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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BLACK MALE INITIATIVE EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Race, Law and Justice

March on Washington – August 28, 1963 March on Washington – August 28, 2013

Friday, October 4, 2013 York College The City University of New York

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Eighth Annual Conference

March on Washington – August 28, 2013 (above)

March on Washington – August 28, 1963 (right)

Eighth Annual CUNY BMI Conference - 2013 Fifty years ago, major civil rights organizations organized the March on Washington held on August 28, 1963. Our Eighth Annual CUNY BMI Conference will explore a wide variety of civil rights themes demonstrating that significant progress has been made since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Although significant progress has been made over the course of the last 50 years, today’s Eighth Annual CUNY BMI conference will also explore that there is a great deal that still must be done to realize Dr. King’s vision of economic, racial and social justice. 2

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Eighth Annual Conference Purpose and Theme

Purpose In its Final Report to the Chancellor, The City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI) Task Force listed as its first recommendation its conclusion that CUNY has a public responsibility to provide critical leadership on the challenges facing African American/Black males and to raise its voice vigorously and unwaveringly to help mobilize efforts to achieve social and educational equity. CUNY BMI represents the University’s acknowledgement of its stature as the nation’s largest urban public university and its obligation to raise societal awareness of the challenges facing underrepresented students, particularly African American/Black males, and to create concrete strategies designed to increase their chances of pursuing higher education. Through its programming, particularly the annual Conference, CUNY BMI fulfills its role of raising awareness and sharing information about the pronounced challenges that many African American/Black males face in the present society that frustrate their access to higher education. With this in mind, the CUNY BMI Conference should reach a broad audience of persons within the CUNY community and beyond.

Theme Race, Law and Justice The Eighth Annual CUNY BMI conference, Race, Law and Justice, will feature morning, early afternoon, and late afternoon keynote lectures as well as morning and afternoon panel discussions. The general theme of our morning panel discussions will be focused on the racial history of the United States of America. We hope that the morning sessions will create a foundation for our afternoon panel discussions by providing a general historical background of race and racism in criminal justice, education, housing, residential segregation, employment and other social arenas. Additionally, the morning panel discussions will explore African American and Latino resistance to systems of oppression and exclusion as well as ongoing struggles for equality in a wide variety of contexts. Further, the afternoon panel discussions will explore the vestiges of slavery and segregation in contemporary American society. In short, the Eighth Annual CUNY BMI conference is dedicated to exposing CUNY BMI undergraduates to the racial history of the struggle for equality and the manifestation of that ongoing struggle in contemporary American society.

The Chancellor

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October 4, 2013

Dear Friends:

I am delighted to welcome you to the eighth annual City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI) conference, “Race, Law and Justice.”

Since the University’s Task Force on the Black Male Initiative was first convened in 2004, the University and its colleges have been actively pursuing ways to increase and support the inclusion and educational success of under-represented groups in higher education, particularly black men. I take great pride in the many programs and services the initiative offers our students and the broader CUNY and New York City communities, including doctoral study preparation programs, a distinguished speaker series, summer pipeline programs, and a range of academic support services at CUNY’s campuses across the five boroughs.

The initiative’s annual conference plays an essential role in its educational mission, offering a much-needed opportunity for dialogue about urgent issues, drawing on the scholarship and perspectives of prominent speakers and participants.

This year’s conference, focusing on the ongoing struggle for racial equality in the United States, is no exception. On behalf of CUNY, I am honored to welcome today’s outstanding keynote speakers: Juan Cartagena, president and general counsel of LatinoJustice/PRLDEF, Paul Butler, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, and Ron Daniels, distinguished lecturer at CUNY’s York College. I thank them and the many other participants for sharing their expertise and experience with the University.

I also extend deep appreciation to Frank Sanchez, vice chancellor of student affairs, Elliott Dawes, university director of the CUNY BMI, and the staff, faculty, and students at the CUNY campuses who are working diligently to achieve the objectives of our University-wide initiative.

Thank you for joining us today and for your continued interest in CUNY.

Best regards,

William P. Kelly Interim Chancellor

Dear Students, Colleagues and Honored Guests,

It is with great pleasure that I welcome all of you to the Eighth Annual City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI) Conference. Your theme, “Race, Law and Justice,” should make for important discussions today; and I trust that we will all benefit from our panelists’ scholarship on the topic. In light of so many current occurrences such as the outcome of the Trayvon Martin case and Stop and Frisk, the speakers and the topic today are more than timely.

The CUNY BMI, funded by the City Council and overseen by CUNY’s Office of Student Affairs, has represented a bold outreach in the recruitment and retention of young men into the college structure, many of whom, especially those of Black and Hispanic origin, may not otherwise have considered the college option. This ambitious program has provided academic instruction, counseling, and mentorship to over 7,000 students to date.

At York College, the Male Initiative Program, as it is known, is in its ninth year of implementing successful initiatives for this population. A major program initiative has been the Teacher Development Program that has received the Teachers as Leaders Program (TALP) Awards from the Deutsche Bank of Americas Foundation. We have also successfully mentored several men from the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (C.A.S.E.S.) into college and created the Beta Chapter to Pi Eta Kappa, the academic fraternity started by Dr. Edison Jackson then president of Medgar Evers College. Twenty-five students from the Eagle Academy have participated in the Robotics Program launched in summer 2013.

Over the years, more than 400 student participants of the Male Initiative Program have become the beneficiaries of the “intentional interactions” that York College holds as one of its values. As these students connect in the classroom, in the labs, in the library, in their mentoring programs, they find their way in academia, are retained and graduate into the world of work or seek further higher education opportunities. In this respect, York is fulfilling the program missions as are all the sister institutions within CUNY.

We are deeply grateful to University Director Elliott Dawes for his leadership of this program and at York, we acknowledge the leadership of Mr. Jonathan Quash. In behalf of all who will participate today, I offer a heartfelt thanks to our speakers, Juan Cartagena, president & general counsel, Latino Justice/PRLDEF; Paul Butler, professor, Georgetown University Law Center and York’s own distinguished lecturer, Ron Daniels.

Welcome to you all. I wish you a very productive 8th Annual CUNY BMI Conference.

Sincerely,

Marcia V. Keizs President

The Men’s Center Jonathan Quash, Director Office: (718) 262-3772 Fax: (718) 262-3710 www.york.cuny.edu/menscenter

October 4, 2013

Greetings Conference Attendees:

On behalf of the York College Male Initiative Program, Professor Ron Daniels, Distiguished I am delighted to welcome you to the 8th Annual CUNY Lecturer, York College; Jonathan Quash, Black Male Initiative Conference. Our theme this year, Director, York College Men’s Center/York “Race, Law and Justice,” is one that has significant College Male Initiative; and meaning to each of us, but especially to the thousands of The Honorable Charles Barron, young men and women that face these issues on a daily Council Member, New York City Council basis here in New York City. We are truly delighted to serve as hosts for this year’s conference and welcome the numerous scholars and activists that are serving as panelists and keynote speakers. We are especially honored to welcome the various students that have chosen to attend today’s conference, as we hope to engage the next generation of scholars and activists.

The purpose of the York College Male Initiative Program and Men’s Center is to provide a system of support, through various resources, that contribute to the improvement of enrollment and graduation rates of underrepresented populations, and particularly Black and Latino male students. The cornerstone of the program is our mentoring program, in which students have the opportunity to interact with other role models on our faculty, staff and college community.

We truly hope that something is said today that will both inform and inspire each of you, but more important, we want to encourage you to use what you have learned today to be active in your schools and communities. Share what you know with others that were not present today. Engage others and challenge them to channel their energy into finding solutions to these critical issues.

Once again, welcome and enjoy today’s conference.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Quash, Director York College Men’s Center/York College Male Initiative

Pi Eta Kappa Honors Society members, York College Men's Center

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Eighth Annual Conference Schedule Race, Law and Justice York College, The City University of New York Friday, October 4, 2013 8:30 am to 9:30 am Continental Breakfast/Registration (Atrium)

9:30 am to 10:30 am Welcome Remarks and Introduction

Geneva M. Walker-Johnson, Vice President for Student Development York College, The City University of New York

Marcia V. Keizs President, York College, The City University of New York

Frank Sanchez Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Central Office, The City University of New York

Jonathan Quash Director York College Male Initiative and York College Men’s Center

The Honorable Charles Barron Council Member, The New York City Council

The Honorable Leroy Comrie Council Member, The New York City Council

The Honorable Ydanis Rodriguez Chairperson, Higher Education Committee The New York City Council

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Morning Keynote Address and Morning Panel Discussions 10:30 am – 1:05 pm

10:30 am to 11:40 am Morning Keynote Lecture – Juan Cartagena President and General Counsel LatinoJustice PRLDEF, formerly The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Location: Performing Arts Center

Morning panels: 11:45 – 1:05 Morning Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

1. American Apartheid: The Emergence of Residential Segregation in Urban America Location: Room 2BO3, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

2. How Title IX Transformed Higher Education for Women of Color Location: Room 2A05, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

3. Racial Disparities in the Administration of the U.S. Legal System: Law Enforcement, Sentencing and Incarceration Location: Room 3C04, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

4. Personal Responsibility – Completing High School, Earning a GED, and Graduating from College Location: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center (PAC), York College/CUNY

5. Film Screening: Harvest of Empire Location: Room 3C02, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

6. Shelby County v. Holder and Section 5 of The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Location: Little Theater, Performing Arts Center (PAC), York College/CUNY

1:10 pm to 1:55 pm Buffet Luncheon Location: Plaza, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Early Afternoon Keynote Lecture 2:00 pm – 3:10 pm

2:00 pm to 3:10 pm Early Afternoon Keynote Lecture Paul Butler, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Location: Performing Arts Center

Afternoon Panel Discussions and Closing Reception 3:20 pm – 4:40 pm

3:20 pm to 4:40 pm Afternoon Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

7. Race and Racism in the Gun Violence Debate Location: Room 1M07, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

8. Abigail Fisher v. The University of Texas and the Future of Diversity in Higher Education Location: Room 2M04, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

9. Rehabilitation and Reentry – Identifying Barriers and Implementing Solutions for Success Location: Room 2M05, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

10. Race, Housing Discrimination and Gentrification in 21st Century Urban America Location: Room 4M06, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

11. Current Constitutional Issues: Stop and Frisk, the Fourth Amendment and Policing in NYC Location: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center (PAC), York College/CUNY

Late Afternoon Keynote Address 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

4:45 pm to 5:45 pm Closing Remarks and Late Afternoon Keynote Lecture Late Afternoon Keynote Lecture Ron Daniels Distinguished Lecturer York College, The City University of New York

5:45 pm to 7:00 pm Post-Conference Reception Performing Arts Center, York College/CUNY

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Morning Keynote Lecture 10:30 am – 11:40 am JUAN CARTAGENA

Juan Cartagena is a constitutional and civil rights attorney who is the President & General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, one of the nation’s leading civil rights public interest legal organizations representing Latinas and Latinos throughout the Eastern seaboard. LatinoJustice PRLDEF (formerly the Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund), established in 1972, has won landmark civil rights cases in education, housing, voting, migrant, immigrant, employment and other civil rights and has worked to increase the number of Latino lawyers in the U.S. Previously, Mr. Cartagena served as General Counsel and Vice President for Advocacy at the Community Service Society. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University School of Law, Mr. Cartagena was also a Municipal Court Judge in Hoboken, NJ and currently lectures on constitutional and civil rights issues at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

A writer of numerous articles on constitutional and civil rights laws, Mr. Cartagena is particularly recognized for his work on the political representation of poor and marginalized communities – especially Puerto Rican and Latino communities. His constitutional law and voting rights litigation has taken him to courts in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Philadelphia, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Mr. Cartagena also has experience in litigating cases on behalf of African American and Latino communities in the areas of employment rights, language rights, public education financing, environmental law, housing and access to public hospitals. At

CSS he also directed its Mass Imprisonment/Reentry Initiative which focused on the effects these policies have on poor and minority communities. His most recent article in this regard (“Lost Votes, Lost Bodies, Lost Jobs: The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Latino Civic Engagement”) is in Behind Bars: Latinos/as and Prison in the United States (Obeler, Suzanne, Ed., , Palgrave Macmillan, in press).

Mr. Cartagena lives with his family in Jersey City where he was born and raised. He is active in various community activities including cultural activities that highlight the diversity of Jersey City’s neighborhoods.

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Morning Panel Discussions 11:45 am – 1:05 pm

Morning panels: 11:45 – 1:05 Morning Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

1. American Apartheid: The Emergence of Residential Segregation in Urban America

Location: Room 2BO3, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Kevin Webb, Program Coordinator, Professional Development and Learning Management, Office of Human Resources Management, CUNY Central Office

Moderator: Charlene Griffin, Data Manager, The College Initiative

Panelists/Discussants: Emanuel J. Carter Jr., Associate Professor, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Leroy Comrie, Council Member, New York City Council (District 27, Southeast Queens)

Jason Reece, Researcher, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, The Ohio State University

Please complete evaluation forms at the end of the morning panel sessions and proceed to the Plaza, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY for a brief buffet lunch. Professor Paul Butler’s early afternoon keynote lecture will begin promptly at 2:00 pm.

Lunch : 1:10 pm – 1:55 pm Buffet Luncheon Location: Plaza, Academic Core Building

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Morning Panel Discussions 11:45 am – 1:05 pm

Morning panels: 11:45 – 1:05 Morning Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

2. How Title IX Transformed Higher Education for Women of Color

Location: Room 2A05, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Olubukola Ogunmola, Assistant, Men’s Center, York College, The City University of New York (CUNY)

Moderator: Marcia Cantarella, Educational Consultant and Co-Director, Brothers for Excellence, Hunter College, The City University of New York (CUNY)

Panelists/Discussants:

Jessica Cherry, Assistant Director of Athletics, Health and Physical Education, York College/CUNY

Wendy Hilliard, Founder and President, Wendy Hilliard Foundation; First African American to represent the United States on the Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team serving twice as National Team Captain; Four-time US National Team Coach and 1996 Olympics Coach; Inductee, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame (1995); and former President of the Women’s Sports Foundation

Anny Morrobel-Sosa, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lehman College/CUNY

Kam S. Wong, Esq., Associate Director, Workforce Diversity & Compliance Programs, The City University of New York

Lunch : 1:10 pm – 1:55 pm Buffet Luncheon Location: Plaza, Academic Core Building

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Morning Panel Discussions 11:45 am – 1:05 pm

3. Racial Disparities in the Administration of the U.S. Legal System: Law Enforcement, Sentencing and Incarceration

Location: Room 3C04, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Anthony Andrews York College/CUNY

Moderator: Paul Washington Male Development and Empowerment Center (MDEC), Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York (CUNY)

Panelists/Discussants: Richard Anthony Celestin, Esq., Program Manager, Supervised Release Program, The Criminal Justice Agency

Findayawah (Finda) Gbollie, Esq., Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice The Legal Aid Society, Staten Island, New York

Gloria Browne-Marshall, Professor, Law and Police Science, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York (CUNY)

Douglas Thompkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York

George White, Associate Professor, History and Philosophy, York College, The City University of New York

Lunch : 1:10 pm – 1:55 pm Buffet Luncheon Location: Plaza, Academic Core Building

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Morning Panel Discussions 11:45 am – 1:05 pm

4. Personal Responsibility: - Completing High School, Earning a GED, and Graduating from College

Location: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center (PAC), York College/CUNY

Convener: Jonathan Quash, Director, York College Male Initiative Program/Men’s Center

Moderator: Jaye Jones, Ph.D., Director, Lehman College, Adult Learning Center, Lehman College

Donald M. Ruff, Jr., Director of Strategic Partnerships & College Planning The Eagle Academy Foundation

Lindamichelle Baron, Professor and Chairperson, Teacher Education, York College/CUNY

Larry Martin, Director, Male Development and Empowerment Center (MDEC), Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York

The Honorable Abdul Hafeez Muhammad, Minister and New York Representative, Mosque Number 7, Harlem, New York

Elizabeth Payamps, Executive Director, Future Now

Patrick Van Sluyten, New York City Department of Probation

Harry Wells, Executive Director, Small Business Development Center (SPDC), York College, The City University of New York

Lunch : 1:10 pm – 1:55 pm Buffet Luncheon Location: Plaza, Academic Core Building

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Morning Panel Discussions 11:45 am – 1:05 pm

5. Documentary Film Screening: Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America

Location: Room 3C02, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Victor Negron, Second Year Law Student, CUNY School of Law

Moderator: Kristy Clementina Perez, MSW Student Development & Counseling, Baruch College Counselor and Program Director, Urban Male Leadership Academy (UMLA), Percy E. Sutton SEEK program, Baruch College/CUNY

Discussant: José Luis Morín, J.D., Founding Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of The Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (formerly the New Community College), The City University of New York.

Lunch : 1:10 pm – 1:55 pm Buffet Luncheon Location: Plaza, Academic Core Building

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Morning Panel Discussions 11:45 am – 1:05 pm

6. Shelby County v. Holder, the Invalidation of Section 4, and the Future of The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Location: Little Theater, Performing Arts Center (PAC), York College/CUNY

Convener: Jermaine Wright, Associate Director, The City University of New York Black Male Initiative

Moderator: Francois Restrepo, J.D. JJC RHB Assistant Director & Adjunct Instructor Department of Latin American Studies and Latina/o Studies Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Panelists/Discussants:

Henry Vance Davis, Ph.D., History, Medgar Evers College/CUNY

Frank Deale, J.D., Professor, CUNY School of Law

Jamal Greene, J.D., Professor, Columbia Law School

Ryan P. Haygood, J.D., Director, Political Participation Group NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)

Esmeralda Simmons, J.D., Director, Center for Law and Social Justice, Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York

Lunch : 1:10 pm – 1:55 pm Buffet Luncheon Location: Plaza, Academic Core Building

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Early Afternoon Keynote Lecture 2:00 pm – 3:10 pm

Paul Butler Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center

B.A. Yale University, cum laude; J.D. Harvard Law School, cum laude

Paul Butler is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He teaches in the areas of criminal law and race and the law. Prior to joining Georgetown’s faculty he was Associate Dean for Faculty Development and the Carville Dickinson Benson Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School.

Professor Butler’s scholarship has been published in many leading scholarly journals, including the Yale Law Journal, the Harvard Law Review (two articles), the Stanford Law Review and the UCLA Law Review (three articles). He has been awarded the Professor of the Year award three times by the GW graduating class. He was a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Acting Co-Director of the GW/Oxford Human Rights Program at Oxford University. He was elected to the American Law Institute in 2003.

Professor Butler is one of the nation’s most frequently consulted scholars on issues of race and criminal justice. His scholarship has been the subject of much attention in the academic and popular media. His work has been profiled on 60 Minutes, Nightline, and The ABC, CBS and NBC Evening News, among other places. Professor Butler has written a column for The Legal Times and has published numerous op-ed articles and book reviews. He lectures regularly for the American Bar Association and the NAACP, and at colleges, law schools, and community organizations throughout the United States.

