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PageOneQ 2008 Democratic National Convention Podium Schedule
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 "RENEWING AMERICA'S PROMISE"
Time shown as local--Denver, Colorado MST Hour #1 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (LOCAL)
Call to Order
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia Invocation
Reverend Cynthia Hale
Disciples of Christ - Decatur, Georgia Presentation of Colors
The American GI Forum
Mile High Chapter, Colorado
Congressionally chartered Mexican-American veterans & civil rights organization Pledge of Allegiance
Koby Langley
From Fort Mead, Maryland, he received the Bronze Star for leadership in the US Army
Credited with design & implementation of 1st Foreign Torts Claims Policy Act - Iraq National Anthem
Rocky Mountain Children's Choir
A multicultural, multiracial choir committed to forming community around music Remarks/Video
The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton
Non-voting Member of the US House of Representatives, District of Columbia Remarks
Ted Sorenson
Special Counsel, advisor and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy
Researched and drafted Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage" The Honorable Mike Honda
Member of the US House of Representatives, California Dr. David Gipp
Member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
President - United Tribes Technical College The Honorable Linda Sanchez
Member of the US House of Representatives, California The Honorable Chet Culver
Governor of Iowa The Honorable David Patterson
Governor of New York The Honorable Patrick Leahy
US Senator, Vermont Hour # 2 4:08 PM – 5:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen
Member of the US House of Representatives, Maryland Remarks
Cecile Richards
President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Daughter of the former Governor of Texas, The Honorable Ann Richards Congressional Black Caucus
The Honorable Carolyn Kilpatrick
Member of the US House of Representatives, Michigan
The Honorable Charles Rangel
Member of the US House of Representatives, New York
The Honorable John Conyers
Member of the US House of Representatives, Michigan
The Honorable Bennie Thompson
Member of the US House of Representatives, Mississippi Moment of Silence Video – "In Memoriam" Remarks
The Honorable Dennis Kucinich
Member of the US House of Representatives, Ohio The Honorable John Chiang
State Comptroller, California The Honorable Jim Doyle
Governor of Wisconsin The Honorable Ted Strickland
Governor of Ohio DGA - Remarks
The Honorable Joe Manchin
Governor of West Virginia Hour # 3 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (LOCAL)
US Senate Women
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski
US Senator, Maryland
The Honorable Barbara Boxer
US Senator, California
The Honorable Mary Landrieu
US Senator, Louisiana
The Honorable Blanche Lambert Lincoln
US Senator, Arizona
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
US Senator, Michigan
The Honorable Maria Cantwell
US Senator, Washington State
The Honorable Claire McCaskill
US Senator, Missouri
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar
US Senator, Minnesota Remarks
The Honorable Ed Rendell
Governor of Pennsylvania The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
Member of the US House of Representatives, Wisconsin The Honorable Xavier Becerra
Member of the US House of Representatives, California John Sweeney
President of the AFL-CIO Robin Golden
Autoworker from Michigan scheduled to lose his job Video - First Time Delegates: Renewing America's Promise Remarks
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois Live Performance
Alejandro Escovedo
Vocals & guitar Hour # 4 6:01 PM – 7:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
The Honorable Steny Hoyer
Member of the US House of Representatives, Maryland
Democratic Majority Leader Katherine Marcano
Cedar Rapids, Iowa flood victim Anna Berger
Officer with SEIU & 1st Chair of America's newest labor federation, "Change to Win" Pauline Beck
Homecare worker & member of SEIU from Oakland, California The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona America's Town Hall - Economy
Moderator: The Honorable Jennifer Granholm – Governor of Michigan
Panelists: Aimee Christensen, Jim Rogers, Jim Bauer, Jerome Ringo Remarks
Jim Whitaker
Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska Pamela Cash-Roper
Unemployed nurse and lifelong Republican from North Carolina The Honorable Nydia Velazquez
Member of the US House of Representatives, New York Hour # 5 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas The Honorable Frederico Peña
Former Secretary of Energy and former Mayor of Denver, Colorado Nancy Floyd
Founder of Nth Power – The Honorable Robert Casey, Jr.
US Senator, Pennsylvania Lily Ledbetter
Her actions against Goodyear Tire led to the passage of the Fair Pay Restoration Act Keynote Speech
The Honorable Mark Warner
Governor of Virginia Remarks
Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson
President, Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire
Lifelong Republican The Honorable Deval Patrick
Governor of Massachusetts Hour # 6 8:02 PM – 9:04 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks
Gloria Craven
Laid-off North Carolina textile worker with huge medical bills The Honorable Brian Schweitzer
Governor of Montana Hillary Clinton Segment - Video/Remarks
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
US Senator, New York Benediction
Revs. Jin Ho Kang, Yoougsook Kang
Methodists - Aurora, Colorado Recess
The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
an energy technology investment firm in Portland, Oregon
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Originally published on Tuesday August 26, 2008.



