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Urban League Convention to Focus on Economic & Social Equality |
Hugh Price, courtesy photo |
Hugh Price, president of The Urban League, the nation's oldest and largest
community-based group devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the
economic and social mainstream, announced that President George W. Bush and
Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan are among the political
dignitaries who will address the National Urban League's 2001 annual
conference. President Bush will speak on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 9 a.m. while
Secretary-General Annan makes his presentation on Monday, July 30, at 11 a.m.
Scheduled for July 28 through August 1 at the Washington Convention Center,
the theme for this year's conference is "The Opportunity Agenda: Achieving
Economic and Social Equality in the New Millennium."
Conference activities include a free career fair featuring the participation
of more than 70 Fortune 500 and high-tech companies, as well as non-profit
and government agencies. Also open to the public at no cost are an exhibits
hall, a health fair and an African-American marketplace.
Another conference highlight will be a tribute to the late Sony Music
Entertainment Corporation executive H. LeBaron Taylor, featuring performances
by LeVert, Nancy Wilson, Jeff Majors, and The O'Jays, on July 30.
The National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP), which is comprised of
more than 35 Urban League Young Professionals chapters around the country,
will also hold special events, including a two-day leadership development
seminar called The Training Ground. Confirmed participants include Jesse
Jackson, Jr., Harvard University's Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and National Urban
League president Hugh Price. |
Conference Agenda |
Friday, July 27 |
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Welcome | Speakers: Hugh Price, President National Urban League and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for
Afro-American Research Harvard University |
9:00 AM - 12 Noon | "Lessons From The Past: Examining Leadership Through A
Historical Lens" | Moderator: The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr., Congressman
from Illinois |
Reflections on Slavery to the Great Migration -- Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Second Great Migration to the Civil Rights Movement -- Dr. Manning
Marable, Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies Columbia University
The Role of the Black Church in Civic Engagement -- Dr. Preston Williams,
Houghton Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change Harvard Divinity School
The Role of African American Women in Leadership -- Dr. Evelyn Higginbotham,
Professor of History and Afro-American Studies Harvard University |
12 Noon - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | "A Call To Action: Contemporary Challenges For
Emerging Leaders" | Moderator: Ed Gordon, Host BET News |
The Challenge of the Traditional Black Family -- Dr. Robert Hill, Senior
Researcher Westat
The State of Black Education -- Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Professor Emory
University
The Importance of Place: Urban Ghettos in Black America -- Dr. John H. Jackson
The Economic Opportunity -- Hugh B. Price |
Saturday, July 28 |
9:00 AM - 12 Noon | "Mobilization Imperatives: Directives & Ideas for
Implementing the Vision - Part I" | Moderator: Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich,
Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer Black Leadership Forum |
Top 5 Social Policy Issues to Watch -- Dr. Ron Walters, Director African
American Leadership Institute Burns Academy of Leadership, University of
Maryland
The "Ideal" Role of Government for the Black Community -- The Honorable
Alexis M. Herman, Former Secretary of Labor
Effective Grassroots Community Strategies for Coalition Building -- Dr. J.
Philip Thompson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Innovative Approaches to Community Building -- Reverend Mark V. Scott,
Associate Director, Community Outreach, Office of Faith-Based & Community
Initiatives |
12 Noon - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
12 Noon - 5:00 PM | Career Fair & Exhibit Showcase |
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | "Mobilization Imperatives: Directives & Ideas For Implementing The Vision - Part II" | Moderator: Debbi Jarvis, News Anchor
NBC4 - Washington, DC |
Becoming a Catalyst for Community Mobilization and a Results-Orientated
Leader -- Benjamin Todd Jealous, Executive Director, National Newspapers
Publishers Association (The Black Press of America)
Become an Effective Political Leader -- The Honorable Alicia Reece,
Councilwoman City of Cincinnati
Become a Corporate Community Activist -- Stacey H. Davis, president & CEO,
Fannie Mae Foundation |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Closing | Dr. H. Patrick Swygert, President Howard
University |
8:00 PM Until | Young Professionals' Gala - A Masquerade Ball at Union
Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE |
Sunday, July 29 |