Professor Butler served as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, where his specialty was public corruption. His prosecutions included a United States 18

Senator, three FBI agents, and several other law enforcement officials. While at the Department of Justice, Professor Butler also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecuting drug and gun cases. After graduating from law school, he clerked for the Hon. Mary Johnson Lowe in the United States District Court in New York, and then joined the law firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in white collar criminal defense.

Professor Butler has been awarded the Soros Justice Fellowship. His book “Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice” received the Harry Chapin Media award. Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates said “Let’s Get Free” is “destined to make us all think in new ways about the concept of justice.” The New York Times described it as “eye opening” and the New York Review of Books called it “eminently sensible.” The paperback version was published in 2010.

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Afternoon Panel Discussions 3:20 pm – 4:40 pm

Afternoon panels: 3:20 – 4:40 Afternoon Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

7. Race and Racism in the Gun Violence Debate

Location: Room 1M07, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Somalia Samuel, Third Year Law Student, CUNY School of Law Vice President, Black Law Students Association (2012-2013), CUNY School of Law

Moderator: Ada George, Third Year Law Student, CUNY School of Law President, Black Law Students Association (2012-2013), CUNY School of Law

Eric Adams, Senator, New York State Senate (20th Senate District, New York State)

Erica Ford, Founder, LIFE Camp, Inc.

Anthony Herbert, Community Advocate, Business Owner and Anti-Violence Activist, Brooklyn, New York

Brandon N. Gibson, Program Coordinator, Crown Heights Community Mediation Center in Brooklyn, New York

Please complete evaluation forms at the end of the afternoon panel sessions and proceed to the Performing Arts Center, York College/CUNY for our Late Afternoon Keynote Lecture. Professor Ron Daniels’ Closing Remarks will begin promptly at 4:45 pm.

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Afternoon Panel Discussions 3:20 pm – 4:40 pm

Afternoon panels: 3:20 – 4:40 Afternoon Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

8. Abigail Fisher v. The University of Texas and the Future of Diversity in Higher Education

Location: 2M04, Lecture Hall, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Emmanuel Thelusma, Coordinator, Project ExCEL, The CUNY BMI funded project at Queens College/CUNY

Moderator: Elliott Dawes, University Director The City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI)

Discussants/Panelists:

Donald M. Ruff, Jr., Director of Strategic Partnerships & College Planning, The Eagle Academy Foundation

Thomas Mariadason, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (AALDEF)

Jamal Greene, Professor, Columbia Law School

Victor Goode, Former Executive Director of the National Conference of Black Lawyers and Founder of the Affirmative Action Coordinating Center, and Professor, CUNY School of Law

Damon Hewitt, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (NAACP LDF)

Thomas Rudd, Director of Education and Emerging Research, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, The Ohio State University

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Afternoon Panel Discussions 3:20 pm – 4:40 pm

Afternoon panels: 3:20 – 4:40 Afternoon Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

9. Rehabilitation and Reentry – Identifying Barriers and Implementing Solutions for Success featuring screening of Passport to the Future: Accessing Higher Education in an Era of Mass Incarceration

Location: Room 2M05, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Cassandra Jones, The College Initiative

Moderator: Bianca Van Heydoorn, Director of Educational Initiatives Prisoner Reentry Institute John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York

Panelists/Discussants:

Benay Rubenstein, Founder, The College Initiative and Soros Justice Fellow

Ronald Day, Osborne Association and Ph.D. student, The CUNY Graduate Center and The John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY

Julio Medina, Executive Director, Exodus Transitional Community (ETC)

Frannie Rosenson, Director, Brooklyn College Adult Learning Program (BCALP)

Yasmin Safdie, Community Organizer, College and Community Fellowship (CCF) and Education from the Inside Out Coalition (EIO)

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Afternoon Panel Discussions 3:20 pm – 4:40 pm

Afternoon panels: 3:20 – 4:40 Afternoon Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

10. Race, Housing Discrimination and Gentrification in 21st Century New York City

Location: Room 4M06, Academic Core Building, York College/CUNY

Convener: Kevin Webb, Program Coordinator Professional Development and Learning Management Office of Human Resources Management, The City University of New York

Moderator: Charlene Griffin, The College Initiative (confirmed)

Panelists/Discussants: Emanuel J. Carter Jr., Associate Professor, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (confirmed)

The Honorable Ruben Wills, Council Member, New York City Council (District 28, Queens)

Lance Freeman, Associate Professor, Urban Planning Program , Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and Author, There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up

Jason Reece, Researcher, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, The Ohio State University

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Afternoon Panel Discussions 3:20 pm – 4:40 pm

Afternoon panels: 3:20 – 4:40 Afternoon Panel Discussions (Concurrent)

11. Current Constitutional Issues: Stop and Frisk, the Fourth Amendment and Policing in New York City

Location: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center (PAC), York College/CUNY

Convener: Alan Newton, Research Associate (part-time), The City University of New York Black Male Initiative

Moderator: Everett Hopkins, Third Year Law Student, CUNY School of Law Member, Black Law Students Association

Panelists/Discussants:

Michael Hardy, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Action Network (NAN)

Delores Jones Brown, Professor, Law and Police Science, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York (CUNY) (confirmed)

Jason M. Hilliard, Executive Director, Office of Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5)

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Late Afternoon Keynote Speaker/ Closing Remarks 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

Ron Daniels Distinguished Lecturer York College The City University of New York

Veteran social and political activist Dr. Ron Daniels was an independent candidate for President of the United States in 1992. He served as Executive Director of the National Rainbow Coalition in 1987 and Southern Regional Coordinator and Deputy Campaign Manager for the Jesse Jackson for President Campaign in 1988. A scholar-activist who has taught History, Political Science and Pan African Studies/Black Studies at Youngstown State University, Hiram College, Cornell University and Kent State University, he was a Visiting Associate Professor of Black Studies at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio in 1994. He holds a B.A. in History from Youngstown State University, an M.A. in Political Science from the Rockefeller School of Public Affairs in Albany, New York and a Doctor of Philosophy in Africana Studies from the Union Institute and University in Cincinnati. He currently serves as Distinguished Lecturer at York College, City University of New York.

Listed in Who’s Who in Black America, Dr. Daniels has been a leading figure in some of the most significant social and political movements over the last five decades, including Freedom Inc. in Youngstown, Ohio; the African Liberation Day Support Committee, which spawned African Liberation Day (ALD); the National Black Political Assembly (NBPA); National Black Independent Political Party (NBIPP); and the African American Progressive Action Network (AAPAN) which spearheaded the drive to declare May 19, the birthday of Malcolm X, a National African American Day of Commemoration in 1990. Dr. Daniels was the prime mover behind and Chairperson of the Coordinating Committee for the National State of the Race Conference which was held in Baltimore, MD, in November of 1994 -- one of the most significant gatherings of community based leaders, scholar- activists, civil rights and human rights leaders and opinion makers of the decade. Subsequently, he served on the Board of Directors of the African American Institute for Research and Empowerment (AAIFRE), the continuations mechanism of the National State of the Race Conference. From 1992 - 1998, Dr. Daniels was National Chairperson of the Campaign for a New Tomorrow (CNT), a Black and people of color led multi-racial 25

independent political organization. In 1998 CNT merged with a number of progressive constituencies in the greater New York City area to form the Unity Party. Dr. Daniels played a key role in the formation of the National African American Leadership Summit (NAALS), and he was a member of the Executive Council of the National Organizing Committee of the historic Million Man March and Day of Absence in 1995 and the Millions More Movement in 2005.

In June of 1995, Dr. Daniels led an African American fact finding and support delegation/mission to Haiti. As a result of the visit, the Haiti Support Project (HSP) was created to mobilize ongoing political and material support for the struggle for democracy and development in Haiti. To date HSP has mobilized more than $5,000,000 in various forms of humanitarian assistance, developmental aid and investment for a broad range of community based organizations, projects and socially responsible economic/business enterprises in Haiti. In 2004, under the auspices of HSP’s Cruising Into History Initiative, Dr. Daniels helped to mobilize 500 African Americans, Haitian Americans and friends of Haiti for a Caribbean Pilgrimage to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Haitian Revolution which produced the first Black Republic in this hemisphere. Since that time, working in collaboration with the Local Development Committee of Milot and the Destination Haiti Foundation, HSP has launched the Model City Initiative to transform Milot into a Mecca for cultural-historical tourism. As part of the Model City Initiative, HSP leads annual Pilgrimages to Milot to visit the magnificent Citadel and Sans Souci Palace.

In 2005 HSP convened two high level Symposia on the Future of Democracy and Development in Haiti to promote justice and reconciliation and explore the prospects for a government of national unity in the wake of the ouster of President Jean Bertrand Aristide. HSP convenes regular briefings on Haiti and Dr. Daniels is often called on to Moderate the Haiti Issues Forum at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference. Dr. Daniels has traveled to Haiti more than 60 times in the past seventeen years and is frequently in demand for media interviews and as a panelist at conferences. After devastating earthquake which struck Haiti in January of 2010, HSP established the Haiti Relief Fund to provide assistance to a range of grassroots organizations. HSP has emerged as the leading African American organization working to build a constituency for Haiti in the U.S.

A prolific essayist and commentator, Dr. Daniels’ column Vantage Point appears in numerous Black and progressive newspapers and web sites nationwide. He has also been a featured columnist for The Black World Today and an occasional contributor to Z- Magazine and the Black Collegian. Dr. Daniels served as the Contributing Editor of Black Collegian’s 35th Anniversary Commemorative Edition in 2001. He has written editorial opinion pieces which were distributed by the Black Media Project of the Progressive Magazine. Dr. Daniels has contributed essays to several books including: “Racism:

Looking Forward, Looking Backward,” in Race and Resistance, edited by Herb Boyd; “The Crisis of Police Brutality and Misconduct in America: The Causes and the Cure,” in Police Brutality, an Anthology edited by Jill Nelson; “Institutions for Black Empowerment,” in State of the Race, an Anthology edited by Dr. Jemadari Kamara and Tony Van Deer Meer; “The Rebellion in Los Angeles: The Crisis of Capitalism,” in Why L.A. Happened: Implications for the ‘92 Rebellion, edited by Haki Madhubuti; and, “The Million Man March: From Patriarchy to Partnership,” in Million Man March/Day of Absence: A Commemorative Anthology, edited by Haki Madhubuti. In 2012, Dr. Daniels joined with Herb Boyd, Dr. Maulana Karenga and Haki Madhubuti as an Editor of By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X, Real Not Reinvented – Critical Conversations On Manning Marable’s Biography ofMalcolm X.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Daniels has lectured and conducted workshops and seminars for hundreds of colleges and universities, community based groups, civil rights organizations/human rights, women, youth and labor organizations including the National Urban League, NAACP, National Congress of Black Women, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., National Hip Hop Political Convention, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Black Workers for Justice and Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. A devotee and proponent of liberation theology, he is increasingly called upon to deliver lay sermons, Black History and social justice presentations at churches and spiritual based institutions. In recent years he has made presentations at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Riverside Church, St. Albans Congregational Church, Corona Congressional Church, St. Paul Community Baptist Church, House of the Lord Church and New York Ethical Cultural Society in the greater New York area, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Winston Salem, NC, St. Stephens Baptist Church and St. Mark United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, California and Tabernacle Baptist Church, Youngstown, Ohio to site a few. Dr. Daniels is a member of St. Mark A.M.E. Church in East Elmhurst, New York.

A frequent guest on national and local media outlets, Dr. Daniels has appeared on CBS News Nightwatch, BET's Our Voices, and BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley and Ed Gordon, Tony Brown's Journal, America's Black Forum, Gil Noble's Like It Is, The Maury Povich Show, Bertice Berry Show, Donahue, Now with Bill Moyers on PBS, Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes. The Crier Report, The O’ Reilly Factor, The Edge with Paula Zahn, The Heartland with Bill Kasich, The Big Story with John Gibson and On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. He has also appeared on CNN's Larry King Live, Both Sides with Jesse Jackson and Inside Politics, CNBC's Geraldo Rivera Show, Scarborough Country on MSNBC, the CBS, ABC and NBC nightly news, Court T.V., Pacifica Broadcasting Network News and Democracy Now, NPR's Talk of the Nation and numerous local talk shows and newscasts. Dr. Daniels hosted his own television talk show on the ABC affiliate WYTV in Youngstown, Ohio for nineteen years. In 1998 he was the host of Night Talk,

which aired in more than thirty cities on the American Urban Radio Networks. He was a frequent guest on the Bev Smith Show on AURN. Most recently Dr. Daniels, also known as “The Professor,” produced and hosted Vantage Point, an issue oriented radio talk show and hosted Afternoon Drive on WWRL 1600 A.M in New York. He also hosted Night Talk, a weekly talk show on WBAI, 99.5 FM on the Pacifica Network in New York. Dr. Daniels continues to Guest Host the Morning Show on WWRL, The Warren Ballentine Show, Keeping It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton on the Radio One Network and, Make It Plain with Mark Thompson on SIRIUS/XM Satellite Radio.

Dr. Daniels has served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Democratic Renewal, Greenpeace USA and the National Jobs with Peace Campaign. He currently serves on the Board of the Nation Institute. He Daniels has served as a consultant for the Urban Training Center for Christian Mission, Episcopal Church General Convention Special Program, the Ohio Institute for Practical Politics, American Friends Service Committee’s 200 Years of the Penitentiary Project, Help Us Make A Nation (H.U.M.A.N), Advanced Campaign Technologies, Agricultural Missions, Agricultural Teams, Inc., 100% Vote/Human Serve, Citizenship Education Fund, National Economic Development and Research Center, Senior Consultant for African Resources International, and Senior Consultant for WCT Management, Inc.

From 1993-2005 Dr. Daniels served as first African American Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 as an outgrowth of the struggle against segregation in the South, CCR is committed to the creative use of the law as a positive force for social change. During his tenure as Executive Director, CCR emerged as a major force fighting against police brutality and misconduct, church burnings, hate crimes, voter disenfranchisement, environmental racism and the threats to civil liberties posed by the government’s response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

Building on his earlier work with the National State of the Race Conferences of 1994 and 1997 and the creation of AAIFRE, in 2001 Dr. Daniels was the architect and Convener of the State of the Black World Conference (SOBWC) which drew some 2,500 to Atlanta from communities of African descent from around the world. The Atlanta Declaration issued at the conference called for the establishment of an Institute of the Black World to promote research, relevant publications, leadership training and development, community organizing/skill development training and communications/information sharing and networking. As an outgrowth of SOBWC, the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) was launched in April of 2002. IBW convened the Second State of the Black World Conference in New Orleans in 2008. Dr. Daniels envisions IBW emerging as a critical engine for empowerment of people of African descent and the oppressed in the 21st century

and is devoting most of his energy to achieving that goal in what he describes as the “autumn” of his advocacy as a scholar/activist. In February of 2007, Dr. Ron Daniels was appointed the first Distinguished Lecturer at York College of the City University of New York.

After Conference Reception 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm Performing Arts Center, York College/CUNY

THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Conveners, Moderators and Panelists

Eric Adams is a New York State Senator representing the 20th Senate District, New York State. On November 7, 2006, following a distinguished 22-year career in the New York City Police Department, Eric L. Adams traded his blue uniform for a blue suit when the residents of the 20th Senatorial District elected him to the New York State Senate. He was re-elected in 2008, receiving votes as a Democrat and as a member of the Working Families Party. Senator Adams represents one of the most vibrant and wonderfully diverse districts in all of New York, covering sections of the neighborhoods of Boro Park, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Sunset Park, and Windsor Terrace. As a Captain in the NYPD, Eric Adams became well-known to New Yorkers as a tireless and thoughtful advocate for the people and communities he served, and he earned widespread praise for creating innovative programs on issues ranging from conflict resolution to child abuse prevention. The expertise he developed during his more than two decades of experience with law enforcement and criminal justice issues resulted in his appointment during the 2007 and 2008 legislative sessions as Ranking Minority Member on the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, as well as Ranking Minority Member on the Veterans, Homeland Security & Military Affairs Committee. He also served on the Aging, Codes, and Civil Service and Pensions Committees in the New York State Senate. During the 2009 and 2010 legislative sessions, Senator Adams served as Chairman of the Veterans, Homeland Security, and Military Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee and be a member of the Finance, Judiciary, Banks, Consumer Protection, and Energy and Telecommunications committees. Eric Adams is perhaps best-known for his efforts to create a more symbiotic relationship between law enforcement and the residents of New York's diverse neighborhoods. His highly-regarded instructional workshops, "What To Do When Stopped By The Police," have helped thousands of young people throughout New York learn to interact more appropriately with the police by using established conflict resolution skills. NYS Senator Eric Adams received his Masters Degree in Public Administration from Marist College and is a graduate of New York City Technical College and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is a proud product of New York City public schools and resides in Prospect Heights.

Anthony D. Andrews Jr. was born on December 7, 1964 in Jamaica, Queens at Jamaica Hospital, the first and only child from a relationship between Anthony Andrews Sr. and Beatrice Phyllis Mahan. He was raised in Jamaica, Queens, and attended local public schools before graduating from York College with a B.A. degree in Political Science and Baruch College where he received an M.A. in Public Administration. In 1986, while attending York, he became elected to the position of Democratic State Committeemember of the 32nd Assembly District (at that time the youngest ever elected to the Democratic State Committee) in 1986. He was subsequently named Chairperson of the Governors Youth Task Force and the then elected President of the New York State Young Democrats Organization (the first minority ever elected to that post) He eventually became a member of the Executive Board of the New York State Democratic Organization and was briefly seated on the Democratic National Committee. In 1987, Anthony served as an aide to City Councilmember Archie Spigner and also as an aide to former State Senator (now presiding State Supreme Court Judge) Alton Waldon. While serving in this position he also became the Director of Governmental/Community Relations and Volunteerism (1989) for the Queens Department of Parks and Recreation. In 1992 he left the Department of Parks and Recreation and was hired by New York City Councilmember Thomas White Jr. as his Chief of Staff. He left the City Council in 1994 and became employed at York College (CUNY) as the Director of the Government and Community Relations. Over the years he has served in many other capacities at York, including the following: Director of Alumni Affairs, Admissions Counselor, Admissions Recruiter, Director of Student Activities, Assistant Director of Student Activities, and as an Adjunct Professor in Student Development and Political Science. He has been a member of several college committees and currently serves on the Campus Environment Committee, as a

representative of the Division of Student Development, in addition to many other ad-hoc committees. Anthony has oversight of many other divisional projects, such as the Sigma Alpha Pi Chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success (the predominant leadership program on campus with over 1000 members), YCRadio.Org (the campus internet based radio station), Project Change (HIV/AIDS Awareness Program). Additionally, he has served on many non-profit boards and governmental agency advisory boards over the years. He is currently the Immediate Past Chairperson of the Queens Hospital Center Community Advisory Board. He is also a National, State and local Delegate for the Professional Staff Congress (serving in a leadership capacity on his campus and CUNYwide) and the Chief Financial Officer and co-host of the STMS radio show on 1240 AM, WGBB as well as the Democratic District Leader (male) of the 32nd Assembly District, Part B. Although he is very active in professional and civic endeavors he is also a devoted father of three children, Alyssa (19 years), Kayla (16 years) and Emmanuel (9 years) of age.

