Luminaries headline DNC events

August 26, 2008 Both the Women's Caucus, co-sponsored by Lifetime, and the Civil Rights Icons reception, co-sponsored by the Creative Coalition, unspooled on historic anniversaries: the date in 1920 when women got the vote and the day 45 years ago Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech. Rosario Dawson and Eva Longoria, both involved in Latino politics in Hollywood, also briefly rallied the troops, with the latter pointing out that Latinos in 30-odd years might be the dominant ethic group in the country. The most rousing call to arms to take back the White House and shore up women's inroads in Congress came from CNN commentator and Hillary Clinton supporter Donna Brasile.

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