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A new poll shows that former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush are both more popular than Trump. Both Bush’s (59%) and Obama’s (63%) favorability ratings are much higher than Trump’s in Gallup’s polling, which currently has Trump at 40 percent approval. Wonder how the WH will spin this? Or if they will spin it at all given that we're entering day nine without an on-camera press briefing. CNN’s Jim Acosta called WH Press Sec Sean Spicer “useless.” Acosta also criticized the media for covering briefings that reporters are not able to record or film saying, “I don’t know why everybody is going along with this.” Friends, this is not good for a democracy. Which brings us to North Korea where things just got a lot more tense with the death of Otto Warmbier, a recently released captive of the totalitarian regime. Now that American blood has been spilled, an unpredictable and arguably unintellectual Trump stated, “it’s a brutal regime but we’ll be able to handle it.” Does that mean Trump would no longer be honored to meet Kim Jong Un? Back on Capitol Hill, it’s being reported that Senate Republicans are preparing to vote on Obamacare repeal next week. We’ll see. And all eyes will be on Georgia as Dems try to flip the sixth with a little star power from Samuel L. Jackson to George Takei. We're kicking off Tuesday is this:- Trump reaches out to the CBC via Omarosa.
- Barack and Michelle Obama may be coming to a football field near you.
- The Slants win with SCOTUS ruling but Native Americans lose.
- Cuba calls out Trump on U.S. policy.
- Squats and Squad -- Michelle Obama has it all.
- Secretary Ryan Zinke moves staff around at Interior.
- Everybody loses in the budget this admin put forth. But have you guys looked at what Native American communities lose? It's dire! Read below.
- Pro-Trump group invokes Obama's words in GA's special election.
- The Ford Foundation welcomes a new board member.
- The President loses people of color on HIV council.
- Who's looking for a job? We've got two.
- There's a Black news network in the making. It won't broadcast from FAMU (as previously reported). But we've got updates. Keep scrolling.
- Republicans in Florida and New Jersey get challengers of color. We've got their stories below.
- Trevor Noah starts a library.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates reveals cover image for We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy.
- Book penned by Barack Obama's father is auctioned.
- FL Dems are fighting. We tell you the story below.
- Hispanic journos host a bbq. Want to go? The details are below in FOMO.
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Trevor Noah promoting his comedy tour. He'll be making his way to DC in September. | |  |
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) ran into students from her district on Saturday. | |
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Take Two: Omarosa Extends Another Invite to the CBC on Trump's Behalf
Almost three months after Donald Trump tried to mend fences with the Congressional Black Caucus at the White House, he is once again trying to restart talks. Omarosa sent a letter to the CBC on June 9th, inviting all members of the CBC back to the WH for a follow-up meeting to "discuss issues pertinent to your members." A source inside the CBC was skeptical about the latest invitation, saying, "We're willing to engage with the president, but it has to be a substantive policy discussion, not a photo op ... The caucus has been quite clear that the policy proposals of this administration, from cutting early childhood education funding to dismantling the Affordable Care Act, would cause great harm to African American communities across the nation.” More here.
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State Department Just Broke a Promise to Minority and Female Recruits
Dozens of young minority and female State Department recruits received startling and unwelcome news last week: They would not be able to soon join the Foreign Service despite having been promised that opportunity. The recruits, who are part of the State Department’s Rangel and Pickering fellowship programs, have already completed two years of graduate-level education at U.S. taxpayers’ expense, plus an internship, often in a foreign country. These minority and female candidates went through a competitive application process, meaning they are some of the best and brightest young graduates around. Their saga is just the latest sign that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s rush to slash the size of the State Department without a plan is harming diplomacy and having negative unintended effects. Read more.
