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Tech giants have left the Valley for the Beltway as they gather at the WH for the inaugural meeting of the American Technology Council helmed by Secretary of Everything Jared Kushner. They plan to address most of the major problems at the intersection of government and technology. Which is a lot. And, undoubtedly, the travel ban which influences the tech sector's workforce, will surely be on the agenda. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the GOP Senate's work on legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare is expected to heat up this week as senators only have two weeks left in the work period but their disagreements are not minor. On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee will hear from former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson as they continue to probe Russian election interference. And everyone will be watching Georgia’s 6th as the highly contested and most expensive House race comes down to the wire. In some happy news, Bey had the twins! But stay alert Beat readers. We need to know if she had girls, boys, both?? What are their names? Brooklyn and Houston?? Our work is never done. We're kicking off the week with this:- GOP pivots to former AG Loretta Lynch.
- Barack Obama could be president again.
- Poll highlights a lack of Latino leader consensus.
- All Eyes on Cuba: Tupac's aunt lands at the center of U.S.-Cuba relations.
- An update on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the National Congress of American Indians.
- Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen talk Galvanize.
- Black lobbyists announce honorees.
- Jay Z targets bail bonds industry.
- Trump kills DAPA.
- Looking for a job? We've got two below.
- 2044 organized in NYC over the weekend.
- United States Commission on Civil Rights probes Trump administration.
- Survey shades Baltimore as worst place to live.
- Black Lives Matter sued.
- If you were expecting a different outcome in the Philando Castile case, you haven't been paying attention.
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Democracy Now's Jessica Byrd with Tishuara Jones at the Black Campaign School on Saturday. | |  |
Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA), former Transportation Secretary and ex-Congressman Norm Mineta, and CA Assemblyman Ash Kalra celebrating 25 years of the Mineta Transportation Institute on Saturday. | |
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GOP Pivots to Lynch in Russia Probe
In a move that will allow Trump supporters in Congress to pivot away from the investigation into Russia's election meddling, Senate Republicans are clamoring to hear from former AG Loretta Lynch, after former FBI Director James Comey raised concerns about her involvement in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Trump, eager to create a distraction, has seized on the Obama administration official as the federal investigation into possible ties between his campaign and Russia heats up. “A.G. Lynch made law enforcement decisions for political purposes...gave Hillary Clinton a free pass and protection. Totally illegal!” Trump tweeted last week. There’s much more on this bait and switch from The Hill.
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Poll Shows Clear Lack of Consensus on a National Leader Among Hispanics
A recent University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll found that while two-thirds of Latinos believe it is extremely or very important for them to have national leaders who share their identity, there is a clear lack of consensus on a national leader among Hispanics. In an op-ed for NBC Latino, Maryland Professor Stella M. Rouse, who helped conduct the poll, states that a plurality of Latino respondents (38 percent) said either “no one” or they “don’t know.” 32% selected Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 17% chose Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), and 4% chose DNC Chair Tom Pérez. “[A]t a time when Latinos need a prominent and influential voice to promote their interests and oppose detrimental policies, the deficit in Latino leadership is all the more striking. Without individuals that can stand up against the current political environment, Latinos will likely continue to find themselves marginalized,” Rouse writes. See the full piece here.
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Obama Could be a President Again
If you can successfully lead the free world for eight years, chances are you can lead Harvard University. So it makes sense that former President Barack Obama’s name is topping the list as Harvard searches for their next president. The current president, Drew Gilpin Faust, is stepping down next year after 11 years. Few university gigs provide as big a megaphone to address some of the most pressing issues facing higher education and society than leading the 380-year-old institution. So the scuttlebutt is that Obama’s name has surfaced as a possibility. Other names that have surfaced as possibilities include the Dean of Harvard's Business School Nitin Nohria; Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at MIT; and Janet Yellen, whose term as chair of the Federal Reserve ends in 2018. Selfishly, we’re not cheering for Obama for this one. We need him in DC for as long as possible tucked away in a glass house in Kalorama with a sign that reads “break in case of emergency.” More importantly, we seriously doubt Malia would be happy about having her dad as her school prez. More here.
