Monday, January 19 at 8 a.m. — The Senator will deliver brief remarks at the Delaware State Bar Association’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast and Statewide Day of Service. For more than 85 years, the Delaware State Bar Association has organized and united the lawyers who practice in the State of Delaware and served as their professional association. After breakfast, DSBA members will participate in service activities up and down the state. Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, DE – Open to press. Contact Brian P. Cunningham 302-650-7858.
Monday, January 19 at 8:30 a.m. — The Senator will deliver brief remarks at the 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, hosted by Delaware’s Organization of Minority Women. Last year, Senator Coons delivered the invocation for the breakfast. Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, DE – Open to press. Contact Brian P. Cunningham 302-650-7858.
Monday, January 19 at 9:30 a.m. — The Senator will deliver brief remarks at the 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Prayer Breakfast hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Zeta Rho Lambda Chapter. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first black, inter-collegiate Greek-lettered fraternity founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and claims many prominent Americans as members including Dr. King. Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forrest Avenue, Dover, DE – Open to press. Contact Brian P. Cunningham 302-650-7858.
Monday, January 19 at 11 a.m. – The Senator will visit the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service events. AKA will be concluding a two-month long cold-weather clothing drive. John W. Pitts Center, 10 Electric Ave., Dover, DE – Open to press. Contact Brian P. Cunningham at 302-650-7858.
Monday, January 19 at 12 p.m. – The Senator will deliver remarks at Delaware State University’s 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. DSU, in cooperation with the Inner City Cultural League Inc., hosts their National Holiday Program. The event celebrates the birthday of the world’s greatest modern day civil rights leader. Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE (theater in the Education and Humanities Building) – Open to press. Contact Brian P. Cunningham at 302-650-7858.
Tuesday, January 20 at 9 p.m. – The Senator will attend President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Senator Coons’ guest will be Governor Jack Markell. – Event is closed to press. For post-SOTU reaction, please contact Ian Koski at 202-224-4216 or ian_koski@coons.senate.gov.
Wednesday, January 21 at 2:30 p.m. – The Senator will attend a Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Michelle K. Lee, President Obama’s nominee for Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office; and Daniel Henry Marti, President Obama’s nominee for Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the Executive Office of the President. Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact: Judiciary Committee’s Beth Levine at 202-224-5225.
Thursday, January 22 at 10:30 a.m. – The Senator will attend a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Witnesses include Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen. Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 419, Washington, D.C. – Open to press. Contact: Foreign Relations Committee’s Tara DiJulio at 202-224-6797.
Friday, January 23 at 7:30 p.m. – The Senator will deliver brief welcoming remarks at the 2015 Federation Shabbat Service. This annual event brings together area synagogues congregations for a joint Shabbat service. Temple Beth El, 301 Possum Park Road, Newark, DE – Closed to press.
Note: Schedule is subject to change.
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