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The “many sides” of hatred, bigotry, and violence convened in Charlottesville to “fulfill the promises of Donald Trump.” That’s what former KKK grand wizard David Duke said on Saturday. “That’s what we believed in. That’s why we voted for Donald Trump, because he said he’s going to take our country back.” But this weekend, making America great again came with a cost. Heather Heyer, a passionate advocate for the disenfranchised who was often moved to tears by the world’s injustices, lost her life when a Nazi sympathizer plowed his car into counter-protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA. We will say her name, even if the president won’t. Some were surprised at white supremacist unmasked and united. Many were not. The faces of hatred were all too familiar. This Monday morning, the nation is still processing the domestic terrorism that shook the country, while fearing a foreign attack amidst a war of words that could take us to nuclear war. Donald Trump began his morning tweeting about “Obstructionist Democrats,” trade deals, and attacking Ken Frazier, the Black CEO of Merck, who just resigned from the president's manufacturing council -- more on that below. And yesterday, Trump offered his “best regards” to those injured in Charlottesville. Are we great again yet? Here’s what we have today: - Authorities investigate a death threat against Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL).
- Obama Presidential Center will meet with its neighbors.
- 44 pops up at the Chance the Rapper concert.
- A new cartoon based on the Barack Obama and Joe Biden bromance?
- Omarosa confronts Symone Sanders at NABJ
- Obama alumna named Chief of Staff at the California SEIU.
- Group of Dems forms new effort to reach centrist voters.
- Kal Penn reports Trump to Twitter.
- GA gubernatorial candidate shouted off stage at Netroots Nation conference.
- Former NFL player considers a congressional run.
- Latina law enforcement officer makes history in Salt Lake County, Utah.
- Arizona keeping in-state tuition for DACA students.
- NAACP appealing decision letting white school secede from Black district.
- Shonda Rhimes jumps to Disney. Check it out in blogs below.
- From Martha’s Vineyard fundraisers to border conferences, we’ve got you covered in FOMO.
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The harrowing moment when a Nazi sympathizer hit counter-protestors in Charlottesville. Heather Heyer was murdered in the incident. Photo: AP | |  |
A protestor stands face-to-face with a Klansman in Charlottesville. | |
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A Death Order By Foreign Lawmaker Against Rubio?
On Sunday, the Miami Herald reported that one of Venezuela’s most powerful leaders may have put a hit on Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), one of the strongest critics of that country’s government. According to intelligence obtained by the U.S. last month, it is believed that Diosdado Cabello, the former military chief and lawmaker from the ruling socialist party who has publicly feuded with Rubio, is behind the order. For the past several weeks, Rubio has been guarded by an increased security detail -- a sign that the threat is being taken seriously. A memo by the Department of Homeland Security was sent out last month to several law enforcement agencies. The memo, obtained by the Miami Herald, revealed an “order to have Senator Rubio assassinated,” though it also warned that “no specific information regarding an assassination plot against Senator Rubio has been garnered thus far.” Read more here.
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CEO of Merck Resigns from Trump’s Manufacturing Council After Charlottesville
Merck CEO Ken Frazier resigned from the president's manufacturing council this morning. Frazier is one of the few Black CEOs of a major American corporation and was the only Black member of the manufacturing council. "America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal," Frazier said in a statement. "As CEO of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism." Trump almost immediately hit Frazier this morning tweeting, “Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!” Business Insider has more.
