Evening Without Politics

Event Program and Host Committee

The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in conjunction Members of Congress, is sponsoring
An Evening Without Politics: A Benefit Reception on September 25th during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference. The event will raise awareness about the disproportionate impact of HIV in African American communities nationwide, and Washington, D.C. in particular, as well as support AIDS education initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Guests include Members of Congress, House Committee chairs, senior executives from corporations, recognized high-ranking policy makers in the global health industry and other senior officials from the Obama Administration.

Over 30 Members of Congress are participating in the event’s prestigious
Congress Host Committee

Sen. Harry Reid (NV)

Nancy Pelosi (CA)
Speaker

Rep. James Clyburn (SC)

Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA)

Sen. Arlen Specter (PA)

Sen. Roland W. Burris (IL)

Sen. Richard Durbin (IL)
Sen. John McCain (AZ)

Sen. John Kerry (MA)
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (MD)

Sen. Jim Webb (VA )

Rep. Barbara Lee, Chairwoman

Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chairman	Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Chairman
Rep. Charles B. Rangel, Chairman	Rep. Edolphus Towns, Chairman
Mike Honda, Chairman

Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Rep. G.K. Butterfield	Rep. Andre Carson
Rep. Donna M. Christensen	Rep. Yvette Clarke	Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr.
Rep. Danny K. Davis	Rep. Donna Edwards	Rep. Keith Ellison
Rep. Chaka Fattah	Rep. Marcia L. Fudge	Rep. Alcee L. Hastings
Rep. Jessie Jackson, Jr.	Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson	Rep. Hank Johnson
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee	Rep. John Lewis
Rep. Kendrick B. Meek	Rep. Gregory W. Meeks	Rep. Gwendolynne Moore
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton	Rep. Laura Richardson	Rep. Bobby L. Rush
Rep. José E. Serrano	Rep. Maxine Waters	Rep. Diane E. Watson
Rep. Melvin L. Watt

Honorary C0-Chairs

Elise Scott CBCF	Adrian Fenty, Mayor Washington, D.C.	Sheryl Lee Ralph Actress NMAC Spokesperson	Nancy Wilson Jazz Vocalist
Sidney Ribeau Howard University	Julianne Malveaux Bennett College	Hazel O’Leary Fisk University	Lorenzo Morris Howard University
Charles Ogletree Harvard Law School	Wayne Riley Meharry Medical School	Ruth Simmons Brown University	Phyllis Holly-Ward Success Links, Inc.
Martin Luther King, III Realizing the Dream	Marian Wright Edelman Children’s Defense Fund	Rev. Al Sharpton National Action Network	Julian Bond NAACP
Beny Primm Addiction Research Treatment Ctr.	Colin L. Powell, General U.S. Army (Ret.)	Alexis Herman New Ventures, LLC	Richard D. Parsons Citibank
Jim Brown Former NFL Amer-I-Can	Daniel Snyder Washington Redskins	Diane Cleaver CBC Spouses	Vera Davis CBC Spouses
Una Clarke Una Clarke Associates	Darian “Big Tigger” Morgan Street Corner Foundation	Billy Martin Howrey LLP	Kenneth Robinson Robinson Law Firm
Louis Stokes Squire, Sanders &, Dempsey Fmr. U.S. Congressman	Rev. Floyd H. Flake Wilberforce University Fmr. President	Ronald Dellums, Mayor City of Oakland, CA Fmr. U.S. Congressman	Albert Wynn Dickstein Shapiro, LLP Fmr. U.S. Congressman
Sheila Johnson Co-Founder, Black Entertainment Television	Debra L. Lee CEO, Black Entertainment Television	Carolyn B. Britton Fmr. President, National Medical Association	Cecil Murray Fmr. Pastor, First AME Los Angeles
Kenneth I. Chenault American Express	Gwendolyn Louise Ifill Political Journalist	Phyllis Hull	Roosevelt Dorin Mayor, Englewood, CA

Honorees

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Donna Christensen (D-VI)

Danny Davis (D-IL)

Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
India Clark, Howard University Peer Educator
National Minority AIDS Council Special Awards

Proceeds to benefit NMAC’s capacity building and technical assistance programs for minority community- and faith based organizations in Washington, D.C., and HIV/AIDS education initiatives at
Historically Black Colleges and Universities.