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We’re a little delayed getting this to you this morning. Why? Because we were absolutely transfixed by WH Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci’s interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo this morning. We don’t even know which three letter acronym to use here. OMG? WTF? Or, in a pure state of delirium, LOL? From threatening the WH Chief of Staff to confirming that the embattled AG Jeff Sessions is launching a crackdown on government leaks, the interview was decidedly an odd exchange between the Mooch and the media. See a clip here. We can’t imagine what Sean Spicer is thinking this morning. Or maybe we can. He had several meetings with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. Our money is on Fox. After his obligatory stint on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, of course. Yesterday, it appears Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was playing the role of Trump’s Luca Brasi. According to reports, he called Alaska Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and let them know the vote had put Alaska's future with the administration in jeopardy. Now that Senate Republican leaders still don't have the votes to pass some kind of anti-Obamacare bill this week, the GOP leaders are aiming for a final vote tomorrow. This will likely be on their "skinny repeal" following a long night of unlimited amendments known as the vote-a-rama. We need a skinny martini after tracking this long, dramatic process. We’re late! But it’s because we have all this to tell you:
- Happening now: HUD Secretary Ben Carson joins the Joint Center/INSIGHT America for a bipartisan breakfast this morning.
- Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) is not down for a photo op with the president.
- Omarosa hosts a White House baby shower for a fellow reality TV personality.
- More CEOs come together in the name of increased diversity.
- NAACP and Airbnb partner to increase African American hosts.
- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) wants presidential pardons out in the open.
- Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) intro House DREAM Act.
- Congresswomen Lee and Luján Grisham help lead a critique of teen pregnancy prevention cuts.
- Minority members rip Trump over transgender military ban.
- First out trans member of the military speaks out.
- Bill to protect historic civil rights sites clears House.
- Ex-head of Fox News Latino sues network.
- Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) lays out DCCC strategy.
- Trump loses facts on African American unemployment.
- Rihanna meets with President Macron.
- Native American groups protest another proposed pipeline.
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Democracy in Color's Jessica Byrd at Three Point Strategies with her new staffer on Tuesday. | |  |
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Tuesday with former President Jimmy Carter at the 19th annual Boys and Girls Club of Americus-Sumter County fundraiser. | |
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Roybal-Allard and Ros-Lehtinen Introduce Bipartisan DREAM Act in the House
Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) yesterday introduced the House companion to Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) DREAM Act. The House bill will allow young people to earn lawful permanent residency, and eventually U.S. citizenship, if they: are longtime residents who came to the U.S. as children; graduate from high school or obtain a GED; pursue higher education, work lawfully for at least three years, or serve in the military; pass security and law enforcement background checks and pay a reasonable application fee; demonstrate proficiency in the English language and a knowledge of United States history; and have not committed a felony or other serious crimes and do not pose a threat to our country. “This bipartisan, bicameral DREAM Act is the most progressive yet, and moves the ball forward for protecting DREAMers ... Congress cannot allow DREAMers to be targeted. Congress must offer them hope,” said Roybal-Allard, a co-author of the original DREAM Act in 2001. Ros-Lehtinen continued, “For far too long, Dreamers have lived with the fear of deportation and an uncertainty about their future which negatively impacts their ability to succeed. [We’re] introducing the House version of the DREAM Act, which is a bipartisan and bicameral bill, in order to keep the best and brightest in our country and improve our shared home ... I'm committed to a commonsense immigration policy that does not punish those who are working to better themselves and our nation.” Learn more here.
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Minority Members Rip Trump over Transgender Ban
Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle heavily criticized Trump’s surprise announcement banning transgender people from military service. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ community, whose son is transgender tweeted, “No American, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity, should be prohibited from honor + privilege of serving our nation #LGBT.” Many veteran Tri-Caucus members also took to social media to deliver heavy criticism to Trump’s Iraq War veteran Congressman Rubén Gallego (D-AZ) said in a series of tweets that the president is “an impotent leader” who uses fear “to score political points.” Army veteran Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD) said, “All Americans have the right to serve #TransRightsAreHumanRights.” Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA), an Air Force veteran, tweeted, “I served on active duty in the U.S. Military. Exclusion of Transgender Americans by @POTUS is not based on facts, it is based on bigotry.” Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said on Twitter, “When my Black Hawk helicopter was shot down, I didn't care about the gender identity of the Soldiers who were risking their lives to save me.” Several other minority military veterans in Congress weighed in including Congressmen Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI). More on the ban here.
