President Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden and former President Clinton are several of the high-profile Democrats given prime speaking slots at the Democratic National Convention later this month in Philadelphia.
Convention organizers released Friday a partial list of DNC speakers, along with planned themes for each night of the convention, which runs from July 25-28.
Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden are scheduled to speak on Wednesday, when the theme will be “Working Together.”
Mr. Clinton, meanwhile, will speak Tuesday, when the focus will be on likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s work for children and families.
Tuesday’s lineup will also feature the mothers of black men who have died at the hands of police in recent years, as well as mothers of victims of gun violence. Listed participants include Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, who was killed in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014, and Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, the mother of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl who was killed in Chicago in January 2013.
Monday’s lineup, with a theme of “United Together,” will include First Lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Bernard Sanders, who was Mrs. Clinton’s chief rival during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary contest.
Monday’s lineup also features Astrid Silva, a prominent activist who came to the United States illegally as a child and benefited from one of Mr. Obama’s deportation amnesties for such young illegal immigrants, known as Dreamers.
Thursday’s lineup, with a theme of “Stronger Together,” will feature Mrs. Clinton, as well as her daughter Chelsea.
Democrats will hold their convention the week after the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, which runs from July 18-21.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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