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This weekend, it was like the inauguration joined forces with every Tri-Caucus conference and draped everyone in a rainbow. Pride was lit! But not without controversy. More on that below. Back to the scandals plaguing this White House ... AG Jeff Sessions will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee tomorrow as part of its ongoing probe into connections between Russia and the Trump campaign. But we don't know if it will be public. So how are we supposed to know what bars will broadcast and who will have the best drinking specials? Meanwhile, Dems want to punish Russia (and Trump) with a vote this week that would give Congress the power to block any attempt by Trump to ease current sanctions against the Kremlin. Not sure if the GOP will go for that. Oh yeah, Melania and Barron have moved into the White House. Will this slow down Trump's Twitter fingers? We doubt it. By the way, you all do realize the seriousness of what’s going on, right? Our civil liberties and national security are at risk. Hence, we don’t have time to be on Beyoncé baby watch. But the second one of you get wind that her water breaks, please let us know! It's a team effort, people. Speaking of Sasha Fierce, the youngest Obama celebrated her sweet 16 this weekend. Awww. Remember when she marched on the stage in Grant Park in 2008? Time flies! We’re kicking off the week with this:- Ice Cube for the win! The Twitterverse has spoken and, apparently, Ice Cube did the best job of addressing the N-word controversy on Friday night on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher!
- Trump says he would testify under oath. Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) said, say the word, son!
- Dems have their eyes on Congressman John Conyers' (D-MI) Judiciary post.
- Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) gets a bolt.
- Cold as ICE. Trump goes after immigrants granted reprieve by Obama.
- Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown invokes the holy spirit to get a new trial.
- DNC hires a millennial woman of color.
- Van Jones disses the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC.
- Check out "Cross Talk" with The Beat DC's Jamal Simmons and Tiffany D. Cross.
- Rev. Al Sharpton addresses conference on weed. True story.
- FCC looks for candidates to join committee on diversity.
- Puerto Rico votes for statehood. But many stay home.
- Preet Bharara echoes James Comey on Trump. It's a pattern people. Oh yeah, and someone tell Junior to get on the same page as dad, please.
- Guys! 2018 will bring something major! Yes, it's midterms and we'll be immersed in campaign monitoring to bring you all the latest. But it will also bring Black Panther!! We have no news. We're just so hyped off the newly released trailer. Too. Much. Dopeness!
- Lastly, CONCACAF: the latest chapter in the battle of the acronyms between the U.S. and Mexico ends in a draw at Estadio Azteca.
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| Straight Outta Real Time: Symone Sanders and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson joined Ice Cube on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher to address the "N-word" controversy.
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AGs for DC and Maryland File Suit Against Trump
Today, attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue Donald Trump, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House. The lawsuit, the first of its kind brought by government entities, centers on the fact that Trump chose to retain ownership of his company when he became president. Trump said in January that he was shifting his business assets into a trust managed by his sons to eliminate potential conflicts of interests. But DC Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) and Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) (pictured) say Trump has broken many promises to keep separate his public duties and private business interests. More here.
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Gutiérrez Pleas With House Judiciary to Bring Trump Before the Committee
When Trump said on Friday that he is “100%” willing to testify under oath about the events that led to firing James Comey as FBI director, Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) was ready. Within hours of Trump’s statement, the congressman called on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to invite the president to appear before their panel. “It is the House Judiciary Committee that should be the venue for the President to defend himself against the serious allegations of official misconduct, including but not limited to apparent attempts at obstruction of justice in the removal of Mr. Comey in order to relieve the ‘pressure’ the President was feeling from investigations related to his campaign’s ties to Russian meddling in America’s most recent presidential election,” committee member Gutiérrez wrote in a letter to Goodlatte. “Therefore, I believe it is incumbent on you as Chairman to immediately invite the President to testify.” More here.
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Dems Eye Conyers Judiciary Post
Politico reports that a fight has broken out among top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee over replacing Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) as the ranking member of the panel, even though the 88-year-old says he’s not going anywhere. In a June 8th letter obtained by Politico, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) -- the third-highest ranking Democrat on Judiciary -- warned Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who is second behind Conyers, that she has heard Nadler is meeting with fellow Democrats about replacing Conyers. Lofgren warned Nadler that there is no current vacancy atop Judiciary, but if it does happen, she would be interested in the job, too. More here.