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NY State Assemblyman Michael Blake with former VP Joe Biden at the FL Dem Party event on Saturday. | |  | A diverse roundtable discussion on Empowering Women & Girls Through Documentary Film on Saturday afternoon. The event was hosted by AFI DOCS + TheAnnenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. | |
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Tim Scott Joins DeRay McKesson and Others Remember the Charleston Nine
On the two-year anniversary of the attack on a historic African American church in Charleston, SC that left nine dead and three wounded, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) joined a diverse panel of speakers including law enforcement, religious leaders, and activists who gathered for The Charleston Forum. They discussed economics; education; policing; criminal justice; and the "Charleston experience." Scott was joined by DeRay Mckesson, Yale American History Professor David Blight, Malcolm Graham, brother of Cynthia Graham Hurd, who was killed in the Emanuel shooting and the Rev. Eric S.C. Manning, pastor at Emanuel, among others. More here.
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CBC Chair Pushes for Greater Security Measures
CBC Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) is leading the fight for greater security for lawmakers, saying that even before a gunman fired on the GOP congressional baseball practice last week, he had warned House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) that security was inadequate. The gunman injured several, including Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA) and two Capitol Police officers. “It’s a concern I’ve had for a number of years,” Richmond told The Hill. “Look, I signed up for this, but my 3-year-old didn’t and our families didn’t. I’ve had threats and most members I know have had threats.” The Hill reports that CBC members have been targeted disproportionately with death threats and other menacing messages. Richmond is a close friend of Scalise, going back to their days in the Louisiana state legislature. More here.
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Lieu: Congress Will Begin Impeachment if Trump Fires Mueller, Rosenstein
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) said Friday that Congress would come together and “begin impeachment proceedings” against Trump if he fired special counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein. “All Americans, regardless of party, agree on the fundamental principle that no one is above the law,” Lieu said on MSNBC. “And if President Trump were to fire Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, and then (get) special counsel Mueller fired, I believe Congress would begin impeachment proceedings.” Lieu’s comments come after Trump and his allies launched multiple attacks against Mueller's character and possible conflicts of interest in an attempt to discredit him and his investigation. Read more.
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Former Pistons standout Isaiah Thomas getting some guidance from Donna Brazile on branding his line of champagne. | |  |
It was a busy day for the NBA Hall of Famer. Isaiah Thomas ran into Walmart's Tony Waller at the US Black Chamber of Commerce conference on Friday. | |
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The FBI’s probe into Russian election interference and the Senate Intelligence Committee’s concurrent investigation into the matter will not be hindered by any tweets or statements from the president, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the committee, affirmed on Sunday. "I think everybody just needs to keep watching this, but take a deep breath too, because the FBI's going to do its job," Rubio said during an interview on NBC’s Meet The Press Sunday. "The FBI doesn't sit around all day and read tweets … The best thing that can happen for everybody, the president, the country, our institutions of government, is for a full and thorough and credible investigation that reveals everything,” he continued. More here.
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Meng Blasts HUD Appointment of Lynne Patton
The Trump administration is backing away from the appointment of Lynne Patton, a Trump family wedding planner, to run the HUD office that oversees federal housing in New York. Early Friday, Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) fired off a letter to Trump demanding he withdraws the appointment. “This is not ‘The Apprentice,’” Meng wrote. “The federal government is not your personal patronage system. On behalf of every New Yorker who relies on NYCHA to survive, I ask you to start acting as such.” After two federal officials had confirmed to The Daily News a start date of July 5th for Patton as the new administrator of HUD’s Development’s Region II office, HUD spokesman Jereon Brown said on Friday, "The position is vacant. There’s been no official announcement." More here.
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David Clarke Will Not Be Joining DHS
Lynne Patton isn’t the only about face in this administration’s staffing woes. Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. has withdrawn his name from consideration for an Assistant Secretary position at DHS. Clarke was expected to start in a role at DHS at the end of June, but according to one person close to the administration who is familiar with the situation, his appointment had been subject to significant delays that contributed to his withdrawal. Clarke was accused of plagiarism, and has drawn scrutiny for conditions in his jails that left one mentally ill inmate dead. More here.
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Oprah continued her graduation tour this weekend. This time it was Oregon State. | |  | Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) with a constituent at a citizens workshop in Chicago on Saturday. | |
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LaToia Jones Joins Hustle
Hustle is a powerful text-message-based organizing tool, and in the eyes of many campaign tech experts, it’s particularly effective for encouraging fickle young voters to remember to cast their votes on Election Day. So it makes sense that they would tap experienced organizer LaToia Jones to head up all of their strategic partnerships. After serving as AFT’s Assistant Director of Human Rights and Community Relations, Jones will lead the effort to make Hustle the go-to organizing tool for campaigns across the country. After being tapped as DNCC CEO’s Leah Daughtry’s Lieutenant and successfully troubleshooting issues around the convention, the Jackson State graduate ran a commendable but unsuccessful bid as DNC Vice Chair. She is currently helping to transition the party as a member of the DNC Transition Committee and plans to continue this work in her new capacity. Hustle’s headquarters are in San Francisco, however, LaToia will remain in the DC office. Get your Hustle on, LaToia. Congrats. More about Jones here.
