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SEND HER BACK… That’s the next racist chant heard from the MAGA crowd, which debuted at a Donald Trump campaign rally in North Carolina last night, referring to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN). PSA: The racism is nothing new. SO TIRED OF BEING ALONE… For the third time, Congressman Al Green’s (D-TX) impeachment efforts failed Wednesday night. HIS LIFE MATTERED… Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) chided Attorney General William Barr in a letter citing news reports that the AG overruled DOJ Civil Rights Division attorneys who recommended Officer Daniel Pantaleo be charged in Eric Garner’s death. THE CLOCK IS TICKING… Congress is rushing to pass a deal to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government before it leaves for the month of August. BAD BUNNY… The trap artist joined Ricky Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and thousands of others in Puerto Rico last night demanding that the island's governor, Ricardo Rosselló, resign. ABOUT THAT FACEAPP… More than 100,000 million people have downloaded the app, giving the Russia-based company the power to use their pictures -- and names -- for any purpose it wishes, for as long as it desires. Now, Congress has questions. THUG LIFE… Iowa’s 66-year-old director of its social services agency accidentally emailed his praise for slain rapper Tupac Shakur’s lyrics to some 4,300 agency employees. The next day he resigned. I AIN’T MAD AT CHA… Hit ‘em up with that California love. Now catch this Beat. We’re back on Monday but leaving you with all this...
- Hispanic Caucus members are trying to protect immigrant Gold Star families from Trump’s deportation policies.
- Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) is pushing to reunite families.
- The ACLU named a chief diversity officer. Read to the bottom!
- Colin Kaepernick’s Nike commercial got an Emmy nomination. Check it out in Blogs.
- Catch The Beat DC’s Tiffany D. Cross this Sunday on MSNBC’s AM Joy at 10A EDT.
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Congresswomen Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), former Speaker of the New York City Council Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
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The Daily Show's Trevor Noah with comedian Hamad Alamari in Doha earlier this month.
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Ayanna Pressley Proposes a Pathway to Credit Relief for Private Student Loan Borrowers
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) introduced legislation this week to provide much-needed support to private student loan borrowers. Student loan debt in the United States today exceeds credit card debt, auto loan debt, and is the second-highest form of consumer debt, behind mortgage debt. In 2018, nearly $120 billion of outstanding student loan debt was a result of private student loans. Pressley said the Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act would provide a pathway to financial stability by helping students improve their credit. The bill would offer key reforms to help borrowers struggling to repair their credit, including the establishment of a credit rehabilitation process for borrowers. It would establish processes that mirror the protections granted to delinquent or defaulted federal student loan borrowers. It provides flexibility for borrowers who may be experiencing significant financial distress, servicemembers who’ve been deployed, and those who live in an area impacted by a natural disaster and may not be able to work. “My bill will help us get one step closer to establishing parity among borrowers and a credit reporting system that works for people when they need it most,” said Pressley. More here.
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Hispanic Caucus Members Aim to Protect Immigrant Gold Star Families from Trump’s Deportation Policies
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members are trying to protect immigrant Gold Star families, those who lost family members in active duty, following reports that the Trump administration is scaling back the Parole in Place program, which protects undocumented military family members from deportation. “The Trump administration’s actions to deport veterans and family members – even in violation of federal law and their own policies – is disturbing,” said Congressman Rubén Gallego (D-AZ), an Iraq war vet. “Ending this program would undermine the readiness of our armed forces, hurt morale, and demonize military families who sacrifice every day for their loved ones serving our nation.” Gallego joined fellow Representatives Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Vicente González (D-TX), and Verónica Escobar (D-TX) to introduce the Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act on Wednesday. “Our military families deserve better. They protect us abroad; now it is our turn to protect them,” said Soto. The bill would prevent the Trump administration from deporting the immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, and siblings) of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, veterans who served on active duty and who were discharged in conditions other than dishonorable, and service members who died in the line of duty if they have not committed a serious crime.“This bill protects military families from the xenophobic agenda of the Trump administration, and ensures that no family sacrificing their life and future to serve our nation overseas is ripped apart by Trump’s mass deportation policies,” Grijalva said. González added, “For a Commander-in-Chief who proudly proclaims support of our military and veterans, he has an odd way of showing it. And Escobar stated, “Regardless of their immigration status, we must honor our promise to their families and to our active-duty troops and veterans.” More here.