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| The Beat DC's Jamal Simmons and Tiffany D. Cross talk Bill Maher, HBCU life and the passing of the president of Morehouse, and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). Check it out! And be sure to subscribe to The Beat DC podcast on iTunes.
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Preet Bharara Recounts Similar Encounters with Trump As Comey
On Sunday, Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who was ousted by Trump, spoke about the James Comey hearings in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week. He said that he had become increasingly uncomfortable with Trump’s efforts to “cultivate some kind of relationship” with him and that his March firing came 22 hours after finally refusing to take a call from the president. Bharara said Trump called him twice as president-elect, “ostensibly just to shoot the breeze.” The calls took place after a meeting at Trump Tower in November at which Bharara, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, said Trump asked him to stay on in the new administration. After Bharara didn’t return Trump’s third call, he was fired. More here.
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Trump Admin Specifically Targeting Immigrants Given Reprieve By Obama Admin
The Trump administration has reopened the cases of hundreds of undocumented immigrants whose deportations were previously deferred under Obama. Between March 1st and May 31st, federal prosecutors moved to reopen more than 1,300 immigration cases, according to Reuters' analysis of Executive Office of Immigration Review data -- more than three times the number reopened under the Obama administration in the same period in 2016. The Obama administration, by comparison, moved to reopen 430 cases during that period last year, and generally only did so if an individual had committed a serious crime. More here.
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FCC Looking for Chair and Members for Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment
The FCC is seeking nominees for the chairmanship and members of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, which it plans to launch for a two-year hitch starting in the fall. Nominations are due by June 28th. The mission of the committee is to "provide recommendations to the Commission on how to empower disadvantaged communities and accelerate the entry of small businesses -- including those owned by women and minorities -- into the media, digital news and information, and audio and video programming industries, including as owners, suppliers, and employees." It is also meant to advise the FCC on ensuring such communities are not denied access to next-gen networks. Deploying broadband to rural and unserved communities is a priority for the FCC, according to Chairman Ajit Pai. More here.
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Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) was honored at the Muslim Public Affairs Council dinner on Thursday. | |  |
Jorge Ramos on Instagram says "Nothing like a little soccer on Saturday mornings to forget the House of Cards Trump has put us in." | |
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Lawyers Invoke the Holy Spirit to Get New Trial for Corrine Brown
Roll Call reports that lawyers for former Congresswoman Corrine Brown filed for a new trial on Thursday based on the dismissal of a juror who said “the Holy Spirit” told him Brown wasn’t guilty. Brown was found guilty last month on 18 charges related to using money from a sham charity for personal use. "Justice requires a new trial,” Brown’s attorney James W. Smith wrote in a motion. Brown was found guilty the day after the juror was removed. Smith said Judge Timothy Corrigan’s dismissal of the juror prevented Brown from having a jury of her peers. The judge has said that there was “no substantial possibility that he is able to base his decision only on the evidence and the law as the court gave it to him.” But Smith’s motion disputed this. “There is a substantial possibility the holy spirit was actually the juror’s own mind or spirit telling him that one or more witness had not testified truthfully,” he said. Brown is currently free while awaiting sentencing. Her sentencing date has not yet been set. More here.
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Hurd Gets a Bolt from Bolton
Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX), the only male African American Republican in the House, received some much-needed help. Ambassador John Bolton announced his endorsement of Hurd in his reelection bid for Congress in Texas’s 23rd congressional district. In addition, the John Bolton PAC will contribute a total of $10,000 to Hurd’s 2018 campaign. This announcement comes as part of a larger contribution of $100,000, which will be distributed among ten congressional candidates whom the ambassador has identified as champions of a strong national security and foreign policy. Hurd was first elected in 2014 by a two-point margin. He narrowly won re-election last year by one point, while Hillary Clinton was carrying the district by three points. Recently, federal judges invalidated the 2011 lines for his district, writing in their ruling that its configuration “denied Latino voters equal opportunity and had the intent and effect of diluting Latino voter opportunity.” More here.
