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March 05, 2018
Ted Lieu Probes Stormy Daniels Payment, Oprah Talks to Van Jones, and Tulsi Gabbard Works to Hack-Proof Elections
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The Senate will not take up gun reform this week. Instead, the upper chamber will take up a banking reform bill that would relax key banking regulations, despite opposition from the left. On immigration, even though thousands are still losing protections despite last week’s federal court order blocking Trump’s effort to end an Obama-era program protecting “Dreamers,” the order appears to have taken the pressure off Congress to act. Hence, both issues may lay dormant in the Capitol until after midterm elections. On Saturday, Trump attended the annual Gridiron Club dinner which features satirical musical skits by members of the press and remarks by the president. The bizarre pairing made a failed attempt to bring levity to the chaos of the current administration, with POTUS45 making jokes about Jared Kushner’s security clearance, AG Jeff Sessions’ recusal in the Russia investigation, and impeachment. He also used the opportunity to insult Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), saying she needs to take an IQ test. Meanwhile, lawmakers took their annual pilgrimage to Selma, AL over the weekend to commemorate the 53rd anniversary and the struggles of activists who endured violence during Bloody Sunday. And, finally, the big winner at last night’s Oscars? Diversity! Actors Lupita Nyong’o and Kumail Nanjiani delivered words of solidarity, saying to “Dreamers,” “we stand with you.” Common and Andra Day performed the song Stand Up for Something from the film Marshall and were joined onstage by a handful of activists. Mexican Director Guillermo del Toro won the Oscar for Best Director for The Shape of Water. And wait! Jordan Peele won too?! Get Out! Peele was crowned the winner in the Best Original Screenplay race, making him the first Black screenwriter to receive the honor. See the full list of winners here. And the award for the most Amtrak Acela mileage goes to … me! Hitting send from NYC this morning to join Fox News’ Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner during the 1P hour. Tune in. We’re kicking off the week with this...
  • Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) wants FBI to investigate Stormy Daniels payment.
  • Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) calls on DHS to change terrorism funding formulas for Las Vegas and other tourist destinations.
  • Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) intros legislation to make this year’s elections hack-proof.
  • Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) gets a challenger.
  • Miami journo jumps into race to succeed Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
  • Could the GOP have its first Muslim American in Congress?
  • Army vet gaining traction in WV congressional run.
  • DCCC under fire for allegedly trying to undermine progressive candidates.
  • Reportedly, Donald Trump didn’t do much to help UCLA ballplayers detained in China.
  • Twitter aims to hire more people of color.
  • Lawsuit claims YouTube excludes White and Asian men in hiring.
  • Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) wants Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to investigate complaints from transgender students.
  • First border wall contract awarded to small company with big issues.
  • Oprah takes on several issues in wide-ranging interview with Van Jones.
  • NYT to publish data on the diversity of its workforce.
  • Docs show shrinking Bears Ears monument was done for oil & gas exploration.
  • State Department says staff reductions at embassy in Cuba are permanent.
  • In Minneapolis, Native American women are stopped by police at a higher rate than Black men. Get the story in Blogs.
Essence Black Women in Hollywood honorees Tessa ThompsonLena Waithe, Tiffany Haddish, and Danai Gurira Thursday in LA. 
Guillermo del Toro won the Oscar for Best Director for The Shape of Water, making it the fourth time a filmmaker from Mexico has taken the prize in five years.
Lieu Wants FBI to Investigate Stormy Daniels and National Enquirer Payments
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA)
and Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (D-NY) want FBI Director Christopher Wray to open an investigation into two questionable payments made by two longtime Donald Trump confidants during the 2016 election. In a letter, Lieu and Rice say that if allegations against these improper payments hold true, they could represent violations of federal election laws. Just before the election, Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen made a $130,000 payment to Stephanie “Stormy Daniels” Clifford, who allegedly had an affair with Trump, reportedly as a way to buy her silence. Similarly, the National Enquirer paid Karen McDougal, another person who allegedly had an affair with Trump, $150,000 for her story, only to never publish it. “As Members of Congress, we are troubled by these payments because they are evidence of moral failings by the President.  As former prosecutors, we believe these payments may be felonies. ... Payments to silence individuals with negative information about then-candidate Trump may violate federal election laws,“ the members wrote. See the full letter here.