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Judy Chu Renews Push to Reunite Families
Despite the Trump administration’s rhetoric on immigration and calls to “get in line and come legally” to the U.S., the reality is families trying to join their loved ones in America are caught in a visa backlog. For example, the average wait time for a U.S. citizen to sponsor a sibling from the Philippines is almost 25 years, and more than four million people are still waiting for a family immigration visa. Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) is bucking the Trump administration’s efforts to severely limit family migration and has instead re-introduced the Reuniting Families Act to fix the current backlog in the family immigration system. “The reality is that our family immigration system is not the floodgate that Trump paints it as,” Chu said. The legislation would help improve the family reunification process by reducing visa backlogs to provide humane and timely reunifications, providing equality for LGBTQ families, increasing the number of diversity visas, and improving our overall immigration system. “We know that Trump wants to go back to a system that prioritizes white immigrants over everyone else. But instead of basing our immigration system on the color of your skin, we believe it should be based on what is best for our country and our economy,” Chu stated. “Thanks to family immigration, many new immigrants can rely on their parents to help raise their kids while they hold down a job, or can find financing for their business through their family when a bank says no. That’s true merit to me. And it’s why immigrants rely on less government assistance, start businesses in higher numbers, and own more homes than native born individuals.” More here.
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Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) visiting the Dominican Republic last month.
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Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) appearing on The Breakfast Club earlier this month.
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Cory Booker Pushes Startup Accelerator Bill
A testimony: startup funding is challenging, and can be even more so for people of color and those who don’t have access to venture capitalists. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is working to change this, and on Wednesday introduced legislation that invests in startup accelerators and incubators in new and underserved areas. Research indicates that just three geographic clusters -- San Francisco Bay Area, Boston-Washington Corridor, and Southern California -- account for 77% of venture capital funding in the entire country driving small business job growth to thrive in these areas and leaving rural, low-income, and other underserved areas behind. “Our country’s economy thrives when opportunities are spread across the masses, rather than concentrated to the few,” Booker said. “Our bill would help address this problem by opening up access to essential funding and mentorship opportunities for underserved entrepreneurs while strengthening new and emerging tech ecosystems.” Booker’s bill, the Startup Opportunity Accelerator Act, builds on a Small Business Administration (SBA) Growth Accelerator Fund competition, in which accelerators and other entrepreneurial ecosystems compete for funding to expand their reach to engage more startups and new communities. According to the SBA, in 2014 and 2015, the program funded accelerators that supported 5,000 companies that raised approximately $1.5 billion and employed nearly 20,000 people. The presidential candidate’s legislation authorizes $6 million in funding each year for five years. More here.
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Joaquín Castro Wants to Remove the Phrase “Illegal Alien” from Federal Government
The phrase “illegal alien” is a derogatory term for immigrants. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Congressman Joaquín Castro (D-TX) wants to remove it from the federal government’s lexicon. The Correcting Alienating Names in Government Act, or CHANGE Act, would eliminate the words “alien” and “illegal alien” from the Immigration and Nationality Act -- the nation’s governing federal immigration law -- and other government texts. The terms “foreign national” and “undocumented foreign national” would be used respectively in their place. “Words matter. It’s vital that we respect the dignity of immigrants fleeing violence and prosecution in our language. The words ‘alien’ and ‘illegal alien’ work to demonize and dehumanize the migrant community. They should have no place in our government’s description of human beings,” said Castro. “Immigrants come to our borders in good faith and work hard for the opportunity to achieve a better life for themselves and their family. Eliminating this language from government expression puts us one step closer to preserving their dignity and ensuring their safety.” More here.
