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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- August 19, 2024
- Program Schedule:
- Democratic National Convention Night One “For the People”
- CHICAGO – Tonight’s program schedule is listed below. All times shown as local – CST.
- 5:15 PM
- Call to Order
- Minyon Moore
- Chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee
- The Honorable Jaime Harrison
- Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- Invocation
- Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich
- Archdiocese of Chicago
- Land Acknowledgment
- Zach Pahmahmie
- Tribal Council Vice-Chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
- Lorrie Melchior
- Tribal Council Secretary of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
- Presentation of Colors
- Illinois State Police Honor Guard
- Pledge of Allegiance
- William Harrison, Age 9
- Charles Harrison, Age 5
- National Anthem
- Soul Children of Chicago
- Remarks and Video Introduction
- The Honorable Brandon Johnson
- Mayor of Chicago, Illinois
- Presentation of the Convention Agenda
- The Honorable Jaime Harrison
- Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- Joined by Vice Chairs The Honorable Keisha Lance Bottoms, Ken Martin, and Henry R. Muñoz III, Treasurer Virginia McGregor, and Finance Chair Chris Korge.
- Credentials Committee Report
- The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge
- Committee Co-Chair
- James Roosevelt, Jr.
- Committee Co-Chair
- Rules Committee Report
- Bishop Leah D. Daughtry
- Committee Co-Chair
- Platform Committee Report
- The Honorable Mitch Landrieu
- Committee Co-Chair
- The Honorable Regina Romero
- Committee Co-Chair
- Confirmatory and Ceremonial Vote for the Vice Presidential Nominee
- Minyon Moore
- Chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee
- 6:00 PM
- Co-chaired by The Honorable Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
- Welcome Remarks
- The Honorable Peggy Flanagan
- Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
- Welcome Remarks
- The Honorable Jaime Harrison
- Chair of the Democratic National Committee
- Remarks
- The Honorable Maxine Waters
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California
- Joint Remarks
- Derrick Johnson
- President & CEO of the NAACP
- Melanie L. Campbell
- President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
- Honoring
- Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
- Civil rights leader
- Accompanied by The Honorable Jonathan Jackson and Yusef D. Jackson
- Remarks
- The Honorable Lauren Underwood
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois
- Video
- Rich Logis
- Former Donald Trump voter
- Remarks
- The Honorable Robert Garcia
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California
- Remarks
- Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya
- Health care advocates and founders of I Am ALS
- Remarks
- The Honorable Dick Durbin
- United States Senator, Illinois
- Remarks from Arizona
- Dutch Martinez and Ryan Ahern
- The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA)
- Remarks
- The Honorable Joyce Beatty
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio
- Joint Remarks
- Lee Saunders, President of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- April Verrett, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Brent Booker, General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA)
- Kenneth W. Cooper, International President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
- Claude Cummings Jr., President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA)
- Elizabeth H. Shuler, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
- Remarks
- The Honorable Karen Bass
- Mayor of Los Angeles, California
- Performance
- Mickey Guyton
- American musical artist
- Joint Remarks on “Investing in the Future”
- The Honorable Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California
- The Honorable Austin A. Davis, Lieutenant Governor of Texas
- The Honorable Sara Rodriguez, MSN, MPH, RN, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- The Honorable Lina Hidalgo, County Judge of Harris County, Texas
- 7:00 PM
- Remarks: “Project 2025—Chapter One: Introduction”
- The Honorable Mallory McMorrow
- Michigan State Senator
- Remarks
- The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida
- Remarks
- The Honorable Laphonza Butler
- United States Senator, California
- Remarks
- Linda Haskins
- Senior from New Hampshire
- Remarks
- Lieutenant Jeremy Warmkessel
- President of Local 302 IAFF Allentown Firefighters, Pennsylvania
- Remarks
- Maria-Isabel Ballivian
- Executive Director of the Annandale Christian Community for Action Childhood Development Center, Virginia
- Remarks
- Deja Foxx
- Reproductive rights activist and content creator
- Performance
- Jason Isbell
- American singer and songwriter
- Remarks
- The Honorable Gina M. Raimondo
- Remarks
- The Honorable Kathy Hochul
- Governor of New York
- Remarks
- Rochelle Adjei-Abasa
- Regional Organizing Director for Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- 8:00 PM
- Hosted by Tony Goldwyn, American actor and singer
- Remarks
- Steve Kerr
- Team USA Men’s Basketball coach and Golden State Warriors coach
- Remarks
- Shawn Fain
- President of the United Automobile Workers
- Remarks
- The Honorable Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York
- Remarks
- Stacey Johnson-Batiste and Doris Johnson
- Childhood friends of Kamala Harris
- Remarks
- The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Former United States Secretary of State
- Remarks
- The Honorable James E. Clyburn
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina
- Remarks
- The Honorable Jamie Raskin
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland
- Remarks
- The Honorable Jasmine Crockett
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas
- Remarks
- The Honorable Grace Meng
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York
- 9:00 PM
- Joint Remarks
- Amanda and Josh Zurawski, Texas
- Kaitlyn Joshua, Louisiana
- Hadley Duvall, Kentucky
- Remarks
- The Honorable Andy Beshear
- Governor of Kentucky
- Remarks
- The Honorable Reverend Raphael G. Warnock
- United States Senator, Georgia
- Remarks
- The Honorable Chris Coons
- United States Senator, Delaware
- Remarks
- Dr. Jill Biden
- First Lady of the United States
- Performance
- James Taylor
- American singer and songwriter
- Introduction
- Ashley Biden
- Remarks
- The Honorable Joe Biden
- President of the United States
- Benediction
- Rabbi Michael S. Beals
- Temple Beth El of Newark, Delaware
- Pastor Cindy Rudolph
- African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oak Grove, Delaware
- Gavel Out
- The Honorable Peggy Flanagan
- Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
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