Lindamichelle Baron - Dr. Lindamichelle Baron, a former New York City public school teacher, earned her Master‘s Degree in Reading and her Doctorate in Cross Categorical Studies from Columbia University‘s Teachers College. Dr. Baron is currently an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department at York College (CUNY) in New York City. She is the President and founder of Harlin Jacque Publications, a publishing and educational consulting firm established over two decades ago. As an author and poet, Lindamichellebaron‘s books include: The Sun Is On (listed as a recommended book for New York State middle schools), Rhythm & Dues, For the Love of Life and Anthony Ant and Grady Grasshopper. The innovative Poetry & Ideas Book Series, published by Harlin Jacque Publications, is Lindamichellebaron‘s written invitation to international audiences. She invites all to achieve, grow, resolve conflicts, love themselves, and love others. Her ―idea‖ books support her creative messages and provide self-reflective ―how to‖ activity guides for life and learning. They include writing exercises that support goal achievement strategies. Dr. Baron‘s innovative and expanding educational enrichment program, ―Driving the Dream: Literacy and the Arts,‖ has been implemented in educational systems across the country. Dr. Baron is also coauthor of The Write Direction (Modern Curriculum Press), an instructional writing textbook series published in 1999. Her poems have been featured in a number of poetry anthologies as well as on stage in the recent musical and dance production, The Groove that Got the Move of Us! Dr. Baron is a motivational speaker and consultant who speaks before a wide variety of audiences at colleges, conferences, corporations and other organizations including public school systems, to share her positive approaches to both academic achievement and personal growth. She artfully weaves a wide range of instructional and inspirational styles that create interactive experiences for adults and children of all ages. Dr. Lindamichellebaron has received numerous awards as an educator, author, entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and performing artist. She lives in Hempstead, New York, where she was recently honored with the official designation, Village Griot (storyteller).

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College (NYC) where she is a member of the Gender Studies faculty. She was a Civil Rights attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, and NAACP LDF. She is the author of scholarly articles as well as books, including "Race, Law, and American Society" and "The Constitution: Major Cases and Conflicts." Her forthcoming book is: "Black Women - Seeking Justice: Salem Witches to Civil Rights Activists." Gloria is a writer covering the U.S. Supreme Court and major legal issues and political campaigns, including the recent Presidential campaign. She has provided commentary for CNN, ABC, NPR, C-Span as well as regular legal commentary for WVON (Chicago), WPFW (Washington, DC), and WBAI (NYC). Her weekly column is published in Brooklyn, Milwaukee, Dallas, Atlanta, and St. Louis newspapers. She is an award-winning journalist and playwright. Gloria is a member of Pen American Center, American Bar Foundation, National Press Club, and National Association of Black Journalists. Gloria Browne-Marshall is Founder/Director of The Law and Policy Group, Inc., a 501(c)3 think tank for the community. She is the recipient of the New York County Lawyers' Ida B. Wells award for work on gender and race issues, the Women of Excellence in Law award from Wiley College

(Texas), and Community Service awards from the "Black Star News" and the Association of Black Women Attorneys. (twitter: @GBrowneMarshall)

Marcia Cantarella comes from a long line of educators. Dr. Cantarella is the daughter of Civil Rights leader the late Whitney M. Young Jr. She is the author of I CAN Finish College: The Overcome Any Obstacle and Get Your Degree Guide (www.icanfinishcollege.com) which educators, parents and students say is a goldmine of information and strategies especially for first generation, low-income and students of color who struggle to complete college degrees. Dr. Cantarella has been an Associate Dean at Hunter College, a Dean at Princeton University and part of the Dean’s staff at New York University’s College of Arts and Science. In these functions she has been responsible for academic advisement, career development, preparation for postgraduate fellowships, development of diversity programs, and strategies to generally enhance students’ academic experience and outcomes. She has drawn on 15 years of corporate experience gained as a Director in Public Affairs and then in Marketing at Avon Products to apply those skills and background to communications challenges, financial and strategic planning in a higher education environment. As Vice-President of Student Affairs at Metropolitan College of NY she was responsible for web development and rebranding of the College as well as admissions and student services. In each of these roles she has also engaged in fundraising and philanthropic activities. She chairs the advisory board for the Eagle Academy Schools and serves on the board of directors for the READ Alliance and the Advisory Board for the Boy Scouts Council of Greater New York. Having a doctorate in American Studies with a focus on American business she has also taught courses relating to working and consuming in America at Princeton, Hunter College and NYU. Dr. Cantarella has over the years served on a great many not-for-profit boards, advisory boards and committees giving her a wide network of contacts across many sectors. She has spoken, written, consulted and done training on academic success, retention and college preparation and diversity issues for a variety of organizations and schools. She has been honored by an array of community organizations including the Harlem YMCA, the Links, Inc., and the Sylvia and Herbert Woods Scholarship Foundation. She has been listed in Who’s Who and been published in Vital Speeches. Dr. Cantarella graduated with Honors from Bryn Mawr College and has her Masters and Doctoral degrees from New York University in American Studies.

Emanuel Carter is Associate Professor and Graduate Programs Director in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY-ESF). A product of Philadelphia public schools, Professor Carter received the Bachelor of Arts in Government (international relations) and the professional Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University. Eleven years of professional practice included positions with the Ithaca Department of Planning & Development, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Recreation & Conservation, Chase Architectural Associates (Syracuse, NY) and the Syracuse Department of Community Development augmented by adjunct teaching in the Landscape Architecture Program at Cornell University and the Department of Geography at Syracuse University. Professor Carter has been at SUNY-ESF since 1985. Signature courses include Studio in Landscape & Urban Ecology, Community Development Process, Comprehensive Planning and Seminar in Urban Design. He participates in SUNY-ESF’s Off-Campus Program, having worked with students in Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Canada and Great Britain. He has also participated in conferences, workshops, design charrettes, short courses and symposia with colleagues at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, the Center for Environmental Studies in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), the University of the Basque Country (Spain) and the University of Chile in Santiago. He has been a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Chile and is currently working with the University of Chile to develop a graduate program in urban landscape design and to develop an international ecological observatory. He is also working with the Chilean Ministry of Housing & Urbanism to introduce urban forestry and green infrastructure into large social housing systems. Over the last fifteen years, much of Professor Carter’s work has been in the realm of ecological urban design and planning – work that has emphasized urban green infrastructure, urban ecosystem management and urbanism as environmental art. Much of this work has been through the SUNY-ESF 32

Department of Landscape Architecture, the SUNY Center for Brownfield Studies and through private practice. Clients have included communities throughout the eastern United States and in Spain and Chile. Projects have addressed urban forestry, neighborhood revitalization, urban vacant land recovery strategies, a master plan for a botanical garden and arboretum, recovery strategies for defunct paper mill sites, concepts for urban/rural freight villages, urban design to create urban forest gardens and urban design as public art. Current work includes participation, with SUNY-ESF faculty and USDA Forest Service research staff, in a National Science Foundation ULTRA (Urban Long-Term Research Area) project to examine the socio-ecological metabolism of Syracuse, New York. In addition to a large portfolio of public service work through SUNY-ESF, Professor Carter is also in private practice with Cynthia Carrington Carter, through Renaissance Studio (Syracuse, NY), which specializes in historic preservation and community planning & design.

Richard Anthony Celestin is a graduate of The City University of New York School of Law. While at CUNY Law, he focused his studies on criminal defense and juvenile justice. Prior to entering law school and since becoming an attorney, he has directed his work towards underrepresented and at-risk youth via the not-for-profit sector in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Following law school, Mr. Celestin provided legal skill development to high school students as the Law-Related Education Coordinator with Legal Outreach, a not-for-profit that prepares urban youth for academic excellence in high school, college, and beyond. He utilized his legal degree to coordinate the Debate Program, where high school students analyzed sophisticated legal issues and developed oral arguments and legal briefs. Mr. Celestin then switched gears and began working with youth with open misdemeanor and felony cases as the Director of Advocacy and Development for The DOME Project, an alternative-to-detention program located in Manhattan. At The DOME Project, Mr. Celestin developed and supervised the Juvenile Justice Program and also served as the head of grant writing and marketing of the organization. Mr. Celestin currently serves the Program Manager for the Supervised Release Program of the Criminal Justice Agency. The Supervised Release Program is an alternative to detention/bail program in Queens for individuals charged with felony offenses. Participants, primarily low-income individuals, youth, and people of color, are provided with an opportunity to receive treatment and various other support services as an alternative to awaiting the outcome of their respective cases at Rikers Island, the local jail. In addition, Mr. Celestin is very active within his community. He offers his knowledge and insight into the juvenile and criminal justice areas by participating in panel discussions throughout New York City addressing issues and concerns that affect communities of color, primarily the rising incarceration rates of youth of color. In addition to working with youth involved in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, Mr. Celestin also works with elementary and middle school aged youth who are identified as at-risk through his work with the Department of Education. He created a limited liability corporation, Richard Celestin Consulting Group, LLC, for the purposes of providing legal skill development, self-awareness, youth empowerment, and consequential thinking to elementary and middle school students in Queens and Brooklyn. The underlying purpose behind the development of the LLC is to divert youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by empowering them with strong minds, solid skills, and opportunities to grow as individuals and students. Since its inception in 2009, the LLC has grown tremendously under his sole supervision and implementation and recently won a grant under President Barack Obama’s Education Initiative, Race to the Top. To date, he has contracted with 26 elementary and middle schools.

Jessica Cherry is entering her eighth year as Assistant Director of Athletics /Senior Woman Administrator at York College part of the City University of New York (CUNY). For 16 years, Cherry has served as the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach helping the team to win two consecutive City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Championships. She is one of the only women in the NCAA serving in the capacity of coach of men’s basketball. Cherry credits Ronald St. John, current York College Director of Athletics and Head Men’s Basketball Coach for making such a bold statement. Cherry provides administrative leadership and daily oversight for 17 men’s and women’s varsity sports programs and assists in the responsibility for York Athletics’ business affairs, NCAA/EADA reporting, purchasing, marketing and promotions. She is the advisor for the Student Athlete 33

Advisory Committee (SAAC), and assists with game management. Cherry ensures that York College is in compliance with all NCAA and CUNYAC rules and regulations. Additionally, Cherry supervises 22 staff members and part-time coaches and coordinates the Annual Athletic Awards Ceremony. Since 2009, Ms. Cherry has been an active facilitator for the following: NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum (2 year commitment), York College Leadershape Retreat for Aviation, York College Cardinal Crew Retreat, York College Presidential Retreat, York College Student Government Retreat and York College Provosts’ New Faculty Reception. Cherry is a current member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Collegiate Athletic Business Management Association (CABMA) and National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), a 2009 graduate of NACWAA/HERS and 2012 graduate of NACWAA/Leadership Enhancement Institute (LEI). Cherry is a 2012 graduate of the highly selective NCAA Pathway Program. While at York, Cherry served as the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, and Sports Information Director. For ten years, Ms. Cherry was the Activity Director for the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) at York College. She, along with Ronald St. John, provided a quality summer sports experience for children ages 10-16. Prior to York College, Cherry served as the Sports Coordinator for the borough of Queens for the City of New York Parks and Recreation. She was the Assistant to the President of National Pro-Am City Leagues Association, coordinating basketball tournaments and referee clinics throughout the United States. She worked with Dr. Howard Levy at the Hospital for Special Surgery as an Athletic Trainer for Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York. A native of Jamaica, New York, Cherry received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education with emphasis on Athletic Training from Skidmore College in 1988. She received her Master of Arts degree in Physical Education in 1991 from Tennessee Technological University where she was a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer responsible for Football and Women’s Basketball.

Leroy Comrie, Deputy Majority Leader, New York City Council, was elected to represent the 27th Council District in 2001 and was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2005 and 2009. He grew up in the Southeast Queens communities that he now represents. Comrie attended P.S. 116, I.S. 8, Jamaica High School and the University of Bridgeport, where he developed his passion for politics and government. He is a lifelong member of Saint Alban the Martyr Episcopal Church, where he serves as a layperson, vestryman and chalice administrator. Deputy Majority Leader Comrie knows government must be responsive and provide opportunities for positive interaction with citizens. Therefore, he is focused everyday on providing quality education, guidance and support for youth; ensuring quality healthcare and services for seniors; and, creating economic development projects to create employment opportunities and affordable housing for all New Yorkers. His Council colleagues have elected Comrie as the Deputy Majority Leader of the City Council, as well as the chairman of the Queens Delegation. He sits on the crucial Budget Negotiating and Leadership Committees. Deputy Majority Leader Comrie chairs the Land Use Committee, and is a member of key Council Committees including Rules, Privileges & Elections, Finance, Consumer Affairs, Housing and Buildings, Cultural Affairs/Libraries and International Intergroup Relations and the Sub Committee on Zoning. In his community, Deputy Majority Leader Comrie has sponsored town hall meetings, job fairs, coat and toy drives, senior events, family days and other events. He continually pressures agencies to resolve quality of life and public safety issues. Leroy Comrie is married to Marcia Moxam Comrie. They reside in Saint Albans with their daughter and son, who both attend public schools.

Henry Vance Davis is a Professor of History at Medgar Evers College/CUNY. Dr. Davis has more than twenty- five years of experience working on diversity initiatives and recently served as the University Dean for Recruitment and Diversity in the CUNY Central Office of Human Resources. Dr. Davis came to CUNY from Ramapo College in New Jersey, where he served as Dean of the School of Social Science and Human Services since 2002, and Professor of History since 1998. Among other higher education positions focusing on diversity, Dr. Davis was a founding staff member of the University of Michigan’s Office for Minority Affairs, the first African American Professor on tenure track in the History Department at Western Michigan University, and the first African American Dean of a school in the history of Ramapo College of New Jersey. During his service as Dean 34

of the School of Social Science and Human Services at Ramapo he guided the school through a complete curriculum overhaul as well as a college-wide academic restructuring. Dr. Davis holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in African-American History, an M.A., from the University of Michigan, and a B.S. from Western Michigan University. He has been widely published and is a recognized expert in his field. Dr. Davis’ community service record includes numerous local and national initiatives. He is the author of an article about the Black Action Movement (BAM) entitled, “The University Since BAM: Twenty Years of Progress” which led to his involvement in the historic University of Michigan affirmative action case.

Elliott Dawes is the University Director of The City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI), a University-wide program dedicated to increasing the enrollment, retention and graduation rates of students from populations that are severely underrepresented in higher education, particularly African, African American, Black, Caribbean and Latino/Hispanic males. A graduate of Cornell University with a B.A. in Government and Africana Studies, Dawes later earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the New York University School of Law. Before becoming CUNY BMI’s University Director, Dawes was the Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs at the Hofstra University School of Law. His work experience includes clerkships with federal judges; monitoring civil rights cases as a Trial Attorney in the Educational Opportunities Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice; teaching at two Brooklyn public high schools and serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY. Dawes’ email address is [email protected].

Ronald Day began his doctoral studies in the Criminal Justice Program at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice / CUNY Graduate Center in the Fall of 2012. He received a BS in Business, Management, and Economics from SUNY Empire State College in 2009 and a MPA in Public Administration from Baruch College in 2011. Ronald has worked for over four years at the Osborne Association, an eighty-year old criminal justice agency based in NYC. In his role as a Program Coordinator for Osborne, Ronald has worked on myriad issues, including employment services, post-secondary education, and tobacco cessation for people with criminal justice involvement. He is Osborne’s representative on the New York Reentry Education Network (NYREN), a mentor for College Initiative and a Fellow for the National Trust for the Development of African-American Men. Ronald has spoken on dozens of panels regarding reentry and other criminal justice policy issues. He also has experience working with hundreds of men inside NYS correctional facilities on health issues, such as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STI’s, and other infectious diseases.

Frank Deale, Professor, received a B.A. from Antioch College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has taught on the faculty of Rutgers Law School, Newark, and for 14 years was a member of the staff of the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he served successively as staff attorney, Associate Legal Director, and Legal Director. He has published articles in the New York University Review of Law and Social Change, New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, Socialist Review, International Policy Review, and in books dealing with employment discrimination and international labor rights, including human rights, labor rights, and international trade. He received the Jack Wasserman Memorial Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Carol King Award of the National Lawyers Guild Immigration Project, the Certificate of Honor from the City and County Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, all for his work on cases of public significance. He received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the CUNY School of Law graduating class of 1995. His Howard Law Review article, "The Unhappy History of Economic Rights in the United States and Prospects for Their Creation and Renewal," reflects his ongoing concern with social and economic rights. He was presented with the Outstanding Professor Award by the graduating class of 2007.

Erica Ford is notably one of the most diligent and effective activists of her generation, providing a voice for Black and Latino youth around the world. Her fearlessness, allegiance to community advancement, and keen ability to build substantial partnerships, has garnered her numerous national and international accolades. In true Ford form — following the tragic murders of two community children — Erica founded LIFE Camp, Inc. in 2002 to teach violence prevention in schools. By 2006, it had grown into a non-profit that not only focused on violence prevention, but also provided empowerment opportunities for youth who were educationally, economically, and socially disadvantaged. Ceillise Craig, a LIFE Camp former student who once attempted suicide says “If it wasn’t for Erica Ford I would be dead or in jail, she saved My LIFE & changed My LIFE.” The work coming out of LIFE Camp Inc., has become so monumental that it has spawned anI Love My LIFE tour which highlighted young entrepreneurs, visits various schools and prisons throughout New York City. “Erica Ford has encouraged me to work for her, the work that Erica does is direct she speaks to community members and comes up with real results” stated Russell Simmons on NY 1 interview. LIFE Camp kids also stood side by side with Attorney General Eric Holder and US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the 12th Annual NAN National Convention, appealing building the dialogue for federal intervention regarding teen violence. Ronald Merritt acknowledged ”That Erica Ford put a camera in my hand made me put down my gun and now I have my own business and all I shoot is video’s & documentaries…I Love My LIFE” When queried about her tireless efforts, The Queens, NY native offers, “This is not a job, this is my LIFE; my undying love keeps me committed to my people until my glory day takes me away.”