Cortez Masto Calls on DHS to Change Terrorism-Related Funding Formulas for Tourist Destinations
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R), and the entire Nevada congressional delegation on Friday called on DHS to modify its terrorism high-risk formula to reflect the threats posed to high-volume tourist cities such as Las Vegas. In a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the group requested that the Department reconfigure its Urban Area Security Initiative grant program -- which was established to ensure the safety of high-risk urban areas -- and reassess the “Risk Profile” for the Las Vegas area, which currently does not take into consideration a locality’s tourism economy. “In light of the October 1st tragedy that took the lives of 58 innocent people at a country music festival, as well as continued threats posed by foreign terror organizations, we believe this formula must accurately assess each city's vulnerability, threat, and consequence of a terrorist attack,” they wrote. See the full letter here.
Tulsi Gabbard Intros Legislation to Make 2018 Elections “Hack Proof”
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the electoral systems in 21 states faced attempted hacking in the 2016 election. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) aims to intercept attempts with legislation she introduced last week to protect the country’s election infrastructure from cyber hackers. The Securing America’s Elections Act would require the use of voter-verified paper ballots or a paper ballot backup in federal elections. It authorizes emergency funding to empower every state to use voter-verified paper ballots that produce an auditable paper trail, beginning with the 2018 elections. The bill expands on progress made in 15 states that currently produce voter-verified paper ballots. Gabbard says her bill would make the 2018 election process hack-proof. “We cannot ignore these vulnerabilities that erode voter confidence and expose our election’s infrastructure to manipulation by adversaries. With 2018 elections quickly approaching, Congress must act now and work with states to safeguard our electoral infrastructure and ensure that each and every American vote is counted faithfully and accurately.” More here.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Leads Bipartisan Call for DeVos to Investigate Complaints By Transgender Students
Ninety lawmakers, led by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CA), are calling on the Department of Education to investigate complaints about bathroom access filed by transgender students. In a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Candice Jackson, the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office for Civil Rights, the members write that the Department’s decision to no longer investigate complaints filed by transgender students denied access to the bathroom of their choice "amounts to willful dereliction of its obligation to protect all students from sex discrimination and willful ignorance of existing law.” The Trump administration last month confirmed that it was no longer investigating these claims. See the letter here.
Training Director
Elizabeth for MA is planning to organize training sessions for promising college students, recent graduates, and others interested in gaining practical skills in digital communication, organizing, and grassroots political action. This will develop the next generation of progressive campaign volunteers and staffers and give them immediate campaign experience. Elizabeth for MA is looking for a Training Director to develop and coordinate this training program. 
Councilman Challenges Alma Adams
Asheville, NC City Councilman Keith Young has filed to run for Congress. But here’s the thing. He’s running to represent Charlotte in North Carolina’s 12th District, which is currently represented by Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) and is a full two hours away from Young’s current official residence. There is no legal requirement that a candidate for, or a member of, the U.S. House live in the district he or she represents, but Young’s candidacy is still likely a Hail Mary. Though he doesn’t mention Adams by name, he intimates he’d take a more confrontational approach with Donald Trump. “When bullies occupy the White House we need stronger voices of opposition," he said in a statement. The 38-year-old Virginia State University graduate has served on the Asheville City Council since 2015. His term ends next year. He was instrumental in “banning the box,” which is removing criminal history disclosure from city applications. Young will face 71-year-old Adams as well as two political unknowns in the May 8th primary. Adams' campaign raised $209,260 last year, spent $122,957 and ended the year with $193,158 in the bank. More here.
Journalist Jumps Into Race to Succeed Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
TV journalist María Elvira Salazar announced that she will run for Congress in Florida’s 27th Congressional District, hoping to succeed retiring Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R). The Cuban American journalist and broadcast TV anchor gives the GOP a candidate in a district where they have had recruiting difficulties. She most recently anchored MEGATV's nightly newscast and has previously worked for CNN, Univisión, and Telemundo. The University of Miami grad, who also has a Master’s from Harvard’s Kennedy School, is a regular contributor on Latino and immigration issues at outlets such as Newsmax, Fox News, and Fox Business, and has appeared as a commentator on The O'Reilly Factor, Fox & Friends, and America Talks Live, among others. Salazar, who speaks English, Spanish, and Italian, is a recipient of five Emmy Awards for her coverage of the abuses to the Haitian sugarcane cutters in the Dominican Republic, the civil war in El Salvador, and a special news series in Cuba. “I’m running for US Congress District 27 in Florida. From now on-I won’t report the news- I will try to change them for the better,” she said. The 57-year-old candidate will face Angie Chirino, former Doral Vice Mayor Bettina Rodríguez-Aguilera, Miami Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro, Gabe Ferrer, Gina Sosa-Suárez, and María Peiro in the August 28th primary. More here.