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Cuban Official Calls Out Trump
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez is lashing out at Trump’s decision to rollback some Obama-era overtures to normalize relations with the Caribbean island, calling Trump’s decision to restrict U.S. travel and business with Cuba “a grotesque spectacle that came of the Cold War” and a policy that hasn’t worked in the past, and vowing to not let it hamper Cuba. “We have gone through everything, our people have gone through everything,” Rodríguez told reporters in Vienna, where he was meeting with Austrian officials. “What could they menace us with now that they haven’t before and failed?” Rodríguez added that Trump had decided to align himself with Cuban American hardliners that Rodríguez labeled as “mercenaries” and “terrorists.” More here from NBC News.
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Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA) joins constituents to celebrate Juneteenth on Monday in Ponoma, CA. | |  |
Glover Park's Robert Harris finding some shade and grabbing a bite with daughter, Dani. | |
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Captains America: Touchdown with Barack and Michelle Obama
Jim Harbaugh, head football coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines, says he's planning to ask former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama to serve as honorary captains at a game this fall. "We're making those asks. Official asks," Harbaugh told reporters Saturday. "In the process of making an official ask. There's been, 'Hey, we'd like you to do it,' and now we're doing official asks," ESPN reported. Basketball legend Michael Jordan, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and baseball great Hank Aaron were honorary captains last year. Harbaugh already has a relationship with the Obamas. He served on Michelle Obama's education committee and last week -- while Harbaugh was in Washington to speak on behalf of the Legal Services Corporation about legal aid for the underprivileged -- he and his son Jay met with the former president. More here.
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Michelle Obama Works It Out
Should the football call come, FLOTUS44 is ready and just gave us the gym-spiration we all need. Michelle Obama is spending her post-White House days working on her upcoming book, traveling the world, getting Sasha through Sidwell, and navigating her way through exclusive invites on the global speaking circuit. Amidst all that, she manages to keep the contours of her frame tight and right with an impressive workout regime. While the current admin might be undoing her healthy eating initiatives, Mrs. Obama is urging her followers to adopt healthy habits. She posted a series of Instagram pics on Monday of herself working out alongside some of her besties including poet Elizabeth Alexander, Dr. Sharon Malone, and Susan Sher. The group looked to be led by Obama’s longtime trainer, Cornell McClellan. “My girlfriends have been there for me through all kinds of life transitions over the years — including a pretty big one recently! — and we’ve done our best to stay healthy together,” she wrote. “Whether it’s a bootcamp or a walk around the neighborhood, I hope you and your crew can find some time this summer to be healthy together.” We see you, ladies (and we’re jealous)! #SquadGoals. More here.
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Commentator Bakari Sellers and DeRay McKesson in Charleston, SC on Friday. | |  |
The beautiful Diana Marrero voting on The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful. | |
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Four of Six Who Resigned from Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Are POC
In a joint letter published in Newsweek titled, “Trump doesn’t care about HIV. We’re outta here,” six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS angrily resigned over the weekend, saying that Donald Trump doesn’t care about HIV. But did you know that four of the six are people of color? Ulysses Burley III, Michelle Ogle, and Gina Brown are Black, and Grissel Granados is Latina -- facts that were left out of most stories. Advocates of color continue to stand up to this admin, and The Beat DC will continue to tell you their stories when others don’t. “As advocates for people living with HIV, we have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care,” they wrote. The Beat DC has chosen to do a short profile on them -- check it out!
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Justices to Hear Major Challenge to Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it would consider a 2011 case from Wisconsin addressing partisan gerrymandering, a case that could have major ramifications for future elections. SCOTUS has previously struck down election maps in two congressional districts in North Carolina, citing racial gerrymandering. However, the Court has never rejected an election map in which one political party draws district lines for political gain. The Republican mapmakers in Wisconsin are accused of “packing” and “cracking” like-minded voters into a limited number of districts, or cracking their influence by scattering them across districts. A federal court in Wisconsin ruled that Republican lawmakers had violated the Constitution’s equal protection under the law and free speech clauses, making it almost impossible for Dems to elect the candidate of their choosing. After redrawing election maps in 2010, Republicans won 48.6% of the statewide vote for Assembly candidates and captured a 60 to 39 seat advantage. This case could reshape the way state legislatures draw district lines in 2020. More here.
