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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 - SATURDAY, APRIL 14 WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER WASHINGTON, DC Wednesday, April 11th
9:00 a.m. – 10:00a.m. Special Plenary Presentation I: Eric H. Holder, Jr. – Attorney General of the United States LOCATION: 2nd FLOOR – 207A
10:00 a.m.- 11:30a.m. Criminal Justice: The State of Criminal Justice in America Today LOCATION: 2nd FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Michael A. Hardy, Esq. – General Counsel & Executive Vice President, National Action Network Panelists: e. christi cunningham – Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law (on leave) Billy Martin, Esq. – Partner, Martin & Gitner, PLLC Glenn E. Martin – Vice President, Development & Public Affairs, The Fortune Society Laura W. Murphy – Director, Washington Legislative Office, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Dr. Charles J. Ogletree – Jesse Climenko Professor of Law; Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School Theodore V. Wells, Jr. – Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
11:00 a.m. – 12:30a.m. Politics 2012: Our Voice, Our Votes, Our Community LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 206 Moderator: Joe Madison – Civil Rights Activist & Host, Morning with Madison on SiriusXM The Power Panelists: Shaun Harper – Professor & Director, Center for the Study of Race & Equity in Education, Penn Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Donna Payne – Associate Director, Diversity, Human Rights Campaign Jena Roscoe – Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Public Policy, Operation HOPE Jackie Salit – President of IndependentVoting.org Hillary Shelton – Washington Bureau Director & Senior Vice President for Advocacy, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Jamal Simmons – Principal, The Raben Group & Political Analyst Armstrong Williams – Host, The Right Side with Armstrong Williams
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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director
12:00p.m. -12:15p.m. Special Plenary Presentation II: Gene B. Sperling - Director of the National Economic Council & Assistant to the President for Economic Policy LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B
12:15p.m. – 2:00p.m. Corporate: How Can Corporations Collaborate to Affect Change in the Community? LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B Moderator: Nate Miles – National Action Network Corporate Advisory Council Panelists: Michelle D. Gilliard – Senior Director, Walmart Foundation Effenus Henderson – Chief Diversity Officer, Weyerhaeuser Arthur D. Jackson, Jr. – Vice President, General Administration, Costco Wholesale; Chairman, Costco’s Charitable Contribution Committee Charisse R. Lillie – Vice President, Community Investment, Comcast Corporation; President, Comcast Foundation Tanya Leah Lombard – Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs, AT&T James Mitchell, Jr. – Senior Executive, General Electric Andrea Taylor – Director, North America Community Affairs, Microsoft
1:00 p.m. – 2:30p.m. Immigration: Value Added – Immigrants Fighting to Realize their Dreams LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Dr. Ron Daniels - President, Institute of the Black World 21st Century Panelists: Chong Wha Hong – Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition Pramila Jayapal – Founder & Executive Director, OneAmerica Wanjiru Kamau – President & CEO, African Immigrant & Refugee Foundation (AIRF) Janet Murguía – President & CEO, National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Mohammad Razvi – Executive Director, Council of Peoples Organization (COPO) Lee D. Williams – Vice President & CFO, U.S. Committee for Refugees & Immigrants James Zogby – Founder & President, Arab American Institute (AAI)
2:30 p.m. – 4:00p.m. State of Black Relationships LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Jamie Foster Brown – Publisher, Sister 2 Sister Magazine Panelists: Abiola Abrams – Lifestyle Expert & Author, The Official Bombshell Handbook Derrick L. Briggs – Creator & Founder, Attention Deficit Television (ADTV) & Twelve 23 Productions Maya Hart – Marriage & Family Therapist, Moksha Living LLC Demetria Lucas – Author, A Belle in Brooklyn: Your Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life
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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director Mashonda Tifrere – Writer, Singer, Columnist for Vibe Vixen Darian "Big Tigger" Morgan- TV Personality & Syndicated Radio Show Host
3:30 p.m. – 5:00p.m. Economics: Living Within Our Means – The Power of Our Dollars LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B Moderator: Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman, National Action Network; Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Mount Vernon, New York Panelists: Kelli Coleman – President, The Vestal Group Derek T. Dingle – Senior Vice President & Editor-in-Chief, Black Enterprise Magazine Ryan Mack – President, Optimum Institute of Economic Empowerment, Inc. Deborah Owens – President & CEO, Owens Media Group LLC
7:00 p.m.- 7:45p.m. BET Presents: Excellence Awards Reception (Tickets Required) LOCATION: 1st Floor - East Salon
7:45p.m. - 11:00p.m. Excellence Awards Dinner (Tickets Required) LOCATION: 3RD FLOOR – BALLROOM B Honorees: Lonnie G. Bunch, III – Founding Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture Human Rights Campaign Weldon Latham – Senior Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP Tom Mars – Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Walmart U.S. Debra A. Sandler – President, Mars Chocolate North America
Thursday, April 12th NAN Resource Center & AT&T Digital Lounge 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – ROOM 209
8:00 a.m. – 10:00a.m. NAN Chapter Development Workshop LOCATION: STREET LEVEL - SALON F
8:00 a.m.- 10:00a.m. National Education Breakfast (Tickets Required) LOCATION: EAST SALON Keynote Speaker: Arne Duncan – United States Secretary of Education Arrv. 9am Speakers: Dennis Van Roekel – President, National Education Association (NEA) Victoria Pannell – Northeast Regional Youth Director, National Action Network Soloist: Monique Gary – Student, Dunbar High School, Washington D.C.