D & P Strategies’ Catherine Pino and Ingrid Durán with Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), who on Wednesday received the Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica at a reception at the Spanish Ambassador’s residence.
Martin Luther King III, Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Congressman Jimmy Gómez (D-CA) on Sunday at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL.
GOP Candidate and Former DoD Lawyer Could Be First Afghan American in Congress
We first told you about Omar Qudrat last July. He’s a former Defense Department prosecutor whose parents immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan in the 1970s and he’s running for Congress in California's 52nd District. The Republican is the first Afghan American Muslim to run for Congress. He’s aiming to unseat Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA). The UCLA graduate earned his two Master's and a law degree from Syracuse University. Before moving back to his native California, he was a Prosecutor in the Defense Department's Office of the Chief Prosecutor of Military Commissions, where he worked on war crimes prosecutions of alleged terrorists. Qudrat was also detailed for a time to the State Department, where he was responsible for developing foreign prosecutions of Guantanamo Bay detainees and negotiating security agreements with foreign nations. The 52nd Congressional District includes Coronado, Poway, and several San Diego neighborhoods, including Scripps Ranch, La Jolla, Pacific Beach, and University City. Half of UC San Diego is in the district, and the military and biotechnology are major industries. He will face Michael Allman, Danny Casara, Jeff Cullen, John Horst, and James Veltmeyer in the June 5th primary. More here.
Veteran Gains Traction in WV’s Third
WV state Senator Richard Ojeda (D) is gaining traction and national attention for his run in West Virginia’s Third Congressional District. The Mexican American retired Army Major holds degrees from West Virginia State University and Webster University. Ojeda served across the globe, including Germany, South Korea, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He has been awarded numerous medals and is also pending the Purple Heart for injuries sustained while conducting operations in Iraq. Ojeda is running in a district that Donald Trump carried by a jaw-dropping 49-point margin -- yet, recent polls show the veteran neck-and-neck with or topping potential GOP opponents. “I’m kicking the shit out of the Republicans,” he told Politico. During his state Senate run in 2016, then-candidate Ojeda was physically assaulted at a campaign event reportedly over his statement that he planned to vote for Donald Trump in the presidential election; he underwent several surgeries because of facial fractures, which required plates and screws to be implanted. He told Politico that he voted for Trump because he initially believed Trump would do something for his neighbors. He now regrets voting for him, however, saying that Trump is "taking care of the daggone people he's supposed to be getting rid of." Ojeda will face Paul Davis, Janice Hagerman, and State Delegate Shirley Love in the May 8th primary. More here.
DCCC Under Fire for Attempting to Undermine a Progressive Candidate
Congressman Ben Ray Luján
’s (D-NM) DCCC has come under fire for reportedly attempting to undermine candidates. In PA, establishment Dems allegedly pressured Greg Edwards (pictured), a Black Pastor running in the state’s 7th Congressional District, to exit the race. Edwards and progressive groups told WaPo that the DCCC approached local Democrats to ask if they thought the Pastor could be persuaded to seek another office. “As far as I know, they only targeted one candidate to leave this race — the most progressive candidate, the only candidate of color,” Edwards said. “Their inability to understand why that’s fundamentally wrong says everything.” The DCCC said that the inquiries were part of a general outreach effort as a result of the recently redrawn congressional district map in PA. This comes as the DCCC is facing criticism from the left after it published opposition research against Laura Moser, a progressive Democrat running in Texas’ 7th Congressional District, which hit her for everything from employing her husband’s political firm to moving to the state just to run when she’d previously written that she’d “rather have my teeth pulled out without anesthesia” than live in Texas. And just last month, Quentin James of the Collective PAC questioned the DCCC on their lack of support for Black candidates. More here.
CA congressional candidate Stacey Dash last week after filing papers to run for Congress.
AAPI Data's Alton Wang and CAPAC Chair Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) on Friday with CA congressional candidate Jay Chen and a supporter. 
