Monday, October 3 – The Senator will host Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez for tours and roundtable discussions in New Castle County on workforce development.
Monday, October 3 at 10 a.m. – Sens. Coons and Carper with Secretary Perez will try their hand at welding alongside apprentices and will then take part in a roundtable with local elected officials, community leaders, and program participants on the importance of apprenticeship programs. RC Fabricators, 824 Locust Street, Wilmington, DE. Open to press.
Monday, October 3 at 12 p.m. – The Senator and Secretary Perez will join students enrolled in Zip Code’s coding school for a hands-on coding challenge. The Senator and Secretary will then join Delaware’s Secretary of Labor Patrice Gilliam-Johnson and business and community leaders on a tour of Zip Code and participate in a roundtable on workforce development. Zip Code, 1105 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE. Open to press.
Monday, October 3 at 6 p.m. – The Senator will attend the Belle Everett dinner, the annual gathering of the Kent County Democratic party. Felton Fire Hall, 9 East Main Street, Felton, DE.
Wednesday, October 5 at 12 p.m. — The Senator will participate in a panel discussion for Yale Divinity School called “Faithful Citizenship and the 2016 Election.” He will join panelists Otis Moss III ’95 M.Div., Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Founding Director of the Center for Faith & Culture at Yale. National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC. Open to press.
Wednesday, October 5 at 5:30 p.m. — The Senator will attend the City of Wilmington’s 14th Annual Wilmington Awards ceremony. The Wilmington Awards is designed to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of distinguished Wilmington citizens who excel in the fields of the arts, athletics, business, education, environment, and health or science. The awards also recognize individuals for their community service, heroism, contributions to the faith community, and dedication to the cause of human and civil rights. During the awards ceremony, senior citizens are recognized for their life-long accomplishments. City Council Chambers, 800 North French Street,1st Floor, Wilmington, DE. Open to press.
Wednesday, October 5 at 6:30 p.m. — The Senator will attend the 27th annual Business Hall of Fame ceremony. The honorees at the will be former DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman; real estate developer Paul McConnell of the McConnell Companies; Allen Fasnacht, patriarch/co-founder of family-owned Funland in Rehoboth Beach; and former Delaware Community Foundation president Fred Sears. University of Delaware’s Arsht Hall, Goodstay Campus. 2700 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington, DE. Open to press.
Friday, October 8 — The Senator will mark National Manufacturing Day by hosting Unites States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse with the following list of events:
9:30 a.m. Merck Animal Health
28387 DuPont Blvd, Millsboro, DE
Sen. Coons and Sec. Scuse will tour Merck’s labs with local students and 4H club members and will discuss careers in agriculture, science and manufacturing.
12:30 p.m. Polytech High School
823 Walnut Shade Rd, Woodside, DE
Sen. Coons and Sec. Scuse will have a working lunch along with students from different disciplines including the Industrial Training Lab at Polytech High School.
2 p.m. Croda, Inc.
315 Cherry Ln, New Castle, DE
Sen. Coons, Sec. Scuse will receive a tour from representatives from Croda, and discuss some of the career opportunities that are available in manufacturing.