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Congress is out until February 26th. And after a week of the immigration debate in the Senate, the battle has stalled, leaving the lives of hundreds of thousands “Dreamers” in limbo. More below. Legislation that did advance? A bipartisan criminal justice reform bill which won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. More on that below as well. Steve Bannon answered questions about Russian election interference before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday -- but only ones "scripted" for him in advance by White House officials. Meanwhile, thoughts and prayers fall short of policy and change, as lawmakers continue to respond to Wednesday’s mass shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead. Speaking on the tragedy yesterday, Donald Trump stated, “You have people who care about you, who love you and who will do anything at all to protect you.” Except pass common sense gun legislation. The president pledged to make schools safer while never once uttering the word guns. He’s slated to visit Parkland, FL in the coming days. The president does not need a yes man. That’s reportedly the advice former President Barack Obama gave former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus during a meeting between Priebus and former chiefs. “Every one of these guys at different times told me something that pissed me off,” Obama said, nodding to his former chiefs. “They weren’t always right; sometimes I was. But they were right to do that because they knew they had to tell me what I needed to hear rather than what I wanted to hear.” The exchange is detailed in a forthcoming book, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency. In campaign news, Mitt Romney announced his Senate run in a video, drawing stark contrast between Utah and Washington as it relates to immigration policy, among other issues. We made it to Friday! Be sure to catch me on Sunday when I’ll return to MSNBC’s AM Joy with Joy-Ann Reid. But first, you can catch me this morning on Fox News’ Happening Now at 11:30A, when I’ll weigh in on the gun control debate. Then after that, I’m off to Wakanda! We’re back on Tuesday. We’re kicking off the weekend with this...
- “Dreamers” in limbo after Senate immigration debate ends in failure.
- Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) intros bill to prevent officials with temporary clearance from seeing top secret info.
- Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) to host HBCUs.
- Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA) crosses party lines for marijuana bill.
- Former President Barack Obama is commemorated in IL and weighs in on FL shooting.
- The third time’s not the charm: another court rules against Trump's travel ban.
- FCC Chairman Ajit Pai investigated for improperly pushing through rules on television ownership.
- #WakandaTheVote! Art meets activism.
- Meet the new co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered.
- Actor Bokeem Woodbine to play former AG Eric Holder.
- Facebook launches initiative to bring more attention to works by minority filmmakers.
- Documentary on the history of HBCUs airs Monday.
- KS congressional candidate could be first Native American woman in Congress.
- Could NYC see its first female Black Mayor?
- Shaun King forms PAC to elect progressive prosecutors.
- Slack names African American woman to its Board of Directors.
- Top aide in WH National Economic Council says bye to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
- NEA’s Tiffany D. Loftin heads over to the NAACP.
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|  | Tamron Hall with Lusciane and NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray on Wednesday celebrating the Apollo Theater program for young men and women.
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Congressman Joaquín Castro (D-TX) on Wednesday speaking at a meeting of the American Federation of Government Employees Districts 9 & 10.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Amid protests from some Senators, the Senate Judiciary Committee backed the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, a package to reduce some of the strictest federal sentencing rules, along with reforms for the federal prison system. The legislation from Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) cleared the Judiciary panel in a 16-5 vote. Six of the panel's ten Republicans joined every Democrat in backing it, despite pointed opposition from AG Jeff Sessions. The bill would ease some mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders while creating new, stiffer penalties for other types of criminal offenses. It would also move to make reforms in the Fair Sentencing Act -- a 2010 law backed by then-Senator Sessions to reduce the disparity in sentences between crack and powder cocaine -- retroactive for some convicts, pending court approval. On the prison reform side, it would enact the provisions of the Corrections Act, which seeks to mandate that the Bureau of Prisons put in place a new approach to re-entry and anti-recidivism programs for prisoners, such as education. It also creates new mandatory minimum sentences for crimes involving interstate domestic violence and providing weapons and other defense materials to prohibited countries and terrorists, as well as a five-year sentencing increase for trafficking heroin laced with fentanyl. More here.