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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director
10:00 a.m. – 11:00a.m. Labor: American Jobs Act & Collective Bargaining LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post’s workplace reporter Panelists: R. Thomas Buffenbarger – President, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Arlene Holt Baker – Executive Vice President, American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Annie Hill – Secretary-Treasurer, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Lorretta Johnson – Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Eliseo Medina – Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Lee Saunders – Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
10:30 a.m.- 12:00p.m. Building Communities & Breaking Down Barriers: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement for the Faith Community LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 206 Panelists: Brad Lomenick – Executive Director, Catalyst Travis Mason – Public Policy & Government Affairs, Google Lamell McMorris – Founder & CEO, Perennial Strategy Group
11:00 a.m. –11:15a.m. Special Plenary Presentation I: Hilda L. Solis - United States Secretary of Labor LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A
12:05 p.m. -12:20p.m. Special Plenary Presentation II: Kathleen Sebelius – United States Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Healthcare: Will the Affordable Care Act Save Our Lives? LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B Panelists: Georges C. Benjamin – MD, FACP, FACEP(E), FNAPA, Hon FRSPH, Executive Director, American Public Health Association (APHA) Maureen Bisognano – President & CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Pamela Miller – Vice President, Market Strategy & Development, Sustainability & Community Investment, Medco; Executive Director, Medco Foundation Cary Sennett – President, Impaq International, LLC
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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Dr. William Augustus Jones Memorial Luncheon (Tickets Required) LOCATION: EAST SALON Hosted By: Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson – Chairman, National Action Network; Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Mount Vernon, NY Presiding: Reverend Delman Coates, Ph.D. – Pastor, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, Clinton, MD Guest Speaker: Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake – Senior Pastor, Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral, Jamaica, New York; President of Wilberforce University in Ohio Honorees: Joshua DuBois – Executive Director, White House Office of Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships Eleanor Holmes Norton – Congresswoman, District of Columbia Reverend C. T. Vivian – Former Senior Aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. & Founder, Nashville Christian Leadership Council (NCLC)
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The Church: Becoming Spiritually Fed & Feeding the Hungry LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner – Co-Chair - National African American Clergy Network See conference registration for more information Panelists: Marian Barton Peele - Director of Agency Relations, Capital Area Food Bank
7:30 p.m. – 10:00p.m. Truth to Power Revival LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Devotional Message: Reverend Tony Lee – Community of Hope, A.M.E., Hillcrest Heights, MD Keynote Message: Reverend Frank Reid, III – Bethel A.M.E. Church, Baltimore, MD Presiding: Reverend Dr. E. Gail Anderson-Holness – President, Council of Churches of Greater Washington
Friday, April 13th NAN Resource Center & AT&T Digital Lounge 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – ROOM 209
8:00 a.m. – 10:30a.m. NAN Chapter Development Workshop LOCATION: STREET LEVEL SALON F
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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director
9:30 a.m. – 11:00a.m. Media: Race & Politics – The Impact of Race in Politics 2012 LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Rachel Noerdlinger – President, Noerdlinger Media Panelists: Ana Lopez Buck – Executive Director, National Association of Hispanic Journalists Kevin Chappell David Gregory – Moderator, NBC’s Meet the Press Nia-Malika Henderson – Political Writer, The Washington Post Alfred C. Liggins III – Chief Executive Officer, Interactive One, LLC; Chief Executive Officer & President, Radio One, Inc.; Chairman, TV One, LLC April Ryan – Senior White House Correspondent, American Urban Radio Dana Milbank – Op-Ed columnist, The Washington Post
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Special Plenary Presentation I: Shaun Donovan – United States Secretary of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A
11:30 a.m. – 12:00p.m. Special Plenary Presentation II: Lisa P. Jackson - Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A
11:30 a.m. – 12:00p.m Facebook Presents: Family Online Safety Session LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B
