Barack H. Obama, Senator-Elect, U.S. Senate, Will Address The Economic Club of Chicago.
WHAT: The Economic Club of Chicago presents Barack H. Obama,
Democratic Senator-Elect, U.S. Senate. Obama will speak at the
Club's December dinner meeting, which is closed to members and
their guests.
WHO: On Nov. 2nd, Barack Obama was elected U.S. Senator representing
Illinois, winning 70 percent of the vote. He will be the only
African-American senator when Congress convenes in January and
only the fifth to hold the title of U.S. Senator. From 1997
until the recent election, he represented Illinois' 13th
District on Chicago's South Side as State Senator. He is a
senior lecturer specializing in constitutional law at the
University of Chicago Law School. He graduated from Columbia
University with a degree in political science and a specialty
in international relations. He went on to Harvard Law School,
where he graduated magna cum laude and served as the first
African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
Barack Obama has spent a lifetime fighting effectively to
empower working families and the poor-as community organizer,
civil rights attorney and a leader in the Illinois Senate. He
has brought new ideas and approaches in pursuit of traditional
Democratic ideals to make a real difference for people-from
better schools to affordable health care to criminal justice
reform.
WHEN: Monday, December 6, 2004
5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Camera Crew set-up - International Ballroom
6:45 p.m. Dinner - International Ballroom
7:40 p.m. Program begins - International Ballroom
WHERE: Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 South Michigan Avenue,
International Ballroom
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