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Donald Trump’s 12-day Asia trip is coming to an end. In Manila today, he celebrated his “great relationship” with President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines -- a man who stands accused of acting with impunity over a brutal war on drugs that has left thousands of his own citizens dead. This is on the heels of Trump saying he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t meddle in the 2016 presidential elections. “I really believe that, when he tells me that, he means it,” 45 said. He later tried to parse his remarks. “What I said is that I believe [Putin] believes that.” And between all this, the president engaged in Twitter insults with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Now to Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is accused of pursuing relationships with teenage girls when he was in his 30s. Some Republicans have said he should step down, adding the caveat “if he did it.” While Moore has denied specific parts of the WaPo story which features four accusers (btw -- he is threatening to sue the paper), he made this bizarre claim on Sean Hannity’s radio show after saying he dated lots of young ladies when he was in his 30s: “I don’t remember ever dating any girl without the permission of her mother.” The election takes place in Alabama on December 12th. On Capitol Hill, the House is expected to vote on the tax bill this Thursday after clearing the Ways and Means Committee in a party-line vote with no GOP defections. Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee markup of its tax bill starts at 3P today. And tomorrow, AG Jeff Sessions will be questioned publicly by members of the House Judiciary Committee and privately by the House Intel Committee. After the FBI flipped George Papadopoulos, he’ll face tough questions about the Trump campaign's contact with Russia. And finally, over the weekend, Girls Trip actress Tiffany Haddish made history by becoming the first Black female comedian to host the 42-year-old show. We’re kicking off the week with this...
- Dismissed juror in Senator Bob Menéndez’s (D-NJ) corruption trial has something to say.
- Details emerge in the case of Sgt. La David Johnson’s ambush death in Niger.
- Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) takes Equifax’s CEO to task.
- FUSION wants to tell YOUR story! Ready to pitch Henry Louis Gates, Viola Davis, and Meryl Streep? Now is your chance! See below.
- Congressman Al Green (D-TX) promises impeachment hearings before the holidays.
- Meet the new COO of the Opportunity Finance Network.
- Meet The Atlantic’s new class of Fellows for its Racial Equity program.
- Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-TX) to be honored at Harvard.
- Guam Senator weighing a congressional run.
- Hawaii state Senator throws her hat into the ring for Congress.
- Vanity Fair set to make surprising move announcing new Editor.
- NPR has a new host for its Planet Money podcast.
- FCC chairman Ajit Pai pushes for rules changes, including on media ownership.
- CNN could face another racial discrimination lawsuit.
- Prosecutors in the Corrine Brown case want more than just prison time.
- The National Museum of the American Indian wants entries for designs on Veterans Memorial.
- NAACP to change its tax status.
- FEMA offers to airlift Puerto Rican residents to the mainland.
- Hundreds of students descend on the Senate to push for DREAM Act legislation.
- Judge orders Maryland to do something about the lack of investment in the state’s HBCUs.
- Take a look at the influence of Black chefs in the White House.
- Steph Curry talks troops, protests and Veterans Day in “The Noise” below. Check it out in blogs.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) with Zach Elmore, whose sister was wounded in the Las Vegas shooting. | |  | Former President Barack Obama on Veterans Day with community volunteers. | |
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Dismissed Juror in Bob Menéndez Case Speaks
A juror dismissed from the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) wrote a note to Judge William Walls expressing her concerns, saying, "It's going to be a hung jury." Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby, the former "Juror No. 8," said in an interview with CNN, "I gave him my feelings about what was going on in the jury room. I just wanted to express to him that we couldn't reach an agreement." Arroyo-Maultsby had longstanding vacation plans to the Bahamas that Judge Walls had agreed to honor and was excused Thursday afternoon as the day concluded without a verdict. She described a "tense" mood in the jury room with the vote "flip-flopping" at times. "I felt, and I felt in my heart, that he was not guilty on all charges," she said. "(Prosecutors) just didn't show me enough, and I just wish I wasn't going on vacation -- I would've been fighting in that jury room. I got very tense because I felt like they were trying to get me to change my mind. I know there's a few that feel the same way I do, and they're going to hold their own." More here.