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|  | AIPAC's Labriah Lee Holt and Alicia Smith with Congressman Al Lawson (D-FL) at the CBCI Policy Conference in Tunica, MS. | |  | Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn on Sunday at the Congressional Black Caucus Institute's Policy Conference in Tunica, MS. | |
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Obama Pops Up at Chance the Rapper Concert
Chance the Rapper gave a surprise performance Saturday night at a free gig the rapper planned after serving as grand marshal of the city's annual Bud Billiken Parade. But that wasn’t the biggest surprise of the night. In a pre-recorded message, Barack Obama appeared on the jumbotron. "I wanted to just have the chance to say to all of you that the Bud Billiken parade stands for so much of what our community is about. We want to make sure our kids are safe, we want to make sure that they are ready to go back to school. We want to make sure that we are nurturing and protecting and encouraging and loving the next generation of leaders all throughout the city of Chicago. So Chance, I'm grateful for everything that you've done on behalf of the young people back home." POTUS44 then added, "I am hopeful that everybody who is at the concert today, everybody who is getting involved, everybody who's been part of the parade, that all of you are in the mindset that you could do anything that you want to as long as you put your mind to it." See the video here.
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Obama Presidential Center to Meet with Neighbors Again
Following four increasingly contentious community forums to discuss plans tied to the Obama Presidential Center, the Chicago Park District will host two more meetings in September to address neighbors' concerns, reports the Chicago Tribune. The most controversial proposal is to create about five acres of new parkland around the Obama center by closing Cornell Drive, the six-lane road that winds through the park's west side. Residents will be invited to discuss design concepts for key segments and intersections of the roadway network. More here.
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Barry & Joe: The Animated Series
An animated series celebrating the bromance between former President Barack Obama and his VP Joe Biden is on Kickstarter, with the goal of turning meme legend into reality. Barry & Joe: The Animated Series follows Obama and Biden after they are sent back in time to save the future, taking over the bodies of their younger selves. Neil deGrasse Tyson will be their only guide, when he appears in “the form of an augmented reality that only they can see and hear.” Hello?! This is soooo Quantum Leap (google it twenty-somethings). The similarities appear to be intentional. Within the series, Donald Trump won’t be seen directly. “In this way, he is like our Doctor Claw from the original Inspector Gadget cartoon. A villain to be heard and felt but not seen. Except for his tiny hands, we’ll see those,” said series creator Adam Reid. More here.
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|  | Jessica Byrd, Amber Goodwin, Madalene Mielke, Jalissa Washington, and Chuck Rocha over the weekend at a Netroots Nation conference panel about diversity in the progressive movement. | |  | Gregory Cendana and Terrence Ford on Saturday at the Merriweather Post Pavilion's Summer Spirit Festival in Columbia, MD. | |
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Obama Alumna Now Chief of Staff at CA SEIU
Barack Obama alumna Andrea Ambriz has been named the Chief of Staff to Laphonza Butler, the Provisional President of SEIU Local 2015, President of SEIU’s California State Council, and SEIU International Vice President. In this role, Ambriz will help shape and guide the union’s overall strategy and programming, lead senior staff, and support the office of the President. Prior to this, she was the White House Deputy Director of Private Sector Engagement. Before that, she spent the bulk of her time at the Department of Treasury, from Director of Policy and Strategic Engagement to Special Assistant for International Affairs and Appropriations. The LA native began her career in the California State Assembly as a Legislative Aide. After completing her undergraduate studies at DePaul University she went on to earn her Master of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Congrats, Andrea. Learn more about her here.
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Kal Penn Reports Trump to Twitter
Kal Penn, actor and former White House Associate Director of Public Engagement under President Barack Obama, and others believe that Donald Trump has violated Twitter’s terms of use with his threats of violence against North Korea. “Seems pretty clear that you can't threaten mass murder via nuclear war, right @twitter? Asking for 7.4 billion friends,” Penn tweeted, along with a picture of Twitter’s terms of what types of behavior will not be tolerated by the site. Twitter’s hateful conduct policy lists “violent threats; wishes for the physical harm, death, or disease of individuals or groups; references to mass murder, violent events, or specific means of violence in which/with which such groups have been the primary targets or victims,” and more as content that would violate its rules. A violation would merit a suspension of his account. WaPo has more.
