DNC Schedule

By Steven Jones
Web Content Coordinator
Published: August 25, 2008

Call to Order The Honorable Howard Dean
Chair, Democratic National Committee
Former Governor of Vermont

Invocation
The Honorable Polly Baca Greeley, Colorado Former Colorado State Senator
President & CEO Latin American Research & Service Agency

Presentation of Colors Navajo Code Talkers Association
Keith Little, Frank Willeto, Bill Toledo, Jimmy Begay
Pledge of Allegiance Angela Morgan Alexandria, Virginia
Served 9 years in the Marines and now runs a leadership development small
business
 
National Anthem Colorado Children’s Chorale
Group over 30-years old Tad Koriath (piano) Local children (7-14) performing
throughout US & the world (China, Asia, Europe, etc.)
 
Welcome
Reverend Leah D. Daughtry
Convention CEO & Chief of Staff, Democratic National Committee
 
Video - “Welcome to the West”  
Introduction of and Report by the Credentials Committee The Honorable Howard
Dean Chair, Democratic National Committee Eliseo Roques-Arroyo Co-Chair
Credentials Committee Former Executive Director, Democratic Party of Puerto
Rico James Roosevelt, Jr.
 
Co-Chair Credentials Committee
Pres. & CEO Tuffs Health Plan (HMO) and grandson of FDR The Honorable Alexis
Herman Co Chair Credentials Committee Former US Secretary of Labor
 
Introduction of and Report by the Rules Committee
The Honorable Howard Dean
Chair, Democratic National Committee Sunita Leeds Co-Chair Rules Committee
Chair of the DNC Indo-American Leadership Council The Honorable Mary Rose Oakar
Co-Chair Rules Committee Former Member of the US Congress, Ohio, President of
the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee The Honorable David Walters
Co-Chair Rules Committee Former Governor of Oklahoma President of Walters Power
International
 
Video - Changing the Course of Our Nation
Featuring Ashley Baia -Native of
Pennsylvania and an Obama field organizer mentioned in Obama’s Philadelphia
speech.  Know as the “sandwich girl” who, at age 9, convinced her mother she
liked mustard & relish sandwiches to save money while her mother was fighting
cancer.  She is now twenty-three.
 
Introduction of Convention Co-Chairs
The Honorable Howard Dean
Chair, Democratic National Committee
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
The Honorable Leticia Van de Putte
State Senator, Texas District 26
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas
 
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Member of the US House of
Representatives, California Permanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic National
Convention
 
Turning Over the Gavel
The Honorable Howard Dean, temporary Chair of the Convention turns over the
gavel to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Permanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic
Convention.
 
Remarks
The Honorable Doris Matsui, Parliamentarian Member of the US House of
Representatives, California
Andrew Tobias, Treasurer
Democratic Party Treasurer
Remarks by the Secretary and the Electronic Roll Call of Attendance Alice
Travis Germond - West Virginia Secretary, Democratic Party Member of the
Democratic National Committee
 
Remarks
Presentation of Platform
The Honorable Patricia Madrid
Co-Chair Platform Committee
Attorney General of New Mexico
Judith McHale
Co-Chair Platform Committee
Business Executive (former President, Discovery Communications; Board of
DigitalGlobal)
Remarks
The Honorable John Hickenlooper
Mayor of Denver, Colorado
congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Honorable Joe Baca
Member of the US House of Representatives, California
The Honorable Grace Napolitano
Member of the US House of Representatives, California
The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
Member of the US House of Representatives, Texas

Remarks
Nancy Keenan
President, NARAL - Pro-Choice America
The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.
State Senator, Illinois
Amanda Kubik
Young Delegate North Dakota
Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson,
Pres. Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord lifetime Republican
Reg Weaver
President, National Education Association
The Honorable Manuel Diaz
Mayor of Miami, Florida

Video - Changing the Course of Our Nation
Featuring Gabrielle Grossman New
Hampshire Obama Supporter “U2 mamma for Obama”

Remarks
The Honorable Lisa Madigan
Attorney General, Illinois
The Honorable Dan Hynes
Comptroller, Illinois
The Honorable Alexi Giannoulis
State Treasurer, Illinois
Randi Weingarten
American Federation of Teachers
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar
US Senator, Minnesota

Musical Performance
John Legend (vocals & piano) and accompanied by:
Agape Choir - International Spiritual Center, Culver City, CA
Trans-denominational Spiritual Community founded by Dr. Michael Bernard
Beckwith

Video/Remarks
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Permanent Chair, Democratic National
Convention

Video - First Time Delegates: Renewing America’s Promise

America’s Town Hall Economy
Moderator: Senator Sherrod Brown - Ohio,
Panelists: Ned Helms, Lisa Olivares, Dr. Laura Tyson, Jon Schnur

Remarks
Margie Perez
New Orleans jazz singer & song writer from Musicians Village

President Jimmy Carter Segment
Jimmy Carter/New Orleans Video
Acknowledgment of President Carter

Remarks
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Half-sister of Barack Obama
High School teacher - Hawaii