2008 Convention: “Schedule of Daily Public Events Open to Press”

DAILY (MONDAY, August 25th – THURSDAY, August 28th)

MONDAY, AUGUST 25th

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MEETINGS
Contact: Convention Joint Press Office, (720) 362-2006
AAPI Caucus: Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Theme: Showing Our Strength in 2008—Our Electeds, Our Candidates, Our Future
Panelists: Bel Leong-Hong, Chair, Asian Pacific American Caucus, Democratic National Committee; Nancy Chen, Ann Kalayil, & Stan Toy, Co-Chairs, National Obama AAPI Executive Committee; Charmaine Manansala, Director, Obama for America AAPI Vote;
Congressman Michael Honda, Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee; Doris Matsui, Member of Congress, 5th Congressional District; Mee Moua, Minnesota State Senate, 67th Senate District; Jay Goyal, Ohio State Representative, 73rd District; Ted Lieu, California State Assembly, 53rd Assembly District; Yul Kwon, Winner, Survivor: Cook Island; Ramey Ko, Asian Americans for Obama; Hrishi Karthikeyan, South Asians for Obama; S.R. Sidarth

Black Caucus: Wells Fargo Theater 2
Theme: Urban Renewal: Quality Education and Job Creation
Panelists: Virgie Rollins, Chair, DNC Black Caucus; Rev. Willie Barrow, Minister of Justice, Vernon Park Church of God, DNC Black Caucus Member, Chicago, Illinois; Hon. Wellington Webb, Former Mayor, City of Denver Colorado; Governor Howard Dean, Chairman, DNC; Lottie Schackelford, Vice-Chair, DNC; Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House & 2008 Permanent Convention Chair; Mayor Shirley Franklin, Atlanta Mayor and Convention Co-Chair; Rev. Leah D. Daughtry, DNCC CEO; Arlene Holt-Baker, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO; Rick C. Wade, Senior Advisor, Obama for America, Chicago, Illinois;
Hon. Maxine Waters, United States Representative 35th District of California; Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, President, Bennett College for Women; Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League; Hon. Michael B. Coleman, Mayor of the City of Columbus, Ohio; Hon. Michael Thurmond, Commissioner of Labor, Atlanta, Georgia; Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone; Hon. Cory Booker, Mayor of the City of Newark, New Jersey; Rev. Randy B. Kelly, Pastor, Rising Star and St. John United Methodist Churches, Birmingham, Alabama

DNC Black Caucus Young Leaders Summit
Location: Wells Fargo Theater 2, Denver Convention Center
Panelists: Virgie M. Rollins, Chair, DNC Black Caucus; Rev. Romal Tune, President, Clergy Strategic Alliance, Washington, D.C.; Rick C. Wade, Senior Advisor, Obama for America, Chicago, Illinois; will.i.am, Grammy Award Winning Recording Artist and Producer; young trailblazers ; Kerry Washington, Actress & National Voter Registration Co-Chair, Obama for America, Los Angeles, California; Andrew Gillum, Commissioner, City of Tallahassee, Florida; Ephren Taylor, CEO, City Capital Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri; Rev. Tony Lee, Founder & Senior Pastor, Community of Hope AME Church, Temple Hills, Maryland; Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan, Georgia House of Representatives, Atlanta, Georgia; Rep. Bakari Sellers, South Carolina House of Representative, Columbia, South Carolina

Ethnic Coordinated Caucus: Korbel Ballroom 1E
First American Caucus: Korbel Ballroom 4C&D
Theme: Mobilizing Indian Country: Harnessing Our Potential to Decide Elections
Hispanic Caucus: Korbel Ballroom 2&3
Theme: Importance of Latina and Youth Vote
Panelists: Eliseo Rocques, Hispanic Caucus Vice Chair; Ramonoa Martinez, Hispanic Caucus Chair; Alex Rooker, DNC Member; Congressman John Salazar; Congressman Joe Baca and Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Art Torres, CA Democratic Party Chair; Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez;
IL State Senator Iris Martinez; Tonio Burgos, DNC Member; Senator Robert Menendez;

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26th

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MEETING
Contact: Convention Joint Press Office, (720) 362-2006
Women’s Caucus: Four Seasons Ballroom
Panelists: Mame Reiley, Chair; Donna Brazile, Political Commentator and Columnist; Rosario Dawson, Actress & Activist; Fran Drescher, Actress & Activist; Tammy Duckworth, 2006 Candidate for Congress (IL); Sheila C. Johnson, Founder of BET; Ellen Malcolm, President of EMILY’s List; Betsy Markey, Candidate for Congress (CO – 4th); Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood; Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL); Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI); Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA); Andrea Wong, CEO of Lifetime Television; Alice Germond, Secretary of the DNC; Lottie Shackelford, Vice-Chair of the DNC; Carol Pensky, Co-Chair of the Women’s Leadership Forum; Susan Turnbull, Vice-Chai of the DNC; Barbara Easterling, Women’s Caucus

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27th

Black Caucus: Wells Fargo Theater 2
Theme: Train the Trainer: Organizing That Works
Panelists: Virgie Rollins, Chair, DNC Black Caucus; Hon. Pete Groff, President, Colorado State Senate; Donna Brazile, Journalist & DNC Voting Rights Institute Chair, Washington, D.C.; Eric Holder, National Co-Chair, Obama for America, Washington, D.C.; Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor, Obama for America, Chicago, Illinois; Rick C. Wade, Senior Advisor, Obama for America Chicago, Illinois; Alaina Beverly, Deputy Director of African-American Vote Obama for America, Chicago, Illinois; Cornell Belcher, President, Brilliant Strategies, Inc., Washington, D.C; Corey Ealons, Director of African American Media Obama for America, Chicago, Illinois; Cliff Franklin, President Fuse, Inc. , St. Louis, Missouri; Joshua Dubuois, Director of Religious Affairs Obama for America; Anton Gunn, Community Organizer and Former SC Political Director, Obama For America, Columbia, South Carolina; Michael Strautmanis, Senior Advisor, Obama for America, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Al Sharpton, President, National Action Network, New York, New York

Ethnic Coordinated Caucus: Korbel Ballroom 1E
First American Caucus: Korbel Ballroom 1E&F
Theme: Mobilizing Indian Country: Harnessing Our Potential to Decide Elections
Hispanic Caucus: Korbel Ballroom 2&3

THURSDAY, August 28

FRIDAY, August 29