Khan Names President of Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief USA has named longtime executive Anwar Khan as President of the nonprofit humanitarian and advocacy organization. Over the years, Khan has worked up through the ranks, serving as the organization’s Programs Director, Fundraising Manager, and CEO. As Islamic Relief USA approaches its 25th anniversary next year, Khan said he wants the organization to continue to grow and be an influential force in driving social policies in Washington that could help alleviate many of the problems that exist in the 40-plus countries it works in, including the United States. In addition to driving policy, Khan also wants to help implement innovative techniques to attract new donors, helping to augment its loyal and longtime donor base of approximately 80,000 funders. Khan also serves on the State Department’s Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group, where he advises on humanitarian issues and the intersection of faith and development. More here.
Chef and author Alexander Smalls with Charlamagne Tha God, Stephen Colbert, and International African American Museum CEO Michael Boulware Moore at the opening of the IAAM in Charleston, SC.
ABC News' Tara Setmayer and husband Marcelle Love at the 2017 American Enterprise Institute Gala.
Lynch Honored by Center for Reproductive Rights
Last week, the Center for Reproductive Rights celebrated its 25th anniversary in NYC by honoring former AG Loretta Lynch. Over the course of the evening, Lynch had some advice for young women on how to get through the next three years of a Trump presidency. In her speech, Lynch said, “We have always pushed forward, we’ve always held on to our better selves.” Because ultimately, she explained, "Government is more than who the president is. It is more than who the cabinet is. Government is all of us, and we cannot be silent." In an interview with Elite Daily, she pressed readers to remember that "you always, always have your voice, so use it."
 More here.
The AKAs May Be Pretty, but Mess With Their Own and Things Can Get Ugly
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority while an undergraduate at Fisk University. She later went on to serve as the organization’s South Atlantic Regional Director. After the Congresswoman’s public criticism of Trump over his handling of a phone call with the widow of a U.S. soldier, Wilson’s sorors are getting into the fight. "When what should have been a phone call by President Trump to express condolences to the widow of Sgt. Johnson concluded with the family feeling disrespected, Alpha Kappa Alpha member and Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson expressed her distaste for the president’s choice of words,” read the statement to the sorority’s 290,000 members. "She is now undergoing a virulent attack after she revealed comments made by President Trump to the widow...," the statement said. "This lawmaker, educator, and advocate has been there for so many. Sorors, let us be there for her." The organization has expressed support for her across social media platforms, as Wilson has received death threats that she says have kept her from returning to Capitol Hill. More here.
Clarke Pushes for Black Women’s Health Week
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) introduced a resolution that would add Black Women’s Health Week to the roster of national health observances. She says it’s a necessary move that will hopefully shine a spotlight on the health disparities that Black women experience and calls for more funding to address the inequalities. Black women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes compared to their White counterparts. They are 43% more likely to die from breast cancer than their White counterparts. And Black women have higher rates of obesity, hypertension, and fibroids. "Most of the aforementioned health inequities could be resolved if not for the lack of clinical trials and limited research dollars that incorporate the lived experiences of Black women and are directed toward the improvement of the health of Black women," she said in her proposed resolution. More here.
Intel’s Norberto Salinas, UFCW’s LaQuita Honeysucker, Comcast’s Mini Timmaraju, NAB’s Grisella Martínez, and DaVita Healthcare Partner’s Javier Martínez last Thursday at a a Friends and Lobbyists event.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Saturday speaking at the Women's Convention in Detroit. 
The Grio’s New Owner Names a New Chief
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studio (ES) has purchased TheGrio.com, one of the first African American-oriented websites. They announced on Thursday that veteran journalist Amy DuBois Barnett will now sit at the helm as EVP and Digital and Chief Content Officer. Based in LA, Barnett has held senior leadership positions at ESPN, Ebony, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen People, Honey, and Essence. Additionally, Barnett is the author of the NAACP Image Award-nominated advice book, Get Yours: How to Have Everything You Ever Dreamed of and More. The Brown University graduate also has an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University and a certificate in Fashion Merchandising from Parson’s School of Design. “I will be focused on creating the dominant video-centric hub for African American perspectives—and on developing a larger digital strategy for ES,” Barnett said. Added Allen, “With our motion picture, cable, broadcast television, and digital platform divisions expanding at such a rapid pace, we are totally committed to exploring additional opportunities for acquisitions, content production, and building our assets worldwide." More here.