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Family Session | Minister: The Rev. Kirbyjohn
Caldwell, Pastor, Windsor Village United Methodist Church, Houston, TX
| 11:00 AM - 5:00PM | Career Fair & Exhibit Showcase |
12:30 PM - 2:30PM | National Council Of Urban League Guilds Luncheon | Speaker: The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congressional Representative,
The District of Columbia with the Women of the Congressional Black Caucus |
6:00 PM - 8:00PM | Keynote Session | Speaker, Hugh B. Price |
Monday, July 30 |
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | The Nul Power Breakfast | Speaker: Cal Darden, Senior Vice President Operations, United Parcel Service |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary Session: Federal Priorities for a New Decade | Speaker: The Hon. Tom Daschle, Senate Majority Leader |
11:00 AM - 12:00Noon | Plenary Session | Speaker: His Excellency Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations |
12:30 PM - 2:30PM | Federal And State Resources Luncheon | Speaker: The Honorable Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor |
3:00 PM - 5:00PM | Plenary Session: Federal Priorities, The Urban
League Agenda | Speakers: The Honorable Charles Rangel, U.S. Congress, The Honorable Paul Wellstone (D-MN) U.S. Senate, Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund,
Wade Henderson, Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Urban League Presidents/CEOs (Beneta Burt, Greater Jackson; Margo Clarke,
Greater Richmond; Dr. Shirl Gilbert, Tacoma; Sam Gresham, Columbus Urban
League) |
5:30 PM - 7:45PM | Young Professionals Dialogue And Reception - We've Come too Far: The Future of Black America | Presiding: Kevin Hooks, General Manager, Urban Entertainment
Moderator: Tamala Edwards, Senior Writer/Political Analyst, Time Inc. |
Karla Ballard, President, National Urban League Young Professionals
Farai Chideya, Political Analyst
Keith Clinkscale, Chairman, Vanguarde Media & Publisher, Savoy magazine
Althea Dorey, Diversity Specialist, Pitney Bowes
The Honorable Harold Ford, Jr., Congressman for Tennessee
The Reverend Markel Hutchins, National President & CEO, National Youth
Connections
Ernest Drew Jarvis, CB Richard Ellis, and President, Washington, DC-based
Metropolitan Access
Queen Latifah, President, Flavor Unit Entertainment. |
6:30 PM - 7:30PM | Gala Party |
8:00 PM - 10:00PM | Gala Benefit Concert Tribute to H. LeBaron Taylor | Artists: LeVert, Nancy Wilson, Jeff Majors, The O'Jays |
Tuesday, July 31 |
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Plenary Session: A Call To Arms On Early Literacy | Speakers: The Honorable Roderick B. Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Ida B. Wells-Barnett Professor and Professor of
Religious Studies, DePaul University |
10:45 AM-12:15 PM | Special Session - World Conference Against Racism | Moderator: Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Economist, Writer and Syndicated Columnist
Speaker: Robert Asprilla, Publisher & CEO Moro, The Honorable Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, 4th District, U.S. House of
Representatives, Randal Robinson, President, Trans Africa |
10:45 AM - 12:15PM | Concurrent Workshops |
FORUM I | Faith-based Initiatives: The Challenges and the Opportunities
| Moderator Mark C. Alexander, Associate Professor of Law, Seaton Hall
University School of Law South Orange, NJ |
Panelists: | The Right Reverend John Hurst Adams, Bishop African Methodist
Episcopal Church
The Right Reverend Cecil Bishop, Bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Honorable Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, 4th District, U.S. House of
Representatives |
FORUM II | Making Our Voices Heard Through Coalition-Building | Moderator: The Honorable James E. Clyburn, D-South Carolina, 6th District,
U.S. House of Representatives |
Panelists: | Bernie Campbell, Director of Constituencies and Outreach Campaign
to Leave No Child Behind Children's Defense Fund
Melanie L. Campbell, Executive Director, National Coalition on Black Civic
Participation, Inc.
Stuart P. Campbell, Executive Director Coalition on Human Needs
Betty R. Weiss, Executive Director, National Neighborhood Coalition |
FORUM III | Homeownership: The Role of Credit | Moderator: Dwight P. Robinson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations,
Freddie Mac |
Panelists: | Dr. Sheila Ards, Vice President, Division of Community Development and Director Center of Excellence for Community Development Benedict College,
Columbia, SC
Karen V. Hill, Chief Executive Officer, American Homeowner Education and
Counseling Institute
Susan Retzky, Vice President, Community Development Manager Bank of America |
FORUM IV | African Americans and the Multimedia Environment | Moderator: Bill Stephney, Former National Urban League Trustee, President,
StepSun Media |
Panelists: | David Honig, Executive Director, Minority Media and
Telecommunications Council (MMTC)
Martin C. Jones, General Manager, New Millennium Studios
Dr. Cedric Daniel Paige, Dean of Faculty, Digipen
Folami Prescott-Adams, Marketing Manager, CNN Student Bureau At Turner
Learning, Inc.