Lance Freeman is an Associate Professor in the Urban Planning program at Columbia University in New York City. His research focuses on affordable housing, gentrification, ethnic and racial stratification in housing markets, and the relationship between the built environment and well being. Professor Freeman teaches courses on community development, housing policy and research methods. He has also taught in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware. Prior to this, Dr. Freeman worked as a researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, a leading social policy research firm in Washington D.C. Dr. Freeman holds a Masters degree and a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Freeman has published several articles in refereed journals on issues related to neighborhood change, urban poverty, housing policy, urban sprawl and residential segregation. Dr. Freeman is also the author of the book There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up by Temple University Press. Dr. Freeman also obtained extensive experience working with community development groups while working as a Community Development coordinator for the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development and as a Research Associate at the Center for Urban and Regional Studies in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Freeman also has professional experience working as a City Planner for the New York City Housing Authority, and as a budget analyst for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

Findayawah (Finda) Gbollie, Esq., is a staff attorney at The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Practice in Staten Island, where she represents indigent clients and organizes Know Your Rights events for the community. Throughout her academic and professional career, she has been a dedicated advocate for public interest. During her 10-year tenure in higher education administration and instruction at the City University of New York, Ms. Gbollie was a member of the Black Male Initiative Committee, where she worked to improve educational outcomes for underrepresented students. She also served on the Inclusive Excellence Committee and the African Refuge Executive Board of Directors. While at Northeastern University School of Law, Gbollie interned in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office, Boston, the National Election Committee in Liberia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit under the Honorable Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson, and The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice. Ms. Gbollie is currently serving as a board member of the New York Urban League, Staten Island branch.

Ada George attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology; she participated as Treasurer in the African Students Association. During her last semester of undergraduate she relocated to Albany, New York to intern in the New York State Assembly, which lead to her being offered a full time position upon its completion. There as the Legislative Director she drafted legislation and worked with constituents on a wide range of needs on a daily basis. This peaked her interest in the law and solidified her choice in going to law school. Ada came to CUNY School of Law through the Pipeline to Justice and since law school, she has been actively involved in a variety of organizations including Moot Court, Law Review, and the Black Law Students Association. She has also added to her experience while interning at Queens Legal Services in the Economic Justice Unit, interning at the Bronx County Criminal Supreme Court for Judge Colleen Duffy, and interning at the Legal Aid Society in the Criminal Defense Practice. She looks forward to helping people, which is her overarching goal when completing law school.

Brandon N. Gibson is currently a Program Coordinator at the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center in Brooklyn, NY. Mr. Gibson runs a program called “Make It Happen,” which is designed to help young men of color overcome the effects of violent experiences. Mr. Gibson has been the Asst.Vice President of Investments and Acquisitions for a Park Avenue, NY based real estate investment firm in New York, New York, since 2006. He was responsible for securing capital and procuring various profitable investment opportunities for the company. In 2009 Mr. Gibson was chosen by Black Star News and CNN to be honored alongside Soledad O’Brian, Al Sharpton, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters as the year’s youngest most influential and accomplished person. Brandon has also been featured and mentioned in publications and media outlets such as: The New York Times, UPTOWN magazine, Harlem News, The Network Journal and Forbes Magazine. Mr. Gibson is a distinguished member of various organizations, such as: NABA, LIBOR, NAR, and Metro IAF/East Brooklyn Congregations. He is a founding board member of the Holcombe L. Rucker School of Community Research located in the Bronx, NY and is currently the treasurer for the Hope Empowerment and Development Zone (HEADZ), which is a non-profit organization aimed at impacting the lives of inner-city youth and the underprivileged through education and recreation. A much sought after keynote speaker, Brandon has been the guest speaker at a range of university, church, business, political, and community organization functions both domestic and abroad. Brandon N. Gibson holds his BS in Business Finance/Administration from York College CUNY and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Government at Harvard University.

Victor Goode is an Associate Professor at the CUNY School of Law. Professor Goode earned a B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. He has practiced in the areas of affirmative action, housing, and other civil rights issues. Before joining the Law School faculty, he served as Executive Director of the National Conference of Black Lawyers, founded the Affirmative Action Coordinating Center, worked as part of the legal team that filed amicus briefs in three landmark affirmative action cases (Bakke, Weber, and Fullilove), and taught in the Urban Legal Studies Program at the City College of New York. He has served continuously at the Law School since 1983-as Professor of Law and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs-except for two years as Visiting Professor at Columbia University Law School, where he taught in the Fair Housing Clinic and assisted in the introduction of computer-assisted course material for the Clinic. He has lectured widely on teaching professional skills and values, and has given Congressional testimony on police misconduct and racially- motivated violence. His many organizational affiliations have included the Society of American Law Teachers, the Northeast Regional BLSA Job Fair, and, most recently, the New York City Open Housing Center. He teaches a variety of first-year courses and has also taught Housing Discrimination Law, and a Race and the Law seminar.

Jamal Greene is a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches constitutional law, the First Amendment, federal courts, and constitutional theory. Professor Greene’s research focuses on the structure of legal and constitutional argument. He is the author of more than 20 law review articles and book chapters, with works appearing in the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, and the Columbia Law Review, among other 37

publications. Prior to joining the Columbia faculty, Professor Greene served as an Alexander Fellow at New York University School of Law. Professor Greene has served as a law clerk to The Honorable Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and The Honorable John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court. Professor Greene is a graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard College

Charlene Griffin has worked with College Initiative (CI) since 2002. The College Initiative is a higher education reentry program, partially funded by BMI, to create pathways to opportunity for people with criminal justice histories, particularly formerly incarcerated individuals. Ms. Griffin has served as one of CI’s senior administrators and has cultivated relationships throughout the University to enhance CI’s capacity to fulfill its mission. She has experience as an Academic Counselor and a program manager and she has been CI's Data Manager since 2008. She holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Ms. Griffin is an activist for social and economic justice for underserved populations and is committed to continuing her career in public service. She is currently enrolled in the Master in Public Administration (MPA) program at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College (CUNY).

Michael A. Hardy, Esq. has been a practicing attorney since 1988. He is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, each of the New York State Federal Districts, The Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. In 2008, he officially assumed the position of General Counsel to the National Action Network. He is one of the Founders of the National Action Network. He has been involved in Movement politics and the fight for a more perfect union since 1981.

Ryan P. Haygood is the Director of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.’s (LDF) Political Participation Group, which promotes the full, equal, and active participation of Black people in the democratic process through legal, legislative, public education, and other advocacy tools. At LDF, Mr. Haygood represents Black and other people of color in a variety of actions involving voting discrimination, including challenges to discriminatory voting measures under Sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the United States Constitution, and state laws. Haygood successfully represented Black voters in the following recent high-profile Section 5 actions: (1) Florida v. Holder, in which a three-judge federal court rejected Florida’s attempt to drastically reduce the early voting period, an important channel through which Blacks voted in record numbers in the 2008 Presidential election; (2) Texas v. Holder, in which a three-judge federal court blocked Texas’s recent attempt to implement a discriminatory government-issued photo identification measure; and (3) South Carolina v. Holder, in which a three-judge federal court rejected South Carolina’s request to implement its discriminatory photo identification law for the 2012 Presidential election. Haygood also was a key member of LDF’s litigation team in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. One v. Holder (MUD), which successfully defended against a constitutional challenge to Section 5 before the United States Supreme Court in 2009. Additionally, during the 2006 Congressional reauthorization of Section 5, Haygood coordinated LDF’s legislative strategy, its contributions to building the Congressional record, and the organization’s public education efforts in numerous community, academic and media settings. Haygood is currently on LDF’s Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder litigation team, a successor case to MUD, where he is again defending against a constitutional challenge to Section 5 before the United States Supreme Court. Haygood and LDF’s team successfully defended Section 5 in the federal district and circuit court litigation in this case. In addition to his robust Section 5 litigation practice, Haygood has frequently represented Black voters in actions challenging discriminatory voting practices under Section 2 of the VRA. Ryan currently represents Black voters in a challenge to Fayette County, Georgia’s at- large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education in Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al., v. Fayette County Board of Commissioners. In that case, LDF challenges the use of at-large voting on the ground that this method, in combination with racially polarized voting, prevents Black voters from electing a candidate of their choice to either board. Haygood also represented Black voters in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in Williams v. McKeithen, a Section 2 challenge to the Parish’s at-large method of 38

electing judges to the state court of appeals. In response to the Williams litigation, Louisiana created a new district that provided that Parish’s Black community, for the first time in history, with an opportunity to elect a candidate of its choice. Haygood has also litigated several challenges to discriminatory state laws that disproportionately deny voting rights to people of color with felony convictions. In one of those cases, Farrakhan v. Gregoire, Haygood successfully argued before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that Washington’s felon disfranchisement law violates the Voting Rights Act. In the first ruling of its kind, the Ninth Circuit struck down Washington’s law, finding that it shifted racial discrimination from the criminal justice system into the political process, and consequently denied voters of color an equal opportunity to participate in the State’s political process. Haygood subsequently argued the case before an 11-member en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit, which ultimately reversed the historic ruling. Haygood also litigated Little v. LATFOR, a case that ensured that that incarcerated people of color in New York State are properly counted in their home communities during the redistricting process, rather than in the prison communities where they are incarcerated. Haygood also oversees LDF’s efforts to ensure state compliance with the National Voter Registration Act, which requires states to provide voter registration services to impoverished constituents at state public assistance agencies. In Scott v. Schedler, Haygood and his team are currently challenging Louisiana’s failure to provide legally required voter registration services to its most vulnerable residents. During the 2008 presidential election, Haygood litigated two successful pre-Election Day challenges, including a case in Alabama that allowed a prison-based voter registration drive to continue; and a case in Indiana that invalidated a coordinated attempt to declare residents ineligible to vote due to home foreclosure. These cases were part of LDF’s Prepared to Vote campaign through which thousands of voters are empowered with information critical to ensuring that they are able to cast a ballot that is counted on Election Day. Haygood speaks frequently, has been interviewed by many media outlets, including MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC's Politics Nation with Reverend Al Sharpton, MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes, MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show , CNN Newsroom with Suzanne Malveaux, MSNBC Live with Richard Lui , CBS, Fox News, National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation, Associated Press, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, and Thomson Reuters, has offered testimony, and writes regularly on issues concerning race, law, and democracy in various publications, including: (1) The Past as Prologue: Defending Democracy Against Voter Suppression Tactics on the Eve of the 2012 Elections, 64 Rutgers L. Rev. 1019 (2012): (2) Disregarding the Results: Examining the Ninth Circuit’s Heightened Section 2 “Intentional Discrimination” Standard in Farrakhan v. Gregoire, 111 Colum. L. Rev. Sidebar 51 (2011); (3) The Dim Side of the Bright Line: Minority Voting Opportunity After Bartlett v. Strickland, 45 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. (2010). In 2012, LDF authored a leading report, Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers to Voting Rights in America, which explores the contemporary assault on voting rights across the nation. Ryan brought international attention to this important issue when he testified at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 2012. Prior to joining LDF, Haygood was a litigation associate in the New York office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, and was a recipient of the LDF/Fried Frank Fellowship. At Fried, Frank, Haygood represented clients in a variety of complex commercial and civil rights matters before federal courts. Mr. Haygood received his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law and a B.A. in American History and Political Science cum laude from Colorado College, where he was nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship and earned academic and athletic All-American honors as a football player.

Anthony "Tony" Herbert Sr., is a Community Advocate, and Business owner who has a broad range of corporate, community, political and business leadership experience. Currently, Mr. Herbert holds a consulting contract as a Vocational/Educational Specialist with a Mentally Ill Homeless Woman's Shelter in Brownsville Brooklyn. Herbert has served as a Business Concierge with North Fork Bank and a VP of Government Affairs for a multicultural Marketing and Advertising firm. He has worked for the Wall Street investment banking firm Bridgepoint Capital where he was the Senior Vice-president of Government Relations and Small Business Development. Herbert has worked as the Statewide Director of Community Relations on the NYS Senate Minority Reapportionment Task Force for the former NY State Senate Minority Counsel Leader. With over 15 years of 39

government work experience, Herbert has served as a special assistant to New York City Councilwoman Priscilla Wooten. In this role, he acquired his skill set as a community advocate fighting for the rights of the residents in the district to gain access to the municipal services their taxes pay for, in addition he has also worked as a Special Assistant to Congressman Edolphus Towns and performed ombudsman services for him in the Fort Greene, Clinton Hill sections of the 10th Congressional District. To that end, Herbert has established solid relationships with business, community, labor, law enforcement agencies and political leaders while his tenure in government. A proven leader, he has an extensive amount of experience with the inner workings of the local, state and the federal branches of government. Herbert represents a new generation of leaders who bring fresh ideas and a pragmatic approach to today’s challenges facing all races. Herbert resides in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn on the border of Ocean Hill. He has attended public school in both the Fort Greene and Clinton Hills neighborhoods. His interest in public affairs began during his youth. Having come from a single parent home where his mother was the breadwinner of their family and a dedicated School Aide for over 30 years, she instilled in Herbert the core values of family and hard work and being of service to others. Having experienced homelessness firsthand while he and his family were subjected to live as squatters in an abandon building, He is a proud father of three young adults (two boys 17 & 19 yrs of age currently enrolled in college and a 24yr old daughter who is studying to be an EMT-Emergency Medical Technician. Herbert began his community advocacy as a member of the Crown Heights and Clinton Hill Lions Club youth divisions at the tender age of 15 years old. Giving back has always been a very important part of who Herbert is and what he believes in, and his personal experience with homelessness is the premise of what his present commitment to service others is built on. Along with a steering committee of 30 grass roots community residents that he has organized in early May 2010, Herbert launched The Save Our Community Initiative under the banner of his community based organization The Advocates With Out Borders Network and The Kings County District Attorney Charles J, Hynes. The Save Our Community Initiative was created in response to the extremely large number of shootings and violent criminal acts being committed in urban communities in Brooklyn and throughout the city as well as the country which are taking the lives of a great many young people at an alarming rate so as to provide resources and positive information to Stop The Violence. In December of 1996, Herbert along with several business associates formed The Professionals Network Organization. The key function of this organization to date, is to give young upwardly mobile multi-cultural professionals the opportunity to gain access to resources and information that will afford each and every one of them growth so as to bring them closer to realizing the American dream. Herbert is an executive committee Chair of the NAACP-NYCHA Branch Chapter, Vice- President of Youth Step USA, Board member of the International Dream Team Christian Association, proud member of United Goodwill Temple Community Church, President of Rev. Al Sharpton’s Brooklyn- East Chapter of The National Action Network, National Governance Board Member of The National HS Basketball Association and a member of the MW Enoch Masonic Grand Lodge.

Damon Todd Hewitt, Director of the Education Practice, recently re-joined LDF following a leave during which he served as Executive Director of the New York Police-on-Police Shootings Task Force -- an entity created to address the implications arising from the deaths of two off-duty African-American police officers who were shot by fellow officers after being mistaken for criminal suspects. Mr. Hewitt initially joined LDF's New York office as a Skadden Fellow in October 2001. He is now Director of the Education Practice, and formerly served as Director of the Katrina (Gulf Coast) Project. In that capacity Mr. Hewitt worked on assignment in New Orleans to facilitate LDF's post-Hurricane Katrina litigation and advocacy, including Wallace v. Blanco (the first post-Katrina federal voting rights lawsuit) and Boisseau v. Picard (a suit challenging the denial of education to displaced children in New Orleans). In his years at LDF, Mr. Hewitt has worked on matters including voting rights, educational adequacy, juvenile justice, school desegregation, and the School-to-Prison pipeline. Mr. Hewitt has appeared before numerous state and federal courts throughout the country, negotiated settlement agreements, enforced and monitored compliance with court orders, and represented clients in successful mediation. Prior to joining LDF, Mr. Hewitt served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the 40

Sixth Circuit. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University, where he was President of the campus N.A.A.C.P. chapter, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a Public Interest Scholar, Comment Editor of the Journal of Constitutional Law, and recipient of the Henry Meacham Public Service Award.

Jason M. Hilliard is the Executive Director of the Office of Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5) in Jamaica, New York. Mr. Hilliard joined Congressman Gregory W. Meeks' staff on September 17, 2007, ascending to the executive direction position in 2010. Before entering his present post, Jason served in the New Jersey Air National Guard as a Public Affairs Specialist with the 108th Air Refueling Wing at McGuire Air Force Base. Prior to assuming a role in a Tanker Unit, he served as a Public Affairs Specialist with the 127th Fighter Wing, a part of the Michigan Air National Guard from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Hilliard served as a Gunner with the 82nd Combat Engineering Battalion (Blue Babe) stationed in Bamberg, Germany from 1995 to 1998. In 1997, Jason deployed with the Battalion to Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the Stabilization Force (SFOR). The 82nd Engineer Battalion deploys to designated contingency areas and conducts combat and/or stability operations in support of a brigade combat team. After leaving the Army in 1998, he graduated with honors from the University of Detroit Mercy with a BA in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy. In addition to his academic experience, Jason has worked for Federal Judge Denise Page-Hood of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 6th Circuit; Senator Carl Levin of Michigan; and Chairman John Conyers Jr., 14th Congressional District of Michigan, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Mr. Hilliard is a native of Mississippi, who was raised by his grandparents before moving to live with his mother in Detroit, Michigan. He currently serves as a board member of the Easter Seals of New York City, and a member of 100 Black Men, Inc.

Wendy Hilliard - Hall of Fame -- USA Gymnastics - Class of 2008. Wendy Hilliard has long been a major force in women's sports. In 1978, Ms. Hilliard became the first African American to represent the United States and remained on the Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team a record-setting nine times; serving twice as National Team Captain. She was a four-time US National Team Coach and coached 1996 Olympian, Aliane Baquerot. This year, 2008, she will be inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Wendy Hilliard was the first African American and gymnast to become the President of the Women’s Sports Foundation in 1995. Ms. Hilliard’s own non–profit organization, the Wendy Hilliard Foundation, has provided free gymnastics for over 5000 inner city youth in NYC since 1996. Ms. Hilliard was the athlete representative for gymnastics to the United States Olympic Committee and served on the Executive Committee of USA Gymnastics for over ten years. Ms. Hilliard has been a TV commentator for many sports and gymnastics events, including the Olympic Games. She has performed on numerous television shows and tours with the world’s top gymnasts and also performed on Broadway. Ms. Hilliard is a Founding Member and Associate Choreographer for ANTIGRAVITY and was Director of Sports for NYC2012. NYC2012 was the U.S. Olympic Bid City, vying for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As a member of the Senior Staff, her responsibilities included overseeing all of the sports and athlete issues concerning the bid; including over 2000 Olympians and Paralympians worldwide that supported the bid. She also traveled to International Olympic Committee meetings representing NYC2012. In 2006, she designed and opened a 15,000 square foot gymnastics center for Aviator Sports and Recreation; a new multimillion/multi-sport complex in Brooklyn, NY. Along with her foundation, Ms. Hilliard is currently a sports consultant with Aviator Sports and Recreation and Riverbank State Park. Ms. Hilliard resides in Harlem with her husband, Robert Mensah and sons Kennedy and Bailey.

