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October 25, 2017
President Eric Holder Could be a Thing in 2020, Tom Pérez Calls Out Flake, and Rubén Gallego May Head to the Senate
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If you missed Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announcing his retirement on the Senate floor yesterday, it’s worth a watch. Flake said he could no longer be complicit with Donald Trump saying, “Mr. President, I rise today to say: enough … We have fooled ourselves for long enough that a pivot to governing is right around the corner, a return to civility and stability right behind it.” Ummm -- we who? Because many people of color called out this behavior when he was candidate Trump or businessman Trump or landlord Trump. But, nonetheless, congrats on catching up. Anybody else planning on echoing these sentiments? Flake says yes. We’re waiting … Meanwhile, Trump says his Capitol Hill lunch with the GOP Caucus yesterday was a love fest.  Notwithstanding the protester who threw Russian flags at him upon his arrival. What else happened on the Hill yesterday? The Senate passed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure to refill disaster accounts, provide a much-needed cash infusion to Puerto Rico, and bail out the federal flood insurance program. In other news … You guys! Benson died! If you grew up in the 70s and 80s, watching actor Robert Guillaume on Soap and, later on the sitcom Benson, was a regular part of your TV viewing. The accomplished operatic singer and stage actor died Tuesday at the age of 89 from complications of prostate cancer. RIP. Ok, we’re kicking off your Wednesday with this...
  • President Eric Holder and Senator Rubén Gallego -- yep. It could be a thing.
  • Congressman Al Green (D-TX) schools Ben Carson over budget cuts.
  • DNC Chair Tom Pérez hits Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on the way out.
  • Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) smells something fishy with contract to repair Puerto Rico’s electric grid.
  • FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will butt heads today.
  • NAB to honor GMA’s Robin Roberts.
  • Meet the new editor of Jezebel.
  • Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and John Conyers (D-MI) criticize “massive diversion” of new congressional probe.
  • Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown’s lawyers ask for delay in sentencing.
  • NAACP issues advisory against traveling on American Airlines.
  • Legislators want a chief executive to oversee hurricane recovery efforts in PR.
  • Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) press DHS on “DREAMer” data.
  • Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) intros legislation to spur small businesses.
  • Ex WH advisor accused of being a white supremacist appears to confirm that with latest comments.
  • Puerto Rico files a long shot bid to be Amazon’s second headquarters.
  • NIH gives millions in research funds to HBCU.
  • Movie highlighting Flint water crisis premieres this Saturday.
  • National Park Service backs away from supporting Black Panther project at UC Berkeley.
Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA) being interviewed on Univisión San Diego about the DREAM Act legislation.
Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) with Apple's Denise Smith Young on Monday at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's 30th Annual Awards Gala.
President Eric Holder?
On the heels of announcing a partnership with former President Obama, ex-AG Eric Holder just teased everybody with a hint at running for office. In an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, she asked if he’d ever run for office and he replied, “I don’t know.” Holder said his current political focus is his work on the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. “I want to make sure we repel these attacks on our democracy, try to end political gerrymandering to the extent that we can,” said Holder. “And you know, I’ll see. I’m not saying no at this point, but that’s not the focus of what I’m concentrating on.” If he ran for office what would it be? We don’t see him being a Congressman. Would he follow his former boss’ footsteps and pursue the upper chamber with a Senate run? Or could it be -- gasp -- a try for the White House? Mental note -- have I said anything in The Beat DC that would preclude me from being considered for WH Press Secretary for President Holder?? If so, please disregard. More here.