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Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen Galvanize
Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen, who spearheaded the White House Council on Women and Girls under Obama, are launching a program to harness the passion displayed at the historic Women’s March on Washington in January and turn it into grassroots political action. The Galvanize Program, a continuation of the United State of Women Summit, will host mini-summits in six cities across the country to inspire women and help them to organize, run for office, and fight for change. The first summit is due to take place in Chicago in July, where Jarrett, Tchen, and a diverse group of women’s rights activists and state politicians will give local women the tools to be effective leaders in a political movement. The program will host similar summits in Columbus, Atlanta, Miami, Albuquerque, and Philadelphia. Tchen and Jarrett say more in an interview with the HuffPost.
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Black Lobbyists Announce Honorees
The Washington Government Relations Group, the nation’s oldest organization for African American government relations professionals, has announced the honorees for its eighth-annual 2017 Tin Cup Awards. The dinner honors individuals with a demonstrated commitment to the enrichment of Black government professionals. This year’s honorees include Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Jennifer DeCasper, CoS to Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Chaka Burgess, and Leah Daughtry. The organization will present Wade Henderson with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The dinner will take place on July 19th at the Embassy of Canada. More about WGRG here.
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Zinke Dismissed Tribal Complaints About Consultation and Bears Ears
Last week, The Beat told you that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke -- and his posse -- would be speaking to the National Congress of American Indians. Turns out it didn’t go all that well. Zinke insisted that tribes were in the loop throughout his decision-making process, yet he didn't fully explain why he rejected the near unanimous pleas to preserve the 1.35 million-acre Bears Ears site in Utah. In a Q&A that followed his speech, Zinke followed up with a curious claim when he said tribes aren't at the table at Bears Ears even though the monument designation recognizes their role in managing their ancestral homelands. Okay. Sounds to us like they are at the table. More here.
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Airbnb's Janaye Ingram and NBCUniversal's Monique Carswell pose with a friend at the American Black Film Festival in Miami this weekend. | |  | Rev. Al Sharpton spent Father's Day preaching at Metropolitan Baptist in Newark, NJ. | |
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Jay Z Goes After the Bail Industry
“When Black and brown people are over-policed and arrested and accused of crimes at higher rates than others, and then forced to pay for their freedom before they ever see trial, big bail companies prosper.” That’s what hip hop artist and businessman (and business man!) Jay Z writes in a piece for Time Magazine. He cites stats that one in nine Black children has an incarcerated parent. “Families are forced to take on more debt, often in predatory lending schemes created by bail bond insurers. Or their loved ones linger in jails, sometimes for months -- a consequence of nationwide backlogs. Every year $9 billion dollars are wasted incarcerating people who've not been convicted of a crime, and insurance companies, who have taken over our bail system, go to the bank.” The father of a brand new set of twins says, “We can't fix our broken criminal justice system until we take on the exploitative bail industry.” Read the entire piece here.
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Trump Admin Ends Obama-era Protection of Undocumented Immigrant Parents
Late Thursday night, the Trump administration ended an Obama-era policy that protected undocumented immigrants with children who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, known as DAPA, or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly sent a memo to agents on Thursday telling them not to follow the Obama-era rule, which was enacted by his predecessor Jeh Johnson in November of 2014. DHS said that it was ending the DAPA program because there was "no credible path forward to litigate the currently enjoined policy." Right. That’s why the Trump admin ended DAPA. More here.
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Former DNC staffer Lee Whack with his wife, AP reporter Errin Whack kicking it in Philly last weekend. | |  |
Check out the members of color on the Small Business Committee. | |
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Civil Rights Commission Will Launch Two-Year Probe of Trump Administration
The United States Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan agency charged with advising the president and Congress on civil rights matters, unanimously approved a comprehensive two-year probe into the “degree to which current budgets and staffing levels allow civil rights offices to perform” their functions within the administration, said the agency in a statement. The federal watchdog group became concerned about the Trump administration after several agencies announced budget and personnel cuts in departments that oversee civil rights. The "proposed cuts would result in a dangerous reduction of civil rights enforcement across the country, leaving communities of color, LGBT people, older people, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups exposed to greater risk of discrimination," said the statement. More here.
