2018 KAPPAS ON CAPITOL HILL DELEGATES
programs and oversight responsibilities of congressional committees. In summary, the James "Biff" Carter Leg- islative Conference was about empowering attendees to understand the nexus between federal action and the need for advocacy to preserve, change course or explain the effects of the proposed changes to members of Congress and legislative aides to ensure that their views would be considered in upcoming policy discussions. Dorian L. Spence, Director of Special Litigation and Advocacy for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, opened the plenary discussion on voting along with Grand Board Member Ronald V. Julun and Wade Henderson. Other presenters included Nigel Stephens, Major Gen- eral Hawthorne Proctor (Ret.), Andre Douglas, Maquel Marshall, Dr. Chris Johnson, and Dr. Marvin Carr along with a host of other well-qualified subject matter
experts. Brothers were provided talking points and ad- ditional information regarding the various topics. More than 100 Brothers convened on Capitol Hill to meet with Members of Congress and their staff on Tuesday, March 6 th to advocate for the issues discussed the day before. Members of Congress who are Kappas and participated were: • The Honorable Alcee L. Hastings House (D-FL, 20 th ) 1993–Current (Alpha Delta 1954) • The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. House (D- GA, 2 nd ) 1993–Current (Pi 1966) • The Honorable William Lacy Clay, Jr. House (D- MO, 1 st ) 2001–Current (St. Louis (MO) Alumni 2003) • The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson House (D- MS, 2 nd ) 2011–Current (Gamma Rho 1969) • The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries House (D-NY, 8 th )
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