2020 Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum

 
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Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines, IA.

8 CANDIDATES: Bennet, Biden, Buttigieg, Delaney, Klobuchar, Sanders, Warren, Yang.

Background:  The first Brown & Black Presidential Forum took place in Jan. 1984, making this the "oldest minority-oriented forum for Presidential candidates and the fourth oldest, established forum for the Presidential candidates in the nation."   More: brownandblackforum.org/
   



THE 2020 IOWA BROWN & BLACK DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL FORUM PRESENTED BY VICE NEWS

Forum to be live-streamed on VICE.com and Facebook,
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday, January 20, 2020 at 1:00pm CT
At the Iowa Events Center, Des Moines, Iowa

**NEW START TIME**
The Forum will begin at 1:00pm CT
1:00pm – 1:20pm Colorado Senator Michael Bennet
1:25pm – 1:45pm South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg
1:50pm – 2:10pm Businessman Andrew Yang
2:15pm – 2:35pm Former Maryland Congressman John Delaney
2:40pm – 3:00pm Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren
3:05pm – 3:25pm Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders
3:30pm – 3:50pm Former Vice President Joe Biden
3:55pm – 4:15pm Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar




VICE News and Cashmere Originals are partnering to present the 2020 Iowa Brown &
Black Forum , the nation’s oldest and only non-partisan presidential Forum dedicated
exclusively to addressing issues facing communities of color.

VICE News will carry the presidential Forum live across VICE.com and the VICE News
Facebook page. VICE TV will broadcast the day’s events in a news special at 9pm ET/PT ,
featuring the best moments of the Forum and highlights from the candidates.

The Forum will feature in-depth interviews with leading Democratic candidates for president,
including Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, former Vice President Joe Biden , South Bend,
Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg , former Maryland Congressman John Delaney , Minnesota
Senator Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders , Massachusetts Senator
Elizabeth Warren , and businessman Andrew Yang .

Interviews with the candidates will be moderated by VICE News’ award-winning team of
correspondents, which include: Antonia Hylton, Alzo Slade, Paola Ramos, Dexter Thomas,
David Noriega, Roberto Ferdman, and Krishna Andavolu. Additional questions posed to
candidates will be sourced from VICE News’ social audience and a live audience comprised
of Iowa constituents.
VICE News
Dec. 19, 2019

VICE News to Broadcast the 2020 Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum

On Jan. 20, VICE News will broadcast the forum live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Vice.com.

The 2020 presidential election will feature the most diverse group of voters in American history.

That’s why VICE News is proud to partner with multicultural agency Cashmere Originals to present the 2020 Iowa Brown & Black Forum, the nation’s oldest and only nonpartisan presidential forum dedicated exclusively to addressing issues facing communities of color.

“VICE News Presents: The 2020 Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum” will be broadcast live January 20 across VICE platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and VICE.com. VICE TV will broadcast the day’s events in a news special at 9 p.m. ET/PT, featuring the best moments of the forum and highlights from the candidates.

Coinciding with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the forum will take place on Jan. 20, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. CT, at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. It will give the 2020 presidential candidates the opportunity to address an electorate that will be one-third non-white for the first time, according to Pew Research Center.

The forum will be one of the last opportunities for the candidates to make their case before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus on Feb. 4.

“At VICE News, we are committed to telling stories that reflect all of America and strive to lead the conversation around issues affecting minority communities,” says Jesse Angelo, President, Global News and Entertainment, VICE Media Group. “The Brown & Black Forum has spent over three decades holding politicians accountable on these issues, and we’re proud that our diverse team of award-winning correspondents will be continuing that legacy.”

The forum will feature in-depth interviews with leading Democratic candidates for president, including Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, former Vice President Joe Biden, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, former Maryland congressman John Delaney, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Vermont Sen, Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen, Elizabeth Warren, and businessman Andrew Yang.

All of the candidates will have an opportunity to address questions and issues of concern, with the forum focusing on five topics: criminal justice, immigration, education, economic development, and health.

The forum will be moderated by VICE News’ award-winning team of correspondents, including: Antonia Hylton, Alzo Slade, Paola Ramos, Dexter Thomas, David Noriega, and Krishna Andavolu. Additional questions posed to candidates will be sourced from VICE News’ social audience and a live audience comprised of Iowa constituents.
Brown and Black Forums of America
April 10, 2019

BROWN AND BLACK FORUMS OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES ELECTION 2020 PROGRAM

Group to Organize Series of Presidential Candidate Events Targeting Voters of Color   

Des Moines, IA – April 10, 2019 – The Nation’s Oldest Minority Presidential Forum, Brown and Black Forums of America (formerly known as The Brown and Black Presidential Forum), which is focused on issues impacting communities of color, announced today they are organizing a series of forums and town hall meetings around the nation leading up to the 2020 Presidential election. The Forum plans to expand outside of Iowa this year with a series of town halls to generate much needed dialogue around five (5) pillars of focus Criminal Justice, Immigration, Education, Economic Development and Health.

Founded in 1984 to convene the nation’s leading presidential candidates visiting Iowa to participate in the Iowa Caucus, Brown and Black Forums of America formerly known as the Brown and Black Presidential Forum has attracted the nation’s leading presidential candidates, including former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, former Vice President Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, John Glen and former Vice President Walter Mondale. The last Forum during the 2016 election was hosted by anchors Jorge Ramos and Alicia Menendez, Fusion contributor and comedian Akilah Hughes, and New York magazine writer-at-large Rembert Browne are moderating.  Past media partners include; MSNBC, Univision, Fusion, C-Span, Iowa Public Television and HDNET.

This year and in 2020, the Brown and Black Forums of America will once again be collaborating with Cashmere Agency based in Los Angeles, CA to organize a series of town hall meetings and presidential forums.  Targeted States includes, South Carolina, California and Nevada. The Forum will hold a Democratic forum at Drake University in Des Moines, IA on January 20, 2020 – Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. The Forum will be releasing a full schedule of events shortly.

“This forum began in Iowa, but uniting communities of color is a national issue,” said Wayne Ford, co-founder and chair of the Brown and Black Forums of America, and the former seven-term African-American legislator.” Ford, who retired over a year ago, shepherded the process which allowed Iowa to become the first state to pass “minority-impact statement” criminal justice legislation, requiring the state to analyze impact of new legislation on communities of color.

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