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FCC Chair Sides With Former Client Over Pricey Prison Calls
HuffPost reports that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai backed off from Obama-era regulations that sought to make phone calls more affordable for inmates but that also hurt one of Pai’s former clients: Securus Technologies, an inmate calling service provider. The Human Rights Defense Center, an inmate advocacy group that brought Pai’s disclosure about his work for Securus to light this week, finds the connection troubling. However, an FCC spokesperson stated that his work “was cleared through the ethics office.” The lack of price caps has permitted companies like Securus to charge more than $11 for a 15-minute intrastate call from more than 60 correctional facilities in Michigan. The Human Rights Defense Center is asking Pai to disclose any financial relationship he may have with these companies. More here.
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|  | Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) at a meeting in Key West earlier this month with members of Zonta International. | |  | Steve Clemons with Michael Steele and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) at the Gold Coast 25th anniversary of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. | |
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The Omarosa Drama at NABJ
For some reason, the National Association of Black Journalists decided to give Omarosa a platform on a panel focusing on police brutality at their annual convention in New Orleans. As anyone could have predicted when the reality TV villain is given a microphone, a shouting match erupted between Omarosa and the panel’s moderator, Bounce TV host Ed Gordon. She accused Gordon several times of attacking her as he pushed for answers about her role in the Trump administration and changes to criminal justice policies under AG Jeff Sessions. Despite Omarosa’s attempts, Gordon said to her and the audience that she will not “railroad” the discussion. NYT’s Yamiche Alcindor reports that It became a 25-minute argument with Gordon pointedly asking what effect Omarosa had made on the president and recounting Trump’s comments last month suggesting police should rough up suspects while taking them into custody. Omarosa asked, “Are you suggesting that I just walk away?” Gordon replied that he was not suggesting that, and that he would like to finish asking the question. “I don’t want to hear your question,” Omarosa said, talking over him. “I don’t want to hear a lecture.” Gordon began to walk closer to Omarosa who stood up and walked across the stage and said Mr. Gordon was being “aggressive.” It went downhill from there. Click the image to see the video. The conference heads to Detroit next year. Let's hope for more thoughtful exchange then. Yamiche has more on this year's drama.
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Here’s the Backstory: Attendees Were not Not Happy About Omarosa’s Presence Before the Panel Even Began
Attendees at the National Association of Black Journalists annual conference were not happy about Omarosa’s presence. Viewing her as an interloper, some were bothered by her last-minute addition to a police brutality panel. NYT’s Nikole Hannah-Jones was scheduled to moderate the panel which took place on Friday, and featured Valerie Castile, Sandra Sterling, and The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb. But Hannah-Jones and Cobb pulled out of the panel, and that’s when Bounce TV’s Ed Gordon stepped in to serve as the event’s moderator. Cobb told the New York Post's Page Six that the reason for pulling out “wasn’t simply the addition of Omarosa. It was that she was added at the eleventh hour and it was unclear whether we would be able to discuss substantive issues regarding the administration and its policing policies. Also, the panel was very disorganized, and basic things like format were not clear.” More here.
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Omarosa v. Symone Sanders
Apparently, the back and forth between Ed Gordon and Omarosa was not the only heated exchange the Trump devotee was part of at NABJ. According to sources, CNN’s Symone Sanders also crossed paths with Omarosa. After posting a tweet that read, “Who at #NABJ17 said Omarosa and Philando Castille's (sic) mother belong on the same panel? Does the President even believe black lives matter?” According to attendees on site, a former NABJ president and Omarosa confronted Symone over the tweet. Symone explained that she was referencing the President of the United States, not the President of NABJ. However, she stood by her position on Omarosa. Witnesses say Omarosa allegedly verbally accosted Symone Sanders. Never one to back down, Symone defended her words in the confrontation. Witnesses say that friends intervened and the crowd dispersed shortly after the two crossed paths. Anyone on the NABJ planning committee who invited Omarosa and is surprised by this behavior hasn’t been paying attention. So it still begs the question -- why was she given a platform? Is this the type of press NABJ wanted? Because it didn’t elevate the discourse on police brutality and media coverage. It only gave a former reality TV star another stage on which to perform. See Symone’s tweet here.