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FUSION Wants to Tell Your Story
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|  | Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke in NYC running into Donna Brazile. | |  | Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) celebrating Veterans Day with her grandkids and husband, Navy veteran Dexter, and Marines daughter-in-law, Lindsay. | |
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Details Emerge in the Niger Attack
WaPo reports that the body of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in an ambush reportedly by Islamist militants in Niger last month, was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound at the back of his head, suggesting that he may have been captured and then executed. According to two villagers, the back of Johnson’s head had been smashed by something, possibly a bullet. The soldier’s wrists were bound with rope, raising the possibility that the militants -- whom the Pentagon suspects were affiliated with the Islamic State -- seized Johnson during the firefight and held him captive. The accounts could help explain why it to took two days to find Johnson’s body, while the other men’s remains were retrieved several hours after the battle. FBI and U.S. military investigators have arrived in Niger to determine what happened in the October 4th assault on the 11-member Army Special Forces team and 30 Nigerian troops. More here.
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Cortez Masto Presses Equifax CEO
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) took the interim CEO of Equifax to task last week when he testified before the Senate Commerce Committee. Equifax revealed in September that hackers may have compromised the sensitive information of as many as 145 million people. But Senators wanted to know why Equifax was storing information about consumers in the first place. Cortez Masto asked Paulino do Rego Barros why consumers do not have a say in opting in or out of the company's data collection. "This is part of the way the economy works," Barros said. But he was swiftly interrupted. "The consumer doesn't have a choice, sir. The consumer does not have a choice on the data that you’re collecting," Masto said. Several Senators on the panel said new legislation is needed to prod companies like Equifax to better protect consumer data. More here.
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Al Green Promises Impeachment Hearings Before Holidays
Congressman Al Green (D-TX) said on the House floor last week that he plans to pursue impeachment proceedings before the holidays. “I now announce that before Christmas, there will be a vote on the ‘Chief Inciter’ of racism, bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, sexism, ethnocentrism. There will be a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Speaker, on the impeachment of the president.” He went on to say, “The momentum is building. More people favor impeachment than not.” More here.
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With over 2 million meals served by #Chefs4PuertoRico and millions of dollars raised, José Andrés and Lin-Manuel Miranda hope to get Puerto Rico back on its feet. | |  | Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) speaking about a bill he co-sponsored that would exempt veteran disability payments when determining eligibility for housing assistance programs. | |
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OFN Names COO
The Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced Andrew Givens as Chief Operating Officer. Givens will be responsible for leadership, strategic direction, executive management, and representation of OFN. He joins OFN from the Department of Agriculture, where he served as Chief of Staff overseeing the department of Rural Development. Prior to that, he was VP of Government Affairs for the Public Broadcasting Service. He also spent eight years on Capitol Hill, serving as Minority Staff Director and then as General Counsel for the Senate Appropriations Committee. He left in 2005 to join Covington & Burling as Special Counsel. The Harvard graduate earned his Master's from Princeton before completing law school at the University of Virginia. In another OFN hire, Jennifer Vasiloff joins the organization as Chief External Affairs Officer, a role capitalizing on her 16 years of experience in promoting and strengthening the Community Development Financial Institutions field. More here.
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Atlantic Announces Fellows for Racial Equity
The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) program has announced its first cohort of Fellows.
This year's 29 Fellows include Alicia Garza, Director of Strategy and Partnerships for the National Domestic Workers' Alliance, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter; Color of Change Executive Director Rashad Robinson; CultureStrike Executive Director Favianna Rodríguez, who hopes to build a national network of artists of color and migrant artists focused on connections between African American and Latinos/as; Dallas Goldtooth, Campaign Organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network; Michael Smith, Executive Director of the MBK Alliance and Director of Youth Opportunity Programs at the Obama Foundation; Devon Carbado, Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law; Obenewa Amponsah, Executive Director, Africa Office, Harvard University Center for African Studies; and Holiday Simmons, Organizer and Transgender Rights Activist and Program Manager, Generative Somatics. Launched in 2016 with a ten-year, $60 million Atlantic Philanthropies grant to Columbia University, the year-long non-residential program is designed to strengthen the networks, skills, and capacity of activists, authors, artists, and others who are working to challenge racism in the U.S. and South Africa and disrupt the reemergence of white nationalism and supremacy. Fellows will receive a financial award and participate in learning tours in the U.S. and South Africa and engage in immersive courses with senior leaders in the field. See the full list of fellows here.
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Curbelo Honored with JFK Award at Harvard
Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) has been named a recipient of this year’s John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards. The awards were created to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country through public service, and are inspired by Kennedy’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1960 when he said, in part, “We stand today on the edge of a new frontier.” Curbelo will be presented with the award on Thursday at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. More here.
