Economics & Cultural Pride into the New Millennium—Chicago DAY 1—March 3, 2017 9:00-10:30 AM--Preliminary Session—Setting the Tone--The Call: Mentoring the Millennials for Cultural/Economic Empowerment Kirbyjon Caldwell--Pastor, Windsor Village United Methodist Church Dr. Molefi Asante—Professor, Prof/Chair, Temple U—Afrocentricity * Dr. Benjamin Chavis—Pres./CEO, Nat’l Newspaper Publ. Assoc. (NNPA) Dr. Wilfred D. Samuels—Professor, U of Utah—Moderator * 10:45 AM-12:15 PM--Opening Plenary—Black Media: Its Role in the Dissemination of Vital Information for Black Survival Dorothy Leavell—Publisher, The Chicago/Gary Crusader * Aubrey Bruce—Sn Sports Col, New Pittsburgh Courier, Urban Pulse Net. * Karanja Ajunaku—Executive Editor, Memphis Tri-State Defender Frances Jackson--President/Publisher, The Chicago Defender Anthony Green—Pres/CEO, Spirit of Philanthropy Foundation--Moderator* LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN) 12:30-1:30 PM 1:45—3:15 PM--Afternoon Plenary-- Equal Civil/Human Rights for All Dr. Ayana Karanja--Associate Professor, Loyola U-Chicago * Dr. Linda Ann Johnson—Professor, Houston Community College * Dr. Alveda King—Evangelist, Author and Niece of Dr. M. L. King, Jr.* Lillian Smith--Former Producer for the Phil Donahue Show, Moderator * 3:30-5:00 PM—Closing Plenary—Nurturing Your Talents and Destiny Minister Louis Farrakhan—Nation of Islam, Million Man March Sis. Empress Philé Chionesu--Founder, Original Million Woman March * Rev. Dr. Nikitah Okembe-RA Imani--Professor, U of Nebraska, Omaha * Duane Wilson—Adjunct Professor, Columbia College, Entrepreneur * Regena Jones--Educator/Entrepreneur--Oregon—Moderator * RECEPTION—6-8 PM—In Honor of Emmett & Mamie DAY 2-- THE GRAND FINALE—March 4, 2017 10-11:45 AM--Final Plenary—21st Century—Minds & Technology Dr. Maulana Karenga--Prof/Chair of Africana Studies, CSU—Kwanzaa * Dr. KenZoe Selassie--Assistant Professor, Benedict College * Desiree V. Delvago—Executive Producer/Writer * Dr. Marcus Hughes, Assistant Professor, DePaul U * Precious Scott--Assistant to TV Producer—Moderator * LUNCHEON (12-2:00 PM) Master & Mistress of Ceremonies--Dr. William Turner, Former Post Doctoral Ford Fellow; Hermene Hartman--Publisher/Owner of Indigo ** Keynote--Dr. Clenora F. Hudson, Prof/Author/Producer/Film Writer * “Liberating Emmett”--From Stigma to Catalyst, from Books to Movie” Book Signing (all 4 Till books) Immediately Following the Address Blurbs--Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement: Mamie Till Mobley [mother of Emmett Louis Till]-°©‐‑-°©‐‑ February 1995 Heritage Edition for the Church of God in Christ-- “Dr. Clenora Hudson-°©‐‑Weems . used her 1988 dissertation [“Emmett Till: The Impetus of the Modern Civil Rights Movement”] as the seed for her book Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement. In October of last year [1994], Hudson-°©‐‑Weems hosted a forum [UMC] attended by some of the nation’s leading historians, scholars and legal experts. The purpose was to completely examine Till’s death as being the impetus for the civil rights movement.” Dr. John Blassingame, Yale U, Professor of History--“. When you really think about it, Hudson is absolutely right. We historians missed it.” Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, Duke U, Professor of Religion--“She . challenges the most sacred shibboleths of the origins of the Civil Rights Movement.” Rayfield Mooty, Labor Union/Civil Rights Activist, Mamie’s Advisor—“I am glad I found someone to tell it like I saw it. Thanks, thanks, thanks.” .