Draft Gallego for Senate Movement Kicks Off
In an email to supporters yesterday, the Voto Latino Action Network kicked off its efforts to draft Congressman Rubén Gallego to run for Senate in Arizona, now that Senator Jeff Flake (R) has announced he will not seek re-election. “Gallego—a veteran—is a rising star in the Democratic Party and a true friend of the Latino community. He has been outspoken against Trump’s disastrous border wall proposal and is committed to protecting undocumented youth from deportation. We need more American Latino representation who understand America’s needs,” the email read, before urging people to sign a petition. Gallego is a first-generation American of Mexican and Colombian descent. After graduating from Harvard University, Gallego joined the Marines. After completing infantry training, he deployed to Iraq in 2005 where he lost his best friend in combat. He was elected to Congress in 2014. More here.
While Some Applaud Senator Flake, DNC’s Pérez Says Miss Him With That
DNC Chair Tom Pérez was not here for the introspective words of Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who announced his retirement Tuesday afternoon on the Senate floor. In a statement, Pérez called out the Senator for voting with Donald Trump 91% of the time. He went on to say that Flake’s retirement is a symbol of the Republican Party, whose leaders allow the president’s divisive politics to flourish as long as it serves their political interests. Pérez implies that Flake's criticism comes too late. Speaking from the Senate floor, Flake said, "The notion that one should stay silent as the norms and values that keep America strong are undermined and as the alliances and agreements that ensure the stability of the entire world are routinely threatened by the level of thought that goes into 140 characters -- the notion that one should say and do nothing in the face of such mercurial behavior is ahistoric and, I believe, profoundly misguided." More here.
Legislators Want Chief Executive Named to Hurricane Recovery Efforts
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)
and Congressman José Serrano (D-NY), along with Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), are calling on the administration to name a “chief executive of response and recovery” to oversee hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, saying that the person is needed because the federal response so far has been disorganized and slow. “There is no way to sugarcoat it, by every metrics, it is abundantly and tragically clear that the response to Maria has been ineffective, slow, and weak,” Velázquez said. “And the result is that our fellow citizens, American citizens are suffering and dying. The whole world is watching what is happening in Puerto Rico.” Added Serrano, “We don’t need paper towels being thrown at people, we don’t need comments about getting trucks through the ocean, we don’t need any of that, what we need is a coordinated effort. I hope the president stops tweeting and starts thinking.” The chief executive would coordinate emergency response efforts between U.S. government agencies, and oversee repairing and restoring the island’s electric grid, among other responsibilities. More than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, about 80 percent of its residents are still without power and several areas still have no running water. More here.

Grijalva Questions Contract Inked by Fishy Company
Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, is pushing for an investigation into a $300 million contract awarded to Whitefish Energy -- a small Montana-based energy company -- to help restore Puerto Rico’s electrical grid. Whitefish is a two-year-old company that had only two employees when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last month. As of Monday, it said it had 280 employees in Puerto Rico, mostly contractors. The company is based in the small Montana hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Zinke’s office told WaPo that he knows the company’s CEO and that one of his sons worked at the firm as a summer job. But the agency and company executives say Zinke had no role in the company’s Puerto Rico contract. Grijalva said his staff is working to bring Zinke back to the Hill for a meeting to discuss Whitefish Energy, the agency’s Antiquities Act review, staffing, and other topics. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) sent a letter demanding that both FEMA and the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico provide diligent oversight of federal contracts awarded to rebuild the island post-hurricane. More here.
Green Questions Carson on Billion Dollar Budget Cuts
On Monday, Congressman Al Green (D-TX) questioned HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson at a congressional hearing on proposed agency budget cuts of $6 billion. The Congressman pressed Carson for an itemization of the cuts, starting with cuts to public housing. After tossing around the numbers in his head, Carson replied that public housing cuts would be “in the neighborhood of” $2 billion to $3 billion. “If you don’t know, I will accept that as an answer,” Green told Carson, who eventually said he knows but doesn’t “want to open the books and look at the numbers.” Carson remained stoic as Green told him that there’s a belief in Carson’s circle that “the rich need more” and poor people “could do more with less.” Green also reminded Carson, who grew up in poverty, that “poor people are not poor because they choose to be poor,” noting the secretary’s controversial comments earlier this year about poverty being a "state of mind." More here.
Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) meeting with “DREAMers” at Cal State Fullerton to discuss DREAM Act legislation.
Soledad O'Brien on Sunday out for a ride with one of her horses.
Corrine Brown Asks For Sentencing Delay Due to Irma
When Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida, it damaged former Congresswoman Corrine Brown's Jacksonville home. This has prompted her attorneys to ask for a delay in her sentencing hearing on federal fraud charges. The hearing is currently set for November 16th, but her attorneys filed a motion yesterday, asking to push that date back. The 12-term Congresswoman was found guilty on 18 federal mail, wire and tax fraud charges. The attorneys also said there were items and papers they planned to use during the sentencing, such as awards and letters Brown had received, that were destroyed by flooding from the storm. Their motion asks for at least a four-month delay. Brown’s lead attorney, James Smith, said he has already contacted prosecutors, who said they object to a delay. The judge has given prosecutors until 5P Thursday to respond to the motion. Stay tuned to The Beat DC for what happens. More here.
Former WH Advisor Blames “Black Africans” for Violence
Many people have accused former WH advisor Sebastian Gorka of being a white supremacist. Well, his recent comments certainly don’t do much to dispute that accusation. In a roundtable discussion on gun violence aired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, Gorka attempted to make a point about the legislative effort to ban so-called bump stocks. “The biggest problem we have is not mass shootings, they are the anomaly,” he began. “Our big issue is Black African gun crime against Black Africans,” Gorka said. “It is a tragedy. Go to Chicago. Go to — the city’s run by Democrats for 40 years. Black young men are murdering each other by the bushel. This is a social issue. Allow the police to do their jobs and rebuild those societies. Legislation will not save lives.”
 Is there an outbreak on vacationing Gambian citizens shooting Zimbabwean tourists in Chicago that we missed? Otherwise we think he's talking about Americans. More here.
NAACP Issues National Travel Advisory For American Airlines
A week after activist and Women’s March co-founder Tamika Mallory was removed from an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York, the NAACP issued a travel advisory warning passengers about their “safety and well-being” when flying with the carrier. The NAACP cited at least four recent incidents that involved alleged discrimination. “The NAACP for several months now has been monitoring a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines,” reads the NAACP statement. “We have today taken the action of issuing national advisory alerting travelers -- especially African-Americans -- to exercise caution, in that booking and boarding flights on American Airlines could subject them [to] disrespectful, discriminatory or unsafe conditions.” Derrick Johnson, the NAACP’s newly elected President and CEO, called on the airline leaders to meet with the group. “Until these and other concerns are addressed, this national travel advisory will stand,” Johnson said in a statement. American Airlines said it was “disappointed” to hear about the advisory and pledged to meet with NAACP representatives. As reported by The Beat DC, the incident with Mallory involved a dispute with a gate agent over a changed seat assignment in which she was removed from the flight at the pilot’s insistence. Click here to see the advisory.
Kaepernick Inks $1 Million Contract
Colin Kaepernick may not have a job with the NFL. But he is working. The unsigned quarterback has signed a book deal and according to the New York Post, the arrangement with Random House is worth more than $1 million. Kaepernick previously has been meeting with publishers regarding the project. It’s unclear what the focus or format of the book will be. He has been in the process of donating $1 million to a variety of worthy causes over the last year. Since all the controversy, Kaepernick has been living in NYC and keeping a low profile. And, according to some reports, interest has started to brew in the Canadian Football League for the 6'4", 230-pound quarterback. More about the book deal here.
Tamron Hall on Friday with USO Service Member of the Year Award honorees.
Nina Turner on Sunday with the board of Our Revolution South Carolina at the group's South Justice Conference.