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We’ve Been Watching Kamala Harris Long Before She Got to the Senate
Our friends over at Politico ran an article last week titled, “Trump hearings launch Kamala Harris.” For those of us who have been watching Harris since her days as California's first African American female District Attorney of San Francisco and then the state's first African American Attorney General, we chuckled. It’s kind of like how the country thought Cee Lo Green was discovered when he dropped “Crazy” and was a judge on NBC's The Voice. They don’t know about Goodie Mob. Anywho, the article touts the senator's voting record as one of resistance. Harris asked DHS Secretary John Kelly in his confirmation hearing not to use DACA applications to deport the so-called DREAMers, and she ultimately broke with fellow California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein on the vote, in part because Kelly would not guarantee to safeguard those undocumented immigrants from deportation. Harris has voted against 18 of Trump’s nominees -- making her one of the administration’s most dogged opponents to date. Check out the full article here.
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CNN's Laura Jarrett with WaPo's Abby Phillip snap a selfie on set on Friday. | |  |
Congressman Rubén Kihuen (D-NV) celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month with constituents in Las Vegas over the weekend. | |
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Uber’s Board Votes Unanimously to Adopt All Recommendations by Eric Holder
Uber’s board moved on Sunday to shake up the company’s leadership based on recommendations by former AG Eric Holder. The board weighed a three-month leave of absence for CEO Travis Kalanick. The NYT reports that Uber’s board said the directors “unanimously voted” to adopt all of the recommendations made in a report by Holder, who was retained to investigate the company’s culture. One of the recommendations included the departure of a top lieutenant to Kalanick, Emil Michael. The discussions by the nine-member board preceded a report from Holder’s investigation, scheduled to be released on Tuesday. Discussions were held at the Los Angeles offices of Covington & Burling, the law firm where Holder is a partner. More here.
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DNC Hires Millennial Woman of Color
The DNC announced five new hires on Friday, and one of them is a woman of color. Amanda Brown Lierman, a former Barack Obama staff member and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) supporter, has been named the party's Political and Organizing Director. "There's definitely a need to rebrand and restore faith that people have in the DNC," Lierman, 31, said in an interview. "I hope people look toward this new leadership as a step and progress on that." Lierman worked at both the White House and the Department of Energy before leaving to run Rock the Vote during the 2012 presidential election. Lierman was also the campaign director at the climate change, union-backed super PAC For Our Future, where she had worked since mid-2016. She was the Executive Director of the National Women's Business Council from 2014 to last year. More here.
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Van to DNC and HRC: Give That Billion Dollars Back
CNN commentator Van Jones is mad! He ripped the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC during his speech at The People's Summit in Chicago on Saturday for wasting money and failing to reach out to working-class and communities of color. "The Hillary Clinton campaign did not spend their money on white workers, and they did not spend it on people of color,” Jones told a packed house at McCormick Place in Chicago. "Let's be honest. They took a billion dollars, a billion dollars, a billion dollars, and set it on fire, and called it a campaign!" He continued on. “Now they want us to fight about whether black folks or white workers or Latinos or any other group should get the money," Jones said. "First of all, you need to give the money back to the people, period." More here.
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Trump’s Plan to Roll Back Obama Cuba Policy
The LA Times reports that Trump is expected to roll back parts of the historic Obama-era opening with Cuba, siding with hawks who oppose détente and rejecting demands from U.S. businesses for whom the island is a ripe potential market. The decision follows an inter-agency administration review of one of President Obama’s signature initiatives and would represent a throwback to policies that date to the Cold War. Trump could make the announcement as early as this week. The move will be controversial. It could dull a boom in tourism by Americans to Cuba and hurt a burgeoning cottage industry of private enterprise on the socialist-ruled island. And it could allow Russia and China to more easily step in to fill the void. Lobbying Trump against Cuba ties are two Cuban American Republican lawmakers from Florida, Senator Marco Rubio and Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart. Proponents of continued dialogue and trade, including farm states, businesses, the tourism industry, and even a group of retired military officers, have similarly lobbied Congress. More here.