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Ben Ray Luján and Deb Haaland Call for Compensation for Individuals Impacted by Radiation Exposure
New Mexico Democrats Congressman Ben Ray Luján and Congresswoman Deb Haaland are calling for Congress to expand compensation for individuals impacted by radiation exposure. The pair on Monday introduced the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Amendments, which would provide health and monetary compensations for individuals who were exposed to high levels of radiation that caused sickness, cancer, and deaths. Tens of thousands of individuals, including miners, transporters, and other employees who worked directly in uranium mines, along with communities located near test sites for nuclear weapons, were exposed during the mid-1900s to dangerous radiation that has left communities struggling from cancer, birth defects, and other illnesses. The original bill was first passed in 1990, but without the new amendments, the current authorization for RECA will expire in two years -- potentially leaving thousands without the ability to pay for their medical care for illnesses directly linked to radiation exposure. This legislation would correct that and would also make changes to proof of residency requirements so they are consistent with Native American law, custom, and tradition. Native and tribal communities were disproportionately exposed to the dangerous radiation throughout the U.S. “Radiation exposure has taken the lives of too many and continues to hurt our communities,” said Assistant Speaker Luján. “This legislation will extend compensation for those individuals who played a role in our national security and help make those individuals whole.” The new legislation also includes a congressional apology to the individuals who were exposed to radiation. “Anyone who has sacrificed their health for the defense of our country deserves to be compensated, but there are communities in New Mexico impacted by uranium mining and atomic weapons tests who are still hurting and have never been compensated,” said Haaland. More here.
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Justin Timberlake, Steph Curry, and Aaron Rodgers golfing in California this month.
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Diversity sociologist Nancy Yuen this week at the last Blockbuster pop up store in LA.
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Houston City Council Member Sets Eyes on the Senate
Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards announced Thursday morning that she is running for Senate in Texas, joining an increasingly crowded Democratic primary to challenge incumbent Republican Senator John Cornyn. "As a woman, as an African American, as a millennial -- and certainly as someone who generally ... believes in solutions and not just rhetoric -- I think I'm going to be the candidate that can do the job," Edwards said in an interview with the Texas Tribune, emphasizing the need for a nominee who can persuade voters to vote Democratic, but also "galvanize our base." The 37-year-old native of the Lone Star State already spent some time on Capitol Hill when she worked briefly for Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). The 2004 Emory University graduate, who is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., left the Hill and went on to complete law school at Harvard in 2007. Edwards has made clear that healthcare would be one of her top priorities. She said she wants to increase access to health care through a "refinement and improvement" of the Affordable Care Act, staking out a more moderate position on the issue among Democrats. "I know, certainly, there are a number of folks that are advocating for single-payer systems and the like, but I think in terms of where we are in our system, I think the best place that we can start is building upon our existing Affordable Care Act," Edwards said. Texas is inching towards becoming a battleground state. Democrats there scored an impressive performance up and down the ballot and around the state in the 2018 midterms. The Texas primary is March 3rd of next year. More here.
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Republican Immigrant Mounts Challenge to Unseat AOC
Republican Scherie Murray kicked off a campaign on Wednesday hoping to unseat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). "There’s a crisis in Queens and it’s called AOC," Murray said. She went on to accuse Ocasio-Cortez of seeking celebrity and publicity -- the kind the conservative media doled on the freshman Democrat before she was even elected. Murray says AOC "thinks public service is not about serving the public, but herself." Murray has run unsuccessfully for office twice before. She made an unsuccessful run in a special election for a New York Assembly seat in 2015, losing by more than 85 percentage points. She lost by a similar margin in a 2013 bid for New York City Council. The 38-year-old native of Jamaica, who migrated to the U.S. when she was nine, said she is a supporter of Donald Trump. Murray is a former state committeewoman of the New York State Republican Party and founded a television production and advertising company called The Esemel Group in 2004. She said she no longer works for the company and is now a full-time mother. New York’s 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Queens, is a Democratic stronghold. Undeterred, Murray is the fourth Republican to file for a run against Ocasio-Cortez; she joins former police officer John Cummings, journalist Ruth Papazian, and building superintendent Miguel Hernández. The NY primary is next June. Watch her announcement here.
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NY Progressive Mounts a Democratic Primary Challenge
Democrat Mondaire Jones is mounting a primary challenge against Congresswoman Nita Lowery (D-NY) in the Big Apple’s 17th Congressional District. Jones is a progressive and supports Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage and the Green New Deal. He also supports the cancellation of student debt. The 32-year-old New York native, who previously worked in the Barack Obama Justice Department, left his job at the Westchester County Law Department to focus on his campaign. "We need a fighter in Washington and we have not had that, especially in recent years," Jones told CBS News. Lowey, who is 82, has been in office for over 25 years. "I don't think Nita has been fighting nearly enough for this district," Jones continued, adding that he didn't believe Lowey could relate to the struggles exhibited by many of the lower-income residents in her district as one of the wealthier members of the House. The 2009 Stanford University graduate went on to complete law school at Harvard in 2013. The New York primary is in June of next year. More here.