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Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) on Tuesday receiving the Faith and Politics Award for Compassionate Leadership from Congressman John Lewis (D-GA). | |  |
Symone Sanders with author Janet Mock at the NAACP convention on Tuesday in Baltimore. | |
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Former Head of Fox News Latino Sues Network
Francisco Cortés, who ran Fox News Latino, was fired in February after Tamara Holder, a Fox News on-air contributor, complained to the company that he attempted to force her to have oral sex with him in his office in February 2015. Holder, whose contract as a contributor was not renewed at the end of 2016, was given a $2.5-million settlement by 21st Century Fox. The LA Times reports that Cortés filed a lawsuit against the network on Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court which said that comments Fox and Holder gave to the NYT in a March about the settlement violated an agreement with his accuser. The agreement stipulated Holder would not “publish or cause to be published any statements” that portrayed him “in an unreasonable light.” The lawsuit, which asks for damages of $48 million, says the remarks on the case to the NYT were “carefully negotiated” by Holder and Fox and that the publication of them destroyed Cortés’ reputation in the TV business. More here.
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Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against CNN and Time Warner Dismissed
U.S. District Court Judge William Duffey Jr. dismissed a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a current and a former CNN employee against Time Warner, CNN’s parent company. The Hill reports that the two Black men who filed the lawsuit alleged they were paid less than their white colleagues, denied promotions and pay increases, and that Time Warner/CNN “engaged in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination in performance evaluations, compensations, promotions and terminations." Judge Duffey wrote that the complaint is “fraught with conclusory claims, unsupported by factual allegations sufficient to support the inferences claimed by Plaintiffs.” The attorney representing the two men said they will refile the lawsuit. More here.
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Lee and Luján Grisham Critical of HHS for Cutting Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Led by Members Barbara Lee (D-CA), Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM), Ted Deutch (D-FL), and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), 148 Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price warning of a harmful “ripple effect across communities” if the administration moves forward with cutting two years from HHS’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP), an Obama-era initiative intended to curb unintended teen pregnancies, that was slated to be in place until 2020. The Trump administration quietly cut two years off of that window. “The negative impacts of this unnecessary decision cannot be overstated,” the Democrats wrote. “At a time when young people are most in need of information and education to protect their sexual and reproductive health, this Administration is denying evidence and science ... Young people deserve better." Read more here.
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Krishnamoorthi Wants Presidential Pardons Out in the Open
Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) will introduce the Presidential Pardon Transparency Act, a measure which would require the White House to disclose any pardon issued by Donald Trump within three days of being granted. In a statement, Krishnamoorthi said the bill is in response to reports that Trump has consulted aides and counsel about his pardon powers. "There is currently no requirement that the President disclose pardons, even as he has reportedly weighed using them to sabotage Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. The President has the power to pardon but the American people have the right to know how and when he has," Krishnamoorthi said. The bill has 24 co-sponsors so far -- all of them Democrats. More here.
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Clay Bill to Protect Historic Civil Rights Sites Passes House
Yesterday, the House passed the bipartisan African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017 co-authored by Congressmen William Lacy Clay (D-MO) and Jason Smith (R-MO) to help preserve and tell the story of the 20th Century struggle for Civil Rights. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to identify and create a national network of historic sites, stories, research facilities and educational programs connected to the modern African American civil rights movement. “The struggle for freedom and equality is one of the truly magnificent and heroic episodes of our nation’s history,” Clay told colleagues. “And when we are presented with a bipartisan opportunity to embrace the transformative power of the real American story we should seize it.” Read more here.
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Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) speaking at Monday’s Headliners Luncheon with NPC President Jeff Ballou. | |  |
AFT's Randi Weingarten and Tom Pérez speaking on the Bill Press show Wednesday morning. | |
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Facebook Hispanic Workers Unionize
Cafeteria workers at Facebook’s headquarters in Silicon Valley in northern California voted last week to join a union, Unite Here Local 19, in hopes of pushing up wages in one of the most expensive areas in the country. Facebook’s cafeteria workers, a vast majority of whom are Latino, earn an average $20 an hour, compared to $50 an hour for Facebook interns and six-figure salaries for many employees. The cafeteria workers are actually employees of a food service contractor that runs the cafeteria. The group Working Partnerships USA found that subcontracted service workers at tech firms are six times more likely to be Black or Latino than the engineers and programmers they serve and on average earn one-sixth the wages. Silicon Valley continues to struggle with diversity -- reports from Google, Twitter, and Facebook have found that Hispanics makeup about 2% to 4% of their respective workforces. Facebook’s diversity problem is curious given that Hispanics have been devoted users of Facebook and given the demographic makeup of California. This HuffPost piece takes a deeper look at the issue.