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|  | Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the family-owned Gaviña coffee company in Vernon. | |  | Salt Lake City County Sheriff-elect Rosie Rivera with Native American activist Samantha Eldridge. | |
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GA Gubernatorial Candidate Shouted Off Stage by Stacey Abrams Supporters at Netroots
As soon as Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacy Evans took the stage on Saturday, protesters backing her opponent Stacey Abrams arranged themselves in front of her in protest. Calls and comments in opposition to this move from Abrams’ backers overwhelmed her words, and she left the stage to boos. Abrams said in a statement that she would not “condemn peaceful protest” and that the demonstrators were voicing their concern with Evans’ support for a Republican-led effort to give the state new powers over struggling schools. More here.
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California’s Black and Latino Legislators Probe Gubernatorial Candidates on Affirmative Action
The question of whether race should be considered in admissions to California’s colleges and universities was raised in recent weeks when the state's Black and Latino legislative caucuses sent a letter to the top six gubernatorial candidates. Legislators polled the politicians about their views on affirmative action and track records on diversity efforts, and asked them to detail proposals to diversify colleges and state government that they would pursue if elected governor. The candidates were also asked about efforts they would undertake to help diversify leadership in the private sector, where they have no official control. The Democrats in the race -- former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, former state schools chief Delaine Eastin, and state Treasurer John Chiang -- all expressed strong support for affirmative action, while the top two Republicans in the race, Assemblyman Travis Allen and businessman John Cox, did not respond to the letter. The California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus was not asked to join. To find out why, get the back story here.
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Former NFL Player Weighing Republican Congressional Bid
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Anthony González, a former wide receiver for Ohio State University and later the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, is weighing a run for Congress in Ohio. The seat will likely be vacant as GOP Congressman Jim Renacci, who has occupied it since 2010, plans a run to replace term-limited Ohio Governor John Kasich. Thirty-two-year-old González recently met with the NRCC and expressed his interest in running for office. Although González has not publicly discussed the race, a Republican source close to him said he is seriously considering a run, and is close to making a decision. Other GOP candidates who have announced they're running in the May primary for the Republican-leaning district include State Reps. Christina Hagan and Tom Patton. More here.
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|  | NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray with NUL's Marc Morial on Thursday at the NABJ conference in New Orleans. | |  | Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Friday at a meeting with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County. | |
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Trump Hits Critics in Ad Day After Calling for Unity
The day after calling for unity amid the unrest in Charlottesville, Donald Trump is out with a new ad labeling Democrats and members of the media, including several people of color, his “enemies.” Journalists April Ryan, Jim Acosta, Don Lemon, Fareed Zakaria and others were labeled as enemies. The ad labels Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) as one of “career politicians” obstructing Trump. Many people on social media criticized the timing of the campaign ad. “Sad day I am singled out as an enemy of the White House as this racial hate is going on just for asking real questions and speaking truth,” tweeted Ryan. Get more here.