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NJ Attorney General Sues IRS and Treasury Over GOP Tax Law Workaround
New Jersey's Attorney General Gurbir Grewal on Wednesday announced that the state was leading a federal lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department over a recent decision by the administration to not let the states use a workaround to a $10,000 cap on state and local deductions. The GOP’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a $10,000 limit on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction -- it had primarily been beneficial to people in primarily blue states with high tax rates. In response, NJ, NY, and CT set up charitable funds to which taxpayers could donate, and then deduct those donations from their federal taxes. It is these funds that Grewal’s lawsuit -- in which he was joined by NY AG Letitia James and CT AG William Tong -- seeks to defend after the IRS and Treasury blocked the move in June. “Our message to the IRS today is simple. No matter how many times you change your rules – from capping the SALT deduction to reversing your longstanding approach to charitable donations – we will challenge you in court,” said Grewal. “Our residents already pay more to the federal government than we get in return.” More here.
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A young Serena Williams owning the court in Compton, CA circa the 1990s.
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Black Caucus Pushing for A$AP Rocky’s Release from Sweden
Rapper A$AP Rocky has been held in Swedish detention since his arrest on July 3rd, with reported mistreatment and inhumane conditions behind bars. Regular Beat readers will recall that the State Department said they were monitoring the situation. Now, the Congressional Black Caucus is involved. “The situation with ASAP Rocky is unfortunate, it’s outrageous, it needs to be addressed," said Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). "You can expect that members of Congress, particularly those of use who are part of the Congressional Black Caucus, are going to continue to weigh in forcefully until ASAP Rocky is free." A Change.org petition for the rapper's release has currently accumulated nearly 600,000 signatures and has been shared by Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, T.I., Post Malone, and others. Rocky, whose government name is Rakim Mayers, voluntarily turned himself in to Swedish police on July 2nd, after he and his associated were filmed fighting with a couple of men on a street in Stockholm. The 30-year-old Harlem native, who is being held in solitary confinement, said he and his team were not at fault, as the two other men were the instigators. Rocky was in Stockholm for the Smash music festival on June 30th, when he said he and his entourage were reportedly verbally harassed by two men who started following them, and then a melee ensued. Swedish law enforcement raided the hotel room of Rocky's longtime manager, John Ehmann, on Friday. See Jeffries' statement here.
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Emmy Nominations Lacking in Diversity
There were only 24 acting nominations for people of color among this week’s Emmy nominations -- a major dip from last year’s record 38 and even less than 2017, which counted 27 diverse nominees. Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us came in with the most nominations for people of color. Actors of color were completely shut out of numerous categories including Lead Actress in a Comedy, Supporting Actress in a Drama, Supporting Actor in a Comedy, and Supporting Actress in a Comedy as well as Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. This is all in contrast to last year when the Emmys set a new record for nominations in acting and hosting categories from diverse backgrounds with 38 nominees that included people of color. More here.
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Rich Paul Merges with UTA
NBA agent Rich Paul on Wednesday was named the head of United Talent Agency's new sports division. The 37-year-old Cleveland, OH, native currently runs Klutch Sports Group and represents 23 NBA players, including Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James -- who was his first client. The alliance calls for Klutch, with Paul as chief executive, to operate as United Talent’s sports division while retaining its own branding, according to the NYT. Neither party would divulge the financials of the alliance, but Paul said “nothing changes” in terms of how Klutch’s basketball business operates and that the investment will enable him “to go out and further build Klutch.” In June, Paul became the first basketball agent to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. “The modern athlete thinks differently, and I, as the modern agent, think differently,” Paul said. “Guys want more. Guys want to build separate businesses. I tell our clients all the time that the most money you’re ever going to make in your life is probably going to be doing what you were born to do, but it’s O.K. to think outside the box.” The NYT reports that Paul has closed nearly $290 million in contracts this summer and has executed in excess of $1 billion in contracts since he formed his own company -- with $342 million through James’s deals alone. More here.