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CEO Action Continues Adding Members Committed to Diversity and Inclusion
In June, The Beat DC reported that 175 CEOs came together to launch the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion. Now, nearly 100 additional CEOs have taken the pledge, committing themselves -- and the organizations they lead -- to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Under this coalition, business, nonprofit, and academic leaders work together to learn how best to cultivate welcoming, collaborative, and thriving environments for their employees. The collective of more than 270 signatories have shared almost 250 actions -- from supplier diversity and succession planning to mentorship and recruitment -- exchanging learning opportunities and creating collaborative conversations via the initiative's unified hub, CEOAction.com. The coalition represents 70 industries, all 50 states and DC, and millions of employees globally, and will convene at a summit in November to discuss longer-term growth strategies that will advance the agenda. Learn more.
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NAACP and Airbnb Partner to Recruit Black Hosts
On Wednesday, the NAACP announced that it has partnered with Airbnb to help expand the service to more minority communities. As part of the partnership, local NAACP chapters will work with Airbnb to launch a community campaign to educate more minorities on the economic benefits of hosting and how it affects neighborhoods. Airbnb committed to sharing 20% of its earnings from the community outreach efforts with the NAACP. Airbnb also committed to increasing the diversity of its U.S. employees from 9.6% to 11% by the end of 2017. “For too long, Black people and other communities of color have faced barriers to access new technology and innovations,” said Derrick Johnson, the new interim president and chief executive of the NAACP. He also said the move was a “tremendous step in the right direction for Silicon Valley to opens its doors to African Americans and other communities.” Read more here from WaPo.
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Joy-Ann Reid talking Game of Thrones with Jacque Reid. | |  |
Congressman Raul Ruíz (D-CA) with constituents at his DC office on Tuesday. | |
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Military’s First Out Trans Soldier has Words for Trump
After Donald Trump’s announcement that he would ban transgender soldiers from serving in the U.S. military, retired Army Sergeant Shane Ortega -- the first out trans soldier to serve in the military -- did not hold back in an interview with Mic, criticizing the commander-in-chief as a “war-dodger” with “no connection to reality." Ortega served as a helicopter crew chief in the Army’s 25th Division and was on active duty for 11 years, including two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Since retiring from the service in 2016, he has joined the board of 41%, an organization that “addresses the 41% of total adult transgender people who commit and attempt suicide.” He spent eight years fighting for the rights of his fellow transgender soldiers and co-founded a chapter of a nonprofit that focuses on serving the specific needs of transgender military personnel on active duty. “What more will it take for people in this country to become really outraged?” Ortega asked. We’ll let his words speak for themselves. Thank you for your service, Mr. Ortega.
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Sarah Eagle Heart Receives 2017 American Express NGen Leadership Award
The nonprofit Independent Sector announced that Sarah Eagle Heart, an Oglala Lakota and CEO of Native Americans in Philanthropy, is the recipient of the 2017 American Express NGen Leadership Award. Created in 2010, the American Express NGen Leadership Award raises the national profile and visibility of diverse leaders across the nonprofit and philanthropic community. Sarah has a diverse set of experiences crossing corporate, faith, and nonprofit organizations, and is also known for her focused advocacy for tribal communities and the role philanthropy plays in solving the biggest issues facing indigenous peoples. “Sarah Eagle Heart is a powerful voice and advocate on behalf of the charitable sector at large and the Native American community in particular,” said Dan Cardinali, president and CEO of Independent Sector. “Her focus on storytelling and reaching people across cultures and experiences has helped her lead organizations and people toward success.” Prior to her current role, Sarah served in the leadership of The Episcopal Church in New York. She holds two bachelor’s degrees from Black Hills State University in Mass Communications/Media Studies and American Indian/Native American studies, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Learn more here.
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Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) on Tuesday with visitors from Girls Who Code. | |  |
Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) speaking at the Lawyers Legislative Update program at the NAACP convention in Baltimore on Monday. | |
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Gwen Moore Will Not Be a Pawn
Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) told the AP that she "respectfully declined" an invitation from Donald Trump to appear with him at a news conference announcing the move of Foxconn, an electronics manufacturer, to her state. "My constituents have no interest in me entertaining the president's desire to be used as a backdrop in this photo op," Moore said. She instead took part in the Congressional Black Caucus’ healthcare Twitter town hall. The CBC has been turning down invitations to meet and appear with Trump. More here.