Everett Hopkins is a third year law student at The City University of New York School of Law. A 2009 graduate of Hampton University with an undergraduate degree in Sports Management, Mr. Hopkins has served as an intern with the Hampton University Athletic Football Department and as a Media Relations Assistant with the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference. As a CUNY law student, Mr. Hopkins has worked as an intern in the Trial Division, Career Criminals Major Crimes Bureau of the Office of the District Attorney for Queens County, New York City.

At present, he works as a Civil Litigation Assistant with the Hopkins Law Group, LLC in Queens, NY. Mr. Hopkins’ interests include criminal defense, sports and music.

Cassandra Jones is a Director of Education, for College Initiative. She coordinates all internal and external CI College Bridge programming. She has an extensive background in education which includes working as a GED instructor for at-risk youth and adults, working for the NYC public school system as well as an instructor for the College of New Rochelle. Cassandra holds a BA in Psychology from Queens College (CUNY), a MS in Education from Mercy College and is currently working on a Masters in Mental Health at Mercy College.

Jaye Jones, PhD is currently Director of the Lehman College Adult Learning Center - CUNY. Dr. Jones has worked in the Adult Literacy field for almost 10 years and is committed to integrating insights from social work, feminist and critical literacy perspectives in research and practice. Dr. Jones' current interests center on the development of a model for Emotionally Responsive Teaching (ERT) that honors the socioemotional needs of adult learners while supporting academic skills-building, personal transformation and self-advocacy.

Delores Jones-Brown, J.D., Ph.D. is a Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York and Director of the Center on Race, Crime and Justice. Dr. Delores Jones-Brown is a former assistant Monmouth County prosecutor and a Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. She also directs the John Jay College Center on Race, Crime and Justice. Her areas of research and scholarship include: race, crime and the administration of justice, juvenile justice, and the legal socialization of adolescent males. Her book, Race, Crime and Punishment, won a New York Public Library award in 2001. In addition to multiple articles, book chapters and legal commentaries, she is the co-editor of two additional books: The System in Black and White: Exploring the Connections between Race, Crime and Justice (Praeger, 2000) and Policing and Minority Communities: Bridging the Gap (Prentice Hall, 2004). Her most recent publications include: The Significance of Race in Contemporary Urban Policing Policy (2010); Stop, Question, and Frisk Policing Practices in New York City: A Primer (March, 2010); Racially Biased Policing: A Review of the Judicial and Legislative Literature (2010); and The Right to Life?: Policing, Race and Criminal Injustice which appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of the American Bar Association’s Human Rights Magazine. Dr. Jones-Brown is researcher for the Consortium for Police Leadership in Equity (CPLE) and an advisor to the New York State Police-on-Police Shooting Task Force. She is also a Law and Justice curriculum consultant for California high schools. She is the recipient of the 2006 Becky Tatum Excellence Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Minorities’ and Women’s Section, and the 2008 William Bracey Award from the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). This fall, the ACLU of New Jersey will release its report on the use of confidential informants by law enforcement officers in New Jersey. The report is co-authored by Dr. Delores Jones-Brown and Dr. Jon Shane. Dr. Jones-Brown has been on the faculty at John Jay College for 17 years and holds both a law degree and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers-Newark.

Thomas Mariadason [Maria-dah-sun] is a staff attorney in the Educational Equity Program at the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund (AALDEF). His work focuses on remedying unique disparities in education that affect Asian youth. This includes improving language access and programs for Asian immigrants with limited English proficiency, supporting community-based movements to end bias harassment in schools, and, equipping students from targeted communities to resist suppressive surveillance and police tactics. As with AALDEF’s other projects, Mr. Mariadson’s work employs a combination of community lawyering strategies—from policy advocacy and legal representation to know-your-rights work and organizing. Mr. Mariadson is a graduate of the CUNY School of Law in Queens, New York.

Larry Martin is Director of the Male Development and Empowerment Center (MDEC) at Medgar Evers College, CUNY. He earned a B.A. in political science from Long Island University in 1981, and a M.A. in urban studies in 1993. After receiving his bachelors he served as Assistant to the Dean of Student Development at St. John's University where he worked on issues of diversity and inclusion and spearheaded innovative changes in the University's fraternity and sorority system. He subsequently went on to hold progressively responsible positions with governmental and non-profit agencies such as the Community Service Society, New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority and the Central Brooklyn Partnership.

Julio Medina is the Executive Director/Founder and CEO of Exodus Transitional Community, Inc. Under his leadership, Exodus Transitional Community (ETC) has served over 3,000 men and women and has become one of the most successful re-entry programs throughout the country. Mr. Medina’s work at ETC was highlighted by the President of the United States during his State of the Union Speech in 2004 and has worked closely with both the Department of Labor and the Department of Justice in its Prisoner re-entry Faith Based Initiatives. ETC was also highlighted at the Mayor’s Conference of Faith Based Initiatives. The work of Julio Medina and ETC has been featured on C-Span, the New York Times and several other media outlets. While serving his 12 year prison sentence, Mr. Medina’s faith in God and belief in his neighbors forced him to see the layers of pain that existed within each person in prison. He never once heard anyone say they could not wait to come back to prison, rather, he heard many say that they wanted to be good fathers and return to heal some of the damage they caused in their impoverished communities. However, many of the men who left prison with good intentions of remaining free and leaving it in their past returned for a variety of reasons, including lack of employment opportunities, a shortage of housing, and undiagnosed substance abuse issues. Upon his release, Julio pledged to do all in his power to create a safer community and to instill hope in men and women returning home from prison. The creation of Exodus Transitional Community is Julio’s fulfillment of his faith and mission. Mr. Medina often returns to various prisons to meet with and listen to the men he left behind, as their faith and encouragement have been the inspiration for ETC and for his own personal transformation. Julio Medina holds a BA from the State University of New York at Albany, a Masters of Divinity from New York Theological Seminary and is presently a Doctoral candidate in Ministry at New York Theological Seminary; as well as Assistant Director of the Sing Sing Masters of Professional Studies Program. He currently teaches at the New York Theological Seminary at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Auburn, New York.

José Luis Morín is the founding Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of The Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (formerly the New Community College), The City University of New York. Provost Morín has held numerous administrative positions in higher education. From 1999 to 2007, he served as department chair of the Latin American and Latina/o Studies Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. During the 2006-2007 academic year, he established a new initiative at the behest of CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein to assist in recruiting Latina/o faculty for the entire CUNY system and was its interim director. From 2007 to 2009, Professor Morín served as Interim Dean of Undergraduate Studies at John Jay College, playing a leadership role in the re-examination of college’s general education program, establishing standards for writing intensive courses, and the strengthening pre-law advisement at the college. Additionally, he spearheaded many new initiatives for students at the college, including the Vera Fellows Program, the annual Celebrating Student Research event, the John Jay Subway Series for incoming students, the Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship Program, El Diario Prisoner Reentry Fellowship, and the Kaplan Leadership Program. At John Jay College, Provost Morín served as Professor in the Latin American and Latina/o Studies Department and on the Doctoral Program faculty in Criminal Justice. His areas of academic specialization include domestic and international criminal justice, civil rights and international human rights law, race and ethnicity in the United States, Latina/o studies, and Latin American studies. He is the author of Latino/a Rights and Justice in the United States: Perspectives and Approaches (Carolina Academic Press), and editor of the forthcoming book, Latinas/os and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press). Prior to joining the faculty at John Jay College in 1998, 43

he was a Visiting Professor at the Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, a legal advisor to indigenous Hawaiians, and a staff attorney with such organizations as the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Latino Justice/PRLDEF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights. Provost Morín has been a member of a national working group on the status of young Latino males in the United States, sponsored by the Arizona State University Center for Community Development and Civil Rights. A recipient of many honors and awards, Professor Morín was one of ten individuals selected nationwide for the HACU-Kellogg Leadership Fellows Program for 2005-2006, and he received the “El Award” in 2007 from the El Diario/La Prensa, the oldest Spanish-language U.S. newspaper. He holds a B.A. degree in political science from Columbia University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Anny Morrobel-Sosa, Ph.D is the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lehman College, The City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Anny Morrobel-Sosa, most recently the dean of the College of Science at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), is the new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Lehman College. Her appointment was approved by the CUNY Board of Trustees on June 4, and became effective August 1, 2012. She succeeds Dr. Mary A. Papazian, who became the president last February of Southern Connecticut State University. As dean at UTEP for five years, Dr. Morrobel-Sosa oversaw nine departments and programs, three centers and institutes and more than 160 faculty and staff. She managed a budget of over $11 million and externally funded research expenditures that topped $13 million. During her tenure, the College offered over 30 Bachelor of Science programs, 13 graduate programs and eight doctoral degrees. UTEP serves almost 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students. During her career, Dr. Morrobel- Sosa has also published over 25 refereed papers and delivered more than 100 presentations here and abroad, continuing her research in physics, chemistry and biomaterials. In addition to her senior administrative position at Lehman, she will hold a full professorship in the College’s Chemistry Department. Prior to her position at UTEP, Dr. Morrobel-Sosa was the dean from 2003-2006 of the Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology at Georgia Southern University, where she managed seven departments and units, three academic centers and over 180 faculty and staff, all with a budget of more than $13 million. From 2000 to 2003, she held various high- level administrative positions, including interim associate vice provost for academic programs at California Polytechnic State University. Dr. Morrobel-Sosa received a B.Sc. in physics and chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, a M.Sc. in chemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Southern California.

Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad serves as the New York representative of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam and Minister of Muhammad Mosque No. 7. He has 25 years of administrative and counseling experience. He is known for his work in youth educational development, professional development and motivational speaking. From mediating with street organizations, working with rap artists, ecumenical work to political empowerment, he is a relentless fighter for the rights of the poor, oppressed, women, and functional family life. He is the founder and CEO of the Center for Self Improvement, Inc. A curriculum based program founded to provide education and self-improvement workshops within the New York City public schools, New York Public Library, and the Harlem Children’s Zone as well as various other non-profit agencies. He is known for his passionate, paced, sometimes humorous, and always skillfully delivered lectures on a vast range of spiritual and societal topics that have been known to incite conversation as well as move people to action. Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad has been on the front line steadfastly helping to improve conditions in the community. His leadership ability was noted when he returned to Mosque No. 7 and took an official oath of office in July of 2000. He held positions as the Assistant East Coast Regional Minister encompassing the tri-state region as well as Canada through South Carolina (1998 – 2000). He spearheaded the historic launching of Muhammad Mosque No. 7C (Brooklyn, NY) in 1993 and served six years as the Minister. From the early days of speaking on street corners to the rostrums of colleges and universities (New York, 1987–1990) such as John Jay, Baruch, Old Westbury, Ithaca, Adelphi, Hofstra, Utica, Syracuse, State University of New York (SUNY), 44

Binghamton, and Cheyney University (Philadelphia, PA), and the ongoing engagements with churches and mosques (tri-state regions), and local organizations. Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad has inspired solid relationships with religious and community leaders, celebrities, and everyday folk. He was the first Muslim Minister to speak at the historical St. Paul Community Baptist Church (Brooklyn, NY, 1994) and the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights (Brooklyn, NY, 1995). He was well received at both churches and left a lasting impression on the predominately Christian audiences. His organizational skills lead him to serve as co-chair of the city wide Local Organizing Committee (L.O.C.) for the historic Million Man March held at the National Mall (Washington, DC, 1995). The Million’s More Movement was conceptualized due to the extraordinary organization and energetic participation of a documented attendance of over 1.8 million men. Under his leadership the L.O.C. mobilized over 200,000 men from New York City. Five years later he served as the co-chair of the State Organizing Committee (S.O.C.) of the Million Family March (Washington, DC, 2000). In addition he was a supporter of the “The Millions for Reparations Movement” (Washington, DC, 2002). Throughout the years laboring, he has garnered respect and trust from the people. Whenever he is called, he responds because of his commitment to helping all people move forward with progress. Whether it is speaking as a collaborative panelist with notable leaders and scholars for the African American Empowerment Summit (AMME) at City College (NY, 2000), or in support of Councilman Bill Perkins’ “The Immigrant Workers Freedom Rights Ride” (2003), moderating for Medgar Evers College’s The Male Empowerment Center’s “Word is Bond” meeting (Brooklyn, NY, 2003), or then Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr.’s “Stop the Violence Forum” at James Monroe H.S. (Bronx, NY, 2003) Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad lends his mediation, arbitration, moderator, and motivational skills with conviction and leaves an indelible impression.

Victor E. Negron, J.D. Candidate, May 2015, Convener, received his B.A. from Lehman College (CUNY), and through the CUNY BMI funded Pipeline-to-Justice Program at the CUNY School of Law was given the opportunity to become a student at CUNY Law School. Investigated employment and housing discrimination claims for the NYS Division of Human Rights. Currently, he is involved as a board member with D.A.N.C.E. Inc, which is a non- profit organization that promotes cultural, art, and literacy work among low-income children attending New York City public schools. Prior to coming to CUNY Law School he worked for Champion Learning as a tutor for children in low-income neighborhoods of the Bronx from grades K-12.

Alan Newton is a part-time Research Associate with The City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI). He earned an A.A. degree from Dutchess Community College/SUNY and a B.S. in Business Administration from Medgar Evers College/CUNY. Before becoming CUNY BMI's Research Associate, Newton was the Student Director for Justice Initiatives at The Male Development and Empowerment Center (MDEC) at Medgar Evers College/CUNY. Among numerous duties, Newton provided counsel to students, organized off-campus seminars and recruited prospective college students. He also supported the work of MDEC's advisory group by scheduling meetings, preparing program materials, and maintaining an online networking tool to foster increased communication between MDEC and its community partners. As for his work related to MDEC's community outreach efforts, Newton assisted in developing partnerships with community organizations with goals and objectives that are directly aligned with MDEC's mission. Through this outreach work, Newton extended the resources of the Center beyond Medgar Evers College through fostering collaboration and exchange with a diverse array of people as well as community organizations. Newton also assisted students, at their request, with legal issues by interacting with their legal representatives. A frequent public speaker on law enforcement practices leading to wrongful convictions, Mr. Newton is currently preparing for the law school application process. Newton's email address is [email protected]

Bukola Ogunmola is a 2012 graduate of York College with a degree in Marketing and a minor in Theatre Arts. She has worked as the York College Black Male Initiative Marketing and Special Events Coordinator for the last 2 years and she is looking to work many more years with the program. 45

Elizabeth Payamps is the Director of Future Now at Bronx Community College (BCC), a campus-based GED and college enrollment program offering a wide range of classes for students age 16-24. In October 2012, Ms Payamps was recognized by the NY Public Librarys’ prestigious Brooke Russell Astor Award for her significant contribution to New York City. As Director of Future Now , Elizabeth has built a nationally recognized model of a high performing GED and college transition program serving low income and justice involved youth and effective peer mentoring and leadership development programs. In 2011, Future Now’s college focused peer mentoring program, IMPACT, was chosen for replication as part of the NYC Mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative and Ms. Payamps is overseeing the technical assistance to implement the Future Now/IMPACT model at other CUNY campus-based GED programs. The mission of Future Now at Bronx Community College (BCC) has always been to provide our participants with educational and vocational development and empowerment. BCC is located in the west central Bronx, the home community of a large number of disenfranchised youths. Future Now at BCC offers free GED and vocational training classes, counseling and career exploration, along with college enrollment services to about 500 students per year. These on-campus classes and services have proved to be an ideal place for “mainstreaming” out-of-school adolescents, offering them an opportunity to identify with a new group of striving young adults, and to gain the skills and access to the labor market necessary to become productively employed. Due to the collaborative efforts of the City University of New York and the Department of Education, Future Now at BCC has surpassed its objectives every year. In the last five program years, 449 students have received GED diplomas and 533 students have enrolled in college at BCC. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Queens College of the City University of New York and a Masters Degree in Administration of Social Work from Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Kristy Clementina Perez currently serves as the Interim Director for the Percy E. Sutton SEEK Program at Baruch College. The SEEK Program provides its students with the tools they need to create their own success: to graduate and pursue fulfilling and productive lives, to develop an awareness of themselves and a sense of dedication to their community. Additionally, Ms. Perez serves as the Program Director for the BMI funded Percy E. Sutton SEEK’s Urban Male Leadership Academy Program, which serves to develop and promote the academic excellence, social consciousness and leadership skills of Black and Latino male college SEEK students. Ms. Perez is passionate about co-creating transformative, holistic and life-affirming educational experiences with her students. She considers herself a social justice educator and actively works with students in defining their passions and voicing their points-of-views. Prior to coming to Baruch College, Ms. Perez served as a high school English teacher at her alma mater of Perth Amboy High School in New Jersey for several years. She earned a BA in English from Douglass College at Rutgers University and a MSW with a concentration in Community Organization, Planning & Development from Hunter College School of Social Work.