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Puerto Rico Votes for Statehood But Many Stayed Home
Residents of Puerto Rico voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to join the United States as the 51st state, but the turnout was historically low -- nearly eight out of 10 voters did not participate. On an island where voter participation often hovers around 80 percent, just 23 percent of registered voters cast ballots. Basically, we think there were more people at the Puerto Rican Day parade this weekend in NYC than those who actually showed up at the polls on the island. The island's governor, Ricardo Rosselló from the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish), had been pushing for a “yes” for statehood as the best way to grapple with Puerto Rico's crippling $73 billion debt. But the island's other two main political parties had pushed for a boycott of the plebiscite, and it showed in the turnout numbers. With nearly all of the precincts reporting, 97 percent of the ballots cast were in favor of statehood. More here from The Beat DC’s Patricia Guadalupe.
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Rev. Sharpton Talks Weed, Green, in Black and Brown
On Friday, June 16th, Rev. Al Sharpton will be the keynote speaker at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expositions (CWCBExpo), a tradeshow and conference in New York for the legalized cannabis, medical marijuana and industrial hemp industries. “Just because I don’t use marijuana as a minister, does not mean I have the right to impose my moral values on others. However, I will challenge the cannabis industry and its distributors in states where it is legal, to support civil rights movements and ensure that we are not disproportionately excluded from business opportunities,” said Sharpton. He is expected to speak about the disproportionate number of marijuana arrests of Black people and discuss the need for greater inclusion of underrepresented communities in the fast-growing cannabis industry, which is expected to exceed $20 billion in 2020. Sharpton’s keynote will be the first time that he has spoken publicly about decriminalization of marijuana use, civil rights, and diversity in the cannabis industry, as well as the need to lay the groundwork now for a national movement to provide education and assure fair opportunity and involvement for people of color. More about the conference here.
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Former BET executive and Nats minority owner Paxton Baker with his wife and former BET personality Rachel Baker pose with DJ D-Nice at BET's DC farewell party on Friday. | |  |
Pine Strategies' Mervyn Jones, CBCF's Tasha Cole, and SBA's Todd Valentine joined the fun at BET's DC farewell on Friday. | |
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Being Black, Brown, and Green Makes You Invisible to Cable News
According to a new study from Media Matters, out of the 286 guests who went on Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN to discuss climate change on the day Trump announced the withdrawal, and the day after, only 17 percent were people of color. Nine percent were Black, 4 percent were of Asian descent, 3 percent were Latino, and less than one percent were Middle Eastern. What’s especially striking about the lack of representation is the fact that multiple studies have shown that people of color are disproportionately affected by the changing climate. “Cable news shows consistently ignore and exclude the voices of people of color when covering climate change, and that’s a real problem,” said Lisa Hymas, Media Matters’ Climate and Energy Program Director. “African American and Latino communities are generally hit the hardest by the effects of climate change. When their voices and views are given the attention they deserve, media coverage tends to be more forceful, more fair, and more accurate.” More here from Mother Jones.
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NPR Recruiting Diverse Staff At Summer Conferences
NPR and affiliate stations are expanding their recruitment of talent among minority journalists by adapting the Public Media Village concept for several conferences this summer. NPR and stations will recruit at the Asian American Journalists Association Conference, July 26th-29th in Philadelphia, then share a presence at the National Association of Black Journalist’s Conference, August 9th-13th in New Orleans. The Excellence In Journalism Conference, September 7th-9th in Anaheim, CA brings together the Society of Professional Journalists and Radio Television Digital National Association, in collaboration with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and the Native American Journalists Association. NPR expects 50 stations to participate in all conferences. Some stations may participate in one conference or several. More here.
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Congressional candidate Debra Haaland joins the Pride parade in New Mexico. If she's successful in her congressional bid, she'll be the first Native American woman in Congress. | |  |
Fox News' Juan Williams and his son, Comcast's Antonio Williams, with the youngest members of their family out and about for Pride weekend in DC. | |
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Pride Parade Disrupted
The DC Capital Pride Parade was disrupted by protesters Saturday who said the event is too corporate and marginalizes minorities and the very community the tradition was created to celebrate. Protesters from No Justice No Pride linked arms to block the parade route near 15th and P streets in Northwest Washington about 5:30P. With a pink, turquoise and yellow banner stretched across the street, the protesters shouted “What side are my people? What side are you on?” and “No justice, no pride.” More here.