Mignon Clyburn Takes on FCC Chair Today
All five FCC commissioners are due to testify at today's House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology oversight hearing. Politico reports that there could be partisan fighting as FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will defend his productivity as chairman. The FCC under Pai featured votes on "63 items at our monthly meetings under my chairmanship, compared to 102 in three years under my predecessor," he will emphasize, according to his written testimony. Not so fast, says Democratic Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (pictured), whom, per her written remarks, will object to Pai’s priorities as Chairman: "Flashy headlines announcing the agency's largest-ever fine disguise the fact that we are predominantly targeting individuals and small businesses, but when large companies are found at fault, we only manage to levy fines that are cents on the dollar of harm to the public." Read her prepared testimony here.
FCC Ends Local Studio Rule for TV Stations -- What Does This Mean for Local News?
On Tuesday, the FCC voted to end a regulation that requires broadcasters to have a physical studio in or near the areas where they have a license to transmit TV or radio signals. Known as the "main studio rule," the regulation ensured that residents of a community could have a say in their local broadcast station's operations. With the rise of social media, the agency said, consumers now have other ways to get in touch with their local broadcasters. "Additionally, technology allows broadcast stations to produce local news even without a nearby studio," said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. But at a time when broadcast conglomerates like Sinclair Group are increasing their footprint, that same technological capability could prompt large media titans to take over small, local TV and radio stations. This move could risk making local content homogenous and potentially give a megaphone to outlets with a political agenda. The LA Times reports that supporters of the FCC decision argue that the main studio rule imposes unreasonable costs on station owners and that the savings from no longer operating a physical studio could be funneled into creating more local TV and radio programming. More here.
Robin Roberts Honored by NAB
ABC’s Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts will receive the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) Distinguished Service Award during the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Roberts will accept her award at the NAB Show Opening on Monday, April 9th. The award recognizes members of the broadcast community who have made significant and lasting contributions to the industry. Roberts began contributing to Good Morning America in June 1995 and was named co-anchor in May 2005. Prior to that, she appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter and NFL PrimeTime. More here.

Meet the New Editor of Jezebel
Jezebel announced on Tuesday that Koa Beck, a former Executive Editor at Vogue.com, will be its new top editor. The 30-year-old previously served as a senior features editor at MarieClaire.com and has written for publications including The Atlantic, The Observer, and The Guardian. Beck, who is biracial and married to a woman, said there was “no other outlet” that had spoken to her more than Jezebel after she graduated from Mills College, a women’s college in California. “To be at the helm of the enterprise at which I first read the words ‘rape culture’ and ‘fat shaming’ on the internet is very meaningful to me,” she said. “And I have high hopes of where I can take that legacy in a Trump administration, in which so many rights of the marginalized are now being actively eroded.” More here.
Flint Water Crisis Movie Premieres
The residents of Flint, MI are still without clean water. The problem has not yet been fully resolved, and government infighting between the city and state has led to more red tape and more delays in finding a permanent water source for the city. On Saturday, October 28th at 8P, the Lifetime channel will premiere its made-for-TV movie Flint that dramatizes the crisis, starring Queen Latifah, Jill Scott, Betsy Brandt, and Marin Ireland.
Lifetime has also partnered with the United Way of Genesee County, MI on a public service announcement starring the cast of Flint and encouraging people to donate to help the city’s residents. The funds raised will be used to help purchase bottled water and filters, as well as provide for the long-term health and developmental needs of the children of Flint and their families. More here.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) at Twitter HQ with CEO Jack Dorsey to talk about diversity in the tech industry.
CNN's Suzanne Malveaux with friends at the Atlanta 10 Miler on Sunday.