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ICYMI: Timberwolves Names First Latinx President in the NBA
When the Minnesota Timberwolves hired Gersson Rosas as president of basketball operations in May, the franchise made history -- Rosas became the first Latinx head of an NBA team. The 41-year-old basketball executive migrated from Columbia as a child and has held a number of high-profile positions within the NBA. The University of Houston graduate was previously the EVP of basketball operations for the Houston Rockets, where he worked for 16 seasons. Before that, he had a three-month stint as GM of the Dallas Mavericks. Rosas is also an international scout for Team USA Basketball. His success has been driven, in part, by his immigrant backstory. “My motivation has been to present a different face for immigrants. My family sacrificed and is making good on the opportunity that we were given. I want to do well for my family and for my organization, but also for this country. If you give immigrants a chance, we’ll pay it back to you. We are here for the right reasons,” he told The Washington Post. Just 2.4% of NBA players are Latinx. Rosas is joined by Charlotte Hornets Coach James Borrego and Washington Wizards Vice Chairman Raul Fernández as the only Latinx in senior NBA roles. At the recent NBA draft, the three represented their teams, prompting Rosas to grab “[Fernández and Borrego] and said we need to take a picture because this has never happened before. You want young kids to have somebody to look up to. I shouldn’t have been the first Latino president, and I can’t be the only one. If we don’t have another, then I’ve failed because I didn’t do my part to help others,” he said. More here.
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Chef Nobu Matsuhisa with NBC's José Díaz-Balart in Miami last week.
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CNN's Bakari Sellers last month in South Carolina with one of his twins, Stokely.
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NYT Using Software to Make Obituary Section More Diverse
The New York Times has been quietly deploying a statistical demographic tool the past few months make their obituaries more inclusive. The goal is to assure that at least 30% of its obituaries feature women, with ambitions to raise the obit percentage for racial and sexual- and gender-identity minorities as well. The Obits Diversity Analysis Tool is a new app which is essentially a dashboard that monitors the percentages of male, female, and non-binary obituary subjects on a daily and monthly basis. An NYT insider told The Daily Beast: “Do I think the obit desk is thrilled with this? Probably not. On the whole, the desk is made up of older white guys, and there are times when someone will make kind of an off-the-cuff joke like, ‘We didn’t have enough dead women today.’” The obit editor wrote in 2018, “We are, inevitably, a generation or three behind in tracking the evolution of gender and racial dynamics, among other things. The prominent shapers of society back then, those who held (and didn’t easily give up) the levers of power, were disproportionately white and male.” Of course, this is not true. It’s just through the lens of older white men, “shapers of society” may look different. The in-house engineers who designed the tool offered this: “Now how about Part II—a tool that measures people of color in our obits, so we can see how we’re doing and make goals for improvements.” More here.
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NYT Adds to Culture Desk
Maya Salam will be joining the NYT’s Culture desk as a senior staff editor. Salam has spent the last year writing The New York Times’s gender-focused newsletter, the twice-weekly "In Her Words." She has been with the Times for four years and has held various roles including as a copy editor, assigning editor, producer, weekend briefer, reporter and columnist/newsletter writer, among other positions. Before joining the NYT, she was a reporter and editor covering entertainment news at Yahoo. Salam is a first-generation Arab American who migrated to the U.S. at a young age from Beirut during its civil war. The University of Kentucky graduate will join the Culture desk in mid-August. More here.
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NBC's Willie Geist, "Grandma-fina," and rapper/actress Awkwafina on the Today Show on Wednesday in NYC.
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Former BET CEO Debra Lee lunching in LA earlier this month.
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Jahana Hayes Names Chief of Staff
Acacia Bamberg Salatti has been named the chief of staff to Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (D-CT). Salatti was most recently at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, where she was VP of external affairs. Prior to that, she was the director for faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration. Before that, the Columbia College (SC) graduate -- who holds a Master’s from Emory University -- spent six years in the office of Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC) and worked for the South Carolina Department of Education. “Acacia’s extensive policy experience and far-reaching network will be an invaluable resource for this office and my constituents,” Hayes said. “Acacia is a results-oriented leader with an ability to bring community stakeholders together. Her passion for health and education equity align seamlessly with my vision.” Hayes recently came under scrutiny for her treatment of staff after both her press secretary and chief of staff stepped down abruptly. Hayes told the CT Post she “never threw anything at any staff member” -- a reference to allegations made against Democratic presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). “I never asked anyone to do anything I wouldn’t do myself,” Hayes added. More here.