A Ball in a China Shop -- What POTUS45 Didn’t Do
Remember when UCLA players LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill, and Cody Riley were arrested and detained on shoplifting charges in November while in China for a game? And Donald Trump took credit for intervening and negotiating the players’ release? And preemptively complained that the players would likely not even thank him -- which, of course, they did? Turns out they might have thanked him for no reason. A new report from ESPN finds that the charges had been dropped and the players’ passports returned two days before the White House told them it was involved. A source told ESPN that the players' return flights were already secured by the time WH Chief of Staff John Kelly called to tell the players that the White House was getting involved. The players were released on bail within 24 hours, but UCLA officials reportedly appeased Chinese officials by agreeing to keep the players in China an extra 72 hours after the rest of the team returned home to “avoid the perception that they got off easy.” The incident happened on a Tuesday, and the players returned to the U.S. exactly a week later. More here.
First Border Wall Contract Granted for $11 Million to Company with One Employee
The AP reports that a tiny Nebraska startup awarded the first border wall construction project under Donald Trump is the offshoot of a construction firm that was sued repeatedly for failing to pay subcontractors, and accused in a 2016 government audit of shady billing practices. SWF Constructors, which lists just one employee in its Omaha office, won the $11 million federal contract in November as part of a project to replace a little more than two miles of a current fence with post-style barriers 30 feet high in Calexico, CA. It’s the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built last year in San Diego. More here.
GA gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Friday with actress and activist Rashida Jones.
DNC Deputy Chair Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) on Friday with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on the Faith & Politics MLK Pilgrimage.
NYT Will Publish Diversity Data As It Joins CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion
In a memo to staff on Friday, NYT CEO Mark Thompson announced that the company would be joining CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion (CEO Action). In the memo, Thompson wrote that the idea for the NYT to join CEO Action came out of an Employee Resource Group, Black@NYT, and that a “central part of the pledge is a commitment for each member company to publish data about diversity in their workforce. We will do that, starting in 2018, so that we and you, and the wider world, can track our progress year by year,” Thompson wrote. Well, Mr. Thompson, The Beat DC looks forward to reporting on it. CEO Action was launched last year and more than 350 organizations have already signed on to act on supporting more inclusive workplaces. Read more here.
Oprah Talks with Van Jones
In a wide-ranging interview with talk show host Van Jones, Oprah will give her take on some of the biggest issues facing America on CNN’s The Van Jones Show on Sunday, March 11th. She is slated to discuss her support of the March For Our Lives youth activists, her connection with Trump supporters in an increasingly partisan political environment, her thoughts on the #MeToo movement, and her new movie, A Wrinkle in Time. Oprah will be joined by the film’s director, Academy Award nominee and four-time Emmy winner Ava DuVernay, who will talk about her experience as one of the few female women of color directors in Hollywood, her fight for diversity in the film industry, and criminal justice reform. We’ll be watching. More here.
Lawsuit Claims YouTube Excluded White and Asian Men in Hiring
A former YouTube employee has filed a civil lawsuit claiming that the company last year stopped hiring white and Asian males for technical positions because they didn’t help the world’s largest video site achieve its goals for improving diversity. Arne Wilberg, a white male who worked at Google for nine years, including four years as a recruiter at YouTube, alleges Google set quotas for hiring minorities. His suit alleges that YouTube recruiters were instructed to cancel interviews with applicants who weren’t female, Black, or Hispanic, and to “purge entirely” the applications of people who didn’t fit those categories. A Google spokeswoman said the company will vigorously defend itself in the lawsuit. “We have a clear policy to hire candidates based on their merit, not their identity,” she said in a statement. “At the same time, we unapologetically try to find a diverse pool of qualified candidates for open roles, as this helps us hire the best people, improve our culture, and build better products.” More here from WSJ.
Twitter to Focus on Growing Women, Black, and Latinx Ranks
Twitter’s Candi Castleberry-Singleton, the company’s VP of Intersectionality, Culture, and Diversity, announced on Friday that the company had met or surpassed many of the diversity and inclusion goals it had set for 2017. In a blog post, Castleberry-Singleton wrote that the representation of “underrepresented minorities” -- which Twitter defined as non-white and non-Asian -- had grown to 12.5% in 2017, compared to 11% in 2016. However, these numbers also include 2.9% of Twitter’s workforce who specifically declined to identify their ethnicity on Twitter’s internal survey; there is no way to tell what ethnicity they actually are. If you subtract that group from Twitter’s list of “underrepresented minorities,” it shows non-white and non-Asian employees at Twitter made up just 9.6% of the company workforce, a decline from 11% in 2016. Regardless, Twitter is also now specifically looking at increasing the representation of women, Black, and Latinx people -- groups that continue to be underrepresented in tech. In 2017, Twitter was 3.4% Black, 3.4% Latinx, and 38.4% female. By 2019, Twitter wants to be 43% female, 5% Black, and 5% Latinx. More here.