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Education Department Scales Back Civil Rights Office
The Department of Education is scaling back investigations into civil rights violations at the nation’s public schools and universities, easing off mandates imposed by the Obama administration that the new leadership says have bogged down the agency. According to an internal memo issued by Candice E. Jackson, the acting head of the department’s Office for Civil Rights, requirements that investigators broaden their inquiries to identify systemic issues and whole classes of victims will be scaled back. Also, regional offices will no longer be required to alert department officials in Washington of all highly sensitive complaints on issues such as the disproportionate disciplining of minority students and the mishandling of sexual assaults on college campuses. More here.
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Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) laughing with Congressman Paul Mitchell (R-MI) at last week's congressional baseball game. | |  |
Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA) in a patriotic, bipartisan moment with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) at last week's congressional baseball game. | |
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Trump’s Cuba Reversal is Official; Well, Not Really
“Effective immediately, I am canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” Donald Trump told an enthusiastic audience, heavily weighted with members of South Florida’s Cuban American community who opposed former President Barack Obama’s normalization of relations with the communist government of Cuban leader Raúl Castro. The details of Trump’s new policy remain unwritten. In a presidential directive he signed at the end of his speech, he ordered the Treasury and Commerce departments to draw up new regulations to replace elements of Obama’s policy changes. White House officials said that actual changes remain months away. More here from WaPo.
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Tupac’s Aunt, Assata Shakur, Centers Cuba Policy
The weekend that the Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me premiered, which brought in a staggering $33 million in one day, Donald Trump called for the return of the rapper and actor’s aunt, Assata Shakur from Cuba. Trump said he will not restore normal relations with Cuba unless the island country returns all political prisoners to the United States, especially Shakur, whom he deemed a “cop killer.” Shakur, who was a member of the Black Panther Party, was convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper in 1977. Two years later, she escaped from prison before gaining asylum in Cuba, where she has lived ever since. Black Twitter responded furiously, noting how yet another white cop was just exonerated after shooting yet another unarmed Black man, Philando Castile of Minnesota, and that more attention should be spent on that issue rather than on Shakur. More here.
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Washington Ignoring Puerto Rico Statehood Push While Perez Endorses
Puerto Rico's government made a huge political gamble on mounting a credible campaign for statehood, a proposition that only its most optimistic supporters view as realistic. Puerto Rican voters overwhelmingly chose statehood in a plebiscite Sunday, but low participation rates and lack of federal support marred its credibility. Now statehooders are mounting a campaign on the mainland to follow through on Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's (D) core campaign pledge. So far, that campaign has mostly fallen on deaf ears in Washington. Politico reports that DNC Chair Tom Pérez is endorsing statehood. Pérez, who has two siblings born in Puerto Rico, said in a statement provided to Playbook that he believes Puerto Ricans should have the same rights as those on the mainland and that his personal view is that statehood is the best method to provide full representation in government and equal rights. Read more.
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Symone Sanders, Jamal Simmons, Leila McDowell, and Brian Fallon on a panel on Friday for the Black Campaign School. | |  |
National Press Club President Jeff Ballou poses with Ken Burns and crew as the documentarian discusses his new film on Vietnam. | |
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Donors and Strategists of Color Gather in NYC
It went down in NYC over the weekend. The organizers of 2044, a minority donors collaborative, gathered in the Big Apple to harness their collective financial power to engage the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on hiring diverse staff, recruiting candidates and vendors of color, and, of course, policy. Paul Brathwaite, Priya Dayananda, and Robert Raben helped organize the effort along with 2044 Co-Chairs Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Brian Schatz (D-HI). Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer was the special guest. Among the attendees were: Mindy Myers, Tracey Lewis and Missayr Boker with the DSCC, CoS to Senator Betsy Hirono (D-HI) Betsy Lin, CoS to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Steve Haro, CoS to Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) Matt Klapper, CoS to Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) Andy Winer, Dontai Smalls with UPS; David Morgan with DM Partners, Sohini Gupta with Mehlman Castagnetti, NewsCorp’s Toni Bush, NCAPA’s Chris Kang, former Congressman Kendrick Meek, PowerPAC Plus’ Steve Phillips, Solidarity Strategies’ Chuck Rocha, The Group’s Darrell Thompson, Akin Gump’s Arshi Siddiqui, Citi Group’s Paul Thornell, Podesta Group’s Cristina Antelo, American Majority Project’s Julie Martínez Ortega, and others. More about 2044 here. More about 2044 here.