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Journalist Tamron Hall caught Cher's Vegas show over the weekend. | |  |
HBO Insecure's Yvonne Orji with Oprah at the season finale of Queen Sugar last week. | |
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Guam Lawmaker Considers Congressional Run
Guam Senator Michael San Nicolas yesterday confirmed he is seriously considering running for the U.S. territory's lone seat in the U.S. Congress. He said certain members of the community have been asking him for months to enter the Delegate race. “We are being asked and we are giving it serious consideration,” he told The Guam Daily Post. The Democratic senator said he would finalize his decision in a few days. If San Nicolas does run, Guam Delegate Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo will have at least one challenger from her own party. “Public service as a ministry is not about being politically ‘safe,’” he posted on his Facebook last week. “It certainly isn’t about staying quiet in the face of important issues, or mastering the art of being everywhere and yet standing nowhere,” he wrote. The Guam primary election is on Aug. 25th of next year. More here.
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Hawaii State Sen Throws Hat in the Ring for Congress
Hawaii state Senator Donna Mercado Kim (D) is making another run for Congress. She announced her candidacy last week, saying, “I care deeply for my island home. I am committed to fight to put Hawaii first and defend our local values. No one will work harder and be more fiscally responsible than me.” Kim now enters the race for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District seat, which was vacated by Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa (D). Kim first ran for Congress in 2014 when she fell short against Mark Takai in a seven-candidate Democratic primary. She formerly served as the Hawaii state Senate President until she was ousted by her colleagues in a 2015 vote. Kim says this campaign will focus on protecting Hawaii's interest in DC. More here.
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|  | MD gubernatorial candidate Maya Rockeymoore Cummings on Saturday campaigning in Baltimore. | |  | Ana Navarro with Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe on Sunday at his new restaurant in Miami. | |
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Vanity Fair to Name New Editor
Vanity Fair is expected to name Radhika Jones it’s new Editor. Jones will leave her post as Editorial Director of the books department at the NYT to assume the position. Condé Nast, which publishes Vanity Fair, plans to make the announcement today. Forty-four-year-old Jones, who holds degrees from Harvard College and Columbia University, was previously Deputy Managing Editor at Time magazine. At the Paris Review, the literary magazine, she was a Managing Editor. She has also worked at Grand Street, Artforum, and The Moscow Times. Though Jones is well known in literary circles, she’s a relative unknown in Hollywood. However, her presence at the glossy, general interest magazine is expected to up the publication’s journalism bonafides. One report says Jones was offered a package in the $500,000 range. Her predecessor, Graydon Carter, had been the editor for 25 years and was said to be pulling in $2 million a year. This is the first time a woman will be at the helm since Tina Brown served as the magazine’s Editor from 1984 until 1992. More here.
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New SVP at Telemundo
Alina Falcón has been promoted to SVP of Daytime Programming at Telemundo. Falcón had overseen FIFA World Cup programming and news and alternative programming for the Spanish-language network. In her new role, she’ll head the growth strategy for the network’s daytime programming, including shows Un Nuevo Día and Suelta La Sopa. The University of Miami graduate previously served as President of the News Division for Univisión Communications, where she had strategic and operational oversight of news programming and production across all platforms, including the Univisión Network and Television Group. She had been at Univisión for 26 years before transitioning to Telemundo in 2011. More here.
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NPR Welcomes Cardiff García
Cardiff García has joined NPR as a host of its Planet Money podcast. García has been the U.S. Editor for Financial Times Alphaville, where for the past seven years he has written and edited stories about the U.S. economy and financial markets. He is also the founder and host of FT Alphachat, FT’s business and economics podcast. As a guest commentator, he has appeared regularly on a variety of media outlets, including Marketplace Radio, WNYC, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, the BBC, and others. His collaboration with NPR’s Planet Money is for a special project that will be revealed at a later date. The twice-weekly podcast also creates radio stories for Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and This American Life, in addition to material for a blog. The Georgetown graduate has a Master's from Columbia University and has also written for Financial News. More here.
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Tai Joins Philadelphia Papers
Tim Tai drew national attention in 2015 as a University of Missouri student for his coverage of campus protests in the face of heated opposition. Now he has joined The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News as a staff photographer. He previously worked as a staff photographer at the Columbia Daily Tribune and a photo intern at the Boston Globe, Tulsa World, and San Antonio Express-News, and as a photographer, videographer and photo editor for the Columbia Missourian. More about him here.