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SCOTUS Rules That the Government May Not Refuse to Register Potentially Offensive Names
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal trademarks can be registered in most cases even if they are considered derogatory. The decision was a victory for an Asian American dance rock band dubbed The Slants -- and, in all likelihood, for the Washington Redskins, whose trademarks were canceled in 2014 following complaints from Native Americans. While defending the First Amendment's freedom of speech protection, the justices did not remove all discretion from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. But they raised the bar for trademark denials so that names deemed to be offensive but not hateful can survive. "It offends a bedrock First Amendment principle: Speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for a unanimous court. FYI -- the government has applied the law inconsistently when faced with trademarks based on ethnic slurs. It has, for instance, both registered and rejected trademarks for the terms “Heeb,” “Dago,” “Injun” and “Squaw.” More here.
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Darren Walker and Bryan Stevenson at the launch last week of Art for Justice. | |  |
Charles Blow, Piper Kerman, and Glenn E. Martin conversing on criminal justice reform during last week's launch of Art for Justice. | |
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Zinke Shuffles Top Indian Affairs Officials at Interior Department
The three highest-ranking Indian Affairs officials at the Department of the Interior are being reassigned. Mike Black, the acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Weldon “Bruce” Loudermilk, the director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Debra L. DuMontier, the Acting Special Trustee for American Indians, are part of a massive shakeup affecting dozens of senior officials at Interior, WaPo reports. Secretary Ryan Zinke has previously said the department will be undergoing a "bold" reorganization. It's not clear whether Black, who is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, will continue to serve as the Acting Assistant Secretary. Donald Trump has yet to nominate someone for the job, something his two predecessors had already accomplished by this time in their first terms in office. Loudermilk, who is a member of the Fort Peck Tribes, had just been named the director of the BIA last November. DuMontier is affiliated with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. She was named acting Special Trustee on January 20th -- her official title is Deputy Special Trustee. More here.
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African American and Latino Politicians in Chicago Push Rahm Emanuel on Police Reform
Two of Chicago's most well-known African American and Latino politicians have called on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to agree to federal court oversight of police reform if he wants to clean up the embattled Chicago Police Department. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and County Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García (who ran against Emanuel) said the only way for the city to ensure a real and lasting overhaul of a broken police department is for Emanuel to allow a federal judge to be in charge of the process. The mayor this month backed away from a written commitment he made in January with then-President Barack Obama's administration for Chicago to enter into a consent decree -- an agreement that gives a federal judge and a court-appointed monitor the power to enforce reforms of the police department. Instead, Emanuel now is negotiating an out-of-court agreement with Trump’s DOJ, which has signaled a retreat from federal oversight of police reforms. More here.
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Obama’s Words Used Out of Context in Georgia’s Special Election
A radio advertisement from an outside group that supports Donald Trump used former President Barack Obama’s quotes out of context to attempt to convince Black voters that Democrats do not care about their votes in today’s special election in Georgia's 6th congressional district. Featuring a clip of Obama, reading out lines from his autobiography, Dreams from My Father, Obama actually quoted someone else in the book but the ad did not place it in context, implying the former president said the words himself. “Plantation politics. Black people in the worst jobs. The worst housing. Police brutality rampant. But when the so-called black committeemen came around election time, we'd all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket. Sell our souls for a Christmas turkey,” Obama was heard saying. In his autobiography, Obama had actually quoted a Chicago barber who made the comments in the early 1980s about the city’s politics ahead of the election of the first Black mayor in 1983. More here.