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CBC Members Convene Leaders and Influencers in Tunica
The Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute kicked off their annual gathering of lawmakers and leaders in Tunica, MS over the weekend. The Tunica Policy Conference policy sessions and luncheons provide a cross section of community leaders, state and locally elected officials, private sector leaders, labor leaders, academics, and government officials to join in discussions with members of Congress and highly qualified issue-specific experts. Onsite were members of Congress Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Al Lawson (D-FL), and former Congresswoman Donna Christensen. Rev. William Barber gave the Friday keynote at lunch and The Joint Center's Spencer Overton moderated a panel on diversity in corporate America with GM's Cherie Wilson, Coca-Cola's Curtis Etherly and Intel's Barbara Whye. Also spotted: FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; Brandon Kelly, CoS to Congresswoman Robin Kelly; Watson Coleman LD Michael Reed; DCCC's Hans Goff; former CBC Executive Directors Paul Brathwaite (for Johnson, Cummings and Watt); Patrice Willoughby (for B. Lee); and Angela Rye (for Cleaver); Stewart Strategies' Jennifer Stewart and Ebony Simpson; theGroup's Sudafi Henry; Diageo's Erica Johnson; Georgia State Rep. Calvin Smyre; former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown; Comcast's Earl Jones; NCTA's Virginia Zigras; NAB board member DuJuan McCoy; AGA's Eloy Martínez; Samsung's Derron Parks; Mastercard's Nichole Francis Reynolds; Nestle's Nicole Collier; Podesta Group's Erica Loewe; CBCI organizers Vanessa Griddine and Nakia Kelly; CBC PAC ED Ben Branch; and CBCF's Tasha Cole. More about the conference here.
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|  | Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) with a graduate of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Saturday. | |  |
Lydia Polgreen, Editor-in Chief of HuffPost, and NYT Magazine's Nikole Hannah-Jones at the first anniversary celebration of the Ida B. Wells Society on Saturday. | |
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CBC Chair Touts a Better Deal
Delivering this week’s Democratic weekly address, CBC Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) championed the party’s plan, A Better Deal. “Instead of the current raw deal, we want to deliver A Better Deal. A deal that means if you work hard and play by the rules, you and your family will have endless opportunities,” the congressman said. The plan was met with a lukewarm reception by some in the party base and has been criticized by many as being more of the same and not speaking enough about communities of color. Congressman Richmond recounts his own childhood struggles and addresses some of the rhetoric that he says promotes bullying and hate and says Americans “don’t deserve a President you can’t trust to tell the truth, and, finally, you don’t deserve to go to bed every night wondering if the President is going to lead us to war.” See video of the address here.
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Sewell, Soto, and Murphy Join Dem Group Reaching Out to Centrist Voters
Democratic members of Congress Stephanie Murphy (FL), Darren Soto (FL), and Terri Sewell (AL) are joining former Congressman Jim Davis and a group of Dems in an effort to reach centrist voters, and launching the group New Democracy. Its mandate is to expand the party’s appeal, both demographically and geographically. The group includes sitting and former governors, former Cabinet members, mayors and lawmakers from Congress to statehouses. Among the affiliated politicians: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, considered a possible future presidential candidate, and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, current head of the nonpartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors. New Democracy will hold its next set of strategy meetings, "Winning in the Heartland," October 12th-13th in Des Moines, Iowa. Read more here.
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|  | Fox News analyst Jehmu Greene and Good Morning America's Robin Roberts departing the 2017 NABJ conference on Saturday. | |  |
CAP's Michelle Jawando and husband Will last week enjoying Martha's Vineyard. | |
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Arizona Regents Won’t Increase Tuition for DACA Students, Bucking Appellate Ruling
Arizona’s regents told the attorney general last week that they have no plans to hike tuition for DREAMers unless ordered to by the Supreme Court, despite the Court of Appeals ruling last month that an identical policy of the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board is illegal. The Arizona attorney general’s office had sued the District saying the tuition policy for DACA students violates state and federal laws, and the appellate court agreed; the decision is under appeal. In a letter, Regents President Eileen Klein urged the AG not to pursue legal action against the board over the policy to allow DACA students to pay in-state tuition if they meet other residency requirements. “Immediate termination of in-state tuition would have a devastating impact on hundreds of innocent young people,” Klein said in her letter. And with the Maricopa case pending, Klein said filing suit against the regents “would be an imprudent use of state resources.” Read more here.
