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The first day of the Democratic National Convention starts this Monday, July 25, at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia at 4:00 pm Eastern.
The Schedule
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
Monday’s theme: United Together
Gavel time expected at 4:30 pm Eastern
Headlining speakers: first lady Michelle Obama, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, DREAMer Astrid Silva
Tuesday’s theme: “A Lifetime of Fighting for Children and Families”
Gavel time expected at 4:30 pm Eastern
The roll call vote to officially nominate Hillary Clinton begins Tuesday.
Headlining speakers: former President Bill Clinton and Mothers of the Movement, including Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr, Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton, Dontré Hamilton’s mother Maria Hamilton, Jordan Davis’s mother Lucia McBath, Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden, Hadiya Pendleton’s mother Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, and Sandra Bland’s mother Geneva Reed-Veal
Wednesday’s theme: “Working Together”
Gavel time expected at 4:30 pm Eastern
Headlining speakers: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden
Thursday’s theme: “Stronger Together”
Headlining speakers: Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton
Gavel time expected at 4:30 pm Eastern
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Speakers:
The DNC speakers list is full of prominent politicians, social activists, and celebrities. One name not on the list however, is Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC chair who is set to resign following the convention.
Below is a tentative list of speakers:
White House:
President Barack Obama
First lady Michelle Obama
Vice President Joe Biden
Congressional leadership:
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (NV)
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA)
Members of Congress
Sen. Tim Kaine (VA), Hillary Clinton’s VP pick
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Sen. Cory Booker (NJ)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH)
Sen. Bob Casey (PA)
Sen. Al Franken (MN)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Sen. Chris Murphy (CT)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (NY)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY)
Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA)
Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA)
Rep. Bob Brady (PA)
Rep. Joaquín Castro (TX)
Rep. Keith Ellison (MN)
Rep. Joe Kennedy (MA)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA)
Rep. James Clyburn (SC)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY)
Rep. Ben Ray Luján (NM)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC)
Rep. Judy Chu (CA)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (Arizona)
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL)
Rep. Adam Schiff (CA)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)
Rep. Ted Lieu (CA)
Rep. Nita Lowey (NY)
Rep. Gwen Moore (WI)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (Washington, DC)
Mayors
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Chillicothe, Ohio, Mayor Luke Feeney
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
Flint, Michigan, Mayor Karen Weaver
Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Steve Benjamin
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
Tallahassee, Florida, Mayor Andrew Gillum
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney
Governors
Gov. Tom Wolf (PA)
Gov. Jerry Brown (CA)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (NY)
Gov. Mark Dayton (MN)
Gov. John Hickenlooper (CO)
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (VA)
Gov. Dannel Malloy (CT)
Former Gov. Howard Dean (VT)
Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI)
Former Gov. Martin O’Malley (MD)
Democratic politicians, Democratic Party members, former officials
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (AZ)
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (CA)
State Sen. Pat Spearman (NV)
State Rep. Raumesh Akbari (TN)
State Rep. Peggy Flanagan (MN)
Majority Leader State Rep. Crisanta Duran (CO)
Former State Rep. Bakari Sellers (SC)
State party chair Jaime Harrison (SC)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (IA)
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen (NV)
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (KY)
Former Congressman and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey
Former state Sen. Jason Carter (GA)
State Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (IA)
DNC Vice Chair Donna Brazile
Activists, interest groups, motivational speakers
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader
DREAMer Astrid Silva
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Action Fund president
Lee Saunders
, AFSCME president
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president
Randi Weingarten,
American Federation of Teachers president
Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr
Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton
Dontré Hamilton’s mother, Maria Hamilton
Jordan Davis’s mother, Lucia McBath
Michael Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden
Hadiya Pendleton’s mother, Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley
Sandra Bland’s mother, Geneva Reed-Veal
Anastasia Somoza, intellectual and developmental disabilities advocate
Karla & Francisca Ortiz, undocumented immigrants
Kate Burdick, staff attorney at the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia
Anton Moore, founder of a nonprofit focused on educating youth on gun violence
Dustin Parsons, Arkansas elementary school teacher
Joe Sweeney, New York police detective during the 9/11 attacks
Lauren Manning, 9/11 survivor
Ryan Moore, health care reform advocate
Erica Smegielski, daughter of principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School, who died in the shooting
Felicia Sanders & Polly Sheppard, Charleston church shooting survivors
Jamie Dorff, wife of helicopter pilot who died in northern Iraq
Beth Mathias, Ohio supporter
Khizr Khan, father of an American Muslim who died serving in the US Army
Lily Eskelsen García, National Education Association president
Mary Kay Henry, SEIU president
Sean McGarvey, Building Trades president
Ilyse Hogue, NARAL president
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign
Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters president
Sarah McBride, LGBTQ rights activist
Stephanie Schriock, EMILY’s List president
Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress Action Fund president
Celebrities, athletes, entertainers
Katy Perry, musician
Demi Lovato, musician
Lena Dunham, writer, actor, director
Chloe Grace Moretz, actor
Eva Longoria, actor
America Ferrera, actor
Debra Messing, actor
Captain Mark Kelly, astronaut
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player
Jason Collins, basketball player
Tony Goldwyn, actor
Military
Gen. John Allen (ret. USMC)
Rear Adm. John Hutson (Ret. USN)
Clinton’s family, former colleagues
Former President Bill Clinton
Chelsea Clinton, daughter
Jelani Freeman, former Hillary Clinton Senate office intern
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