Sudan, AIDS in Lesotho, or police brutality in this country. The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti, or Canada. The promise of America is that every citizen's vote is counted and protected, and election schemes do not decide elections." —Al Sharpton "As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn't have to be a drug dealer, they didn't have to be a hoodlum, they didn't have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States." —Al Sharpton "There is not a liberal America, and a conservative America. There is the United States of America. There is not a black America, and a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America. There is the United States of America." —Barack Obama Thursday, July 29th Principal speakers John Kerry, 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate Alexandra Kerry, Daughter of John Kerry Vanessa Kerry, Daughter of John Kerry Featured speakers Juanita Millender-McDonald, United States Representative from California Joe Biden, United States Senator from Delaware Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and 2004 presidential candidate Madeleine Albright, 64th United States Secretary of State Max Cleland, former United States Senator from Georgia Joe Lieberman, United States Senator from Connecticut, 2004 presidential candidate, and 2000 vice-presidential candidate. Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative from California and House Minority Leader Byron Dorgan, United States Senator from North Dakota Mark Warner, Governor of Virginia Quotes "During the course of this campaign, I've heard people talk about John Kerry the father and John Kerry the public servant as if they were two people divided. But, I can assure you all they are truly one and the same. I know his values-revealed in quiet 11 p.m. phone calls of frustration from what he's seen at work, or the simple reminder that we never turn our backs on those in need. What drives my father to serve is exactly what has made this public servant the father I'm proud of, look up to, and love." —Vanessa Kerry "To every little girl her father is a hero. It's taken some getting used to, that my father actually is one.