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Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) visiting with seniors at the Carolina Oaks Senior Housing Center in Jacksonville, FL on Monday. | |  |
Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) speaking with constituents at a pop-up immigration event in LA on Saturday. | |
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Book Penned by Obama’s Father Auctioned Off
In the late 1950s, Barack Hussein Obama wrote a series of books in his native language, Luo, for a program to promote adult literacy in Africa. The coordinator of that program singled him out as particularly talented and helped him apply to an international study program at the University of Hawaii. There he met and married a student of cultural anthropology, Ann Dunham. Their only child would become an American president, sharing his father’s name. Original copies of the little books that started it all have been discovered in the hands of a private citizen in the Netherlands, and were up for auction until yesterday through a Dutch online auction house, with an estimated price of about $2,800 to $4,000. More here.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Book on Obama Era
Ta-Nehisi Coates has revealed a cover image for We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy, his forthcoming book of new and previously published essays about the Obama era. He tweeted it out while quoting Kendrick Lamar, “I got so many theories and suspicions.” Scheduled for release on October 3rd, the book grew out of Coates’ writings for The Atlantic, including 2012’s Fear of a Black President and this year’s My President Was Black, the latter of which drew on several interviews with President Barack Obama. We Were Eight Years in Power marks Coates’ follow-up to Between the World and Me, which won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction, helped propel him to a MacArthur Fellowship and cemented his status as one of the leading voices on race in America. More here.
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La Opinión's Maria Peña covering Trump's announcement on Cuba on Friday. | |  |
Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) attending a district job fair on Monday. | |
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FL Congressman Gets a Challenger
Democrat Pam Keith is running against freshman Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL) in 2018.
Keith, a lawyer who has worked for the Navy and in the corporate world, was unable to attract much fundraising for her 2016 run against Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson. Although Mast won the election by nine points in 2016, Dems are hopeful that 2018 will be a difficult year for Republicans. Keith has an interesting background. She was a student of the world, living in numerous countries and cities with her diplomat parents before attending UC Davis and Boston College Law School. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. More here.
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NJ Candidate Challenges Incumbent Over Healthcare
Democrat Andy Kim, a former White House national security official, announced Monday that he is challenging Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), who was instrumental in negotiating a key amendment to the Republican healthcare bill. Kim is a native of New Jersey’s 3rd District and served as the National Security Council’s Director for Iraq during President Barack Obama’s administration. Kim worked as a diplomat and strategic advisor to Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen in Afghanistan. Kim is focusing on the Republican congressman’s role in crafting the GOP healthcare bill, also known as the American Health Care Act. “Under Trumpcare, tens of thousands of people in our congressional district will lose their healthcare. Nobody voted to send a representative to Congress to gut healthcare,” Kim said in a news release announcing his campaign. More here.
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Ford Foundation Names New Board Member
The Ford Foundation announced the appointment of Ai-jen Poo to serve as a member of its Board of Trustees. Poo is currently the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and co-director of Caring Across Generations, a national coalition of 200 advocacy organizations working to transform the long-term care system for aging Americans, people with disabilities, and their caregivers. She is also the author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. Poo began her career in the mid-90s as an activist in NYC who eventually became an organizer at the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV). She co-founded Domestic Workers United in 2000 and served as lead organizer until 2009, and she joined the National Domestic Workers Alliance as executive director in 2010. She is also co-director of Caring Across Generations. Ford Foundation trustees are elected by the full board and serve six-year terms. More here.
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Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH) received the Legislator of the Year award from the Vietnam Veterans of America Buckeye Council. | |  |
Joy Reid fist bumps The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper on Sunday's show. | |
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Injured Officer Sets Up Go Fund Me Page
Roll Call reports that Capitol Police Officer Crystal Griner, who was wounded in the ankle in the gun battle last week at the Republicans’ baseball practice, has a GoFundMe page to support her recovery. “The funds that are raised will be distributed directly to her family to use as necessary,” the page reads. “We will update this page over the coming weeks as her recovery progresses.” The page was set up on Sunday with the goal of raising $20,000. As of Monday morning, it reached more than $3,000 with donations from more than 40 people. Her partner, Officer David Bailey, was hit by bullet fragments in the shootout but was released from the hospital in time to throw out the first pitch at Thursday’s Congressional Baseball Game. Griner remains in the hospital. More here.
