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Globalsummit X
Event Sponsors Monday, October 29 – Friday, November 16, 2018 Thank You LSUMM Platinum BA IT LO X G Gold Silver Bronze Copper T H Y E T IE JE C GOHRS F O p: (814) 455-0629 · f: (814) 454-2718 FE S RS AL Patron Sponsors ON EDUCATION David Ignatius Personal Patrons Ashley Swearengin Ian Morris Maureen Plunkett and Family Anonymous Jefferson Trustee Leonard Calabrese Sebastian Gorka Gen. Michael Hayden, Ret. Michael Eric Dyson Thomas Jefferson believed a citizenry that was educated on issues and shared its ideas through public discourse had the power to make a difference in the world. Doris Kearns Goodwin Howard Dean The Jefferson Educational Society of Erie is a strong proponent of that belief, offering courses, seminars,and lectures that explain the ideas that formed the past, assist in exploring the present,and offer guidance in creating the future of the Erie region. Elise Jordan Steve Scully Doris Kearns Goodwin Chris Matthews James and Deborah Fallows Bill Plante Thomas B. Hagen Dignitas Award Winners 3207 State Street Ann Compton Erie, Pennsylvania Chris Matthews 16508-2821 James Fallows XXDeborah Fallows Dear Friends: Welcome to the Jefferson Educational Society’s Global Summit X! This important lecture series could not come at a more opportune time, as we address some of the key issues facing the Erie community, our country, and the world. As this event enters its 10th year, we can reflect proudly on last year’s summit, which marked the first time the Global Summit stretched into a third week! We heard nine great presentations from 13 of the most respected scholars, writers, and leaders in their respective fields. -
MAYA ROCKEYMOORE CUMMINGS Maya Rockeymoore Was Born on January 31St, 1971 in Texas
MAYA ROCKEYMOORE CUMMINGS Maya Rockeymoore was born on January 31st, 1971 in Texas. Her father who was in the Air Force made the family moved around several states. Her parents, Thomas Charles Rockeymoore and Hazel Brown Rockeymoore, were childhood sweethearts. Hazel passed away in September of 2015. According to her obituary, Hazel was the youngest of nine siblings. Rockeymoore Cummings has two siblings, Mark and Meredith. She also has seven nieces and nephews. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Education & Early Political Career Maya Rockeymoore Cummings earned her bachelor’s degree in 1993 from Praire View A&M University in Texas, a historically black college. She studied political science and was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Rockeymoore earned her master’s and Ph.D. from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, both in political science. She obtained her doctorate in 2000. Rockeymoore began her political career while still a student serving for nine months as a legislative fellow in the office of Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina. She followed that up with a job at the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee. From January 1999 until August 2000, she worked for Rep. Charles Rangel of New York and became the Chief of Staff. After earning her doctorate, Rockeymoore worked for the National Urban League in Washington, D.C. before moving on to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. She left there in 2005 when she launched her own consulting firm. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Chair of the Maryland Democratic Party Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is the Chair of the Democratic party in her adopted home state of Maryland. -
About the Moderator
ABOUT THE MODERATOR Kathleen Matthews has worked in the nation's capital for 40 years as a journalist, corporate communications and public affairs executive, and political activist. In 2016 she ran as a Democrat for Congress in Maryland's 8th District and was elected interim chair of the Maryland Democratic Party in 2017. She serves on the boards of the National Capital Area Council of the Girl Scouts of America and Emerge Maryland, which trains women to run for elected office. For 9 years, Matthews was the chief communications and public affairs officer for Marriott International, the world's largest hotel company. Prior to her career at Marriott, she was an award-winning news anchor and reporter at the ABC-TV affiliate in Washington, DC for 25 years, and hosted the nationally syndicated “Working Woman” television show. Matthews has been awarded multiple journalism awards, including nine local Emmys, the Human Rights Campaign's Straight Ally Award, Washington Business Journal's “Woman Who Means Business” award, and Washingtonian of the Year. She is a 1975 graduate of Stanford University, and a 2004 Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School at Harvard University. She and her husband Chris Matthews have three grown children. MEET THE PANELISTS Leila Buck is a Lebanese American playwright, actor, facilitator and educator who has performed and developed her work and others at/with the Public, New York Theatre Workshop, Culture Project, BRIC Arts, Brooklyn Museum, En Garde Arts, Cleveland Public, Cal Shakes, Mosaic Theater at Arena Stage, and the Wilma (Barrymore Award). She has performed and taught theatrical tools for literacy, conflict resolution, and intercultural engagement to youth, educators, aid workers, UN delegates and others across the U.S., Europe, China, Australia and 11 Arab countries. -
MCPS Employee Charged in Sex Crime 2015 MDDC News Organization Of
2015,2015 2016 MDDC MDDC NewsNews OrganizationOrganization ofof thethe Year! Year Celebrating 161 years of service! Vol. 162, No. 48 • 50¢ SINCE 1855 May 18 - May 24, 2017 TODAY’S GAS MCPS employee charged in sex crime PRICE $2.37per gallon Security assistant accused of having sex with 14-year-old female student Ramon Korionoff said. school and school system.” Lievano on a $10,000 bond. By Kathleen Stubbs Last Week Col. E. Brook Lee middle County Police Special Vic- Police said Lievano had sex- $2.37 per gallon @kathleenstubbs3 school principal Kimberly Hay- tims Unit officers arrested Mont- ual intercourse with a 14-year- A month ago Police charged a public den Williams - where the ac- gomery County Public Schools old girl who attended Col. E. $2.45 per gallon school security assistant with cused man worked - said she was security assistant Mike Anthony Brook Lee Middle School where sexually assaulting a 14-year-old disturbed by the charges. Lievano, age 21, of the 1000 he worked, at both of their A year ago student following a short investi- “These charges are troubling block of University Boulevard, homes, according to the charg- $2.27 per gallon gation this week. and completely unacceptable, Silver Spring, and charged him ing documents. The assistant, charged with particularly given that security with third-degree sexual offense On May 4, detectives inter- AVERAGE PRICE PER GALLON OF UNLEADED REGULAR GAS IN sexual abuse of a minor, was re- staff are placed in schools to and sexual abuse of a minor be- viewed the teen girl with whom MARYLAND/D.C.