12:00 p.m.- 2:00p.m. Town Hall Meeting: State of Women in America – An Inter-Generational Conversation LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Host: Tamika D. Mallory – National Executive Director, National Action Network Co-Convener: Melanie Campbell – President, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc. (NCBCP)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30p.m. Gun Policy & Anti-Violence: The New Jim Crow – GUNS, DRUGS, & MASS INCARCERATION LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B Moderator: Mark Thompson – Host, Make it Plain with Mark Thompson Panelists: Kenneth Barnes – Reaching Out to Others Together (The Root, Inc.) Erica Ford – Founder, LIFE Camp, Inc. Kirsten John Foy – President, Brooklyn Chapter, National Action Network Kenneth Glasgow – Executive Director, The Ordinary People Society Brian Malte – Director, Legislation & Mobilization, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Sanford A. Rubenstein Esq. – Partner, Rubenstein & Rynecki
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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director
2:30 p.m. – 4:00p.m. Young Professionals: Today’s Young Professionals, Tomorrow’s Leaders - Steps to the Executive Office & Beyond LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Janaye Ingram – DC Bureau Chief, National Action Network Panelists: Brian Benjamin – Founder, Young Professionals United for Change (YP4C) Kristen Berset – Weekend Sports Anchor, WUSA 9 News Monisha Kapila – Founder & Executive Director, ProInspire Daron Sellars – President & CEO, National Association of Young Black Elected Officials (NAYBEO) Jennifer Williams – Founder, Lucid Cosmetics & Reality Personality, VH1's Basketball Wives Amos Winbush III – Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CyberSynchs
3:30 p.m. – 5:00p.m. Sports & Entertainment: Sports & Entertainment Philanthropy: Giving Back to Our Community LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207B Moderator: Lamell McMorris – Founder & CEO, Perennial Strategy Group Panelists: Marvet Britto – Founder & President, The Britto Agency Lindsey Harding – Guard, Atlanta Dream, WNBA Sashia Jones – Senior Director, Community Relations, Washington Wizards Laron Profit - ESPN 980 Radio Personality; Former Professional Athlete Taz Wube – Owner, Suite 202/ Direct Connect to the Community Tracey Webb - Founder, BlackGivesBack.com; Founder, The Black Benefactors Clinton Portis – Running Back, Washington Redskins, NFL
4:00 p.m. – 5:30p.m. Family Development: It’s OK to Ask for Help LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Terrie M. Williams – Mental Health Advocate, Author, Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting Panelists: Kenneth Braswell – Executive Director, Fathers Incorporated Dr. Janet Taylor – Psychiatrist, The Jeremy Kyle Show Deborah Tillman – Lifetime’s Super Nanny Leslie Wagner Wilson – Author, Slavery of Faith; Participant, CNN’s Investigative Report, Survivors of Jonestown
7:00 p.m.-10:00p.m. NAN Membership Reception (Tickets Required) LOCATION: Pier 7 Restaurant & Channel Inn Hotel 650 Water St, S.W. Washington, D.C.
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Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder Reverend Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman Tamika Mallory, National Executive Director
7:00 p.m. – 10:00p.m. Truth to Power Revival LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Devotional Message: Reverend Harold Carter, Jr. – New Shiloh Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD Keynote Message: Bishop Rudolph W. McKissick, Jr. – Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Jacksonville, Florida Presiding: Reverend Mary L. Wilson, Executive Pastor, Union Temple Baptist Church, Washington, DC
Saturday, April 14h
12:00 p.m. -2:00p.m. Measuring the Movement – Black Leaderships 12-Month Plan (Tickets Required) LOCATION: CRAMTON AUDITORIUM – Howard University 2455 6th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20059 Featuring: Reverend Al Sharpton – President & Founder, National Action Network Melanie Campbell – President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc. (NCBCP) Tamika D. Mallory – National Executive Director, National Action Network Isaac Newton Farris, Jr. – President & CEO, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Wade Henderson – President – The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund Kadiatou Diallo – President – Amadou Diallo Foundation Inc.
3:00 p.m. – 4:30p.m. Youth & Parents: Making a Difference NOW - No Permission Slip Needed LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR – 207A Moderator: Dominique Sharpton – National Director of Membership, National Action Network Mary-Pat Hector – National Youth Director, NAN Youth Move Ryan Washington – Youth Mayor, Washington DC Victoria Pannell – Northeast Regional Youth Director, NAN Youth Move Jamira Burley – Youth Activist, Student Peace Alliance Nialah Edari – Midwest Regional Youth Director, NAN Youth Move
6:00 p.m. – 9:00p.m. Sharpton Entertainment LLC Presents: NAN Annual Fashion Show: Flaunting My Expression (Tickets Required) Hosted by: DJ Tay James – The Official DJ for Justin Bieber LOCATION: 3RD FLOOR – BALLROOM A
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