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Big Kickoff for March on Washington Film Festival
It was a packed house on Thursday evening at the Embassy of France for An Evening of Jazz, Blues, and Civil Rights, which featured the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Ensemble, with special guest vocalist Sharon Clark. The evening focused on the role jazz played as a voice to the country’s civil rights struggles. David Frederick (pictured) of Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC, and Sophie Lynn (pictured) hosted the event. Honorary event hosts included Robert Raben (pictured), former AG Eric Holder and Dr. Sharon Malone, Broderick Johnson and Michele Norris, and Dwight and Toni Bush. Also spotted were Jonathan Capehart and Nick Schmit, Joanne Irby, Juliet Gilliam, Broderick Johnson, Jr. and John Skic, March on Washington Film Festival Executive Producer Isisara Bey (pictured), National Museum of American History's Director John Gray. The Undefeated's Kevin Merida, and Riley K. Temple. The money raised that evening benefits the Festival, which will be held July 13th – 22nd in DC, and will highlight the untold stories and unsung heroes of the civil rights era, and hopes to inspire a renewed passion for activism. Learn more about the festival here.
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Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL) with his wife Amanda at the Florida Democratic Convention on Saturday. | |  |
As he crosses the threshold that is kindergarten, Oscar finds his dad, SKDKnickerbocker's Bill Burton, hilarious. | |
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Baltimore Named One of the Worst Cities to Live In
While DC remains a popular place to live and tops the list as being one of the fastest growing cities, a new survey says the opposite about our neighbors a mere 45 minutes up the road. Calling it “one of the most dangerous cities in the United States,” the 24/7 Wall Street survey listed Baltimore as one of the worst cities to live in America. We bet Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) might have some disagreements with the survey’s assessment. The survey cited Baltimore’s violent crime rate (1,536 crimes in the city for every 100,000 residents) and poverty rate (22.9% of the city’s population lives below the poverty line) among the reasons for the rankings. Detroit was ranked the worst city to live in, with Memphis, TN, St. Louis, MO, Flint, MI and Birmingham, AL rounding out the top five. Check out the full survey here.
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Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter
The lawyer for DeRay McKesson argued that Black Lives Matter is a movement, not an organization that can be sued by a Louisiana police officer who was injured at a protest after a deadly police shooting. William Gibbens urged Judge Brian Jackson to dismiss a Baton Rouge, LA police officer's lawsuit against Black Lives Matter. McKesson was one of nearly 200 protesters arrested after the July 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling. The unidentified officer claims a piece of concrete or "rock-like substance" struck him in the face during a July 9th protest over Sterling's death. The officer's lawsuit says he lost teeth and received injuries to his jaw and brain. Donna Grodner, an attorney for the officer, argued Black Lives Matter is an "unincorporated association" that can be held liable for her client's injuries. "It's organized. They have meetings. They solicit money. They have national chapters," Grodner said. "This shows a level of national organization." The suit doesn't accuse McKesson of throwing anything, but it claims he "incited the violence" on behalf of Black Lives Matter. More here.
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Commentator A. Scott Bolden with his twin daughters celebrating their college graduation on Friday. | |  |
Lexington had a ball at Thursday's congressional baseball game with mom Jennifer Stewart. | |
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Color of Change, Movement for Black Lives Join National Father’s Bail Out Day
Color of Change and the Movement for Black Lives are joining local grassroots organizers to reunite incarcerated Black fathers with their families and highlight the inhumanity inherent in the cash bail system, by bailing out Black fathers who would otherwise spend their Father’s Day in jail because they cannot afford bail. “For June, we want to continue to highlight both the historic connections between bailing folks out and the long struggle of Black folks in America to be free. This is highlighting Black people in communities that are particularly impacted by bail. There are people incarcerated for no other reason than they can’t afford to purchase their freedom. One of our goals is to get households out of cages, person by person, and at the same time using this as an opportunity to educate people about how destructive our money bail system is and how it impacts Black lives,” Scott Roberts, Senior Campaign Director for Criminal Justice at Color of Change, said. More here.
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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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