John C. White, Communications Director, NAACP |
FORUM V | Using Technology for Community Empowerment | Moderator: Dee Anne Safford, Senior Marketing Manager, Government Business
Group, Dell Computer Corporation |
Panelists: | Darien C. Dash, National Urban League Trustee, Chairman and CEO DME Interactive Holdings, Inc.
Jennifer Federico, Community Programs Manager, Denver Public Schools K-12
Program An Earn & Learn Program
Herman L. Lessard, Jr., President and CEO, Austin Area Urban League
Archie Prioleau, President and Founder, Foundation for Educational Innovation
Founder, DC Link & Learn |
FORUM VI | Blacks in Corporate America: The Next Frontier | Moderator: Ernest Jolly, Executive Director, Executive Leadership Council |
Panelists: | Jerome Adams, General Manager, Corporate Services, Shell Oil
Company
Marilyn M. (Penny) Joseph, General Manager Panasonic/Matsushita Electric
Corporation of America
Dr. Westina Matthews Shatteen, Senior Vice President and CRA Officer, Merrill
Lynch & Co. |
FORUM VII | Read and Rise: Preparing our Children for a Lifetime of Success | Moderator: Eleanor V. Horne, National Urban League Trustee, Vice President
and Corporation Secretary Educational Testing Service |
Panelists: | Paula Young Shelton, National Black Child Development Institute
Karen M. Proctor, Director of Community Affairs & Government Relations,
Scholastic, Inc.
Ruth Johnson Wilson, Founding and Former President, District of Columbia
Reading Council/Council of the International Reading Association |
FORUM VIII | Foundation Giving in the 21st Century | Moderator: Antoinette M. Malveaux, President and CEO National Black MBA
Association, Inc. |
Panelists: | Maxine B. Baker, Vice President, Community Relations and President
and CEO Freddie Mac Foundation
Evern Cooper, Vice President, Corporate Relations United Parcel Service and
Executive Director UPS Foundation
Stacy H. Davis, President and CEO Fannie Mae Foundation
Esther Silver Parker, President, AT&T Foundation |
FORUM IX | Job Training: Are Current Programs Meeting the Needs of Minority
Communities? | Moderator: Dr. A. V. Fleming, President and Chief Executive Office, Ft. Wayne
Urban League |
Panelists: | Marge Baker, Majority Staff Director, Subcommittee on Employment,
Safety, and Training U.S. Senate
Mark H. Greenberg, Senior Staff Attorney, Family Policy Center for Law &
Social Policy
Ray Uhalde, Deputy Assistant Secretary Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor |
12:30PM - 2:30PM | Business And Labor Luncheon |
Speaker: Edward B. Rust, Jr., Chairman of the Board & CEO, State Farm
Insurance Companies |
3:00PM - 4:30PM | Plenary Session: Strategic Partnerships for Social
Change | Moderator: The Honorable Rodney Ellis, Texas State Senator |
Speakers | James T. Vanderslice, NUL Trustee, Vice Chairman, Dell Computer
Corporation
The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson, U.S. Representative
Stephanie Bell-Rose, NUL Trustee, President, Goldman Sachs Foundation |
3:00PM - 4:30PM | Plenary Session -- The Mt. Vernon Public School
Success Model | Moderator: Eleanor V. Horne, NUL Trustee, Vice President and Corporation
Secretary, Educational Testing Service |
Speakers: | Ron Ross, Superintendent, Mt. Vernon City School District
Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, NUL Trustee, Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Mt.
Vernon, NY |
Wednesday, August 1 |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary Session | Speaker: The Hon. George W. Bush, President of the United States of America |
10:45 AM - 12:45PM | Plenary Session
-- Is the Black Vote Up For Grabs? | Moderator: Jack E. White, Columnist & National Correspondent, TIME Magazine,
Washington Bureau |
Speakers: | Donna Brazile, Former Campaign Manager, Gore for President
The Honorable Sheila Jackson-Lee, US Congress
The Hon. Joe Rogers, Lt. Governor, State of Colorado
The Honorable Ken Blackwell, Secretary of State for Ohio
Kweisi Mfume, President, NAACP
The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition |
7:30PM - 10:00PM | Whitney M. Young, Jr. Conference Dinner And After
Party |
Guest Speaker: | Franklin Raines, Chairman & CEO, Fannie Mae
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Race Relations Award Presentation
Legend and Future Leader Awards
Mary Frances Berry, Commissioner, Civil Rights Commission
The Honorable Bill Clay, Former Congressional Representative
The Honorable Lacy Clay, U.S. Representative
Maudine Cooper, President, Greater Washington Urban League
Maurice Anthony Ross, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of
Columbia |
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