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We have an EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT to share with you!
Our Keynote Speaker for the 6th Annual Obama Gala is…….
Congressman Bennie G – Thompson!
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Chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.
Mississippi – District 2
Congressman Thompson served as the Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The nation watched him lead with dignity and clarity as he respectfully and forcefully laid out the facts for the nation.
Do not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to meet Congressman Thompson and hear what he has to say!
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Congressman Thompson has served Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District since 1993, making him one of the longest serving members and has been the only Democrat in Mississippi’s delegation since 2011.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Educational Administration. He has been a teacher, an alderman at his church, Mayor of Bolton, and Hinds County Board of Supervisors official with deep ties to local government and his community.
Born in a state with a unique history of racial inequality, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson draws inspiration from the legacies of Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Aaron Henry, and Henry Kirksey. Over his career you will see a deep and abiding pattern or organizing for racial justice and to improve the lives of all.
Congressman Thompson has:
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organized
voter
registration
drives
for
African
Americans
throughout
the
Mississippi
Delta
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sued
for
increased
funding
for
Mississippi’s
historically
black
universities
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passed
legislation
to
create
the
National
Center
for
Minority
Health
Care
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served
on
the
Agriculture,
Budget,
and
Small
Business
Committees
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chaired
the
top
Democratic
position
on
Homeland
Security
in
2005
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been
an
outspoken
advocate
for
victims
of
Hurricane
Katrina
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served
as
the
first
ever
Democratic
Chairman
of
the
Homeland
Security
Committee.
Most recently the nation saw the fortitude and leadership of Congressman Bennie Thompson on display when on July 1, 2021, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi named Rep. Thompson Chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
Under Chairman Thompson’s leadership, the bipartisan committee has conducted a thorough investigation of the facts, circumstances, and causes of the January 6th attack and worked to ensure nothing like that attack ever occurs again. At the Chairman’s direction, the Select Committee has begun presenting its findings about a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 election, reflecting the body of evidence the committee has built through more than 1,000 interviews and the hundreds of thousands of records the committee has obtained.
Chairman Thompson continues to guide the Select Committee’s investigative and reporting work. He has been married to his college sweetheart, London Johnson of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, for 42 years.
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