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Stephanie Murphy Intros Bill to Protect Country’s Secrets
On Wednesday, Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) introduced a bill to prevent officials with only a temporary security clearance -- such as former WH Staff Secretary Rob Porter -- from accessing top secret information. Murphy, who was a national security specialist at the Pentagon before being elected to Congress, currently sits on the House Armed Service Committee and said her “Protect America’s Secrets Act” would put into law what she called the “Coats Rule." National Intelligence Director Dan Coats testified before Congress this week and said that government employees with temporary, interim security clearances should not be able to access information labeled “highly sensitive,” including the Presidential Daily Brief. Coats’ testimony came after reports that the Trump White House allowed people with interim clearances, including Porter, to continue to access classified information despite never receiving a permanent clearance. Murphy noted her bill would not prevent a president from choosing his or her own advisors; it would only require they pass a background investigation and obtain a permanent security clearance. “My bill will allow the appropriate clearance process to run its course without undue political influence or partisan interference so that damaging information does not fall into the wrong hands,” Murphy said. More here.
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Tim Scott to Host HBCU Fly-In
As part of Black History Month, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is hosting the Second Annual HBCU Fly-in: “Advancing Opportunity and Entrepreneurship” with Mark Walker (R-NC), Chair of the Republican Study Committee. Presidents and Chancellors of HBCUs will participate in the day-long conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, February 27th. Last year’s inaugural conference served as a platform for a productive dialogue focused on opportunity, strengthening bilateral relationships, and celebrating the importance of our country’s HBCUs. This event will provide HBCU leaders, job creators, and policymakers with the opportunity to discuss innovative avenues for promoting educational achievement, bolstering cross-sector partnerships, and meeting the ever-shifting demands of the American workforce. Confirmed participants include Dr. Harry L. Williams, President & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Dr. Michael Lomax, President & CEO of the United Negro College Fund; and Benjamin Watson, a tight end for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. More here.
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Correa Crosses Party Lines for Marijuana Bill
On Thursday, Congressmen Lou Correa (D-CA), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Cannabis Caucus Co-Chair Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the bipartisan Sensible Enforcement Of Cannabis Act, which will prohibit the Attorney General from prosecuting individuals who are using medical or recreational cannabis in states where it is authorized by law. This bill comes as a result of AG Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind the “Cole Memo” -- which was drafted during the Obama administration and which allowed each state to regulate marijuana laws as they saw fit -- and will ensure states and their citizens are protected from federal overreach. “To date, eight states have legalized recreational cannabis, and twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia, representing more than half of the American population, have enacted legislation to permit the use of cannabis,” Correa said. “In my state of California, voters want legal cannabis. It boosts our economy and is a strong medical tool. By 2020, revenues from cannabis sales taxes could reach $1 billion annually for California.” Correa says Sessions’ decision to rescind the “Cole Memo” created great uncertainty for states and legal cannabis businesses, and put citizens in jeopardy for following their state laws. More here.
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|  | CNN commentator and Dewey Square Group’s María Cardona ready to host the LULAC National Legislative Gala on Wednesday night in DC.
| |  | The Rockefeller Foundation's Rajiv Shah (yellow tie) on Wednesday in India. As reported in The Beat DC earlier this week, the Foundation is assisting the Indian government in electrifying villages across the country. | |
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Senate Fails to Reach 60 Votes on Immigration
After months of negotiations, the Senate yesterday failed to reach 60 yea votes on three immigration measures. The bipartisan Common Sense Caucus’ legislation failed, 54-45, a plan from Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) -- which only dealt with ‘sanctuary cities’ -- was 13 votes short of 60, and a White House-backed plan failed, 39-60. While Senators vowed to continue to fight for legislation that would protect “Dreamers,” there is nothing to indicate that a plan that would pass the Senate and the House, and then receive the signature of the president, is likely or near. A notable nay vote on the Common Sense Caucus’ deal: Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), the only Democrat of color to vote against the legislation. In a statement, she said, “And while I applaud the work of my colleagues on the King-Rounds proposal ... I could not in good conscience support it. While this bill would put Dreamers on a pathway toward citizenship, the appropriation of $25 billion for a border wall is a waste of taxpayer money. A wall will not secure our border and I remain concerned those billions of dollars may also be used to implement this Administration’s anti-immigrant agenda – one that targets California and its residents.” More here.
