Showing posts with label Hakeem Jeffries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hakeem Jeffries. Show all posts

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Pullman Porter Museum Starts Year-long Celebration of its 30 years and the BSCP’s 100th Anniversary

Chicago’s Pullman Porter Museum Kicks off Year-long Celebration with its 30th Anniversary in Conjunction with the 100-year Anniversary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) Union

The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum (NAPRPPM) has launched and will lead a yearlong celebratory campaign with its two annual signature events -- the Museum Founding Anniversary with the A. Philip Randolph “Gentle Warrior Awards” and the 100th Anniversary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) with “Honoring the Brotherhood” event

“As we approach these significant anniversaries, we reflect on the enduring impact of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the ongoing mission of the museum to educate and inspire future generations,” said Museum Founder Dr. Lyn Hughes.

On Saturday, February 22, 2025, the museum will celebrate its 30th Anniversary with the Annual A. Philip Randolph Gentle Warrior Awards, a Black-Tie Gala fundraiser. This event will be held at the Wintrust Grand Banking Hall, located at 231 S. LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois from 5:00 - 10:00 PM (CST). The event’s celebrity hosts from ABC7 News Chicago will be Val Warner and Hosea Sanders. The posh red-carpet affair will also feature a performance by jazz legend Gerald Albright.

“Honoring the Brotherhood” began in August 2005 with honorees Tavis Smiley, Media Personality and Dr. Addie Wyatt, Labor Powerhouse. The event will take place August 25, 2025, within the boundaries of the Pullman National Historical Park District where the museum is located. For the first time ever, the Pullman Museum is inviting its partners, The National Park Service (NPS) and the Historic Pullman Foundation (HPF) to join in a collaboration and celebration of these two significant milestones in African American labor history.

Founded in 1925, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) holds a pivotal place in American labor history established 100 years ago, as the first Black labor union in America to be chartered under the American Federation Labor (AFL). Organized and co-founded by A. Philip Randolph and a group of dedicated porters, the BSCP fought tirelessly for the rights and dignity of its members, who endured harsh working conditions and discrimination. The union's formation marked a significant step towards the advancement of labor, civil rights and equity for African Americans.

“While the job of a porter was viewed by some as menial, their work ethic, perseverance and self-discipline provided what would become the foundation of the Black middle class,” said Hughes.

The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, founded in 1995, stands as the only formally established Black Labor History Museum in the nation that bears their names. The museum has promoted this compelling legacy while providing ongoing inspiration of strong cultural pride to the next generation, not only in Chicago, but nationally.

The awards Gala has three categories -- the A. Philip Randolph Gentle Warrior Award, the Change Agent Award, and inaugural category Descendants of Distinction.

The 2025 Honorees include April Verrett, who was elected the first Black President of SEIU, the 2nd-largest union in America, U.S. Congressman, Hakeem Jeffries (D- NY), Public Relations and Communications Maven Michelle Flowers of Flowers Communications, and posthumously, William Bill Lucy, founding member of CBTU and former President Emeritus of AFSCME.

This year’s Change Agent Awardees include Kevin McLaughlin, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Mid America Carpenters, Bernardo Gomez, Chairman of the City of Chicago’s first-ever Disability Employee Resource Group, and the Black McDonald’s Operators Association (BMOA).

The Descendants of Distinction honorees include Cook County, IL Commissioner Donna Miller and fashion phenom Barbara Bates, who are both proud descendants of members of the BSCP.

“The legacy of the Pullman porters became fertile ground for generations of successful descendants of African American professionals including doctors, lawyers, engineers, businessmen and women, and public servants, and it all started with the influence and leadership of a young New York organizer A. Philip Randolph,” added Hughes.

For more information, visit https://aprpullmanportermuseum.org.

Tuesday, December 03, 2024

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls for Biden to give more pardons

Washington, DC – Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

Throughout his life, President Joe Biden has fought to improve the plight of hardworking Americans struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. Many of these people have been aggressively prosecuted and harshly sentenced for nonviolent offenses, often without the benefit of adequate legal representation. Countless lives, families and communities have been adversely impacted, particularly in parts of Appalachia, Urban America and the Heartland.

During his final weeks in office, President Biden should exercise the high level of compassion he has consistently demonstrated throughout his life, including toward his son, and pardon on a case-by-case basis the working-class Americans in the federal prison system whose lives have been ruined by unjustly aggressive prosecutions for nonviolent offenses. This moment calls for liberty and justice for all.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

House Democrats re-elect Hakeem Jeffries as House minority leader

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday was re-elected by House Democrats to lead the minority party amid a Republican sweep in both Senate and House chambers along with the White House.

Jeffries, D-N.Y. will serve as minority leader in the 119th Congress to start in January.

Leader Jeffries posted the following on social media:

Sunday, July 21, 2024

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries statement on Biden dropping out of presidential race

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race.

Saturday, July 13, 2024

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries statement on Donald Trump being shot at political rally

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued the following statement after Donald Trump was shot at a political rally in Pennsylvania:

Thursday, May 30, 2024

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries statement on Trump Guilty Verdict

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement on social media about former president and now convicted felon Donald Trump's guilty verdict

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

House Minority Leader Hakkem Jeffries Statement On Motion to Vacate the Chair

House Minorty House Leader Hakeem Jeffries realesed the following statment after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed from his position of speaker of the House.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries statement on impeachment inquiry into President Biden

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) posted the following on Twitter (now X) in response to the announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Biden Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries speech at the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

Watch House minority leader, REp. Hakeem Jeffries speech at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

Saturday, April 01, 2023

Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries letter to Republican leadership to hold vote on gun legislation

House democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote the following letter to the Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy urging him to hold a vote on “common sense gun safety legislation” following this week’s deadly shooting at a Christian school in Nashville.

Sunday, August 08, 2021

Representatives Hakeem Jeffries statement on Gov. Coumo sexual harassment report

Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Thomas Suozzi (NY-03) and Gregory Meeks (NY-05) issued the following joint statement after a report by State Attorney General, Letitia James found that the harassment claimed by a number of the Governor Coumo's accusers is in violation of state and federal law:

“The office of Attorney General Tish James conducted a complete, thorough and professional investigation of the disturbing allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo. The investigation has found that the Governor engaged in abusive behavior toward women, including subordinates, created a hostile work environment and violated state and federal law. We commend the brave women who came forward and spoke truth to power. The time has come for Governor Andrew Cuomo to do the right thing for the people of New York State and resign.”

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries re-elected as Democratic Caucus Chairman

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY 8th District) was re-elected Wednesday to his role as the Democratic caucus chairman in the 117th Congress. The Democratic caucus chairman is the the fifth ranking member of leadership.

The House Democratic Caucus Chairman presides over caucus meetings, which are composed of all members of the Democratic party. The chair is elected by the caucus, and is limited to two consecutive full terms.

The House Democratic Caucus serves as the organizational forum to elect party leaders at the outset of each new Congress. The caucus meets on a weekly basis to discuss party policy, pending legislative issues, and other matters of mutual concern.

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on impeachment: No one is above the law




Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY 8th District) who is the Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus spoke before the House voted on a impeachment inquiry resolution. Jeffries let it be known that no one including the President of the United States is above the law.

Watch his speech below:



Monday, January 21, 2019

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Calls Trump ‘The Grand Wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue’

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the National Action Network Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D- NY) blasted President Donald Trump, going as far at to call Trump the "Grand Wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue". Watch his comments below.