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Summit Agenda “When it comes to some of the most important measures of social progress –income, poverty, education and home ownership--- the gaps between minorities and whites in Colorado are worse now than they were before the civil rights movement.” (LOSING GROUND – I-News Network-Rocky Mountain PBS (February 2013). SUMMIT AGENDA September 21, 2013 ●Manual High School ● 12:00PM-5:30PM 12:00PM-12:30PM Welcome -- Honorable Regis Groff / Gloria Tanner, CBRT Co-Chairs Purpose of Summit -- Sharon Bailey, Ph.D. - Coordinator, Losing Ground Education Project LOSING GROUND PRESENTATION -- Rocky Mountain PBS – I-News Team, Laura Frank, Executive Director – Burt Hubbard, Editorial Director 12:30PM-1:30PM POLITICS, POLICIES, AND THE PERSISTENCE OF INEQUALITY Colorado’s Elected Officials Respond to LOSING GROUND Report Moderator: John Bailey, Bailey Consulting Network Denver Mayor Michael Hancock State Rep. Angela Williams State Sen. Michael Johnston State Rep. Rhonda Fields State Rep. John Buckner State Rep. Jovan Melton Denver Councilman Chris Herndon Denver Councilman Albus Brooks DPS Board Member Happy Haynes DPS Board Member Landri Taylor 1:30PM -2:45PM COMMUNITY PANEL I- BLACK FAMILIES IN CRISIS Recommendations on Impacting Disparities in Health, Incarceration Rates and Single Parenting in Colorado --- Moderator: Theo Wilson, Columnist, Urban Spectrum – Head Mentor, Barber Shop Talk o Robert C. White, Chief of Police, City of Denver o Rev. Marjorie Lewis Ph.D., D.Min., LMFT, LAC,CSPT, President, Center for Community Excellence and Social Justice – Prof. /Director, Dept. of Human Services, American Pathways University o Rev. Robert Woolfolk, Pastor, Agape Christian Church, Denver o Christie Donner, Executive Director, Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition o Quincy Hines, Midwest Regional Director, Barber Shop Talk o Bennie Milliner, Executive Director. Denver’s Road Home o Maya Wheeler, Outreach Coordinator, Forest Street Compassionate Care Center – Candidate for Aurora City Council, At-Large o Anthony Young, Ph.D., President, Denver-Rocky Mountain Assoc. of Black Psychologists o Chanell Reed, Council Management Analyst, Mayor / City Council of Aurora- Aurora Healthier Beginnings ** At the end of Community Panels I and II, time will be set aside for community recommendations only (no Q and A) – Summit participants may also write their recommendations related to disparities on the community recommendation forms and leave them at the registration table. 2:45PM – 4:00PM COMMUNITY PANEL II- REDEEMING THE DREAM Recommendations on Impacting Disparities in Educational and Economic Opportunities in Colorado Moderator: Dr. Dorothy Hayden Watkins -Principal Hayden-Watkins and Associates, LLC, Associate Faculty, University of Phoenix-- Retired Executive/ NASA//Hilton Hotels Corp/US EEOC/Colorado Civil Rights Commission o Thomas Boasberg, Superintendent, Denver Public Schools o Rico Munn, Superintendent, Aurora Public Schools o Myron Anderson, Ph.D., Associate to the President for Diversity and Assoc. Professor of Education Technology, Metropolitan State University o Billy Scott, Board of Directors, Fair Share Jobs, Inc. o Len Murray, CEO, Diaspora Mining Company o Nicole Singleton, CEO, Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce o Antwan Jefferson, Ph.D., Professor, Urban Community Teacher Education, University of Colorado Denver o Courtney Torres, M.A., M.Ed., Education Chair, NAACP Colorado/Montana/Wyoming State Conference o Eugene Wilkerson, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. of Non-Profit Management, Global Non- Profit Leadership Dept., Regis University 4:00PM Award Presentations – Civil Rights Pioneers Awards Presented to: Rev. James Peters, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Dr. Vincent Harding, Dr. Rachel Harding, Wellington Webb, Wilma Webb 4:15PM-5:30PM THE STATUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN COLORADO AND THE U.S.: Where Do We Go From Here-- Community or Chaos? A Discussion of the Status Civil Rights and the Impact on African Americans in Colorado and the Nation Moderator: John Bailey, Bailey Consulting Network o Regis Groff, Former State Senator o Carlotta Walls Lanier, Member, Little Rock Nine, Central High Graduate (1960) Little Rock, Arkansas o Larry Borom, Former Director, Denver Metro Urban League, Adjunct Prof. Political Science, Metropolitan State University o Dorothy Hayden-Watkins, Ph.D., Principal Hayden-Watkins and Associates, LLC, Associate Faculty, University of Phoenix-- Retired Executive/ NASA//Hilton Hotels Corp/US EEOC/Colorado Civil Rights Commission o Rev. James Peters, Pastor Emeritus, New Hope Baptist Church o Rev. William T. Golson, Jr., M.Div., Senior Pastor, True Light Baptist Church- -Pres. Greater Denver Ministerial Alliance o Rita Lewis, Esq., President, NAACP–Denver Branch o Rachel Harding, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions, University of Colorado Denver **There will be an opportunity for Q & A and additional recommendations from community at the conclusion of this panel. MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS AND ATTENDEES Colorado Black Women for Political Action African American Initiative Southern Colorado Black Round Table Forest City-Stapleton Urban League of Metro Denver I-News/Rocky Mountain PBS XCEL Energy NAACP – Denver Branch Bai 5 Antioxidant Infusion The Alliance for Justice, Constitutional and Civil Rights “THE EYES OF THE FUTURE ARE LOOKING BACK AT US AND THEY ARE PRAYING FOR US TO SEE BEYOND OUR OWN TIME.” (Tempest Williams) .
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