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Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (D-CA) joins Pride in LA. | |  |
Valerie Jarrett attends #NotWHPride in DC on Saturday. | |
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The Minimum Wage Urgency for the AAPI Community
While there are many faces in the fight for a fair minimum wage, the Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, Sung Yeon Choimorrow, says the faces of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and gender non-conforming people are often missing. “Our stories are often missing from mainstream dialogues about the federal minimum wage,” she says in an op-ed for The Hill. Nearly a third of all AAPI women working full-time earn less than $15 an hour. While mainstream culture often depicts AAPI women in fields such as technology and science, Asian American women make up four percent of the low-wage workforce -- 1.4 times their share of the overall workforce. They occupy positions in food service, personal care work, retail service, and domestic care. For AAPI transgender and gender non-conforming workers, the federal minimum wage has a different urgency. In one national survey by the National Center for Transgender Equality, 18 percent of AAPI transgender and gender non-conforming respondents reported a household income of less than $10,000 a year. More here.
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CHC Weighs In On Continued Venezuelan Crisis
As Venezuela’s mass anti-government demonstrations enter their third month and protests becoming increasingly more violent, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is calling on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to “immediately” release political prisoners, set a clear timetable for elections, and accept humanitarian aid. “The human rights and humanitarian situation in Venezuela is critical…The Venezuelan people are suffering from widespread food shortages and lack of access to medicine,” reads the CHC statement. “President Maduro has brutally repressed the protests that have taken place almost every day in recent weeks ... We urge all countries in the Western Hemisphere to support multilateral efforts to promote democracy and human rights in Venezuela.”Venezuela’s own public defender’s office says at least 67 people have died since the street rallies and marches began in earnest in March. Read the full statement here.
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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, with Van Jones and comedian Chris Tucker, hanging out on Friday night. | |  |
Conservative commentator Tara Setmayer showing her mom her new GMA digs last week. | |
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ICE Shutters Detention Alternative for Asylum Seekers
Cold as ICE, wow. Late last week, the AP learned that the Trump administration is shutting down the least restrictive alternative to detention available to asylum seekers who have entered the U.S. illegally. Immigration activists consider the move a callous insult to migrants fleeing traumatic violence and poverty -- nearly all the program’s participants are Central American mothers and children. “This is a clear attempt to punish mothers who are trying to save their children’s lives by seeking protection in the United States,” said Michelle Brane, of the non-profit Women’s Refugee Commission. “I think it’s crazy they are shutting down a program that is so incredibly successful.” Read more.
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Trump supporters showed up on Saturday to celebrate the baby shower for Eric and Laura Trump. Posted without comment. | |  |
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) with guests near the House floor on Friday. | |
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POS Tweet Costs Azlan CNN Job
CNN parted ways with Reza Aslan one week after the host called Trump "a piece of s---" and "an embarrassment to mankind" on Twitter. The tweet was in response to Donald Trump trolling London Mayor Sadiq Khan hours after the city endured a terrorist attack. Just sayin'. "CNN has decided to not move forward with production on the acquired series 'Believer with Reza Aslan,' " the network said in a statement. “We wish Reza and his production team all the best." The Iranian-born Aslan had been the host of CNN's Believer, which aired weekly on Sunday nights. In a strange act of media solidarity, Trump supporter Sean Hannity tweeted that Azlan should not be fired. More here.
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White Sports Pundit Questions Reporter Shaun King’s Blackness
Outspoken sports pundit Clay Travis trolled NY Daily News social justice reporter Shaun King on Wednesday morning by offering to donate to charity in exchange for a DNA test. Travis tweeted, “Hey @shaunking, I’ll give $50k to Colin Kaepernick’s charity if you take a DNA test and are more than 25% black.” The tweet likely came in response to an article written by King claiming he would be boycotting the NFL because it’s apparently a racist organization, given the fact no team wants to take a shot on Colin Kaepernick. King has addressed questions about his race numerous times. The Morehouse College graduate has previously been accused of lying about his race to qualify for an Oprah Winfrey Scholarship. His mother is white, and his father is a fair-skinned African American. For the pundits who are suddenly interested in race relations, we’ve got some better things for you to focus on. Hit us up! More here.
