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Nov 4, 2018
Soul to the Polls Update
November 4, 2018
- Noon staff arrives at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center 6161 NW 22nd AVE
o Setup begins
o DJ Setup to begin at 1pm - 12:45 PM sound check
- 1:00 PM Music begins
- 1:15 PM Pre-Rally
- 1:25 PM Rally Begins
o Rev. Carl Johnson, 93rd Street Community Baptist Church Opening Prayer - 1:27 PM Master of Ceremony-Fedrick Ingram, Florida Education Association
o 1:30 PM Dr. Dorthy Bendgross-Mininghall, 2nd District School Board member
o 1:35 PM Karla Hernandez Matz, UTD President
o 1:40 PM Miami President Flora Jackson Holmes, Delta Sigma Theta
o 1:45 PM J. David Cox, National President AFGE (Give the Charge to March) - 2:00 PM March Begins to Caleb Auditorium—5400 N.W 22nd Ave.
o Melanie Campbell, NCBCP Karla Hernandez Mats, UTD, Randi Weingarten, AFT, J. David Cox, AFGE will be Marshall of the Souls to the Polls event (John Ragin Head Marshall) - 2:10 PM Souls to the Polls walk begins
- 2:33 PM Arrival to Caleb Auditorium Center--5400 N.W 22nd Ave.
- 2:35 PM 93rd Street Male Chorus
- 2:35 PM all Dignitaries to be usher inside for event
- 2:43 PM to Reconvene Master of Ceremony-Fredrick Ingram, President Teachers Association
- 2:48 PM Congresswoman Frederica Wilson
- 3:00 PM Commissioner Audrey M Edmondson, Miami-Dade County (Member of DELTA SIGMA THETA)
- 3:03 PM Ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Performances
- 3:07 PM Mayor Francis Suarez, City of Miami
- 3:11 PM Jeffery Mitchell, AFL-CIO President
- 3:15 PM Melanie Campbell, NCBCP
- 3:20 PM State Rep. James Bush, District 109
- 3:23 PM Hakuna Matata, Spoken Word Performance
- 3:25 PM Randi Weingarten, International AFT President
- 3:35 PM Commissioner Keon Hardeman, District 5 City of Miami
- 3:40 PM Rev. Robert Jackson, St. Paul AME Charge to VOTE
- 4:00 PM Benediction