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Travel Ban 3.0 Ruled Unconstitutional
In a 9-4 decision, judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that Donald Trump’s third travel ban attempt -- just like his first two -- was unconstitutional. Citing that it unlawfully discriminates against Muslims, the court found that targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries violates the Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion. However, SCOTUS decided late last year to allow parts of the ban to go into effect, pending its April hearing of the case and June decision. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled against this ban in late December. More here.
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Barack Obama Commemorated in Illinois, Weighs in on School Shooting
In 2016, then-President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned speech to lawmakers in Illinois, encouraging them to drop partisan differences and come together to eliminate the longest budget impasse in Illinois history. The stalemate ended last summer after lawmakers overrode Governor Bruce Rauner's veto, passing a budget and raising income taxes. The speech was officially commemorated into a plaque which was unveiled this week, featuring Obama's quotes and his signature. The Chicago Tribune reports that state lawmakers are lining up like tourists in the Illinois House to take selfies in front of the new plaque. "Our founders trusted us with the keys to this system of self-government," the plaque reads. "Our politics is the place where we try to make this incredible machinery work, where we come together to settle our differences and solve big problems, do big things together that we could not possibly do alone." POTUS44 also weighed in on Wednesday’s tragic shooting in Florida that left 17 dead. “We are grieving with Parkland. But we are not powerless. Caring for our kids is our first job. And until we can honestly say that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue, common-sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change,” he tweeted. More on the Illinois honor here.
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CHC Chair Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) on Wednesday delivering handmade Valentine’s Day cards from Albuquerque elementary schoolchildren to veterans at the VA Medical Center. | |  | Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL) on Wednesday in the Capitol visiting the statue of Frederick Douglass to commemorate the bicentennial of his birth. | |
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Ajit Pai Under Investigation Over Sinclair
The Inspector General of the FCC wants to know if its Chairman, Ajit Pai, improperly pushed through rules to benefit the Sinclair Broadcast Group. The NYT reports that the investigation comes after Pai led the charge to approve rules allowing television broadcasters to greatly increase the number of stations they own. The rules change then allowed Sinclair to announce a $3.9 billion deal to buy Tribune Media. Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) had sent a letter in November saying that Pai’s regulatory moves “when taken in context with reported meetings between the Trump Administration, Sinclair, and Chairman Pai’s office – have raised serious concerns.” Read more here.
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NPR Names Co-Host of All Things Considered
Ailsa Chang has been named a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered. Previously, she was a congressional correspondent with NPR's Washington desk. In 2015, she won a National Journalism Award from the Asian American Journalists Association for her coverage of Capitol Hill. Prior to arriving at NPR, Chang was an investigative reporter at NPR member station WNYC from 2009 to 2012 in New York, focusing on criminal justice and legal affairs. The Stanford University Law School graduate and former lawyer served as a law clerk to Judge John T. Noonan, Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. Chang was also a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University, where she received a Master's degree in media law. And, the San Francisco native has a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Congrats, Ailsa! More here.
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|  | NEA President Lily Eskelsen García on Tuesday in Michigan meeting with gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Witmer.
| |  | National Urban League's Marc Morial with Johnson Security Bureau's Jessica Johnson and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein on Wednesday appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe. | |
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Actor Cast to Play Eric Holder
In September 2017, we told you about Eric Holder teaming with producer Jerry Bruckheimer for Main Justice, a legal drama series project, which has been set up at CBS. Inspired by Holder’s life and work, the show will be centered around the former Attorney General and will take viewers into the tumultuous world of the 5th floor of the Justice Department, where he takes on the biggest legal and investigative cases in the country, all while being the youngest person to ever hold such an esteemed position. Who’s going to play the handsome Mr. Holder? Actor Bokeem Woodbine. Woodbine recently landed an Emmy nomination for Fargo in 2016. His other credits include Jason’s Lyric and Dead Presidents. More here.
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Facebook Launches Initiative to Connect Underrepresented Filmmakers with Audiences
Facebook is launching a new marketing initiative, "Seen," that aims to bring more attention to films by minority filmmakers. It’s a much more democratized way to market movies, said Brickson Diamond, founding member and Chair of the Blackhouse Foundation, a group that hopes to bring more diversity to Sundance and other film festivals. The initiative, he says, gives filmmakers more data that could prove useful in negotiations with potential distributors or sales agents that show the strength of audience demand for a particular film. Diamond’s Blackhouse has partnered with Facebook’s Creative Shop, a team of strategists within Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram that works with small businesses to make social media marketing campaigns for the program. More about it here.
