Warnock says he had no control over the visit and it's unclear if he attended. On November 10, Loeffler posted on Twitter that Warnock "celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church." In 1995, Castro visited the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City where Warnock was the youth pastor at the time. Senator Kelly Loeffler is hammering her Democratic challenger, Reverend Raphael Warnock, for a murky alleged connection to Fidel Castro, the leader of communist Cuba for nearly 50 years.Īt the base of the attack is Warnock's resume. She currently resides in Silver Spring, MD.Attacks in Georgia's two runoff elections, which take place in January and will determine which party controls the U.S. a Fortune 500 company, as well as on boards of several non-profit organizations.Ĭhavez was born in Albuquerque, NM, on June 17, 1947, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Colorado in 1970 and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from George Mason University in 2012. Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.Ĭhavez was also editor of the prize-winning quarterly journal American Educator (1977-1983), published by the American Federation of Teachers, where she also served as assistant to AFT president Al Shanker (1982-1983) and assistant director of legislation (1975-1977).Ĭhavez serves on the Board of Directors of ABM Industries, Inc. In 1992, she was elected by the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission to serve a four-year term as U.S. Chavez was the Republican nominee for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1983-1985) and she was a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (1984-1986). Bush’s nominee for Secretary of Labor until she withdrew her name from consideration.Ĭhavez has held a number of appointed positions, among them Chairman, National Commission on Migrant Education (1988-1992) White House Director of Public Liaison (1985) Staff Director of the U.S. In January 2001, Chavez was President George W. Chavez authored Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation (Basic Books 1991), which the Denver Post described as a book that “should explode the stereotypes about Hispanics that have clouded the minds of patronizing liberals and xenophobic conservatives alike.” National Review described Chavez’s memoir, An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal (Basic Books 2002), as a “brilliant, provocative, and moving book.” In 2000, Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress as a “Living Legend” for her contributions to America’s cultural and historical legacy. Linda Chavez is a senior fellow at the National Immigration Forum. Tickets are selling out fast! Act now to reserve your spot! Do you want Restoring Civic Duty and Civility: A Conversation with Cindy McCain, Heidi Heitkamp, and Anne Applebaum Restoring Civic Duty and Civility: A Conversation with Cindy McCain, Heidi Heitkamp, and Anne Applebaum Use the form below to purchase a ticket to the Private Event with Panelists. Important Update: The creator & director of the show, Scott Frank, will be joining us for a private discussion after our public Zoom event tomorrow afternoon. Martin Luther King, Jr’s former pulpit, is the Velvet Revolution Lessons from The Queen’s Gambit: Chess, Decision-Making, and Politics Lessons from the Queen’s Gambit: Chess, Decision-Making, and Politics We could take particular pride in the fact that the Rev. It was another successful exercise in American democracy. This morning, millions of Americans awoke to the presumptive victories of Jon Ossoff and the Reverend Raphael Warnock in Georgia. Preview – How Do We Restore Accountability in the Executive Branch? Hey, This week, we launched The Renew Democracy Community, an online forum where members of the RDI community can connect with like-minded individuals, learn from one another, and become a part of the conversation about how to reinvigorate our RDI’s Statement Re: the Events of January 6th by Uriel Epshtein and Daniel Miller “What is our task? To make Ukraine a fit country for heroes to live in.” A Ukrainian official said that to me in Kyiv a few weeks ago, playing off of the famous quote from British Prime Minister Putin’s Assassins Exposed: An Evening with Bellingcat Founder Eliot Higgins RDI’s Pro-Democracy Rally You Should Care About Myanmar RDI Executive Director Uriel Epshtein on the organization’s delegation to Ukraine and the future of the nation.
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