Former Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs with Writer, Director, and Producer Reginald Hudlin last week in LA at an Icon Mann session on film culture.
Solidarity Strategies' Chuck Rocha and Luis Alcauter on Friday receiving Reed Awards, given for excellence in campaign management, political consulting, and political design.
Shrinking Bears Ears Appears For the Oil, Documents Show
Remember the controversy around the Trump administration shrinking Bears Ears -- a national monument that Native American communities spent years to get the site designated as such? Internal agency documents show that even before Donald Trump officially opened his review last spring, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site. The debate started as early as March 2017, when an aide to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) asked a senior Interior Department official to consider shrinking Bears Ears National Monument. Under a longstanding program in Utah, oil and natural gas deposits within the boundaries of the monument could have been used to raise revenue for public schools had the land not been under federal protection. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has disputed that the review of Bears Ears was related to the potential for energy production. “We have a pretty good idea of, certainly, the oil and gas potential — not much!” Zinke said last year. “So Bears Ears isn’t really about oil and gas.” He also said that the agency review process made no presumptions about the outcomes. Most of the deliberations took place behind closed doors. NYT breaks down what they found here.
Cuba Embassy Staff Reductions Permanent
The State Department on Friday announced that its staff reductions at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba would be “permanent.” The staff reductions were ordered by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson following undetermined events which caused more than two dozen Havana-based American diplomats and intelligence officers to experience hearing loss, headaches, sleeping difficulties, cognitive issues, and other symptoms that appear to reflect some degree of brain trauma, according to WaPo. The State Department has medically confirmed at least 24 cases so far, though their cause remains undetermined. State also extended its travel advisory recommending that Americans reconsider traveling to Cuba, particularly the Nacional and Capri hotels -- where U.S. diplomats are believed to have been hurt in a mysterious series of incidents -- a move that could have a significant impact on the Cuban tourism industry. More here.
FOMO
Today, 5:30P: A reception and fundraiser for Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA). Kith/Kin Restaurant, The Intercontinental Hotel, 801 Wharf Street, S.W. RSVP to Brandon Neal, 202.714.3832 or Pylorus.Contact@gmail.com.
Today, 5:45P: Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are holding a press conference to discuss the implications of not yet having DACA legislation. House Triangle. Media should RSVP to carlos.paz@house.mail.gov or click here. Watch it livestreamed here.
Tuesday, March 6th, 12P: A lunch and reception honoring CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra. The City Club, South Flower Avenue, 51st. Floor, Los Angeles. RSVP to Elizabeth Tauro, 310.795.3977 or etauro@capstratca.com, or click here to RSVP online.
Tuesday, March 6th, 5:45PRaúl AlvillarAlex WagnerAdrienne CooperDawn Huckelbridge, Jesse Boateng, and Square One Politics co-host a conversation about the future of progressive politics. Special guests include IL congressional candidate Lauren Underwood and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA). 270 Strategies, 722 12th Street NW, Floor 3. Click here to RSVP
Tuesday, March 6th, 6:30P: Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP LDF, and Anthony Thompson, Director of the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law at NYU, discuss the book they co-authored with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and death penalty lawyer Bryan StensonA Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law. National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W. 13th Floor. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets
Tuesday, March 6th, 7P: The Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University welcomes NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet as their third Media Innovator Series Speaker for 2017-2018. Free. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, March 7th, 9A: A breakfast with author Steve Phillips to mark the release of the updated edition of his NYT bestseller, Brown is the New White. 1341 G Street, N.W., 5th Floor. To RSVP, email Daniel Herrera at dherrera@rabengroup.com.
Wednesday, March 7th, 6:30P: A reception and fundraiser for NY congressional candidate Antonio Delgado. 306 3rd Street, S.E. Click here to RSVP or email nolan@delgadoforcongress.com.