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HBCU Documentary Airs on Monday
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson has produced his first documentary that focuses on the history of our nation’s HBCUs. Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities highlights the significance of HBCUs in American history for more than 150 years. The 90-minute documentary examines the impact HBCUs have had on American culture and national identity. It traces the history of HBCUs from the earliest attempts at Black education to today’s campuses. The film will air nationally on the acclaimed PBS series, Independent Lens, on Monday, February 19th. As an accompaniment to the film, the website HBCU Rising is a multiplatform engagement campaign for the film that serves to extend the conversation and ensure that each of the more than 105 colleges and universities is represented via the HBCU Digital Yearbook. It is an online resource that allows students, alumni, and historians to archive their campus memories through personal memorabilia, including photographs, videos, newspaper clippings, awards, graduation diplomas, and campus life activities. More here.
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Wakanda The Vote
In October, Kayla Reed, Jessica Byrd, and Rukia Lumumba launched the Electoral Justice Project (EJP), which is a project by the Movement for Black Lives that aims to fight for and advance the rights of Black Americans. Now, to coincide with the much-anticipated theatrical release of Black Panther, the women told Blavity that they are launching a new mission called #WakandaTheVote, an initiative that plans to mobilize political engagement at several Black Panther screenings around the country during the first few weeks of the film's opening. "This weekend we wanted to meet our people in Wakanda," Byrd and Reed told Blavity. "We know that for some it's a superhero world, but we know that the world we deserve is still waiting to be built -- and we want to build it! This upcoming spring and November 2018 midterm elections are an important step in building that new world, and we want to take every opportunity to engage our communities in the conversation of electoral justice. We will be registering people to vote at movie theaters across the country so that we can #wakandathevote at the ballot box." More here.
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Obama Alumna Aims to be First Native American Woman in Congress
Attorney Sharice Davids announced her candidacy Thursday for the 3rd Congressional District seat in Kansas. The Democrat is hoping to unseat Congressman Kevin Yoder (R-KS). Davids was most recently a White House Fellow during the Obama administration, where she was placed in the Department of Transportation. The 37-year-old is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and spent time working as a legal counsel on a reservation in South Dakota before her stint at the White House. If elected, she could become the first Native American woman in Congress. “Until it got pointed out to me it wasn’t necessarily part of my thinking, but the gravity of it really hit me recently,” Davids said. “It’s amazing how long we’ve been in a country, but we’re still having firsts.” She could potentially share the distinction with Democrat Deb Haaland, a Native American woman who is running for the seat being vacated by CHC Chair Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM), who is running for governor. Davids would also be the first openly gay representative from Kansas. After graduating from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2007, she went on to complete law school at Harvard in 2010. She has held positions at SNR Denton, Ceiba Legal, and briefly owned a coffee company. She’ll face Chris Haulmark, Reggie Marselus, Mike McCamon, Tom Niermann, Jay Sidie, and Brent Welder in the August 7th primary. More here.
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Will NYC See Its First Black Female Mayor?
Letitia James is the Public Advocate for the City of New York. She’s the first woman of color to hold the second-highest elected office in The Big Apple. Mayor Bill de Blasio held the position before becoming mayor. Looks like James may be interested in following that same path. She has told people in recent days that she intends to run for New York City Mayor in 2021, according to BuzzFeed. If elected, James would be the first Black female Mayor of NYC. Formidable candidates could include Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., or NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. BuzzFeed’s Darren Sands asked in a text message if the rumors were true -- that she made her intentions known to a small cadre of supporters -- and James texted back, “No comment.” Prior to being elected Public Advocate, James served as a City Councilmember from 2004 to 2013. She also previously served as an Assistant Attorney General, and a Public Defender. James is a graduate of CUNY's Lehman College and Howard University Law School. More here.
