Tuesday Democratic Convention Schedule
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PODIUM SCHEDULE– TUESDAY, JULY 27TH
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
4:00 pm Call to Order
The Honorable Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
Permanent Chair,Democratic National Convention
Invocation
The Reverend Ernest"Gunny" Branch
Sermon on the Mount, Baptist Church, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Presentation of Colors
Pledge of Allegiance
Steve Daniels
Carl Junction, Missouri
National Anthem
Jim Garrity
President, Local Firefighters Union1691
Boston, Massachusetts
Platform Approval
Representative Robert Matsui
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, California
Lois Murphy
Candidate for the U.S. Houseof Representatives, Pennsylvania
The Honorable Allyson Schwartz
Pennsylvania State Senate
Candidate for the U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Pennsylvania
Jim Stork
Candidate for the U.S. Houseof Representatives, Florida
Patty Wetterling
Candidate for the U.S.House of Representatives, Minnesota
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm continued
ElizabethCavendish
Interim President, NARALPro-Choice America
The HonorableJohn Tanner
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Tennessee
The Honorable Linda Sanchez
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, California
The Honorable Nita Lowey
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, New York
The Honorable Diana DeGette
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Colorado
The Honorable Earl Blumenauer
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Oregon
The Honorable Jon Corzine
United States Senate, New Jersey
The Honorable Nancy Farmer
Treasurer of Missouri
Candidate for the United States Senate, Missouri
In Memoriam
The Honorable Tom Carper
United States Senate, Delaware
The Honorable Adam Smith
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Washington
The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Illinois
Deb Callahan
President, League of CbnservationVoters
David Passafaro
President, Boston 2004 HostCommittee
The HonorableDouglas Palmer
Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm continued
James Hoffa
President, InternationalBrotherhood of Teamsters
The Honorable Joe ManchinIII
Secretary of State, West Virginia
Candidate forGovernor, West Virginia
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas
Denise Stokes
AIDS Educational Consultant
Ellenwood, Georgia
The Honorable Donald Plusquellic
Mayor of Akron, Ohio
The Honorable John Baldacci
Governor of Maine
The Honorable Diane Denish
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
The Honorable Jeff Bingaman
United States Senator, New Mexico
Performance by Peter, Paul andMary
Reg Weaver
President, National EducationAssociation
The Honorable John Dingell
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Michigan
The Honorable Kwame Kilpatrick
Mayorof Detroit, Michigan
PODIUM SCHEDULE–TUESDAY, JULY 27TH
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
7:00 pm Gavel In by "Gavel In"Contest Winners
Kristen Turner, age 13, Boston, Massachusetts
Steven Ruperto, age 18, Moon, Pennsylvania
Kids for Kerry
Representativesfrom Kids for Kerry, Boston chapter
Nubia SmithWhitaker, age 12, will speak on their behalf
Benjamin McKenzie
Actor, "The O.C."
City Youth Dance Ensemble
Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer
Ossie Davis andRuby Dee
Actors
The Honorable BennieThompson
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Mississippi
Dr. Maya Angelou
Poet and Activist
MississippiFreedom Democratic Party Members
Freedom Singers: "This Little Light of Mine"
The Honorable Mike Honda
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, California
The Reverend Dr. James Forbes
Senior Minister, Riverside Church, New York, New York
Gavel to Order
The Honorable JeanneShaheen
Former Governor of New Hampshire
NationalAnthem via satellite from theTohono O'odham Nation, Arizona
MichaelEnis and Alicia Chiles
The anthem will besung in the traditional Tohono O'odham language
The Honorable EdwardKennedy
United States Senator, Massachusetts
Honorary Chair,Democratic National Committee
Satellite feed from Chicago, Illinois
The Honorable Richard Gephardt
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Missouri
The Honorable Tom Daschle
United States Senate, South Dakota
Democratic Leader
Satellite feed from Des Moines, Iowa
The Honorable CarolMosley-Braun
Former United States Senator, Illinois
PODIUM SCHEDULE– TUESDAY, JULY 27TH
9:00 pm to 11:00 pm
9:00 pm The Honorable Howard Dean
Former Governor of Vermont
Satellite from the Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona
Christie Vilsack
First Lady of Iowa
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona
The Honorable Richard Durbin
United States Senator, Illinois
Keynote Speaker
Barack Obama
Candidate for the United States Senate, Illinois
Satellite feed from Chicago, Illinois
The Honorable Jim Langevin
U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Rhode Island
Ron Reagan
Kids for Kerry Founder Ilana Wexler
Age 12
Oakland, California
Performance by Children'sVoices of Greater Boston
Chris Heinz
Teresa Heinz Kerry
Finale
Benediction
Imam Yahya Hendi
Muslim Chaplin, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Adjournment
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