Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern is heading to Chicago to join Democrats from across the United States for their pre-election convention, alongside former President Barack Obama and the party’s presidential candidate, Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Conventions are traditionally where the party’s candidate for President is formally nominated.
This year, the late timing of the convention meant Harris was officially confirmed as the Democratic candidate this month in a virtual roll call of party delegates.
Ardern’s office confirmed her attendance.
As well as attending the main convention, Ardern is participating at a side-event hosted by the Centre for American Progress Action Fund, a Democrat-aligned think-tank and advocacy organisation
She will join a panel hosted by the group’s chief executive, Patrick Gaspard, a former US ambassador to South Africa. The topic of the panel is “how to address the anxiety of our times, advance social policy to solve problems that affect everyday life, and begin to heal our nation”.
It would be a rare instance of a former New Zealand politician speaking on one of these panels.
Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern is heading to Chicago to join Democrats from across the United States for their pre-election convention, alongside former President Barack Obama and the party’s presidential candidate, Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Conventions are traditionally where the party’s candidate for President is formally nominated.
This year, the late timing of the convention meant Harris was officially confirmed as the Democratic candidate this month in a virtual roll call of party delegates.
Ardern’s office confirmed her attendance.
As well as attending the main convention, Ardern is participating at a side-event hosted by the Centre for American Progress Action Fund, a Democrat-aligned think-tank and advocacy organisation.
She will join a panel hosted by the group’s chief executive, Patrick Gaspard, a former US ambassador to South Africa. The topic of the panel is “how to address the anxiety of our times, advance social policy to solve problems that affect everyday life, and begin to heal our nation”.
It would be a rare instance of a former New Zealand politician speaking on one of these panels.
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