Karen Bass

Chair
Congressional Black Caucus

Rep. Karen Bass is the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has an historic 55 members and 5 full committee Chairs.

Rep. Bass serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she Chairs the Subcommittee on Africa. Rep. Bass is also on the House Judiciary Committee, where she serves as Acting Chair of the Crime Subcommittee.

Prior to serving in Congress, she made history as the first African-American woman to serve as Speaker of the California Assembly. Prior to public office, Rep. Bass worked as a physician assistant and founded the Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment.

Presentation(s):

• National Town Hall : 400 Years: Our Legacy, Our Possibilities

  Thursday, September 12
  9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

• Black Women Lead....A Global Movement Moment

  Thursday, September 12
  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• The Ideas Market presented by The Purple Aisle

  Thursday, September 12
  12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

• Fight for Our Cities: Urban Push Out

  Thursday, September 12
  1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

• Africa Braintrust

  Friday, September 13
  9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

• Social Equity in Marijuana Legalization

  Friday, September 13
  11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

• Extraordinary Black Women Lead: Black Women's Role in Shaping a 21 Century Policy Agenda

  Friday, September 13
  2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

• Africa Braintrust - Moving Forward in Style Fashion Show

  Friday, September 13
  3:00 PM – 5:30 PM