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Congresswoman Tells Colleagues Look in the Mirror
Chaos seems to be the new normal, writes Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), lamenting in a HuffPost op-ed that the American people are looking to their elected officials for guidance. But few are listening and when legislators allow partisanship to be more important than the needs of their constituents, tragedy can be the result. “We in Congress need to take a hard look in the mirror. Then, we need to hang these mirrors in the halls of Congress. We need to hang those same mirrors on the walls of the White House, in our communities and in our homes,” writes the Detroit legislator. See her entire op-ed here.
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Native Americans Have Lots to Lose with WH Budget
Former President Barack Obama made unprecedented investments in Native American youth. He budgeted millions of dollars to repair and replace dilapidated Native American schools, launched a cross-agency initiative to help Native American students become future leaders, and invited over 1,000 Native American students to DC for a gathering to celebrate their potential. Now, Donald Trump plans to dismantle all of that. His budget proposes over $303.3 million in cuts to the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, including a $64.4 million cut to Indian education programs. The Department of Interior budget also proposes nearly $60 million in cuts to education construction projects that help replace and repair dilapidated Bureau of Indian Education schools. Additionally, the Department of Education's proposed budget eliminates a $32.4 million program for Alaska Native education. “This budget as it’s been proposed would absolutely decimate Indian education,” said Ahniwake Rose, Executive Director of the National Indian Education Association, and a member of the Cherokee and Muscogee Creek Nation. “They’re not just numbers. These are real kids going to be affected everyday by these slashes.” More here.
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Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) posing with two constituents on Monday who outfit job seekers. | |  |
HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson surrounded by the class of White House interns on Monday. | |
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Black News Network Won’t Be Housed at FAMU
The Tallahassee Democrat reports that the much-hyped plans to house the privately owned 24-hour Black Television News Channel at Florida A&M University have been shelved. Instead, network partners say they will launch from another location in Tallahassee. Tallahassee media veteran Bob Brillante, who is a co-managing partner of the enterprise along with former Congressman J.C. Watts, said they have tried to obtain financing for equipment, negotiated cable distribution agreements, and continued to lobby for a waiver from the FCC. The network needs the waiver to distribute BTNC through satellite, which requires federal regulatory approval. Brillante said the waiver is still being sought, and Congressman Al Lawson (D-FL), along with Florida Republican Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio have given their support in DC. In January, the network announced it had reached a pivotal agreement with Charter Communications to carry the news channel in 14 of its largest markets of Black consumers. Stay Tuned. More here.
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FL Dem Proposes Tax to Help Keep Social Security Solvent
Congressman Al Lawson (D-FL) is proposing raises taxes on higher incomes to help bolster Social Security. The Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2017 would raise payroll taxes on those making $250,000 or more, and would also increase the cost-of-living adjustment and establish a special minimum benefit for long-term low-wage workers. Lawson says his bill, which so far has 17 co-sponsors, would help ensure that the Social Security system does not run out of funds. “We are in a unique position to make targeted benefit increases to vulnerable beneficiaries and extend the trust fund solvency so that future generations are able to benefit from social insurance and retirement in a way that is equitable and sustainable,” Lawson said. More here from the Sunshine State News.
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Efforts to Reform Indian Health Service Seek Attention on Capitol Hill
The House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs is meeting on Wednesday to hear testimony on H.R. 2662, the Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act. The bill seeks to address long-standing management, employment, and oversight issues at the agency. “Babies have been born on bathroom floors and with no doctor present,” Congresswoman Kristi Noem (R-SD), who introduced the bill on May 25th, wrote in an opinion piece. “Surgical equipment has been washed by hand. Staff have interacted with patients even though their certifications have lapsed.” More here.