Wednesday, March 7th - Saturday, March 10th: The 2018 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit. Orlando, FL. Click here for more information and to register
Thursday, March 8th, 6P: The Too Young to Wed Inaugural Gala on International Women’s Day, celebrating empowered former Boko Haram child brides Ya Kaka and Hauwa, as they share their journey from survivors to advocates. Journalist Ann Curry is among the hosts. Bathhouse Studios, 538 East 11th Street, NYC. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Thursday, March 8th, 6P: The Radio Television Digital News Foundation honors ABC’s Good Morning America's Robin Roberts with the 2018 First Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award. Washington Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Friday, March 9th - Saturday, March 10th: The Progressive Caucus Center hosts the 2018 Strategy Summit. Baltimore, MD. Click here to register.
Saturday, March 10th, 9A: Latina Circle’s conference, Amplify: Moving from Intention to Acción. Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Click here for more information and to register.
Sunday, March 11th, 9A: The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park Bus Trip, 4068 Golden Hill Road, Church Creek, MD. Click here for more information and RSVP to dmvblackhistoryfieldtrips@gmail.com.
Tuesday, March 13th, 7P: The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials presents Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) with the 2018 Edward R. Roybal Award for Outstanding Public Service during the organization’s annual Edward R. Roybal Legacy Gala in DC. JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Tuesday, March 13th, 7:30P: National Geographic conversation, “Environmental Justice | What's Next?” Talia BufordRobert BullardJon WaterhouseMustafa Ali, and Adrianna Quintero on how the environmental justice movement must adapt in the face of a changing planet. National Geographic, Gilbert H. Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600 M Street, N.W. Click here for more.
Wednesday, March 14th, 9A: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute sponsors the CHCI Energy Summit: A World in Transition. Newseum, 5 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information
Wednesday, March 14th - Sunday, March 18th: The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation 7th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable Women of Power National Summit: Time for A Power Shift!!! Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Thursday, March 15th, 6P: The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership hosts its headshot happy hour. Local 16, 1602 U Street, N.W. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
Friday, March 16th, 6P: The Greater Washington Urban League celebrates its 80th anniversary at the 46th annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Gala. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) will receive the COURAGE UNDER FIRE Impact Leadership Award. Congressman Lewis will also be interviewed by retired AMEX CEO Ken Chenault in a live, one-on-one discussionRonald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Thursday, March 22nd - Sunday, March 25th: The National Hispanic Medical Association 22nd Annual Conference, "Conquistando el Futuro: Clinicians Leading Latino Health Care.” Gaylord National, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Click here for more information and to register. Congressional staffers or federal government workers: email pmontenegro@nhmamd.org for a discount code.
Thursday, March 29th, 8P: Jazz, hip hop, and soul combine in August Greene, the newly formed supergroup featuring emcee Common, pianist and composer Robert Glasper, and percussionist and producer Karriem Riggins. Kennedy Center. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Friday, April 6th - Saturday, April 7th: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) 2018 National Women’s Conference. San Francisco. Click here for more information and to register.
Thursday, April 12th - Sunday, April 15th: The inaugural Black Millennial Political Convention. The gathering aims to increase engagement of Black Millennials in the political sphere and shed a light on policy issues impacting the Black community. Hyatt Regency Hotel. 
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Wednesday, April 18th, 6P: The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) 2018 Gala and Awards. Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. To purchase tickets, contact Heaven Ocampo, hocampo@maldef.org or 213.629.2512 ext. 143. 
Wednesday, April 18th - Saturday, April 21st: The National Action Network hosts its annual conference, this year commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Sheraton Times Square, NYC. Click here for more information
Thursday, April 19th: The University of North Dakota sponsors a conference on the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Standing Rock protests. Click here for more information.
Tuesday, April 24th - Thursday, April 26th: The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Conference. The Willard Intercontinental Hotel, DC. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, April 25th - Friday, April 27th: The African American Mayor Association 2018 Annual Conference. DoubleTree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA. Click here to purchase tickets
Wednesday, June 6th - Saturday, June 9th: The Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit. Charlotte, NC. More than 1,000 CEOs, investors, and business experts are expected to attend.Click here for more information and to register
Saturday, July 7th - Tuesday, July 10th: The 2018 UnidosUS annual conference, DC. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, August 1st - Saturday, August 4th: The National Urban League 2018 Annual Conference “Save Our Cities: Powering the Digital Revolution.” Columbus, OH. Click here for more information and to register.
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