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Republicans Look to California Dems of Color to Gain House Seats in 2018
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has identified four seats in California as potential House pickups, including three seats held by members of color: Congressmen Ami Bera, Raúl Ruíz, and Salud Carbajal, as well as the one held by Scott Peters. Bera, Ruíz, and Peters are regular targets for the GOP, having had close reelections, and Carbajal is a freshman congressman. Bera faces the toughest battle, finding himself up against Andrew Grant, a retired Marine and business executive who will have strong backing from Republican funders. Peters faces a challenge from Afghan American veteran Omar Qudrat, who played a role in the prosecution of high-profile terrorists, including 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The other two districts don’t have major challengers yet. More here from The Hill.
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Ben Ray Luján Charts Course for DCCC
Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), chairman of the DCCC, believes Democrats needs to restore the party’s image before it stands any chance of taking back the House. In an interview with The Hill, Luján said that the party has to go beyond just criticizing Trump. “The narrative around the president is going to be commanded by him nationally — right now, he’s the one talking about impeachment, he’s the one talking about the Russia investigation, he’s the one talking about all this stuff. We don’t need to; he’s doing it for us,” he said. The congressman gave this interview on the heels of Dems unveiling their plan, “A Better Deal,” which has been criticized by some for perpetually ignoring communities of color and by others for not being anything new. Luján said he has spoken with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former DCCC chairman who masterminded the last Democratic House takeover in 2006. The congressman emphasized that while there may be some intraparty squabbles along the way, a “broad coalition” is the only path to a majority in the House. More here.
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Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX) and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka last week talking about how Dems need to make it clear that they will stand up for pensions, wages, and jobs. | |  |
Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) on Tuesday morning speaking with students of Mississippi’s RESULTS. | |
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Trump on African American Unemployment -- What the Hell Does He Have to Lose? Facts.
At a rally in Youngstown, OH on Tuesday, Donald Trump said to the crowd, “I said, vote for me, what the hell have you got to lose, remember that? The Hispanic, the African American, the inner cities. So now it just came out, African Americans and teenagers are now enjoying their lowest unemployment since just after the turn of the millennium. That’s pretty good, right?” The WaPo Fact Checker noted that Trump’s campaign trail claim that 58% of African American youth was unemployed was inaccurate. The official Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment rate for Black youth at the time was 19.2% -- about one-third of the rate used by Trump. WaPo addresses this fuzzy math with the follow: “We’re pleased the president is now using accurate statistics but it’s absurd to suggest, as he did to the audience in Youngstown, that he had anything to do with these numbers. There’s only employment data for the first five months of his presidency ... the African American unemployment rate has been on a relatively steady decline since it hit a peak of 16.8 percent in March, 2010, during the Great Recession. The rate had already fallen to 7.7% when Trump took the oath of office, so Trump taking credit for this is like a rooster thinking the sun came up because he crowed.” More here.
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Omarosa Hosts Co-Star's Baby Shower at WH
It was a reality TV star reunion at the White House this week. On Tuesday, Omarosa hosted a baby shower at the White House for Katrina Campins, who was on the first season of The Apprentice in 2004. The two former reality tv stars posed at a table with a beaming Omarosa Manigault holding aloft a balloon depicting a stork and the words: “It’s a boy.” Campins even got to peek in on the Oval Office meeting between Trump and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and posted a video on Instagram of the two leaders’ press briefing later in the Rose Garden. More here.
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Journalist Tamron Hall in Anguilla on Tuesday. | |  |
Congressmen Will Hurd (R-TX) and Scott Taylor (R-VA) snapping a selfie in DC on Tuesday. | |
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Rihanna Meets Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron met with singer Rihanna at the Elysée Palace after the pop star appealed to him on Twitter to contribute to her fund for education in developing countries. The Global Partnership for Education said Rihanna, its global ambassador, met with Macron about the urgency to fund global education. Last month, Rihanna, who has millions of Twitter followers, tweeted the newly elected French president: "bonjour @EmmanuelMacron, will France commit to #FundEducation?" She was greeted by the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, a former teacher. We don’t know what came of the meeting, but Macron did say on Twitter after the pair met in Paris that he is "committed" to help address the challenge of 264 million children being out of school. He mentioned the social action platform Global Citizen and a nonprofit founded by Rihanna, the Clara Lionel Foundation. More here.
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Native Groups Protesting Another Pipeline
Native American groups in North Carolina and Virginia are protesting the proposed 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline that would transport gas from West Virginia to the two states. Close to 13% of the residents who live within a mile of the route of the pipeline are Native American, but they weren’t consulted about it. The proposed route crosses territories of several Native American tribes in North Carolina: the Lumbee Tribe, the Tuscarora, the Haliwa-Saponi, the Coharie, and the Meherrin Nation. Native Americans worry the pipeline could damage sacred sites and the surrounding environment. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has 90 days after issuing its final environmental analysis to decide on moving forward with the pipeline. More here.