Native American Journo Steps Down from University of ND Over Standing Rock
Veteran Native American journalist Mark Trahant will not renew his endowed professorship at the University of North Dakota because the school denied his proposals to discuss the dispute over the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. On Friday, after Trahant made his decision known, the University said it would hold a session on the pipeline. Trahant said the decision on his proposal had been made by the “provost’s and president’s office.” Mark Kennedy, the university’s president, denied he had played any role in canceling the proposed lecture series. “President [Mark] Kennedy does like the idea of an event that takes a balanced look at the DAPL issue,” University spokesman Peter Johnson said in a message to reporters. The professor said a reason for the rejection was that “senior administration fears that the [state] legislature might retaliate.” A University official said senior administrators had never “expressed any fear of retaliation by the North Dakota legislature.” Trahant said he was “disappointed” in the university for not serving as a leader in the state. The University “should be a beam of light, shining on the protected realm of rational discourse,” he wrote. He is a member of Idaho’s Shoshone-Bannock Tribe and is a former president of the Native American Journalists Association. More here.
Univisión Moves Morning and Gossips Shows to News Division
Univisión is moving oversight of its morning show Despierta América and afternoon entertainment and gossip program El Gordo y La Flaca from the entertainment to the news division. In an internal message to staff, President of News Daniel Coronell and President of Entertainment Lourdes Díaz said the move would “better align with best practices in the broadcast industry.” The move means that the VP/Executive Producers for both shows -- Luz María Doria (Despierta America) and Mariela Cardona (El Gordo y la Flaca) -- will report to Patsy Loris, EVP of News, under Coronell. More here.
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and staffers showing their support wearing Dodgers blue. 
Lobbyists Susie Santana, Cristina Antelo, and Grisella Martínez at an autumn happy hour on Thursday.
More Drama in the Race to Replace Ros-Lehtinen -- An Alleged Phallic Exposé
Miami Beach City Commissioner Kristen Rosen González, who is running to fill the seat of retiring Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), is accusing a political ally she once supported of exposing himself to her. González told Politico that the alleged incident between her and progressive activist Rafael Velásquez, a city commission candidate, occurred two weeks ago when she was driving him to his car following a dinner where the two were discussing his campaign. “He began to say things that were delusional, that his next step would be governor of Florida,” she said. “He said over and over he loved me and I told him no, I’m helping you with your campaign.” During the drive back to his car, she said, Velásquez exposed himself and tried to place her hand on his exposed crotch. “He took it out. I tried not to look. I saw it out of the corner of my eye. And I can’t forget it. And that’s the worst part,” she said. But not so fast. Velásquez denies all these charges and produced evidence to support his claim that González is unstable and seeking national attention on the heels of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. He showed Politico text messages González sent after the alleged incident. “Are you feeling good,” she asked him in a text message reply to him. “Yes. We got this!” he replied, adding an emoji of a clenched fist. Both González and Velásquez are 44. She is divorced and has three children. He is married and has two children. More here from Politico.
Corrine Brown Could Get Up to 300 Years in Prison
A judge has denied a sentencing delay for former Florida congresswoman Corrine Brown. She will now be sentenced on November 16th. Brown was convicted on 18 federal mail, wire, and tax fraud charges in May for taking money raised for the One Door for Education Foundation, and lying on her taxes and congressional financial disclosure forms. A court officer is expected to recommend Brown be ordered to serve seven to nine years in federal prison. Judge Timothy Corrigan, who denied Brown's request for a delay in the sentencing hearing, can accept that recommendation or could give Brown a longer or shorter sentence. The maximum she could receive is more than 300 years. More here.
Immigrants May Help Decide VA Governor’s Race
Over the past decade, expansive growth has added hundreds of thousands of new residents to northern Virginia. Among those newcomers are a broad spectrum of Latinos, Arabs, and South Asians. Virginia’s immigrant population grew four times as fast as its native-born population from 2007 to 2015. The diversity is a major reason for Virginia’s steady movement to turn permanently blue. However, will they show up to the polls for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam? With a week and a half to go in the campaign, NYT reports that there’s a lack of engagement from the brimming immigrant population. With its thriving technology sector and data centers, northern Virginia is attracting a diverse, highly skilled, and well-paid workforce, many of them immigrants. Many of these immigrants, who tend to be socially and fiscally conservative, have been pushed to the Democratic Party thanks to the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from the Republican Party. This may be a hard voting bloc for GOP candidate Ed Gillespie to win over, given that his campaign ads echo much of what is coming out of the White House. This election is expected to serve as an indicator of what’s to come during 2018 midterms. More here.
CHC Chair and NM gubernatorial candidate Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) in Silver City.
Tamika D. Mallory, Natasha Alford, and Linda Sarsour at the Women's Convention in Detroit. 