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Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) with his brother as they celebrate their dad on Father's Day. | |  |
Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) discussing federal transportation dollars with Fremont, CA Mayor Lily Mei. | |
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Florida Black Caucus Fights with Local Dem Chair
Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel is apologizing for racially tinged remarks that could have a big ripple effect headed into 2018. According to Politico, on Saturday night Bittel called State Senate Minority Leader Oscar Braynon (pictured), and other members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus “childish” among other disparaging remarks. VP Joe Biden was in attendance, and due to a change in schedule, the program had to be adjusted and previous plans to acknowledge members was canceled. But the members were already on stage and grew restless. Then it turned to anger. “I was calm until I was shit-talked,” Braynon said. “I just said that I did not think that Joe Biden was going to leave if we allowed for 10 minutes to give recognition to our members on stage. He said I’m acting like a three-year-old. He said the Black Caucus members were acting like three-year-olds and childish,” Braynon said. “I was visibly upset. Others were visibly upset.” Bittel later apologized. Incoming House Minority Leader Kionne McGhee, who is Black, said there was a racial component to it all. You be the judge and read the entire story here.
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Texas Governor Signs Bill Into Law Enforcing the Reporting of Police Shootings
On the heels of yet another devastating outcome of a police-involved shooting, there is a modicum of progress to report. Starting in September, any Texas law enforcement agency that does not report a police shooting to the state attorney general within the allotted period could be fined $1,000 per day, with the penalty increasing if the agency commits the same infraction twice within a five-year period. On Thursday, Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 245 into law. Authored by state Rep. Eric Johnson, the bill picks up where Johnson’s first bill, H.B. 1036, left off by creating punitive damages for departments that do not follow the data-reporting protocol. More here.
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The Daily Show Immortalizes Trump’s Tweets
The creative team over at The Daily Show has something in store for those who couldn't make it to New York this weekend for a pop-up exhibition commemorating Donald Trump's prolific social media legacy. The "Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library," was installed just around the corner from the Trump Tower, was only open for a few short days, it has now been turned into an interactive virtual tour, Time Magazine reports. "We are living through a rare moment in history — possibly the last moment in history," said host Trevor Noah. "And thanks to Twitter, we have unprecedented access into an American President's complicated inner life, whether we want it or not." The virtual tour preserves all aspects of the exhibition, including videos and a nickname generator. Special collections feature Trump's deleted tweets and a replica of the Oval Office complete with a golden toilet bowl and Russian flag. Noah implored viewers to peruse at their own pace in this promo for the new online tool. More here from Time’s Kevin Liu.
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| FOMO Wednesday, June 21st, 4P: A meet and greet with Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, running for Governor of Florida. The Madison Group, 1030 15th Street NW, Suite 1080 West. RSVP: akilah@invictusstrategygroup.com
Wednesday, June 21st, 6P: Reception and fundraiser for Kia Hamadanchy for Congress. 408 East Capitol Street, NE, RSVP at: info@KiaForOrangeCounty.com
Wednesday, June 21st, 6:30P: Reception and fundraiser for David Min for Congress. Rooftop at Steptoe and Johnson, 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW. Click here to RSVP.
Thursday, June 22nd, 6P: MALDEF hosts its 2017 Chicago Awards Gala honoring Carlos Tortolero, President and Founder of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, and Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director of the National Immigrant Justice Center.
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Thursday, June 22nd - Saturday, June 24th: NALEO holds its 34th-annual conference in Dallas. Click here to register.
Saturday, June 24th, 4P: The DC chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) hosts its annual BBQ and fundraiser. Click here to purchase tickets.
Wednesday, June 28th, 8A: The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center sponsors a rally in front of the White House in support of immigrants and refugees and their families. Click here for more information.
Thursday, June 29th - July 4th: Amnesty International holds a fast and vigil in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in support of abolishing the death penalty. Click here from more information.
Thursday, July 6th - 9th: The Japanese American Citizens League holds its 48th-annual national convention. Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, July 26th - Friday, July 28th: ColorComm, Women of Color in Communications, holds its 2017 conference in Miami, FL, featuring keynote speaker Whoopi Goldberg. Click here to register.
Friday, August 18th: The deadline to apply for the Poynter Institute and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2017 Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media, to be held Dec. 3rd - 8th in St. Petersburg, FL. The tuition-free program trains journalists of color to work in digital media. Click here for more information and to apply.
Thursday, September 7th - 9th: The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the Native American Journalists Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) sponsor the Excellence in Journalism 2017 conference in Anaheim, CA. Click here for more details and to register.
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