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Actor and activist Jesse Williams with activist and commentator Jeff Johnson over the weekend at Afri Tech in San Francisco. | |  |
Angela Rye hits the red carpet before co-hosting The Root 100 Gala last week in NYC. | |
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CNN Braces for Another Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
The Atlanta lawyer whose racial discrimination suit against CNN was dismissed earlier this year says he is re-filing the class-action case -- this time with a new set of plaintiffs and even more alleged victims. The network’s alleged racial discrimination is “as abhorrent as all of the sexual harassment cases that are rightfully now being prosecuted,” Daniel R. Meachum told a reporter. “Educated, well-intentioned, experienced and talented African Americans are being discriminated against.” The original lawsuit had 175 plaintiffs, but Meachum said 30 more alleged victims have come forward since Judge William Duffey Jr. essentially ruled in July the case didn’t have enough to move forward as a class-action suit. Meachum said the suit will be re-filed sometime this year and that he is still gathering the necessary paperwork from the new plaintiffs. More here.
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Pai Pursues Rule Changes at the FCC
On Thursday, the FCC will host an open meeting to discuss a wide slate of rules changes, including reconsidering broadcast ownership rules. One of the rules FCC Chair Ajit Pai is championing is to repeal the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. He’s making an effort to drum up support in an op-ed for the NYT, saying the common sense rule is long overdue. He makes the point that modern media currently has several kinds of competition that were not around back in 1975, the last time the FCC established its media ownership rules. “We need to create a level regulatory playing field. It makes no sense for internet giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter to be allowed to buy newspapers while a small AM radio station is prohibited from purchasing its local paper,” Pai writes. Critics of the proposal have expressed concerns that eliminating the rule will lead to additional media consolidation. Read Pai’s full piece here.
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|  | Former NAACP President and MD gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous campaigning with Morehouse College physics student DeJaun Correia.
| |  | Former NASA astronaut and Air Force veteran Buzz Aldrin with U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Saturday at the NYC Veterans Day parade. | |
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Prosecutors Want More Than Prison Time in Corrine Brown Case
Prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday that besides prison time, former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown should be personally responsible for repaying more than $650,000 that donors gave the sham charity One Door for Education. Those repayments would likely be split between One Door President Carla Wiley and Brown’s former Chief of Staff Ronnie Simmons. But motions filed against each of them in federal court in Jacksonville say they should all lose cash and property until they’ve forfeited valuables equal to the amount they gathered through years of scams. Brown's attorney has asked that she receive only probation for her convictions in the federal corruption case. Her sentencing is slated for Thursday. Attorneys are also asking U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan to be more lenient with Simmons because of the help he provided in Brown’s trial, where he was a key witness. As for Wiley, her attorney asked the judge to let her avoid prison entirely, arguing she had profited less from the scam and cooperated immediately with authorities. More here.
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Judge Sides with HBCUs in Maryland
A federal judge ordered Maryland to remedy the lack of investment in the state’s HBCUs, in an effort to resolve a decade-old lawsuit over inequality in public higher education. WaPo reports that a judge declared the state must establish a set of new, unique, and high-demand programs at each institution. Since 2006, a coalition of alumni from Maryland’s four HBCUs have been locked in litigation with the state to dismantle what they say are vestiges of racial segregation. The group says Maryland has underfunded Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and allowed other state schools to duplicate their programs, placing pressure on enrollment. Over the years, the coalition has called for increased funding and merging the University of Baltimore with Morgan State to achieve parity. More here.
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Students Storm the Capitol
Last Thursday, hundreds of students staged walkouts and rallied at the U.S. Capitol. They convened at the Hart Senate Office Building to push for Congress to pass legislation for "Dreamers" and other DACA recipients, reports The Beat DC's Patricia Guadalupe. The students were demanding a "clean" DREAM Act, meaning legislation that stands by itself and is not tacked on to other legislation. The students say they picked Thursday because Congress is running out of time to pass legislation before the end of the year, and it was a good way to mark the anniversary of Trump’s election. They are not alone in their efforts. As reported by The Beat DC last week, 25 Democrats are threatening a government shutdown and have said they will not pass a budget bill if Congress does not take up DREAM Act legislation. More here.
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Tyrone Gayle, Press Secretary for Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), celebrated his 30th over the weekend with a surprise party in DC. | |  | Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and several other colleagues traveled over the weekend to Puerto Rico and the USVI to discuss hurricane recovery efforts. | |
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Call for Design Submissions for the National Native American Veterans Memorial
Native Americans serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at higher rates per capita than any other ethnic group and have served since the American Revolution. On Veterans Day, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian began accepting entries for designs for a National Native American Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. The international competition is open to all: architects, artists, designers, students, and anyone else who wants to submit a design. Entries will be accepted until 3P ET on January 9th of next year. The National Museum of the American Indian has been working with Native American veterans, tribal leaders, historians, and cultural experts to consult on the needs that the memorial should express. In 2015, the museum established an advisory committee comprised of Native American leaders and veterans. Co-Chaired by former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Chickasaw Nation Lt. Gov. Jefferson Keel, the museum began consulting American Indian Nations across the country to gather input and support. Campbell, a Korean War veteran, is one of the few Native Americans to have served in Congress. More here.
