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DNC Chair and South Side native outlines many ways to help Harris ticket Minyon Moore lauds “unprecedented” nomination of a Black woman By ZOË TAKAKI Contributing Reporter
With Democrats set to meet in Chicago next week for the party’s national convention, a behind-the-scenes person from the South Side is already looking ahead to fall activism by rank-and file Democrats. As chair of the Democratic National Convention, Minyon Moore has been involved in overseeing the nominations of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the ticket standard-bearers. While the convention will hear from them and many other prominent Democrats Aug. 19 to Aug. 22, Moore had lots of advice for those wanting to See MINYON MOORE on page 5
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