CBC Institute Denver and Minneapolis Convention Activities

2008 Democratic National Convention

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION RESOURCES

OFFICIAL HOST COMMITTEE WEBSITE

MAP OF DENVER

CONVENTION EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: TBA
CONVENTION SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS: TBA

CBC INSTITUTE EVENTS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2008
Red Hot Affair

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008
Issues That Unite Us Town Hall meeting featuring members of the CBC,
other members of Congress and celebrities

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008
All American Celebration

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2008
History In The Making

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2008
Manifest: The American Dream

ABOUT DENVER
Black American West Museum

Stiles African American Heritage Center

Blair Caldwell African American Research Library

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Studios

Five Points Neighborhood

COLORADO POLITICAL TRIVIA
Joe Rogers, Youngest Lieutenenat Governor in Colorado History

Wellington Webb, Former Mayor of Denver

Peter Groff, First Black President of Colorado Senate

For more information contact: convention@cbcinstitute.org

2008 Republican National Convention

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION RESOURCES

OFFICIAL HOST COMMITTEE WEBSITE

MAP OF MINNEAPOLIS

CONVENTION OF EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: TBA
CONVENTION SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS: TBA

CBC INSTITUTE EVENTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
Minneapolis City Tour
Tour Various Points of Social Interest in City

"Making Education a Priority" Town Hall Meeting
When: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, Noon - 2pm
Where: Minneapolis Park Board Headquarters
2117 West River Road, Minneapolis, MN

Emerging Leaders Reception

ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS
First Avenue

The Given Foundation for African American Literature

MINNESOTA POLITICAL TRIVIA
Minneapolis' first Black and first female mayor Sharon Sayles Belton

Keith Ellison, First African American elected to the Congress from Minnesota, as well as the first Muslim American to be elected to the U.S. Congress

For more information contact: convention@cbcinstitute.org