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Beto 2020 Brings On National Director of African American Outreach
Aisha McClendon has joined former TX Congressman Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 presidential campaign as national director of African American outreach. She left her post as chief of staff to TX state Rep. Toni Rose to join O’Rourke’s campaign. Before that, she was the head of statewide institutional giving and strategic partnerships at Audubon Texas and served as the director of corporate relations at Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas. The Texas native also worked in the Clinton White House. "I totally believe that Beto is the best candidate and the best person to be the next president of the United States," said McClendon, who incidentally, was one of Omarosa’s bridesmaids in the reality TV star’s second wedding. "As a Texan, I've watched him with my own eyes, and I totally believe in him. The things that he's aligned with are things that I believe in." McClendon's hire comes as O'Rourke works on his message to African American voters -- he was recently at Essence Fest and did a swing through South Carolina. O'Rourke's presidential campaign now has five Black women in prominent positions in his campaign: Ofirah Yheskel is deputy communications director of states; Chrystian Woods is national director of outreach; Lauren Harper is state director for South Carolina; and Robyn Patterson is communications director for SC. More here.
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ACLU Bring On Chief Diversity Officer
Amber Hikes has been named chief diversity officer of the ACLU. Hikes was most recently the executive director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia, where she introduced the “More Pride More Color” flag -- an update of the LGBT+ Pride flag including black and brown stripes. “Whether it’s racial justice, LGBTQ equality, standing with immigrants, preserving the right to vote, the right to have an abortion, or ending mass incarceration, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardians of liberty for nearly 100 years,” Hikes said. “At this time in our nation’s history, I couldn’t be more honored to join the senior leadership of this powerfully transformative organization and support this life-saving work.” The University of Delaware graduate holds a Master’s from the University of Pennsylvania. Hikes previously worked as the director of Upward Bound at California State University, Long Beach and at the University of Pennsylvania. More about her here.
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Today, 12P: ALLvanza and the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts host a panel discussion with industry thought leaders focused on privacy and to identify actionable solutions to current challenges, as well as opportunities to educate both consumers and policymakers, and find ways to make a positive impact on the Latinx and other underserved communities. 25 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Suite 100, DC. Click here for more information.
Saturday, July 20th - Wednesday, July 24th: The 110th NAACP Annual Convention, convening policymakers, activists, and organizers to strategize about the work NAACP has to do to ensure that the integrity of our democracy and shape the wellbeing of our communities. Cobo Center, 1 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, July 24th, 6P: Maritza Pérez, Juan Sempertegui, and Paulina Vera host a fundraiser to benefit three organizations at the border helping migrant families: RAICES, Annunciation House, and Al Otro Lado. Mission — Navy Yard, 1221 Van Street, S.E., DC. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, July 24th - Saturday, July 27th: The National Urban League hosts its 2019 Annual Conference, Getting 2 Equal: United Not Divided. NUL will host the nation's leading political, business, and community leaders to convene, share ideas, and discover solutions to issues that have historically plagued underserved urban communities across the country. Indianapolis, IN. Click here for more information.
Thursday, July 25th, 6P: Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries hosts his 7th annual Hip Hop On The Hill event. Opera Ultra Lounge, 1400 Eye Street N.W., DC. Click here for more information.
Thursday, July 25th: APAICS hosts the 2019 Women’s Collective Summit, bringing powerful AAPI women together to share, to inspire, and to take bold action towards creating a more representative democracy. Pavilion, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., DC. Click here for more information.
Saturday, August 3rd - Tuesday, August 6th: The UnidosUS Annual Conference, the largest gathering of its kind in the Hispanic community and the meeting ground for thousands of community leaders, activists, and volunteers; elected and appointed officials; members of the corporate, philanthropic, and academic communities; college students; and youth. San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, August 7th, 12:30P: Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon and address the Oversight Committee’s investigations into the Trump administration. National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., 13th Floor, DC. Click here for more information.
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