PR Takes Long Shot Bid for Amazon
Amazon was courted by 238 cities all aiming to be home to the company's second headquarters. It’s a long shot, but Puerto Rico was one of them. The island is still recovering from last month’s hurricane, and much of the U.S. territory is still without electricity. Bloomberg reports that the island’s Economic Development and Commerce Department submitted a bid before last Thursday’s deadline for Amazon to locate on the site of a former U.S. Navy base in the town of Ceiba, east of the capital of San Juan. Island officials say that despite the devastation caused by the hurricane, they are eager to show that they can bounce back and be a good economic investment. “We know we are the underdogs of the group. Even before the hurricane, the U.S. press never even mentioned us as a possibility, and that is our motivator. We want to show that nothing, not even a hurricane, will knock us down,” Manuel Laboy, the economic development agency’s top official, told the island newspaper El Nuevo Día. Amazon says it predicts the new headquarters would bring 50,000 jobs to the area selected. A decision is expected sometime next year. More here on Puerto Rico’s bid (in Spanish).
NIH Awards Millions to Minority Institutions for Research
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded $16.3 million to North Carolina Central University for a new Research Center in Minority Institutions (RCMI). The research funding is the largest annual grant amount received for a non-Title III grant by NCCU and the largest funding for a single principal investigator on the campus. NCCU is one of seven minority-serving higher education institutions that received this award. More here.
Businesses Send Their Lobbyists to Preserve NAFTA
The future of NAFTA is at risk as the Trump administration presses for significant changes that businesses and Mexican and Canadian negotiators say are nonstarters. Hence, an army of business leaders descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to unite against the admin's proposed changes, fearing they will cripple or kill NAFTA, an outcome business leaders said would devastate their profits and harm the United States’ ability to compete in a global market. NYT reports that the day-long lobbying session was organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The group, known for being friendly with the GOP, organized a similar visit to the House of Representatives on October 11th. More here.
Katrina Pierson at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's 30th Annual Awards Gala.
NY Assemblymember and DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake with NV Assemblymember William McCurdy II.
Trump Tried to Reverse Obama Decision that Honored Alaskan Natives
In a sign of respect to Alaska's native population, then-President Barack Obama announced in 2015 that he was officially renaming the country's tallest mountain from Mt. McKinley to Denali, its name in the indigenous Athabascan language. During a meeting earlier this year with Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Donald Trump asked about reversing the decision made by the Obama administration."The Alaska Native people named that mountain over 10,000 years ago," Sullivan said. "Denali, that was the name." More here.
CA Gubernatorial Candidates Face Off in San Francisco
California gubernatorial candidates landed on separate sides of many issues during a candidate forum in San Francisco Tuesday. The most heated exchange came in a clash between former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom over how to pay for a universal healthcare system that would cover all Californians and dramatically reshape medical coverage in the state. The LA Times reports that Villaraigosa implied that Newsom was dodging questions and selling “snake oil” about how to pay for state-sponsored single-payer healthcare. State Treasurer John Chiang said creating a single-payer healthcare system in California would require a more than $100 billion tax increase. “I support single-payer, but we have to be truthful here,” Chiang said. “How many of you want to pay an additional 90% in taxes?” Newsom remains the front-runner in polls and fundraising. More here.
Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) on Tuesday being interviewed on CNN's New Day about Niger and other issues.
Donald Trump, Jr. with former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke in Texas on Tuesday.
Harris and Menéndez Press DHS on “DREAMer” Data
This morning, Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Bob Menéndez (D-NJ), and nearly three dozen colleagues sent a letter to DHS that asks the agency to clarify how it will use personal information submitted by applicants to the DACA program. The Senators gave DHS two weeks to respond to a list of questions and requests. "It is imperative that the United States government keep its promise to these young people and their families. We urge you to honor the commitment made to DACA applicants that their information will not be shared for the purpose of immigration enforcement absent very specific circumstances. Doing anything less than this would be contrary to our economic and security interests and a betrayal of the commitment to DACA recipients and their families," the letter states. See it here.
