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July 25, 2016 6:46 AM   Subscribe

The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, starts today.

On the schedule, day one:

AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) Caucus. "The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) is comprised of Members of Congress of Asian and Pacific Islander descent and members who have a strong dedication to promoting the well-being of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Currently chaired by Congresswoman Judy Chu, CAPAC has been addressing the needs of the AAPI community in all areas of American life since it was founded in 1994. CAPAC is non-partisan and bi-cameral."

Native American Council Caucus. "NCAI was established in 1944 in response to the termination and assimilation policies the US government forced upon tribal governments in contradiction of their treaty rights and status as sovereign nations. To this day, protecting these inherent and legal rights remains the primary focus of NCAI."

Black Caucus. "Since its establishment in 1971, Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) have joined together to empower America’s neglected citizens and address their legislative concerns."

Hispanic Caucus. "The CHC aims to address national and international issues and the impact these policies have on the Hispanic community. The function of the Caucus is to serve as a forum for the Hispanic Members of Congress to coalesce around a collective legislative agenda. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands."

Ethnic Council. "The NDECC reaches across all ethnic, racial, national origin, and religious identifications to the common heritage that America’s diverse constituencies share as immigrants to a pluralistic nation, committed to democracy, human rights, peace, opportunity, fairness, and freedom."

Disability Council. "NCD is an independent federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities."

Small Business Owners Council.

Veterans and Military Families Council.

Labor Council.

After the 'gavel in' at 4:00 pm Eastern/Standard Time (US), speakers will be:

Pam Livengood. Pam and her husband Jon acquired legal guardianship of their grandson because of his parents' addictions to drugs.

Karla and Francisca Ortiz
. "Karla is an American citizen but her parents, including mother Francisca, are undocumented and live in fear of deportation. Karla met Hillary Clinton in Nevada and was featured in the ad, 'Brave.' "

Anastasia Somoza. "Anastasia was born and raised in New York City, is fluent in both English and Spanish, and has been a disability rights advocate and human rights defender since the age of nine."

Astrid Silva. "They said no when I wanted to be a cheerleader. They said no when I wanted to attend a magnet school. They kept saying no. In my teen angsty way, I was annoyed. I thought they were being unfair," Silva wrote about her parents in a 2014 opinion piece in USA Today. "As I grew up, I started to understand that they weren't being unfair, they were afraid. They were afraid they'd have to show papers and people would discover we were undocumented."

Senator Bernie Sanders.

First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but we're waiting on this until closer to show time, to avoid 1000 comments before anything is actually happening with the event -- taz



 

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