Jonathan Quash is a graduate of York College of the City University of New York. He attended graduate programs at Regis University and City College, with a concentration in Musicology and African American Sacred Music. Shortly after graduation, Mr. Quash was hired as an Adjunct Lecturer within the Department of Performing and Fine Arts. In addition, he was also appointed the Director of the York College Gospel Chorus. He can be heard on several recordings for Jazz pianist Mark Adams and will be releasing his solo album with RMG Music in 2012. In addition to his musical abilities, Mr. Quash also serves York College as the Director of the York College Male Initiative Program, part of the City University of New York‘s Black Male Initiative Program. In this capacity, he has developed and implements several academic and non-academic programs designed to increase both the enrollment and retention rates of under-represented populations at York College. The cornerstone of this program is mentoring. Mr. Quash believes that each one must reach one. In his capacity as an ordained minister, Mr. Quash has served as both Youth Minister and Minister of Music at several local churches; he was also the Executive Secretary of the Baptist Ministers‘ Conference of New York and Vicinity. Currently, Mr. Quash serves as the Pulpit Supply Pastor of the Glenmore Avenue Presbyterian Church in East New York, Brooklyn. 46

Jason Reece is the Director of Research at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. Mr. Reece directs the Institute’s multimillion dollar annual research portfolio. He acts as an advisor and capacity builder to foundations, non-profits, community organizations and government agencies on issues related to community development, social equity in planning, civic engagement, GIS, and health equity. Reece was formerly the director of the Opportunity Communities Program at the Kirwan Institute and co- developed the opportunity mapping methodology with john a. powell, a methodology which has been adopted or utilized by more than dozens of non-profit, public sector and philanthropic partners and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reece’s professional experience includes organizational management, program administration, project management, program development, grant writing, strategic planning, research & policy consultation. He has managed and developed $5 million in grant and contract research since 2007 and has extensive experience working in the non-profit sector and public sector at the city, regional and state level, experience acting as a facilitator. Reece is also an adjunct faculty and lecturer, having taught eleven undergraduate and graduate courses, focused on social equity in planning, at the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University. Reece has published twelve articles in scholarly journals, books and other professional publications and published approximately seventy commissioned reports and research documents. He has been an invited expert speaker for approximately one hundred and twenty five professional or community engagements and a guest lecturer for more than two dozen university courses since 2007. Reece has assisted community organizations, philanthropic organizations, public agencies and other non-profit or faith based organizations in more than thirty states and is recognized as a national expert in data informed decision making to assist in social justice advocacy, community building and civic engagement. Prior to working for the Kirwan Institute, Reece was a regional planner for the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments working on issues of community/economic development, land use and transportation. He also has worked in rural community and economic development for Ohio State University Extension, where much of his work focused on Ohio’s Appalachian region. Jason has worked for the Ohio Department of Development in the Office of Strategic Research and for a municipal planning agency. He has been active in the field of GIS for sixteen years, including time working as a research assistant managing GIS laboratories at Miami University and as a GIS consultant. Reece was certified AICP by the American Institute of Certified Planners in 2003. He received a Master’s degree in City and Regional planning from The Ohio State University and studied city planning abroad at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional planning from Miami University. Jason is currently completing his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at The Ohio State University, exploring the role of planning, regional policy and civic engagement in supporting social equity. Mr. Reece’s research interests include Community Development, Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Policy; Regional equity; and GIS

Francois Restrepo is a first generation college and law school graduate. As a SEEK student, Francois Restrepo graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a major in Justice Studies and honors concentration in English. He obtained his Juris Doctorate with a concentration in International Law from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan. He completed the course work for this concentration in Australia and New Zealand. As a law school student, he volunteered as a youth advocate for the Lansing Teen Court. During his last year of law school, Mr. Restrepo interned with the Queens District Attorney’s Office in the Special Victims Bureau. Since recently graduating from law school, he is currently working in the area of immigration law. Mr. Restrepo is also an Adjunct Professor in the Latina/o American Studies Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice where he teaches a course on the Latino/a experience in the United States; and he is John Jay College’s Assistant Director of the Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program, a project of The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at St. John's University School of Law.

Frances Rosenson has dedicated her professional career to adult education. She has worked in Basic Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and High School Equivalency as a classroom instructor and counselor for the past twenty-five years. For more than fifteen years, she has been an administrator as well, both as assistant director and then project manager of the Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program. She is currently also the CUNY BMI Adult Literacy/HSE program coordinator at Brooklyn College. Frannie is an adult learner herself, having earned both a Master’s Degree in Organizational Psychology from Brooklyn College and a Mentoring Supervision Certificate from Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City’s Center for Training and Professional Development and Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, in 2012.

Benay Rubenstein has been a leading prison educator for over 25 years, designing and directing college programs in New York State and federal prisons. In 1997 she produced the award-winning film, The Last Graduation, documenting the history of higher education in New York State prisons. From 1997-2000 she directed the college program at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New York's only maximum-security prison for women. This college program, the first to return to a NYS prison after the loss of PELL and TAP, was supported entirely with private funding and a consortium of private colleges. In 2000, Benay co-founded the College and Community Fellowship, a reentry education program for women. In 2002, she founded, and until recently directed, The College Initiative, a reentry education program serving men and women throughout New York City. In September 2012, Ms. Rubenstein received a Soros Justice Fellowship to mobilize educators, advocates, researchers and students to reform the State University of New York's admissions policies that impose significant barriers to higher education for people with criminal records. The documentary, Passport to the Future: Accessing Higher Education in an Era of Mass Incarceration, produced with filmmaker Jeremy Robins, sheds light on the issue of criminal justice screening for college admissions, highlighting how this policy creates unnecessary barriers for admission for many, particularly men and women of color, who understand that higher education is their ticket to employment and a crime free life for themselves and their children.

Donald Ruff is currently the Director of Strategic Partnerships and College Planning at The Eagle Academy Foundation. Prior to transitioning in to his present role, he served as the Director of College Counseling at The Eagle Academy for Young Men, an all-male public high school located in the South Bronx. He has been responsible for successfully guiding four different senior classes through the college admissions process. Students have gained admission to some of the top colleges and universities in the country on his watch and earned millions of dollars in scholarship money most notably through the Posse Foundation Scholarship Program and the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program. Each graduating class continues to soar. This year Eagle‘s young men have gained admission to such prestigious academic institutions as The United States Military Academy at West Point, Carnegie Mellon University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Skidmore College, Marist College, Trinity College, and Howard University to name a few. Prior to joining the Eagle Academy movement, he served as the director of the Scholars Program at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO). Mr. Ruff joined the SEO family as the Tenth Grade Program Coordinator in January 2000, and after several promotions was appointed as the Director in 2004. In this leadership role, he oversaw a talented staff that assisted students in gaining admission to the most selective colleges and universities in the country. The entire Class of 2006 matriculated to four-year colleges; 72% of the these students attended Very Competitive, Highly Competitive, and Most Competitive institutions based on the Barron‘s Profiles of American Colleges. In his first two years at SEO he created the SEO Vision for Family Involvement and the Young Men‘s Collective. In 2002, Mr. Ruff was recognized as one of the Top 20 Youth Practitioners in NYC by the Partnership for After School Education (PASE). In his first year as Associate Director, Mr. Ruff implemented Saturday programming and the technological literacy curriculum. A lifetime resident of New York City, Mr. Ruff graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in History and African-American Studies. He has also completed the Executive Education Program – Institute for Not-for-Profit Management at Columbia Business School. As an alum of the Oliver Program, he attended The Brooklyn Friends School on an academic scholarship. This was a special 48

blessing for a young man coming from a single-parent household, who was living in public housing and would be the first in his family to attend college. Recognizing the unique opportunity he had as an Oliver Scholar, Mr. Ruff has dedicated his career to helping young people fulfill their dreams by taking advantage of opportunities, with an emphasis on education. Before his most recent stints with Eagle and SEO, Mr. Ruff served young people in varying capacities through his work at Learning Leaders, The Brooklyn Children‘s Museum, Henry Street Settlement, The Center for Children and Families and Kingsbridge Heights Community Center. Mr. Ruff currently resides in the Bronx, with his wife Takeisha, and his two children Zinah Symone (8 years old) and Quentin Xavier (4 years old).

Thomas Rudd joined the staff of the Kirwan Institute in 2004. In his current capacity as Director of Education and Emerging Research, he is responsible for expanding the Institute’s research agenda on issues related to educational opportunity and envisioning and energizing new research in criminal justice, implicit bias and health/health care with a focus on the social determinants of health. Rudd received a Bachelor of Science in sociology and a Master of Science in higher education, student affairs from Iowa State University. He has pursued doctoral study in educational policy and leadership at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the staff at the Institute, Rudd served on the professional staff of the Ohio Board of Regents where he directed the Department of State Grants and Scholarships and then served as Director of Student Financial Access in the division of educational linkages and access. Tom has worked extensively on issues related to strategies for improving access to higher education and the quality of preK-12 education. He recently completed a funded project aimed at broadening awareness of the ways in which traditional approaches to merit in the college admissions process have created barriers to educational opportunity, limited racial and ethnic diversity and obscured the democratic mission of the academy. Rudd is originally from White Plains, New York. He is married to Dr. Nancy Rudd, a professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology at Oho State. He has three adult children. His youngest son is currently enrolled in a combined masters/doctoral program in biomedical engineering at Ohio State. Rudd is an avid amateur photographer. Research interests: Structural and cognitive barriers to opportunity; education; criminal justice; health care; democratic merit; the meaning of race; racial discourse; race and cognition; implicit racial bias.

Yasmin Safdie is the Community Organizer at College and Community Fellowship (CCF) and helps coordinate the Education from the Inside Out Coalition (EIO). She develops and implements EIO policy strategy as well as focuses on leadership development and base building. Ms. Safdie has organized around anti-oppressive issues throughout NYC helping those most affected by the issues have a voice, shape policies and fight for justice. She has worked on a range of issues including: women’s rights, anti-racism, juvenile justice reform, and education reform. During her graduate studies, Safdie worked as an organizer at Voices of Women Organizing Project (VOW), mobilizing survivors of intimate partner violence to challenge the inadequate shelter and public housing systems they turn to for safety and justice; and at the Undoing Racism Internship Project (URIP), working to undo structural racism in the field of Social Work. Safdie continues her work with URIP as a Steering Committee member where she provides strategic support and assistance to current interns and the social work student body in NYC. Prior to CCF, Safdie was Programs Manager at the World Wide Workshop, where she focused on implementing programs to bring about education reform through innovative STEM learning and engage youth for civic action and leadership. She received her MS in Social Work from Columbia University and her BA in History and Anthropology from McGill University.

Somalia Samuel is a third year law student at City University of New York School of Law and participated in the CUNY BMI funded Pipeline to Justice Program at The CUNY School of Law. Ms. Samuel graduated magna cum laude from the City University of New York – John Jay College where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Humanities in Justice Studies. She was awarded the Undergraduate Research Incentive Scholarship for her senior thesis -- a historical and philosophical critique of the Thirteenth Amendment’s slavery proviso and its 49

impact on prison slavery. Before coming to CUNY School of Law, Samuel interned at New York City Treatment Alternative for Safer Communities where she acted as a court liaison for eligible offenders who participated in drug treatment programs in lieu of incarceration. During her time at John Jay College, she served as a Freshmen Peer Mentor helping to acclimate freshmen to college life. After graduating, she served as the Assistant Director of Freshmen Peer Mentoring at John Jay College. Last year, Samuel served as the Vice President of the Black Law Students Association and as a student representative for second year law students. This past summer, Samuel interned at Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem where she worked alongside seasoned public defenders providing holistic defense to indigent persons accused of crimes. She is currently a student defender in the Criminal Defense Clinic where she represents indigent clients charged with misdemeanors in Queens Criminal Court. In addition, this year Samuel was awarded the New York City Bar’s Thurgood Marshall Fellowship and serves on the Committee on Civil Rights.

Esmeralda Simmons is a founder and the Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Justice, a community-based legal institution, based at Medgar Evers College. The Center conducts racial justice public policy campaigns and litigation on behalf of community organizations. Ms. Simmons is a prominent attorney who specializes in racial justice issues such as voting rights, educational inequity, cultural rights, and human rights violations in the US. She is a graduate of Hunter College, CUNY and Brooklyn Law School, and was a Revson Fellow at Columbia University. During her career, she has served as First Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights for New York State, as Vice-Chair of the NYC Districting Commission, and as a citywide member of the NYC Board of Education. The mother of three adult sons, and the grandmother of five, Ms. Simmons lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with her husband, Lesly Jean-Jacques.

Emmanuel Thelusma, the son of Haitian immigrants, was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. As a participate in the first cohort of Teachers as Leaders Scholars at the end of the fall 2007 semester, Mr. Thelusma has had the opportunity to work with underrepresented youths, in grades ranging from 1st to 12th grade. In the summer of 2008, Mr. Thelusma worked as an assistant teacher in an elementary school for the BELL Organization. In the spring of 2009, Mr. Thelusma also worked alongside his fellow Teachers as Leaders Recipients with Citizen Schools. This organization placed Mr. Thelusma inside of a Brooklyn Junior H.S. as one of the music coaches for a song writing class. In the summer of 2009, Mr. Thelusma work as a Let‘s Get Ready Reading/Writing coach at York College. There he taught a SAT preparation class consisting of 9 students. It was during the following summer of 2010, that Mr. Thelusma had the opportunity to work as a Queens Site Director for Let’s Get Ready. Mr. Thelusma has been a participant of the York College Male Initiative Program since his freshmen year. It was through the guidance of the CUNY B.M.I. sponsored Men‘s Center, that Mr. Thelusma has been able to achieve his goals and participate in programs that benefit the community. As a graduate of York College with a BA in History, Mr. Thelusma has continued his studies in Brooklyn College where he is pursuing an MA in Urban Policy and Administration. Currently Mr. Thelusma works within the Academic Advising Center at Queens College. There he works as both an Academic Advisor and Program Coordinator for the CUNY BMI Funded program, Project ExCEL.

Douglas E. Thompkins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York. He has supervised the collection of both qualitative and quantitative data across multiple populations including: students, members of the formerly incarcerated population, gang members, and black males who are both unemployed and not in school. He is currently the principal investigator on a project which is an investigation into the types of violence Black males, 16-25 years of age, who live in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York community experience, and reasons why members of this population choose not to seek out victim related services. He has done extensive research into the culture of violence within the prison community as well as looking at the changing structure of the formal and informal social organizations of the prison and how these changes affect levels of public safety. Other areas of research include 50

investigating the relationship between participation in prison programs and successful reintegration back into the community once released from prison. His publications look at race and the criminal justice system, prisoner reentry/reintegration issues, gangs and school violence, gangs and the prison community, and post-secondary education. He is currently developing manuscripts which focus on parole policy and quality of life issues for the formerly incarcerated and alternative pathways to academic success. He earned his doctorate from the University of Illinois.

Bianca van Heydoorn is the Director of Education Initiatives at the Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York (CUNY). Ms. Van Heydoorn joined the Prisoner Reentry Institute as the Director of Educational Initiatives in August 2012. Her primary responsibility is to oversee projects related to increasing engagement, enrollment and retention in higher education for individuals with criminal justice histories. She works closely with institutions of higher education, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and other partners on existing projects as well as developing strategies for future initiatives. Ms. Van Heydoorn comes to PRI with ten years of experience in direct service and program implementation with justice involved populations. Prior to joining PRI, she provided educational and career counseling to young men at Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO), a reentry program in East Harlem. In addition, Bianca’s previous experience includes employment at the Vera Institute of Justice, Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) and Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) where she worked on juvenile justice reform, youth development, commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC), discharge planning and building government and community partnerships. She was also a 2007-2009 F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation Fellow and is published in the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. Ms. Van Heydoorn graduated Magna cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Correctional Sociology from the CUNY Baccalaureate Program for Interdisciplinary Studies and earned a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Patrick Van Sluytman is the Director of Education at the New York City Department of Probation (NYC Probation). He is responsible for implementing an educational agenda for clients on probation. This agenda includes linking clients to programs that assist them in obtaining a high school diploma, a GED, or post- secondary education. Mr. Van Sluytman has worked for CUNY Colleges developing, implementing and directing educational programs at correctional institutions and in communities. He has participated in numerous panels discussing issues on education and incarceration. Mr. Van Sluytman holds an MPA degree in Public Administration from Columbia University

Paul Washington is a longtime community activist who has participated in the movement for Social Justice for over 25 years. Former Chief of Staff to Council Member Charles Barron, Mr. Washington is a grass roots organizer engaged in Electoral Politics and Union Organizing. He has written a number of articles on Black Political Empowerment, Police Mis-Conduct, Economic Justice issues, Black Male Development and Education. He is presently Coordinator of Outreach for the Male Development and Empowerment Center at Medgar Evers College and Vice-Chair for Cross Campus Chapter of HEOs (Higher Education Officers) for the Professional Staff Congress, the faculty and staff of the City University of New York. Mr. Washington has been an educational Counselor for Black Veterans for Social Justice which provided services for Homeless Men in Central Brooklyn. Mr. Washington has stated that working at “Pamoja House was one of the most important and valued positions he has held, for it placed me in the front line on fighting and educating people about the crisis of Black Males in America.” Mr. Washington has a B.A. in Social Science from the College of New Rochelle and a M.A. in Political Science and Public Administration from Brooklyn College. He is presently writing a biography on “Morris U. Schappes,” a scholar, activist, writer and Union organizer who taught at City College during the 1930s, who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to prison for his political affiliations and Union Organizing.

Kevin Webb serves as Human Resources Training Manager/Program Coordinator for the Professional Development and Learning Management unit of The City University of New York, Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM). In this role, Mr. Webb designs, coordinates, and facilitates training programs in such topics as sexual harassment, workplace violence, and sustainability. Webb’s prior professional experience includes business and IT consulting, technology training, retail management, and music performance and production. Mr. Webb earned a B.A. degree with honors in Sociology and Organizational Behavior and Management from Brown University, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the Baruch College School of Public Affairs. Mr. Webb is a member of the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) and the Pi Alpha Alpha national honor society for public affairs and administration.

Harry Wells has nearly twenty-five years of experience in international trade, economic development, entrepreneurship and small business management. He developed a US distribution network that sold textiles and apparel to major clients including J.C. Penney and Sears. Mr. Wells served as a consultant to the World Bank, and to several US companies on how to export their products to developing markets. In the past few years, he has counselled hundreds of entrepreneurs and assisted them in obtaining millions of dollars for business start-up and expansion. In 2007, he published ‘Ten Successful Start-Ups: How Their Setbacks, Management Strategies and Practical Lessons Can Help You Succeed in Business’. Mr. Wells specializes in unique and powerful financial and management training programs, products and services to business owners to contribute to their overall success. Harry is passionate about delivering practical financial and management tools to improve their profitability and cash flow. He provides the kind of financial education and measurement tools that improve the chances of business and personal success.

George White, Jr. is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, a husband, and a father of three. Dr. White is an Associate Professor of History in York College‘s Department of History & Philosophy. Dr. White received his B.A. in History from Southern Methodist University in 1984, then graduated from Harvard Law School in 1987. After a brief hiatus practicing law, Dr. White returned to academia by way of the graduate program in History at Temple University. In 2001, Dr. White received his Ph.D. in History. Dr. White‘s primary research interests rest in the areas of American Foreign Policy, Critical Race Theory, and African American History. Over the years, Dr. White has published a number of scholarly articles and book chapters in the United States and abroad, including ―Big Ballin‘!?: Vice President Nixon and the Creation of the Bureau of African Affairs in the State Department,‖ ―The Aftermath of World War II and the Rise of Amharic, Masculine Hegemony in Ethiopia,‖ and ―Little Wheel Blues: John Lee Hooker, the Eisenhower Administration, and African Decolonization,‖ among others. His first book, Holding the Line: Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy Toward Africa, 1953-1961, was published in 2005 by Rowman & Littlefield Press. His second monograph, which is under review at Fordham University Press, is entitled On the Battlefield for My Lord: A Military Biography of Reverend Robert Boston Dokes. Dr. White enjoys life in the classroom and teaches a number of courses, including History 108 - The Three Worlds: World History since 1500, History 272 - African American History, and History 279 - History of Hip Hop Culture. In 2008, Dr. White won a grant from the York College Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and has worked on a number of College-wide committees whose focus was the improvement of math skills among students taking General Education classes. In his prior post at the University of Tennessee, Dr. White worked on over a dozen Master‘s Thesis committees and served on four dissertation committees. Dr. White is active within the historical profession and a frequent panelist and/or Commentator at professional conferences. He is a member of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). He has written blogs on foreign policy and race for SHAFR and the website ―Nation of Cowards, hosted by Black male feminist intellectual (and friend) Dr. David Ikard. In his spare time, you might find Dr. White listening to artists like Ledisi or The Roots, or watching episodes of ―The Boondocks.