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Shaun King Forms PAC to Elect Progressive Prosecutors
Shaun King announced Thursday that he and five other activists are co-founding a political action committee to help elect progressive attorneys at the county and city levels. The Real Justice PAC -- led by King, Héctor Sigala, Karthik Ganapathy, Becky Bond, Michael Kieschnick, and Zack Malitz -- plans to spend upward of $1 million to support campaigns by progressives running for district attorney in 2018. “No position in America, no single individual has a bigger impact on the criminal justice system ― including police brutality, but the whole crisis of mass incarceration in general ― than your local district attorney,” King said. “They are the gatekeepers of America’s justice system.” More here.
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WaPo's Eugene Robinson and Eugene Scott earlier this week about to go on MSNBC to discuss the Trump White House. | |  | TX congressional candidate Colin Allred with members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., which sponsored a candidate forum on Wednesday night in Dallas. | |
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Slack Names New Board Member
Slack has added Edith Cooper to its Board of Directors. Cooper served most recently as the global head of human capital management at Goldman Sachs. Her appointment brings the number of Black women on tech company board of directors to two. Of the major tech companies, Salesforce is the only other company with a Black woman on its board of directors -- Robin Washington, the EVP and CFO of Gilead Sciences. Cooper, after graduating from Harvard in 1983, went on to earn an MBA from Northwestern in 1986. Before joining Goldman Sachs she held leadership positions at Bankers Trust and Morgan Stanley. She recently left Goldman Sachs after 20 years. Slack, which launched about four years ago, raised a $250 million round led by Softbank, which valued the company at $5.1 billion. More here.
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Grace Koh Leaves the White House
Grace Koh, Special Assistant to the President for Technology, Telecommunications, and Cybersecurity Policy at the National Economic Council, is leaving the White House. Koh previously served as Deputy Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of House Energy and Commerce Committee. She was also previously Policy Counsel at Cox Enterprises, Inc.'s Public Policy Office, working on technology policies affecting the company’s Internet, cable, and broadcast properties. No word on where she is heading, but stay tuned.
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NAACP Names Director of Youth and College
NAACP has named Tiffany D. Loftin their National Director of Youth and College. Most recently, Tiffany handled African American outreach for the National Education Association and their three million members. Prior to that, Loftin was a Program Coordinator in the Civil, Human, & Women's Rights Department at the AFL-CIO. The University of California, Santa Cruz graduate, having led numerous racial justice campaigns, said she is excited to lead this work. More about her here.
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| FOMO Today, 12P: The Congressional Antitrust Caucus will hold a briefing on the effect of concentrated economic power on racial and gender inequality. 2237 Rayburn.
Tuesday, February 20th, 6P: The K Street Women of Influence and Google host a Women of Color event honoring Women of Color on Capitol Hill. Invite only.
Wednesday, February 21st, 11A: Dialogue on Diversity tenth-annual colloquium exploring the past, present, and future of the internet: “INTERNET, DATA, & PRIVACY COLLOQUIUM LAW AND TECHNOLOGY: PATHS TOWARD A HUMANE SOCIETY.” The Raben Group, 1341 G Street. N.W., 5th Floor. Click here to register.
Wednesday, February 21st, 12P: The Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program and the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program sponsor “Drivers of Opportunity: How Will Latinos Shape the Future of the American Dream.” The Aspen Institute, 2300 N Street N.W., #700. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, February 21st - Friday, February 23rd: The NFL, along with Morehouse College and the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), hosts a program in Atlanta to educate athletes on how to develop and implement effective advocacy platforms that positively impact society. Click here for more information.
Saturday, February 24th: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History hosts the 92nd Annual Black History Month Luncheon. Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street, N.W. Click here for more information and to register.
Tuesday, February 27th: Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) co-hosts the Second Annual HBCU Fly-in: “Advancing Opportunity and Entrepreneurship.” House Administration Committee, Room 1310 Longworth HOB. Open to press. RSVP by emailing Scott_Press@scott.senate.gov.
Thursday, March 1st, 6P: The Multicultural Media Correspondents Association launch reception, and the unveiling of AKUAREL the first-ever multicultural media stakeholder directory. Soul Hollywood, Los Angeles. Click here to RSVP.
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.
Friday, March 9th - Saturday, March 10th: The Progressive Caucus Center hosts the 2018 Strategy Summit. Baltimore, MD. Click here to register.
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.
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.
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. Ronald 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, 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.
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.
Saturday, July 7th - Tuesday, July 10th: The 2018 UnidosUS annual conference, DC. Click here for more information and to register.
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