Essence USA – August 2019

Power &

Politics

We came, we saw, and we met with 2020

presidential candidates Mayor of New

York City Bill DeBlasio, Senators

Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Kamala

Harris, and Michael Bennet, Former US

Representative Beto O’Rourke, and

Mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg on

the Power Stage.

Former US Rep. Beto O’Rourke

Mayor of New York City

Bill de Blasio and

Chirlane McCray

Ava DeVurnay

Congresswoman

Ilhan Omar

Tamaron Hall and

Jemele Hill

Reverend

Al Sharpton

CELEBRATIONS | #ESSENCEFEST

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