{"id":46250,"date":"2016-06-21T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/democratic-national-convention-committee-to-convene-midwest-democratic-platform-meeting\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:46:21","slug":"el-comite-de-la-convencion-nacional-democrata-convoca-foros-en-el-medio-oeste-sobre-la-plataforma-democrata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-comite-de-la-convencion-nacional-democrata-convoca-foros-en-el-medio-oeste-sobre-la-plataforma-democrata\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic National Convention Committee to Convene Midwest Democratic Platform Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PHILADELPHIA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 21, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<u>On <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, June 24th<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, June 25th<\/span> at the St. Louis Grand Hotel in <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis, Missouri<\/span>,<\/u>\u00a0the 2016 Democratic Platform Drafting Committee will hold its final meeting, and members will review and discuss a preliminary draft of the Democratic National Platform. The <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis<\/span> meeting marks the third in a series of four regional events designed to engage every voice in the Party. Platform Drafting Chair Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Elijah Cummings<\/span> (D-MD) and DNCC CEO Rev. <span class=\"xn-person\">Leah D. Daughtry<\/span> will deliver opening remarks at the meeting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd9d2left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd9d2left\" title=\"2016 Democratic National Convention Committee logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"2016 Democratic National Convention Committee logo\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20160420\/357779LOGO\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Members of the public interested in attending the events can RSVP online at <a href=\"http:\/\/go.demconvention.com\/page\/s\/midwest-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/go.demconvention.com\/page\/s\/midwest-forum<\/a>; seating will be available on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the media interested in attending must RSVP by emailing <a href=\"mailto:jtorres@demconvention.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">jtorres@demconvention.com<\/a> by <span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, June 23, 2016<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">5:00 PM ET<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>WHAT:\u00a0<\/b>Democratic National Platform Forum<\/p>\n<p><b>WHEN: <\/b><u><span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, June 24, 2016<\/span><\/u>\u00a0<br \/><span class=\"xn-chron\">9:00 a.m. CT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><u><span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, June 25, 2016<\/span><\/u>\u00a0<br \/>8:30 a.m. CT\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>WHERE:\u00a0<\/b>St. Louis Grand Hotel<br \/>800 Washington Avenue, <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis, MO<\/span> 63101<br \/>Meeting to be held in the Crystal Ballroom\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All Platform forums and meetings will be live streamed at <a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3a%2f%2fgo.demconvention.com%2fpage%2fm%2f-12e63675%2f33dfbdcb%2f6a59906f%2f699b50f5%2f793787327%2fVEsA%2f&amp;data=01%7c01%7cjtorres%40demconvention.com%7c4b2145a71be84758514908d399fb052d%7c0457a3b8b0764f33a32f6129315d909d%7c0&amp;sdata=veLo25v1jw5XLQ9rpx%2bNcwg%2fZjYXYxqs97IvwKvz8XA%3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.demconvention.com\/platform<\/a>\u00a0and open to press. Members of the media interested in attending must RSVP by emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jtorres@demconvention.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">jtorres@demconvention.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i><u>About the Democratic National Convention<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The 2016 Democratic Convention will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in <span class=\"xn-location\">Philadelphia<\/span> <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 25-28<\/span>, 2016.\u00a0\u00a0 Working in partnership with the Philadelphia Host Committee, the <span class=\"xn-location\">City of Philadelphia<\/span> and the Commonwealth of <span class=\"xn-location\">Pennsylvania<\/span>, our goal is to make this the most engaging, innovative and forward looking Convention in history.\u00a0 The 2016 Democratic National Convention will leverage technology to take the Convention experience well beyond the hall in an effort to engage more Americans than ever before in the event.\u00a0 With the birthplace of American Democracy as a backdrop, the 2016 convention in <span class=\"xn-location\">Philadelphia<\/span> will highlight our shared Democratic values and help put the Democratic nominee on a path to victory.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Democratic Convention is the formal nominating event for the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President.\u00a0 At the Convention, the Democratic Party also adopts the official Democratic Party platform as well as the rules and procedures governing party activities including the nomination process for presidential candidates in the next election cycle.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The CEO for the 2016 Democratic National Convention is Reverend <span class=\"xn-person\">Leah D. Daughtry<\/span>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The DNCC will hold platform events in the following locations: Mid-Atlantic \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, DC<\/span> on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 8<\/span> and 9 (forum with testimony); Southwest \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Phoenix, Arizona<\/span> on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17<\/span> and 18 (forum with testimony); Midwest \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis, Missouri<\/span> on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 24<\/span> and 25 (drafting committee meeting); Southeast \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Orlando, Florida<\/span> on <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 8<\/span> and 9 (platform committee meeting). Members of the public will be admitted to platform events on a first come, first served basis.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The official website of the 2016 Democratic National Convention is\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3a%2f%2fgo.demconvention.com%2fpage%2fm%2f-12e63675%2f33dfbdcb%2f6a59906f%2f699b50f7%2f793787327%2fVEsB%2f&amp;data=01%7c01%7cjtorres%40demconvention.com%7c4b2145a71be84758514908d399fb052d%7c0457a3b8b0764f33a32f6129315d909d%7c0&amp;sdata=ekX2Pw%2fUglNgPDx1h6oL1V39I%2bUZ%2foT0wZfrGYcrJSI%3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>www.demconvention.com<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA INTERESTED IN ATTENDING MUST RSVP\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"mailto:jtorres@demconvention.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>HERE<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: <span class=\"xn-person\">Jess Torres<\/span>, Assistant Press Secretary, 215-964-3616, <a href=\"mailto:jtorres@demconvention.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">jtorres@demconvention.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160420\/357779LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160420\/357779LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PHILADELPHIA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 21, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<u>On <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, June 24th<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Saturday, June 25th<\/span> at the St. Louis Grand Hotel in <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis, Missouri<\/span>,<\/u>\u00a0the 2016 Democratic Platform Drafting Committee will hold its final meeting, and members will review and discuss a preliminary draft of the Democratic National Platform. The <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis<\/span> meeting marks the third in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}