Vice President Kamala Harris is set to deliver the keynote address at the National Action Network’s annual convention today in Midtown.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Vice President Kamala Harris is set to deliver the keynote address at the National Action Network’s annual convention on Friday in Midtown.
Ten members of the Biden-Harris administration are set to speak over the course of the four-day convention, including U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Alejandro N. Mayorkas, who heads the Department of Homeland Security.Speaking at the convention on Wednesday, Susan Rice, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, said, “In the last 20 years, the U.S.
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