Rubio Aims to Spur Small Businesses
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Tuesday and introduced the Spurring Business in Communities Act, legislation that would allow more Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) to form and invest in Florida, Washington state, and other under-licensed states. “Our bill will help reduce America’s investor gap by removing regionally biased obstacles investors face when applying to become a licensed Small Business Investment Company.” Currently, 72% of SBICs are already located in 10 states. Rubio says this legislation would increase the ability of the SBA to provide widespread geographic support and increase the SBA’s accountability to Congress. More here.
Cummings and Conyers Decry New Congressional Investigation
In a statement on Tuesday, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, condemned the announcement by Chairs Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) that they are opening an investigation into the FBI and Justice Department 2016 actions. “This new investigation is a massive diversion to distract from the lack of Republican oversight of the Trump Administration and the national security threat that Russia poses. Ten months into the Trump Administration and House Republicans still have not held a single substantive oversight hearing on clear abuses by the President or his top aides. That amounts to ten months of abdication of responsibility — a near total failure to question, investigate, or challenge the President or the White House, including on grave allegations of obstruction of justice,” they said. See their full statement here.
Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) on Friday with employees of Eat At Ruthie's during the inaugural Black Restaurant Week in Charlotte.
Columbus, OH journo Alissa Henry talking with Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH) about Beatty family heirlooms.
National Park Service Shuts Down Funding to Memorialize Black Panther Party
The conservative website Washington Free Beacon reported last month that the National Park Service gave roughly $100,000 to the University of California, Berkeley for a research project on the Black Panther Party to "memorialize a history that brought meaning to lives far beyond the San Francisco Bay Area." Now, the National Park Service revealed that it is no longer providing funding for the project "honoring the legacy" of the Black Panther Party, after an outcry that the agency would spend taxpayer dollars to memorialize a group with a member who murdered a park ranger in the 1970s. Upon hearing about the grant, Chuck Canterbury, National President of The Fraternal Order of Police, sent a letter to Donald Trump to express his organization's "outrage and shock." The UC Berkeley project is called “Black Panther Party Research, Interpretation & Memory Project,” and includes an annotated bibliography of materials from diverse sources, including video, oral histories, photographs, news coverage and other media, and will be available for future scholars in their research. When the NPS granted the funds to the university, it said UC Berkeley was "uniquely qualified" to produce the collection and that NPS would have "substantial involvement" in the project. Not anymore. More here.
FOMO 
Today, 9A: The last day of the National Minority Supplier Development Council annual conference in Detroit, MI. Click here for more information and to register.
Today, 11A: A presentation ceremony in the U.S. Capitol to honor Filipino World War II veterans. The event will be livestreamed on speaker.gov/live. More here.
Today, 6P: An evening reception in support of Stacey Abrams, candidate for Governor of Georgia. Skadden, Arps, 4 Times Square. NYC. Click here to RSVP or contact zach@gstrategiesllc.com with any questions.
Thursday, October 26th, 4P: Lobbyists and Friends Happy Hour, one last outdoor get together before the cold sets in. Dirty Habit, 555 8th Street, N.W. 
Thursday, October 26th, 5:30p: A happy hour to benefit the DCCC. 777 6th Street, N.W. RSVP to: Teresa Skala at 202.741.1851 or email: skala@dccc.org
Thursday, October 26th, 5:30p: Artist Amy Sherald will give a free talk at Room 101 of the F. Ross Jones Building, Mattin Center, on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University.
Thursday, October 26th, 6P: The Women's Media Awards 2017 honors María Hinojosa, April Ryan, María Elena Salinas, and Gail Tifford, and also recognizes the film Hidden Figures. Capitale, 130 Bowery St., NYC. Click here to purchase tickets.
Friday, October 27th - 29th: The Women's Convention, Reclaiming Our Time. Cobo Center, Detroit. Click here for more information and to register.
Saturday, October 28th - October 30th: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 31st Annual Conference in San Diego. Click here for more information and to register.
Monday, October 30th (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.
Monday, October 30th, 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, 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.
Thursday, November 9th: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's Los Angeles Awards Gala. 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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