Presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., will headline a progressive fundraiser in Carson City next month.

Harris plans to deliver the keynote address at the annual gathering hosted by Battle Born Progress, a nonprofit progressive political advocacy group based in Henderson.

The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on April 2, at the Union, 302 N. Carson St.

Harris, a former California attorney general, is considered one of the front-runners for the hotly contested Democratic presidential nomination. She’s also the second African American elected to serve in the U.S. Senate.

She’ll be joined by Assistant State Senate Majority Leader Julia Ratti, D-Sparks, one of several activists, politicians and journalists scheduled to receive an award at the event.

Anjeanette Damon, the Reno Gazette Journal’s government watchdog reporter, will be named as the organization’s 2019 Progressive Voice of Reason.

The group’s Progressive Legacy Award will be posthumously awarded to Emily Reese. Reese, a well-known Reno social activist and organizer, died last year after a nearly nine-year battle with cancer. She was 44. The award will be accepted by one of her three children.

For more information on the fundraiser, visit battlebornprogress.org.

James DeHaven is the politics reporter for the Reno Gazette Journal. He covers campaigns, the Nevada Legislature and everything in between. Support his work by subscribing to RGJ.com right here.