Judge Bars Pentagon from Blocking Citizenship Applications by Immigrant Recruits
Last Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle ordered the Defense Department not to block fast-tracked citizenship applications that it promised to about 2,000 foreign-born U.S. Army Reserve soldiers under their enlistment contracts. The order came in an ongoing lawsuit over the department’s year-old effort to kill a program designed to attract foreign-born military recruits who possess medical or language skills urgently needed in U.S. military operations. In exchange for serving, those recruits were promised a quicker route to citizenship. WaPo reports that in her order, Huvelle also said that members of the military in the lawsuit probably would succeed in proving the Pentagon’s latest moves in the crackdown on immigrant recruits were “arbitrary and capricious.” The rare preliminary injunction says that while the lawsuit can move ahead, the government cannot in the meantime withhold a form that Army plaintiffs and other military members in similar situations need to start the vetting for citizenship. More here.
Senator Pushes DOJ to Track Missing and Native American Women
During a congressional hearing last Wednesday, Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) pushed for the DOJ to prioritize investigations of missing and murdered Native American women, calling on the federal agency to better track statistics and the clearance rate of investigations. “I’m just pleading for these crime victims and for their families,” Heitkamp said. “They should know where these cases are. They should know that someone is still looking for a loved one. They should know that someone is still looking for a perpetrator. And they don’t, and there's nowhere to turn.” The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led by Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) held a hearing on three bills, including Heitkamp’s Savanna’s Act, which aims to bring justice for missing and murdered Native women. The bill is named in honor of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who vanished in August in Fargo while eight months pregnant. Her body was found days later in the Red River. More here.
Bears Ears Will Shrink
According to reports, Donald Trump told Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that he is accepting a recommendation from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to downsize the 1.35 million-acres of Bears Ears monument. More details will be announced ahead of the president’s trip to Utah in December, the White House said on Friday. Bears Ears is home to numerous ancestral villages, burial grounds, and sacred sites. A diverse coalition of tribes supported its designation in order to protect the lands from looting, development and other threats. The Navajo Nation, one of the many supporters, has said it is prepared to litigate any changes in the boundaries. More here.
 FOMO 
Today, 9A: The last day of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 31st Annual Conference in San Diego. Click here for more information and to register.
Today (NYC) & Wednesday, November 1st (DC): The Pop-Up Magazine performances where writers, radio producers, photographers, filmmakers, and illustrators perform new, mostly reported stories in all kinds of media mixes together. Topics include politics, social issues, music, and crime, among others. Contributors include LeVar Burton, Aparna Nancherla, and Daniel Alarcón. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Today, 5:30P: The 23rd annual ADL In Concert Against Hate. This year's honorees are Gavin Grimm, Tolu Olubunmi, Ann Jaffe, and Chief Louis M. Dekmar. Kennedy Center. Click here to purchase tickets.
Tuesday, October 31st, 9A: "The New Abolitionism: Symposium on Money Mechanics & A Moral Economy." Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, 9832 Piscataway Road, Clinton, MD. Free. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
Wednesday, November 1st, 6P: Join the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund for the launch of Staff UP Congress, a National Initiative for a Representative Congressional Workforce. Majority Group Townhouse, 19 D Street, S.E. RSVP to: bmoz@naleo.org

Thursday, November 2nd - November 4th: The 2017 NEA HBCU Summit. NEA Headquarters, 1201 16th Street, N.W., Suite 310. Click here for more information and to register.

Thursday, November 2nd, 10A: The National Action Network Legislative and Policy Conference Hill Day. Congressional Auditorium, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, First Street, NE.
Thursday, November 2nd, 6P: Join the Film, Gun Violence Prevention, and Hillary for America alumni communities for a reception in support of Lucy McBath for Georgia House District 37. NYC. Click here for more information and to register. Address provided upon RSVP.
Saturday, November 4th, 9A: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser hosts the Women’s Leadership Conference. Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue, N.E. Click here for more information and to register.
Thursday, November 9th: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's Los Angeles Awards Gala. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Friday, November 10th, 8P: Black Girls Vote hosts its first annual Black Girls Vote Ball with keynote speaker Joy-Ann Reid of MSNBC and Symone Sanders as Mistress of Ceremony. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Wednesday, November 15th, 8:30A: The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Chairman Conversation with former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, moderated by Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ken Biberaj. New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, NYC. RSVP to: events@manhattancc.org
Friday, November 17th: The 24th Annual Caribbean American Heritage Awards to honor visionaries from across the Caribbean. J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. To learn more about the Caribbean American Heritage Awards, visit: www.caribbeanheritageawards.org
Sunday, November 19th: The National Portrait Gallery Second biennial American Portrait Gala, honoring former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, HIV/AIDs researcher Dr. David D. Ho; artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Bill T. Jones; film director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee; and multi-award-winning actress Rita Moreno. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, November 29th, 8P: Join Congressman André Carson (D-IN) for JAY-Z's 4:44 Tour. Capital One Arena, 601 F Street, N.W. For more information or to RSVP, contact Courtney Hodges or Randy Broz at: 202.403.0606 or email: Courtney@ABConsultingDC.com
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