Ruben Wills was elected to The New York City Council in a November 2010 special election after the passing of Council Member Thomas White, Jr. At 21, Council Member Wills became an entrepreneur and started a home contracting business which became a center of opportunity for young adults, the formerly incarcerated, and other at-risk residents of the community to acquire the job skills necessary to escape the vicious cycle of poverty and prison. He later started two community-based organizations to aid the most vulnerable of the neighborhood. The Christian Basketball League, Inc. included 60 churches and provided a safe haven of activities for hundreds of neighborhood children. New York 4 Life is a nonprofit organization which has helped single mothers champion critical issues such as civic literacy and financial empowerment. In 2003, Council Member Wills served as the special assistant to City Council Member Leroy Comrie where he engaged with residents about issues associated with working families and affordable housing. Later as chief of staff to State Senator Shirley Huntley, Council Member Wills worked to identify the early signs of the foreclosure crisis, fought to protect residents from predatory lending, and supported the senator’s efforts to increase community and parent participation of the New York City public school system during the fight for mayoral control. Council Member Wills was also the lead community organizer along with SEIU Local 1199 in attempting to stave off the closure of Mary Immaculate hospital and worked with several veterans organizations in the fight to keep the St. Albans V.A. Hospital open. Born in Southeast Queens and raised in the South Jamaica Houses, Council Member Wills is a product of the New York City public school system, graduating from Public School 40 and Thomas Edison High School. He and his wife, Marcia, are active members of St. Alban’s Congregational Church.

Jermaine Wright is the Associate Director of The City University of New York Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI). A graduate of Binghamton University with a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology, Wright later earned a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) degree with a concentration in Management and Operations from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY. Prior to becoming CUNY BMI Associate Director, Wright worked at the National Urban League as a Program Manager for the Urban Youth Empowerment Program (UYEP), a comprehensive workforce development model for disconnected and adjudicated youth between the ages of 18 - 24. As a Program Manager, Wright managed several National Urban League affiliates across the nation that were operating UYEP. Additionally, he revised program policies/procedures to better serve participants' needs. Wright’s other work experience includes monitoring the employment status of clients transitioning from public assistance to the workforce as a Site Supervisor at Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, and developing workshops/special events for low-wage workers as an AmeriCorps member. At present, Wright is a third-year doctoral student at Rutgers University-Newark in the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA). His research interests include the use of performance information at educational institutions (NYC Public schools and the City University of New York), particularly the influence of the use of performance information on academic progress, and the role of diversity at educational institutions, specifically the effects of diversity among senior university officials on the enrollment of students of color. Wright is also an Adjunct Professor at SPAA teaching classes in the Masters of Public Administration program. In his spare time, Wright serves as a mentor to young people through Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., an international service organization predicated on achievement and the uplifting of under-served low-income communities. Wright’s email address is: [email protected]

Kam S. Wong is Associate Director for Workforce Diversity and Compliance at the City University of New York (“CUNY”) and the Chief Diversity Officer for the Central Office of CUNY. In this role, she is responsible for advising and training managers and employees on equal employment opportunities, diversity, and inclusion; designing and implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives; investigating any complaints of discrimination; and analyzing employment practices to ensure equal opportunities in recruitment, retention, and advancement for 1200+ employees. Additionally, she provides University-wide guidance on equal employment opportunities, diversity, and inclusion. Prior to joining CUNY, Kam was a Senior Trial Attorney for 9.5 years at the New York District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she litigated and achieved significant 53

remedies on behalf of the public in employment discrimination matters including sex discrimination, religion and national origin discrimination, age discrimination, and disability discrimination. Her lawsuits include EEOC v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., EEOC v. The Plaza Hotel, EEOC v. Tavern on the Green, and EEOC v. Bloomberg L.P. Ms. Wong graduated from Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania Law School. She has been recognized by the Asian American Bar Association of New York for “Achievement and Distinction as a Litigator” and named “One of the Best Lawyers Under 40" by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Ms. Wong has trained over 800 managers, employees, and attorneys on nondiscrimination, equal employment opportunity, and diversity.

THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Summary of Funded Projects 2013-2014

With a ninth consecutive grant from the New York City Council, The City University of New York (CUNY) has established projects to support the enrollment and retention of students from underrepresented groups in all five boroughs of New York City and at all the CUNY senior, comprehensive and community colleges including the CUNY Graduate Center and the CUNY Law School. Funds from the New York City Council also support four (4) targeted GED programs. All programs and activities of The CUNY Black Male Initiative are open to all academically eligible students, faculty and staff without regard to race, gender, national origin or other characteristic. Though CUNY BMI projects target African, African American/Black, Caribbean and Latino/Hispanic males and other underrepresented groups, it is expected that the entire University will benefit from what is learned from efforts with these targeted populations.

For general information about the CUNY Black Male Initiative (CUNY BMI), please visit: http://web.cuny.edu/academics/oaa/initiatives/bmi.html. To find out about specific projects funded under the BMI, please contact the CUNY campus representatives listed below. For the CUNY BMI central administrators, please visit: http://web.cuny.edu/academics/oaa/initiatives/bmi/staff.html

College/Contact Project Description Baruch College The Baruch College BMI project supports two Transfer Bridge Program - Urban Male Leadership initiatives: a Transfer Bridge Program and the other an Academy (UMLA); Coalition of Black Clubs Urban Male Leadership Academy. The Transfer Bridge Program seeks to create a pipeline from community to Angela Anselmo senior college that would enable a smooth transition for Director of Baruch BMI underrepresented males who are currently enrolled at 646 312-4628 Borough of Manhattan community college and wish to [email protected] pursue a BBA degree at Baruch. The other initiative, the UMLA is housed in the SEEK Program and is Kristy Perez specifically designed to develop and promote the Director of SEEK Urban Male Leadership Academy academic excellence, social consciousness and 646 312-4630 leadership skills of black and Latino male college [email protected] students at Baruch College. The third focus is on supporting students from underrepresented groups at Timothy London Baruch College such as Bridge students once they are Assistant Director of Baruch BMI accepted to Baruch. Students from both programs share (646) 312-4622 multiple commonalities and benefit from an exchange [email protected] of information and ideas. Furthermore, in addition to serving as a positive support system for each other, the Rebecca Quainoo UMLA students mentor BMI Transfer Bridge students Assistant Director of Baruch BMI and are a direct link to the Baruch College community. (646) 312-4622 [email protected]

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) The overall project goals for the Urban Male Urban Male Leadership Academy (UMLA) Leadership Academy (UMLA) at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) for the Michael Gillespie academic year are a continuation of the program’s Associate Dean, Academic Affairs emphases since its inception during the 2005-2006 (212) 220-8323 academic year. They are 1) to increase retention and [email protected] graduation rates of underserved students, particularly African American and Latino males at BMCC; 2) to Ashtian Holmes ensure that underserved students graduate from BMCC BMI Coordinator with the academic and vocational skills to be successful (212) 220-7276 in future schooling and the workplace; 3) to work [email protected] collaboratively with identified high schools and community-based organizations to recruit and sustain Everton Barrett the number of underserved students in the pipeline to Academic Affairs higher education; 4) to increase the transfer rate to (212) 220- 5059 baccalaureate programs among underserved students; [email protected] and 5) to increase the number of underserved students, particularly African American and Latino males, who major in elementary or mathematics and/or science education and pursue careers in teaching in New York City public schools. Women students are actively encouraged to participate in all programs and activities sponsored by the CUNY BMI funded UMLA. Several BMCC students have participated in the CUNY BMI Teachers as Leaders Project.

Bronx Community College The mission of Future Now at Bronx Community Future Now College is to assist GED students in making successful transitions into as well as persisting through college. Elizabeth Payamps The goal is to empower out-of-school and formerly Director, Future Now at Bronx Community College incarcerated youths, by facilitating the most effective (718) 289-5852 support systems that will allow them to complete their [email protected] high school education requirements, transition into post-secondary education, and graduate in a timely Claudia B. Ramirez manner with a college degree. Assistant Director, Future Now at Bronx Community College Future Now uses “Community Mentoring” as an (718) 289-5850 effective support system, where peer mentors provide [email protected] tutoring and counseling to current GED students and to current BCC college students.

Bronx Community College The mission of BCC BMI Leadership Empowerment Leadership Empowerment Network (LEN) formerly The Network (LEN) formerly The Student Leadership Student Leadership Academy for Social Entrepreneurs Academy for Social Entrepreneurs (SLASE) program is (SLASE) to recruit, retain and graduate Black and Latino males. The program aims to equip students with the skills, Melissa Kirk vision, and long-range plan for obtaining an Associate’s Director of Student Life Degree and beyond. The focus is on the academic, (718) 289-5193 professional and personal development of each student; [email protected] to build leadership, to improve Bachelor’s degree attainment, employment prospects, to address issues in Kimberly Roberts the community, as well as build a network among the Director of BMI students, faculty and staff that will help members reach (718) 289-3732 their academic and life goals. [email protected]

Dwayne Brown BMI Coordinator [email protected]

Brooklyn College The BC Bound: GED to Degree Program is designed to BC Bound: GED to Degree provide students who have received a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) with the opportunity to Sharona Levy attend Brooklyn College as a first-time freshmen. Professor Students earning their GED with minimum scores of SEEK Department 500 in the Writing and Mathematics portions and an (718) 951-5738 overall GED score of 2,700 or more are eligible for this [email protected] program. BC Bound will give students the opportunity to take full-time coursework towards their bachelor’s Penelope Terry degree by providing the students with academic Director of Undergrad Admission advisement, tutoring and peer mentoring via a (718) 951-4506 specially-designed 12-credit Learning Community (LC) [email protected] consisting of INDS 1011 (Foundations for College Success), ENGL 1010 (English Composition 1), MATH 1021 (PreCalculus A), a Pathways General Education course, and another course (e.g., an elective or introductory course in the major).

Students must meet with an advisor throughout the semester and attend 20 hours of tutoring, to continue at Brooklyn College students will need to pass both ENGL 1010 and MATH 1021 with a grade of “C” or better and have an overall CPA of 2.0 or better. Students who are not successful will be individually counseled on their options at other CUN’Y colleges.

Brooklyn College The CUNY BMI funded project at Brooklyn College Brooklyn College’s Black & Latino Male Initiative entitled Brooklyn College’s Black & Latino Male (BLMI) formerly E.R.I.S. (Empowering, Recruiting, Initiative (BLMI) formerly E.R.I.S. (Empowering, Investing and Supporting) Recruiting, Investing and Supporting) is a Campus Community Approach to Academic Access and Terrence Cheng Personal Success of Underrepresented Groups. Associate Provost/Assistant VP (718) 951-5771 The goals for BLMI include: [email protected] Goal 1: BLMI seeks to create a community on campus Robert Scott where students feel academically and socially Liaison for Campus & Community Partnerships supported, especially for Black and Latino men (718) 951-5766 Goal 2: BLMI seeks to increase the retention, [email protected] graduation rates and GPA for Black and Latino male students Nicole St.Clair Goal 3: BLMI seeks to increase their engagement in Assistant Director of First College Year Programs academic and leadership workshops/seminars and high Brooklyn College, CUNY impact learning practices. (718) 951-5771 Goal 4: BLMI seeks to increase campus awareness of [email protected] and involvement in the initiative Goal 5: BLMI seeks to implement a Learning Lawrence Patterson, Community with General Education courses focused on Workshop and Mentorship Coordinator the Urban Experience. (718) 951-5766 [email protected]

City College of New York The primary goals of the Black Male Leadership and Black Male Leadership and Mentorship Project at The Mentorship Project at The City College (BMLMP) are City College (BMLMP) to: (1) strengthen underrepresented students’ sense of Claude Brathwaite community and connection to the institution by Project Administrator, New York City expanding their network of peers who share common Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation academic goals, (2) expand this group of students’ (212) 650-8850 knowledge and awareness of the varied career [email protected] opportunities that are available to them, (3) increase their exposure to successful, mainstream role models, Nadine Bennett and Vanessa Sanchez (4) strengthen their positive sense of self by helping BMLMP Program Coordinator them to improve their social competency and leadership (212) 650-8856 skills, (5) connect project participants to mentors who [email protected] will encourage them to stay in college until they graduate. Further, this project will continue to offer college students different types of learning experiences within the context of supportive relations in order to strengthen students' commitment to college and motivation to succeed. Several City College students have participated in the CUNY BMI Teachers as Leaders Project.

City College of New York RAP-SI is committed to the improvement of retention Retention, Achievement, & Professionalism Success and academic performance of students from Institute (RAP-SI) underrepresented groups enrolled at CCNY/CUNY.RAP-SI will expand the social Gordon Thompson opportunities, academic resources, counseling, RAP-SI Director mentoring programs, support systems and learning (212) 650 8549 communities throughout City College available to two [email protected] groups of students: 1) Freshmen needing academic intervention, and 2) sophomores and juniors with Trevaughn Bynum GPA’s between 2.3 and 2.5. RAP-SI Program Coordinator (212) 650-5100 RAP-SI is also committed to promoting strategies that [email protected] will encourage and prepare BMI students for successful enrollment in graduate and/or professional school. Chuck Frye RAP-SI is further committed to encouraging BMI RAP-SI Student Activities Coordinator students to enroll in service learning courses, (212) 650-7914 particularly those developed by RAP-SI in conjunction [email protected] with the Black Studies Program.

Geraldo Ramirez RAP-SI Program Assistant (212) 650-5253 [email protected]

Ted Dorset RAP-SI Retention Specialist (212) 650 5394 [email protected]

City College of New York The Medical Career Success Program proposes to Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education enhance the academic performance and retention of Medical Career Success Program students in the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education and also in the pre-med program of The City Maurizio Trevisan College. The program is divided into career Dean enhancement efforts and support services programs. (212) 650-5275 Career enhancement will include monthly Skills [email protected] Development Workshops, facilitation of professional networking opportunities and exposure to medical Dani McBeth professionals. Associate Dean for Student Affairs (212) 650-7727 / 8485 [email protected]

Jerrold Erves Associate Director of Admissions/BMI Director (212) 650-7707 [email protected]

The College of Staten Island- College Success Initiative The College Success Initiative: Learning by Teaching program has both high school and college students A. Ramona Brown participating in Mathematics, Science and English Vice President of Student Affairs Language arts tutorial program; The students are from (718) 982-4122 Curtis and Port Richmond high school and CSI BMI. [email protected] The project has three (3) primary and two (2) secondary goals. The primary goals are: (1) promoting academic Debra Evans-Greene success; (2) diversity recruitment or increasing OASP / BMI Project Director enrollment of students from underrepresented Office of Academic Affairs populations through pipeline to college programs; (3) (718) 982-2638 diversifying the teaching profession by recruiting Fax: (718) 982.2616 underrepresented students, particularly African [email protected] American males, into the teaching profession. As for its secondary goals, the BMI funded project at CSI has Alicia Murray created an academic Learning Community to support OASP / BMI Project Coordinator students from populations that are severely (718)982-2571 underrepresented in higher education and to strengthen [email protected] the programs in the Office of Access and Success.

Olaniran Asanbe OASP / BMI Support Staff Office: (718) 982-2005 [email protected]

CUNY Black Male Initiative – Central With the generous support of the Deutsche Bank Teachers as Leaders Project Americas Foundation and The Schott Foundation for Public Education, CUNY BMI created the Teachers as Elliott Dawes Leaders Project (TALP) which offered CUNY students: University Director, CUNY BMI (1) full scholarships; (2) New York State Teacher (212) 650-8294 Certification Examination (NYSTCE) workshops; (3) [email protected] career development and public policy workshops; (4) clinical education experiences and (5) mentorship from Jermaine Wright current and former New York City public school Associate Director, CUNY BMI teachers. The grant period for TALP ended in January (212) 650-5394 2011. [email protected]

Alan Newton Research Associate, CUNY BMI (212) 650-7087 [email protected]

CUNY Fatherhood Academy The CUNY Fatherhood Academy (“CFA” or “the Academy”) is a holistic program model designed to Deborah Douglass promote responsible parenting and foster economic Executive Director, ETOP stability for young fathers. While increased parental (646) 664-8019 engagement, GED completion and employment are [email protected] important goals, the central focus of the program is to encourage fathers to prepare for, enroll in, and graduate Program staff: from college with the understanding that a college degree is the most effective means to provide long term Beth Lord [email protected] economic support for themselves and their families. Raheem Brooks [email protected] David Speal [email protected] The Academy serves young fathers, age 18 – 24 in a sixteen week program that meets three days per week. Services start with a three -week Boot Camp of up to 50 participants, with the goal of selecting 40 to join the Academy. Of the 40 finalists, 10-15 may be high school graduates or GED holders. The program offers 15 hours per week of on-campus activities consisting of 9 hours of academic instruction (GED prep or college prep), and 6 hours of parenting and personal development workshops, including a men’s support group. Fathers also have the opportunity to be placed in part-time employment or internships for 15 to 20 hours per week. The program is managed out of the CUNY Central Office and implemented at LaGuardia Community College’s Division of Adult and Continuing Education.

CUNY Graduate School -Office of Educational The Widening the Doors to Academia Project is Opportunity and Diversity Programs (OEODP) designed to enhance underrepresented student Widening the Doors to Academia Project recruitment into doctoral programs and academic success of those who are already enrolled. The project Herman Bennett ensures that the Graduate Center’s goals of enrolling, Executive Officer, Officer of Educational Opportunity and retaining and graduating underrepresented groups in the Diversity Programs, OEODP/BMI Project Director doctoral program are accomplished. The Office of (212) 817-8435 Educational Opportunity and Diversity Programs [email protected] (OEODP), through BMI funds, support the Graduate Center’s recruitment and retention goals which are to: Alida Rojas 1) increase the number of groups traditionally Assistant Program Officer underrepresented in higher education; and 2) increase 212-817-7540 their graduation rate and time to degree. The project [email protected] services all graduate students enrolled at CUNY, in particular students from underrepresented groups and it also serves all 27 students in the CUNY Pipeline undergraduate program.

CUNY Law School - Pipeline to Justice Program The CUNY School of Law Pipeline to Justice Program is designed to give a second chance at law school Cheryl Howard admission and preparation for academic success in law Program Director school to college graduates from groups traditionally (718) 340-4487 underrepresented in the legal profession. The program [email protected] is designed to: (1) raise their LSAT scores, (2) improve critical reading, analytic thinking, and professional- Ryan Dooley level writing skills, (3) provide general student Pipeline to Justice Assistant counseling, and (4) provide consistent, individualized (718) 340-4188 academic counseling, structured cohort support, and [email protected] mentoring throughout the three years of law school.