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FEMA Offers to Airlift Puerto Ricans to Mainland U.S.
FEMA is offering to help temporarily relocate Puerto Ricans from the island to the mainland as part of their Transitional Shelter Assistance program, which helps displaced residents find interim housing while their homes are being repaired or while other housing options are pursued. Under the program, FEMA would pay for housing costs and flights to and from the mainland, with priority given to the approximately 3,000 islanders still living in shelters after Hurricane Maria. Those affected by Hurricane Maria who want to be temporarily relocated to the mainland would end up in either Florida or New York -- two states that were selected by Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló because of their sizable Puerto Rican populations. The operation, which officials call an “air bridge,” could take some time to set up because FEMA hasn’t flown such a large number of people out of a disaster zone before. Nearly two months after the hurricane devastated the island, more than 60% of residents remain without electricity. More here.
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|  | Donnie Simpson and wife Pamela with African American Mayors Association Executive Director Stephanie Sykes, and Ron Busby, President & CEO of U.S. Black Chambers, Inc at the Newseum in DC last week celebrating 70 years of Meet the Press. | |  | Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) with Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino and his wife Leslee. | |
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NAACP Changes Tax Status to Engage Politically
NAACP officials announced that the civil rights group will transition from a 501(c)(3) to 501(c)(4) designation. The change will allow the organization to be more partisan and politically focused. However, the tax designation does not allow political work to be the "primary activity" of the organization. This is one of many changes coming out of the organization since Derrick Johnson became president in October. More here.
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The White House’s Black Kitchen Cabinet
African American presidential chefs are part of the rich history of the White House. In fact,150 African Americans have been involved as chefs at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Author Adrian Miller explores the intersection of food, politics, and policy that chefs occupied. They were celebrated culinary artists and played an important role in passing along messages to presidents. A brief video describes the role of these unofficial political operatives. It’s worth a watch. Take a look here.
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Today, 6P: The Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the National Football League (NFL) sponsor a reception showcasing the upcoming 2017 NFL Mexico Game and the NFL’s year-round Hispanic outreach initiatives. Invite only. Tuesday, November 14th, 1P: A panel discussion of current and former chairs of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to commemorate the Commission’s 60th anniversary. Participants include Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden and former chairs William B. Allen, Mary Frances Berry, Martin R. Castro, and Gerald A. Reynolds. Thomas Jefferson Building, Members Room, Library of Congress, 10 First Street, S.E. RSVP to: Brian Walch at bwalch@usccr.gov or 202.376.8371
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. NY Law School, 385 West Broadway, NYC. RSVP to: events@manhattancc.org
Wednesday, November 15th, 8:30A: The 8th Virginia Immigrant Summit. Immigrant rights advocates, partners, supporters, and allies serving the immigrant population gather to discuss and strategize on issues impacting the VA immigrant community. Faith Lutheran Church, 3313 Arlington Blvd, Arlington. Click here to register.
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
Saturday, November 18th, 9A: Puerto Rican Diaspora Summit -- Washington, DC, a conference to discuss policy issues and responses to Puerto Rico's economic and humanitarian crises from the perspective of Puerto Ricans and other stakeholders in the DC area. UDC Student Center, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Click here to register.
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
Thursday, November 30th, 6:30P: A reception in support of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). 3205 R. Street, N.W. Click here to RSVP.
Wednesday, December 6th, 6P: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute holiday reception in honor of retiring Hispanic members of Congress. Library of Congress, Madison Hall, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Wednesday, December 6th, 6P: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 2044 Leadership Council holiday party. Library of Congress, Madison Hall, 101 Independence Ave, SE. Click here to RSVP.
Thursday, December 7th, 6P: The Ladies of Twelve Days of Christmas, Inc. Metro DC Chapter’s 15th Annual Holiday Party. SAX Lounge 734 11th Street, N.W. Click here to RSVP.
Thursday, December 14th, 6P: Solidarity Strategies hosts a Holiday Fiesta. Invite only.
Saturday, December 16th, 8P: The National Black MBA DC Chapter Annual Holiday Party. Hard Rock Cafe, 999 E Street, N.W. Click here to purchase tickets.
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