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The White House interns. How many people of color do you see? | |  |
On Tuesday, The Raben Group hosted authors Paul Butler and James Forman for a conversation on criminal justice moderated by Katherine Huffman. | |
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Washington State May Stop Revealing Immigration Status in Court Cases
As a result of the Trump administration’s policies and recent actions -- including appearances by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in courtrooms -- the state of Washington is weighing a groundbreaking proposal to limit what juries hear about a witness’ immigration status. Prosecutors and immigration rights activists say the information can bias jurors and discourage immigrants, especially the undocumented, from using the legal system. In June, the Washington Supreme Court agreed to consider a new rule making immigration status inadmissible in court “unless status is an essential fact to prove an element of a criminal offense or to defend against the alleged offense or to show bias or prejudice of a witness.” The rule would make Washington the first state in the country to place special limits on the mention of immigration status in criminal cases. They will hear public arguments soon, and the court could adopt, modify, or reject the rule as early as September. The Guardian takes a look at the proposal.
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Recognize these two smooth gents? That's future VA Governor/then state Sen. Doug Wilder speaking with Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA). | |  |
This doting mother is snuggling her baby boy who would eventually go on to represent Silicon Valley in Congress. That's right. Baby boy is Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA). | |
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| FOMO Today - 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.
Today - Saturday, July 29th: The National Urban League holds its annual convention in St. Louis, MO. Click here for more information and to register. Today, 10A: Green 2.0, in cooperation with the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Congressional Taskforce, hosts a panel discussion on the need for diversity in the mainstream environmental movement. Featured speakers include Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). Click here to RSVP.
Today, 5P: Bridge PAC sponsors a reception honoring Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC). Diageo House, 310 6th Street, S.E. RSVP to Randy Broz or Ashley Helsing at 202.403.0606 or via email: randy@abcconsultingdc.com
Today, 6P: Opening ceremony reception for the Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 85th national convention. Florida International University, 440 Ist Street, N.W., #860. Congressmen Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and Joaquín Castro (D-TX) will offer remarks. Click here to RSVP. Saturday, July 29th, 10A: Voto Latino sponsors a Power Summit Pop-Up, a one-day event of high-impact learning and conversations that provide tools to mobilize for change. Click here to register.
Friday, August 4th, 5:30P: Black 44 sponsors a happy hour to celebrate former President Barack Obama's birthday. Invite only.
Saturday, August 5th, 3P: The Congressional Hispanic Staff Association hosts a tailgate before the DC United v. Toronto FC game. For more info, email James Hauser at: iph86@georgetown.edu
Wednesday, August 9th - 13th: The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) holds its annual convention and career fair in New Orleans. Click here for more information and to register. Thursday, August 10th - 13th: The Congressional Black Caucus Political Education & Leadership Institute sponsors the 2017 Mississippi Policy Conference in Tunica, MS. Click here for more information and to register. Monday, August 14th, 4P: The Center for American Progress sponsors a panel discussion, "The Power of Black Media and Journalists During the Trump Administration." Click here to RSVP. Wednesday, August 16th - 17th: The annual U.S.-Mexico Border Summit. El Paso, TX & Cuidad Juárez, Chihuahua. Featured guests include keynote speaker Ana Navarro, Republican strategist and CNN analyst. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, August 16th - 20th: The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance holds its 14th biennial convention in Anaheim, CA. Click here for more information.
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.
Friday, August 18th - 20th: A weekend on Martha's Vineyard with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and special guests Congressmen James Clyburn (D-SC), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), and Richard Neal (D-MA), and Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE). For more information and to RSVP, contact Mariko Bennett: mariko@cocobproductions.com or call 301.741.3443. Monday, August 28th, 9A: The Collective hosts the 2017 Black Power Summit to discuss possibilities, challenges, and plans to capitalize on historic political opportunities and also economic and civil rights challenges the Black community will likely face in the 2018 and 2020 political cycles. For more information, contact Quentin James at: quentin@collectivepac.org
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.
Sunday, September 10th: Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park. MN about her years in the White House. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Monday, September 11th - 13th: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute annual Hispanic Heritage Month conference and awards gala. Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center,1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information.
Friday, September 15th, 9A: Dialogue on Diversity holds its 2017 Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Conference. AT&T Forum, 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, November 29th, 8P: Join Congressman André Carson (D-IN) for JAY-Z's 4:44 Tour. The Verizon Center, 601 F Street, N.W. For more information or to RSVP, contact Courtney Hodges or Randy Broz at: 202.403.0606 or email: Courtney@ABConsultingDC.com
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