From star-struck intern to starring role, Alsobrooks takes stage at convention

Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) attended her first Democratic National Convention in 1992, in New York City. She was an intern with the Congressional Black Caucus at the time, responsible for checking in delegates every evening. But what Alsobrooks remembers most about that experience was hanging out in the almost-empty Madison Square Garden hours before the daily convention sessions began, watching the evening’s speakers practicing their speeches.