CUNY Office of Academic Affairs Two campus-based adult literacy programs, at Adult Literacy Mentoring Program Brooklyn College and Lehman College, developed new structures and processes designed to reach out to, and Leslee Oppenheim support students, with college potential in CUNY GED Director of Language and Literacy Programs programs, in order to increase the number of students (212) 794-5427 from underrepresented groups, in particular black [email protected] males, who complete their course of study at these programs, receive their GED diplomas, and continue Kate Brandt, their education at CUNY. The project, built around a Professional Development Coordinator mentoring structure at each of programs, served as a (212) 541-0399 pilot that extended to other CUNY literacy/GED [email protected] programs. Additionally, the project has focused on developing a curriculum and transitional courses Frannie Rosenson designed to assist students who pass the GED with Director, Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program college entrance examinations. (718) 951-4117 [email protected]

Jaye Jones, PhD ALC Director, Lehman College (718) 960-2460 [email protected] 62

CUNY Office of Academic Affairs Success by Degrees, the BMI funded project Creative Arts Team (CUNY CAT) implemented by the CUNY Creative Arts Team Success by Degrees (CUNY CAT), provides students with the opportunity to examine, through an interactive learning model, Linda Zimmerman issues related to healthy social, academic and Executive Director workplace achievement. Under the guidance of CAT's (212) 652-2830 professional actor/teachers, CUNY students, [email protected] particularly BMI participants, engage in a range of theatrical strategies and techniques –– as they explore Keith Johnston choices, decisions and consequences related to life Director, College/Adult Program challenges. Success by Degrees provides a safe space (212) 652-2835 for students to voice, practice and discover the skills to [email protected] succeed.

Aabha Adhiya Project CHANGE, the BMI funded structured Grants and Development Manager mentorship project, brings 20 students from CUNY’s (212) 652-2812 York and Medgar Evers Colleges together to use [email protected] interactive drama as the starting point for a multifaceted campaign to generate broad-based community support David Mitnowsky for comprehensive sexual health education and health Operations Manager care services for young people. (212)652-2817 [email protected]

CUNY Office of Academic Affairs In the Fall of 2007, CUNY Office of Academic Affairs Collaborative Programs received in funding from the CUNY Black Male Young Men’s/Women’s Leadership Academy Initiative to pilot the Young Men’s Leadership Institute (YM/WLI) (YMLI) at South Bronx Preparatory, a CUNY Middle Grades Initiative/GEAR UP (MGI/GU) partner school. Sarah McConnell Based on the success of the pilot program, CUNY Associate Director, College Readiness Initiatives MGI/GEAR UP, a college/school consortium project (718) 254-7198 housed in the University’s Office of Academic Affairs [email protected] Collaborative Programs unit, will expand YMLI to two additional partner colleges and two secondary schools. Julia Pujols The structured mentoring program for 9th-grade Black, Coordinator, College Readiness Initiatives Latino, and under-represented male students would be (718)254-7179 implemented at South Bronx Preparatory (Lehman [email protected] College), East Side Community High School (Hunter College), and Queens Gateway to the Health Sciences (Queens College).

A comparable program, Young Women’s Leadership Institute (YWLI), was created for female students. The Young Men’s and Women’s Leadership Institutes will be comprised of three primary components: (1) a group mentoring program; (2) guest speakers’ series; and (3) community service project.

The goals of the YMLI and YWLI remain consistent with those of the pilot program. The five (5) goals of the Institutes are to: (1) develop students’ academic and 63

personal growth skills; (2) increase students’ awareness of the opportunities offered through College Now; (3) increase the number of Black, Latino, and underrepresented students who enroll in and successfully complete College Now courses and workshops; (4) to maintain high retention rates of students enrolled in the program; and (5) to increase student awareness of careers and college programs in STEM and education

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College Brothers on a New Direction has four goals to: (1) Brothers on a New Direction (BOND) improve retention of Hostos Community College students and increase their graduation rates (with a Christine Mangino special attention paid to the graduation rates of male Associate Dean and BMI Director students of color); (2) strengthen academic skills of (718) 518-6753 students at Hostos (with a special attention paid to the [email protected] academic performance of male students of color); (3) increase the enrollment of males in College Now and David Johnson provide early intervention for 9th and 10th grade males Director of Early College enrolled in participating high schools and (4) and [email protected] maintain high retention rates for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students enrolled at the Hostos Lincoln Academy (the Hostos campus school) to ensure that they move into high school and graduate with college-bound aspirations.

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College The program will be sited at Hostos, thus allowing the Hostos College Initiative Summer Program students to receive an orientation to college life, and combined academic and non-academic preparation, Sandy Figueroa aiming at not only preparing students for the CUNY Professor placement tests but also preparing them for a successful (718) 518-6512 college career. [email protected] Objectives of the Hostos College Initiative 2014 Summer Program: To pass at least one of the CUNY placement exams;

To structure the program so that students can participate without fear of compromising their other commitments, such as work or parole or probation supervision;

To create a transportable model that can be implemented on other CUNY community colleges and beyond.

Hunter College Brothers for Excellence, the Hunter College Black Male Brothers for Excellence Initiative for Recruitment, Retention and Success, aims to offer historically underrepresented students and black John Rose males in particular, a personalized educational Office of the President experience in which they receive varied forms of (212) 650-3262 support, academic, financial and emotional. The project [email protected] offers students academic advisement, mentorship, community-building service experiences, and Marcia Cantarella workshops conducted by subject matter experts as well Consultant as the CUNY Creative Arts Team. Additionally, the [email protected] project sponsors a number of outreach and diversity recruitment activities. Shawn Best Coordinator, Black Male Initiative (212) 650-3458 [email protected]

John Jay College of Criminal Justice College Initiative (CI) is a community of successful, Prisoner Reentry Institute: The College Initiative positive and supportive students, alumni and staff A University-wide program based at John Jay College of dedicated to creating pathways from criminal justice Criminal Justice involvement to college and beyond. CI is dedicated to creating life-changing college opportunities for men Anne Jacobs and women in New York City with criminal history and Director of the Prisoner Reentry Institute a high school diploma or GED. (646) 557- 4532 CI's mission is: To create pathways from criminal [email protected] justice involvement to college and beyond and to establish and support communities invested in their Michael Carey own success. The work reflects a deep passion and Executive Director of the College Initiative strategic commitment to empowering men and women (347) 998-5861 involved in the criminal justice system to become [email protected] stabilizing forces in their communities, advocates for change, role models and engaged citizens working for a Charlene Griffin safer New York City. Data Manager (347) 871-0215 Central to CI's model is a collaborative and [email protected] evolutionary approach to program design that captures the collective intelligence and experience of CI's Ray Tebout community. Using this approach, CI develops Director of Counseling and Mentoring transportable strategies, tools, relationships and (347) 450-8214 networks aimed at increasing students' resilience in [email protected] navigating barriers and challenges on the pathway into and through higher education. In the process, CI generates and elevates the work of transformative leaders, from formerly incarcerated students to peer mentors to program staff to faculty to university and community administrators – committed to building the pathway from criminal justice to college.

CI's strategies include: outreach and recruitment, including on-site presentations at correctional facilities 65

and correspondence with those preparing for release; orientation and assessment, including an overview of the program and baseline testing of academic skills; academic and social preparation including tutoring, and a college preparation program; academic and financial aid counseling and referrals to other reentry services; scholarships; and a student-designed peer mentoring program that has been used as a national model.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice The Ron H. Brown Law School Prep Program is a The Ron H. Brown Law School Prep Program collaborative program of The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development of the St. Lisandro Perez John's University School of Law, John Jay College of Chair/Professor Criminal Justice, Department of Latin American and Latin American and Latina/o Studies Latina/o Studies/CUNY, Medgar Evers College/CUNY, [email protected] the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and York College/CUNY. It is designed to help increase the Jodie G. Roure, J.D., Ph.D. representation of underrepresented groups in legal Assistant Professor, Latin American and Latina/o Studies education by providing eligible John Jay students with Department and Project Director and Principal Investigator, an intensive summer program in the study of law at St. John Jay College component Ron Brown Pre-Law Program John’s University School of Law. CUNY BMI Direct line: 212-237-8672 Main office, supports that John Jay College component of the Ron [email protected] H. Brown program; however, students from Medgar Evers College and York College are also eligible to Francois Restrepo, participate in this intensive pre-law program that Assistant Director Brown Pre-Law Program features, among other benefits, LSAT preparation. (212) 237-8710 [email protected]

John Jay College of Criminal Justice Urban Male Initiative (UMI), the BMI funded project at Urban Male Initiative (UMI) John Jay College, will enhance existing college support programs to specifically target and meet the needs of Lynette Cook-Francis underrepresented groups. A network of "first Vice President of Student Development responders" from faculty, staff and counselors will [email protected] work with at risk students, and a career development component will be incorporated. The goal is to increase Kenneth Holmes the number of students from underrepresented groups Dean of Students who successfully complete a degree program at the (212) 237.8211 college. [email protected]

Maria E. Vidal Urban Male Initiative Coordinator 646-557-4557 [email protected]

Kingsborough Community College The Kingsborough Student Leadership Initiative, the Men's Resource Center - The Kingsborough Student CUNY BMI funded project at KBCC, grew out of an Leadership Initiative inaugural project that began in the summer of 2006. The overall goal of the project has remained consistent Peter Cohen since its inception to: (1) increase the enrollment of Office of the Dean of Student Affairs male students representing underserved and (718) 368-5563 underrepresented groups utilizing various enrollment [email protected] resources, including, but not limited to, local high schools, community based organizations, churches, Michael Rodriguez GED programs, and the Kingsborough Office of Black Male Initiative Director Enrollment Management; (2) assist students enrolled in (718) 368-5339 the initiative in accessing the support services offered at [email protected] the college, including counseling, academic advisement, supplemental instruction, and mentoring. Brian Mitra In addition to the aforementioned goals, the project Director of Career Development, Transfer/New Start, and offers to each student a mentoring component that Scholarship Opportunities provides a source of information, informal advisement (718) 368-5115 and role modeling for students. The project has [email protected] developed a network of mentors from among Kingsborough faculty and administration who have established supportive relationships with BMI students. Peer mentors, including BMI alumni, have provided an important source of additional assistance to project enrollees. During the academic year, emphasis will be placed on activities designed to promote a closer relationship between the project and academic departments and faculty members. The goal of this new initiative is to ultimately strengthen BMI student relationships with faculty members and promote their pursuit of shared academic and research interests.

Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College The Empowerment and Success Program for Under- Empowerment and Success Program for Under- Represented Students is modeled to support the Represented Students retention of students from the perspective of persistence. The project will implement strategies for Renee Butler increasing the retention and course completion rate of BMI Project Director underrepresented students by identifying student needs, Assistant Dean, Student Affairs providing peer-to-peer experiences, mentoring and (718) 482-5292 tutorial/academic interventions. The project will [email protected] continue to focus on the following objectives: (1) identifying students facing academic difficulty through Terik Tidwell a mid-semester review (Early Alert Program): (2) BMI Project Associate Director providing outreach and recommend appropriate Engagement Manager intervention strategies and referrals: (3) focusing on (718) 482-5175 supporting ethnic identification, socio- [email protected] economic/financial issues and addressing educational/ cultural stereotypes; (4) cultivating peer to peer study Andrew Russell groups; (5) increase student awareness of personal BMI Program Coordinator responsibility in their educational experience and (718)482-5175 college expectation and offering mentorship. [email protected] 67

Lehman College The Urban Male Leadership Program (UMLP) is The Urban Male Leadership Program (UMLP) designed to facilitate the successful transition of first- year and transfer students to Lehman College. The John Holloway program also provides support to continuing students Associate Dean by strengthening academic skills, personal 718 960-8242 development, and character enrichment. The program is [email protected] committed to developing the whole student both in and outside the classroom. The Center seeks to increase the Michael A. Deas, MSW retention and graduation rates of all students while Director, The Urban Male Leadership Program fostering a meaningful college experience with specific Division of Student Affairs emphasis on the experiences of historically (718) 960-8802 underrepresented students including African American [email protected] and Latino males.

Mozelle Goodwin The Urban Male Leadership Program is also committed Program Coordinator to working closely with the Division of Enrollment The Urban Male Leadership Program Management to increase outreach and recruitment [email protected] efforts of Black and Latino males graduating from high schools located in close proximity to Lehman College. Dwight Stephenson, MSW Through school visits, on-campus programming, open Outreach and Diversity Recruiter houses, prospective student receptions and phone (718) 960-8801 outreach/follow-up, the Center hopes to boost the [email protected] number of applications from populations underrepresented in higher education including African Julette Sanchez American and Latino males. Academic Intervention and Success Coordinator [email protected]

Medgar Evers College The Male Development and Empowerment Center The Male Development and Empowerment Center (MDEC) at Medgar Evers College is an academic (MDEC) success initiative designed to counsel and mentor male students who have enrolled at the college. The Center Vincent Banrey intends to address the area of academic success both VP Enrollment Management & Student Support Service directly and indirectly. Directly by providing (718) 270-6046 mentoring/coaching, training and academic support to [email protected] students and indirectly by providing group settings for social development and information exchange, as well Larry B. Martin as cultural enrichment. Project Director (718) 270-6405 The project goals for the academic year are as follows: [email protected]  Provide coaching and academic support to a cohort of 75 students to realize their Paul Washington education goals. (718)270-5074  Coordinate four (4) student services [email protected] related activities aimed at providing academic support and information to students.  Coordinate two (2) community service related activities and two (2) cultural activities.  Provide leadership/mentoring training to

all 75 students.  Work in partnership with the School of Science, Health and Technology to provide mentoring/coaching to 25 male STEM discipline students.

Medgar Evers College -Targeted GED Program Educational Ladders Initiative will continue develop an Educational Ladders Initiative educational pathway for students from underrepresented populations with academic deficits in Jonathan Bissell order to prepare them to pass the GED and enroll in Adult & Continuing Education higher education. (718) 804-8848 Project administrators will continue to empower [email protected] students with the information needed to succeed through workshops, seminars and mentorship. A new Ella Russell goal for the academic year will be mentorship. Tutoring Adult & Continuing Education sessions will be transformed into group mentorship BMI Project Director sessions. Students will be grouped based on their (718) 804-8873 readiness to pass the GED exam and their aptitude to [email protected] become college bound. Former students who have successfully completed the program will provide the mentorship through encouragement and assistance with participants’ transition to college. This strategy should help the college increase retention of these students; as well as, foster a positive self-image within these individuals. Additionally, project administrators and instructors will continue to prepare students for the CUNY ACT Tests.

New York City College of Technology This CUNY BMI funded project is designed to increase Increasing African American Males and Other the enrollment and success of African American males Underrepresented Students Success in STEM and other underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines. The New York College of Technology, or Dr. Bonne August City Tech as it is commonly called, has chosen this Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs focus because these disciplines are the institution’s (718) 260-5560 signature programs and because African Americans are [email protected] notably underrepresented among baccalaureate and advanced degree recipients in these disciplines. Pamela Brown Through a coordinated program of enhancements and Associate Provost support, City Tech, high school, and elementary school [email protected] students interested in STEM will receive the support, encouragement, and enrichment they need. City Tech’s Reginald Blake BMI is also quite aware of the acute shortage of African Associate Professor of Physics American Males who pursue careers in K-12 education. (718) 254 – 8582 The project, therefore, develops focused and structured [email protected] activities that will enhance and encourage City Tech student participation in K-12 and GED teacher/mentor education, especially for STEM courses. Special emphasis is also placed on undergraduate mentoring via STEM research activities.

Queens College Project ExCEL: Excellence through Community, Excellence through Community, Education, and Education, and Leadership: A Collaborative Approach Leadership (ExCEL) to Ensuring Success for Black Males and Underrepresented Students works with academic June Bobb departments, programs and support services dedicated Assistant Provost to promoting excellence in undergraduate education and (718) 997-5780 student success, this new project is designed to address [email protected] issues of equity and inclusion and to mobilize the College community to put in place strategies and Emmanuel Thelusma practices to address problems of enrollment and Project ExCEL Program Coordinator retention, and to create a climate of access. (718) 997-5924 [email protected]

Queensborough Community College Queensborough Community College (QCC) has Men Achieving and Leading in Excellence and Success received BMI funding since 2005 to increase the (MALES) enrollment of and support services for African American Males and other underrepresented groups. Paul Jean-Pierre This funding was used to create an initiative, QCC Men Associate Dean Student Affairs Achieving and Leading in Excellence and Success (718) 631-6314 MALES, which has been extremely successful. Student [email protected] participants have received mentoring from faculty, peers, and staff; attended workshops related to retention Gisela Rivera and academic success. Project Director (718)6281-5749 Eight (8) main goals of the QCC MALES Initiative for [email protected] the academic year are to: (1) expand counseling and mentoring by both staff, faculty and peer mentors to improve the retention of black males and other underrepresented students; (2) provide direct services, advising, counseling and additional social and academic support to prospective and currently enrolled at risk students; (3) offer career counseling and employment encouragement for black males and under-represented students; (4) increase by 5% the enrollment of underrepresented groups with a particular focus on African American males, Hispanic males and other at risk groups through targeted recruitment efforts; (5) increase the success rates of these newly enrolled students as measured by a 5% increase in the retention rates of first-time, full and part-time freshmen; (6) increase the institution’s long-term awareness of the barriers to enrollment that many black males and other underrepresented groups face; (7) support CUNY’s development of recommendations for colleges across the region and nation regarding the recruitment and enrollment of underrepresented students;(8) offer a new teacher education component, which is described in detail in this proposal.

York College The goal of the Male Initiative at York College Men’s Center implemented through the York College Men’s Center is to increase the enrollment of underrepresented groups, Jonathan Quash particularly African-American male students at York Director - York College Male Initiative Program & Men's College, and to create an environment to assist these Center underrepresented students in developing and achieving (718) 262-3772 the academic, personal and professional skills that are [email protected] needed to succeed in college and beyond. The CUNY BMI funded project at York College features three (3) Thomas Gibson main programs: (1) a teacher development initiative, Assistant Dean known as the “Back On Track Program,” (2) a Division of Student Development recruitment initiative through which York College (718) 262-2415 students, particularly participants in Men’s Center [email protected] programs, will be conducting workshops at high schools in southeast Queens and (3) a V.I.T.A. Program through which accounting majors and high school students will provide free tax return preparation to low- income residents of southeast Queens.

THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Pipeline Programs, Specialized Programs and Opportunity Programs 2013-2014

CUNY BMI undergraduates are strongly encouraged to submit applications to pipeline programs, particularly summer pipeline programs, to prepare for competitive application processes for graduate school and/or professional school.

For a list of pre-law, pre-medical/pre-health careers, leadership and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Pipeline programs, please visit our CUNY BMI webpage located at:

http://www.cuny.edu/bmi

Our CUNY BMI webpage also features links to other CUNY programs including Opportunity and Scholarship Programs.

Website: http://www.cuny.edu/bmi