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Ian Reid's Jarvis Stewart poses with daughter Madeleine on her last day of school on Thursday. She's off to Sidwell Friends High School next year. | | 
Obama alumnus Dr. Ivory Toldson, former Executive Director of the WH Initiative on HBCUs, with his daughter (and published author), Makena on Friday on her last day of school. | |
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Being Green While Black
“I worked in the environmental movement for a decade and it didn’t take long to notice a pattern -- I was often the only woman of color,” says Green 2.0’s Executive Director Whitney Tome. “Now as a mother (especially of a child who might have asthma), I come back to the basics. Do I or my children have clean and fresh air, water, and land? And then -- will my multiracial children have a role in this environmental movement? What can I do to ensure that they will?” She says those questions brought her to lead the advocacy campaign that monitors and supports diversifying the racial and ethnic demography of mainstream environmental NGOs, foundations, and federal government agencies. In an op-ed for NBCBLK, Tome says they are particularly focused on leadership spaces -- C-Suites and boards -- and helping CEOs and hiring managers access the deep pipeline of qualified candidates of color. She also helps organizations build an equitable and inclusive culture internally. Read the entire piece here.
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Empathy and Urgency Bypass Crack Epidemic for Opioid Crisis
We all notice the outcry over the opioid epidemic. What a tragedy! It’s worth asking, where was all this urgency and sympathy when African Americans and Latinos fell victim to the crack epidemic? One cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette answers in a cartoon. “I drew the cartoon after reading a few stories about how opioids and drug overdoses are the number one killer in the US of people under 50,” Rob Rogers told Richard Prince of Journal-isms. “In terms of comparing it to the crack epidemic, I wanted to point out how race plays a part in so many things in our society, even in how we respond to this kind of tragic epidemic. Comparing it to the crack epidemic illustrates how harsh our drug enforcement has been and how it has adversely affected the African American community.”
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| FOMOToday, 6:30P: Author Sheryll Cashin reads from her new book, Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy. Busboys & Poets, 14th & V streets, NW. Click here for more information.
Tuesday, June 13th, 11:30A: The Raben Group and The Black Church Center sponsor Wade in the Water, a panel discussion on faith communities and the progressive movement. 1341 G Street, NW. Click here to RSVP.
Wednesday, June 14th, 9A: The Raben Group sponsors a policy breakfast with Vanita Gupta, incoming President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Click here to RSVP.
Wednesday, June 14th, 5:30P: Celebrate the release of Season Five of Orange is the New Black, and support Lesley López, candidate for the Maryland General Assembly, at Orange is the New Black Trivia Night with host Jillian Rubino. Penn Social, 801 E Street, NW. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Wednesday, June 14th, 6P: A special screening of the award-winning documentary Indivisible, a film about the fight to reunite families separated by deportation. CHC Chair Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) and Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) will give opening remarks. After the film there will be a Q&A discussion with director Hilary Linder and two of the DREAMers featured in the film, Renata Teodoro and Antonio Alarcón. Click here to RSVP.
Thursday, June 15th, 8A: The Hill sponsors a Latina Leaders Summit. Participants include Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), and Jennifer Korn, Sarita Brown, Alejandra Castillo, Nina Vaca, Geisha Williams, and Mónica Gil. Click here to RSVP.
Thursday, June 15th, 6P: The Collective PAC hosts their inaugural Black Campaign School Training. The Collective PAC is an organization focused on "building Black political power" and has committed to recruiting, training and funding 45 African American candidates at the state and local level in 2017 and 2018. Howard University Blackburn Center Ballroom, 2397 6th Street, NW. RSVP to: Marica Wright at: mwright@prioritiesusaaction.org
Thursday, June 15th, 6:30P: An Evening of Jazz, Blues, & Civil Rights, in celebration of the 5th Annual March on Washington Film Festival. Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road, NW. Click here to purchase tickets.
Friday, June 15th, 10A: The Center for American Progress sponsors Race in America: A Conversation with Mayor Landrieu. 1333 H Street, NW. Click here to RSVP.
Friday, June 16th -- Sunday, June 18th: The DSCC Minority Donors Retreat is coming up this weekend in NYC. We can’t say who’s going to be there (because we promised we wouldn’t). But we know they are people with deep pockets and big ideas. For more info, email: jskic@rabengroup.com.
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, 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.
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