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NAACP LDF Appealing Decision of White School Allowed to Secede from Predominantly Black School District
The WaPo reports that lawyers for Black Alabama schoolchildren are appealing a federal judge’s decision to allow a predominantly white city near Birmingham to secede from its predominantly Black school district, arguing that to allow such a separation would run counter to long-standing case law and undermine Black students’ civil rights. Gardendale -- a mostly white municipality north of Birmingham -- has sought for years to form its own school district independent from surrounding Jefferson County, arguing that their students would benefit from a smaller school system and a greater degree of local control. U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Haikala found that the separation arose out of intentional racial discrimination, would send messages of racial inferiority to Black students, and would likely hamper court-ordered desegregation efforts countywide. However, she said the effort could move forward anyway. In their appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, lawyers from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund argued this week that Haikala erred. Given her findings of a racial motivation, they argued, and given the likely impact on Jefferson County’s ability to finally integrate its schools, binding legal precedents gave her no choice but to block Gardendale’s separation. More here.
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The Raben Group's Christina Weaver and former NFL linebacker D’Qwell Jackson, were featured in this month's Brides magazine after they were married in Tuscany earlier this year. Click to view the video. | |  |
Gayle King and daughter Kirby Bumpus enjoying their Mykonos, Greece vacation over the weekend. | |
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Latina Law Enforcement Officer Makes History in Utah
For the first time ever, a Latina has been elected sheriff of Salt Lake County, Utah. Unified Police Department Chief Rosie Rivera was elected on Saturday. Rivera’s name will be presented to the Salt Lake County Council within five days, and if confirmed by the council -- as expected -- Rivera will become not only the county’s first female sheriff but also the state’s first Latina sheriff. “You know, being a female in law enforcement hasn’t always been the easiest thing. But I worked my way through the ranks. I did my time, boots on the ground, and I think I’m now ready to lead Salt Lake County as sheriff,” Rivera told KSL 5 TV. This isn’t the first time Rivera would be making history; she is the department’s first female officer to serve as precinct chief, and before that, the first female officer in the Metro Gang Unit. She has been with the department for 24 years. More here.
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| FOMOToday, 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. Tuesday, August 15th, 11:30A: A Friends of Michael Blake Reception co-hosted by Hasoni and Michael Pratts, Tamika Mallory, Lu-Shawn M. Thompson, Tiffany Raspberry, Denora and Mark Getachew, and Christal Jackson. Martha's Vineyard. 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, 11A: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hosts A Historical Perspective on 52 Years of the Voting Rights Act. USCCR headquarters, National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Av. NW, Suite 1150. RSVP via email at: publicaffairs@usccr.gov
Click here to see the event livestreamed. There will also be a call-in line for individuals who wish to listen to the presentations: (888) 329-8893; conference ID 8426586. 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. Thursday, August 25th, 8P: The film Hidden Figures will be shown as the final movie of the season at the MLK Memorial. Free. Sponsored by The Memorial Foundation and MPAA. 1964 Independence Avenue, S.W. For more information, click here.
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
Tuesday, August 29th, 7P: The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) hosts an advanced screening of the movie Dolores, focusing on the life and work of civil rights icon Dolores Huerta. A moderated conversation with Dolores Huerta and filmmaker Peter Bratt will follow the screening. Free but registration is required. Click here for more information and to sign up.
Thursday, August 31st: The deadline for scholarship applications of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) for high school students entering college, or current college and graduate students. The scholarships range from $500 to $2,000 and are a key component of NAJA’s committed to increasing the representation of Native journalists in mainstream media. Open to Native American students pursuing journalism degrees at institutions of higher learning. 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. 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. Saturday, September 30th, 8P: Join Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) for Bruno Mars' 24K Magic Tour. Capital One Arena, 601 F Street, N.W. For more information or to RSVP, contact Sierra Kelley-Chung or Randy Broz at: 202.403.0606 or email: Sierra@ABConsultingDC.com Wednesday, November 29th, 8P: Join Congressman André Carson (D-IN) for JAY-Z's 4:44 Tour. Capital One Arena, 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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