3/11/2014 12:31 PM NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY SUBJECT TO ADDITION OF PLENARY SPEAKERS Tuesday, April 8th 8:00 p.m. NAN Membership Reception LOCATION: (Off-site location) House of Justice 106 W. 145th Street Harlem, NY Hosted By: New York City Chapter, National Action Network Wednesday, April 9th 9:00am Ribbon Cutting Ceremony LOCATION: New York Ballroom Welcome: Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor, New York City 9:30 a.m. Election 2014: Can America get it Right?...or Left? LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom Moderator: Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network Co-Moderator: Professor Charles Ogletree, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law; Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School Panelists: Cornell Belcher, President, Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies and CNN Contributor Representative Reggie Fullwood, Florida Member House of Representatives, 13th District Maria Teresa Kumar, President, Voto Latino Chris Matthews, Host, Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC Dr. James Peterson, Director of Africana Studies, Lehigh University & MSNBC Contributor Representative Alicia Reece, Member, Ohio House of Representatives, 33rd District Representative Alan B. Williams, Member, Florida House of Representatives, 8th district 11:00 a.m. Gun Violence: American Holsters - How the Gun Won: Discussion of the 2nd Amendment, Gun Policy & Violence in the USA LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom Moderator: Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network Panelists: Monte Frank, Board Member & General Counsel, Newtown Action Alliance Jimmy Greene, co-founder, the Ana Grace Project, Father of Ana Márquez-Greene Nelba Marquez-Greene, LMFT - co-founder, Ana Grace Project, Director of Mental Health, Sandy Hook Promise, Mother of Ana Márquez-Greene Tony Herbert, Chapter President, Brooklyn East, National Action Network Colin Goddard, Mayor Against Illegal Guns Cleo Pendleton, Mother of Hadiya Pendleton, Founder of Hadiya Pendleton Foundation Michael Skolnik, Political Director to Russell Simmons and Editor-In-Chief of GlobalGrind.com Iesha Sekou, CEO & Founder, Street Corner Resources; Anti-Violence Activist 12:30 p.m. Immigration: Future of Immigration - Will America Open it’s Doors LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom Moderator: Maria Teresa Kumar, CEO/President, Voto Latino Panelists: 3/11/2014 12:31 PM NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY Ralina Cardona, Northeast National Vice President, League of United Latin America Citizen (LULAC) Rafael Collazo, Campaign Political Director, National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Bertha Lewis, President & Founder, The Black Institute Kica Matos, Director of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice, Center for Community Change Gustavo Torres, Executive Director, CASA de Maryland DaShawn Williams, President, Bronx, NY Chapter, National Action Network Melissa Mark-Viverito, Speaker, New York City Council 2:00pm Women's Braintrust: Co-Sponsored by Essence Magazine - Collective Voices Calling for Change LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom Moderator: Janaye Ingram, Acting Executive Director, National Action Network Co-Moderator: Krystal Ball, Co-host, The Cycle, MSNBC Panelists: Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) Margot James Copeland, National President, The Links Incorporated Marcia Dyson, Founder & CEO, Women’s Global Initiative Michelle Ebanks, President, ESSENCE Communications Inc. & People en Español Gwainevere Hess, President, The Black Women's Agenda, Inc. Dr. Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, President and CEO, Incite Unlimited, LLC Carol McDonald, Director of Strategic Partnership, Planned Parenthood Federation of America Kuae Kelch Mattox, National President, Mocha Moms, Inc. Jess McIntosh, Director of Communication Emily's List Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women (NOW) Barbara Perkins, Founding President, International Black Women's Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI) Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director/CEO and Co-Founder, MomsRising.Org Susan Taylor, Founder & CEO, National CARES Mentoring Movement and Editor- in- Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine E Faye Williams, National Chair, National Congress of Black Women 2:00p.m. Making You More Connected: Broadband Opportunities LOCATION: 3rd Floor - Riverside Ballroom Moderator: Chanelle Hardy, Senior Vice President for Policy and Executive Director of the Washington Bureau, National Urban League Panelists: Howie Hodges, Vice President of External Affairs, Time Warner Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Vice President & Chief of New Research and Policy Initiative, MMTC Tanya Lombard, Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs, AT&T Bret Perkins, Vice President of External and Government Affairs, Comcast Corporation Debra J. Speed, Director of Strategic Alliances, Verizon Navarrow Wright, Co-Founder of Global Grind and CloseTheDivideFor.Me 3:30p.m. Corporate Panel: How can Corporations Collaborate to Affect Change in the Community? LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom Moderator: Lamell McMorris, Founder and CEO, Perennial Strategy Group & Perennial Sports and Entertainment Panelist: 3/11/2014 12:31 PM NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY David Casey, Vice President, Workforce Strategies & Chief Diversity Officer, CVS Caremark Maurice Coleman, SVP Senior Client Manager Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America Ed Goldberg, Senior Vice-President, External Affairs, Macy's Linal Harris, Vice President & Chief Diversity Office, US Cellular Charisse R. Lillie, Vice President, Comcast Foundation Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, Senior Vice President, U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement, The Nielsen Company H Walker, Director, Diversity & Inclusion Education, McDonalds Corporation 7:00 p.m. Reception (Invitation Only) LOCATION: 2nd Floor - Empire Ballroom 8:00 p.m. Keepers of the Dream Dinner & Program (Invitation Only) LOCATION: 2nd Floor - Metropolitan Ballroom 8:30 p.m. Special Guest Speaker: Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education Co Host: Wendy Williams, Host, The Wendy Williams Show Honorees: Bishop Victor Curry, Founder, Senior Pastor, New Birth Baptist Church, Miami Deborah Elam, President, GE Foundation Gerry Hudson, International Executive Vice President, SEIU Rachel Noerdlinger, Chief of Staff, New York City First Lady Chirlaine McCray Don Thompson, President & CEO, McDonald's Corporation 3/11/2014 12:31 PM NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY SUBJECT TO ADDITION OF PLENARY SPEAKERS Thursday, April 10th 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. NAN Resource Center & Healthcare Screenings LOCATION: TBD 8:00 a.m. NAN Chapter Development Workshop LOCATION: ECC: Conference Room F 8:30a.m. Women’s Power Breakfast (Tickets Required) LOCATION: Co-Chair: Marva Smalls, Executive Vice President of Global Inclusion Strategy, Viacom & Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, and Chief of Staff, Nickelodeon Networks Group Host: Janell Snowden, VH1 News/Red Carpet Correspondent Keynote Address: Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York City Special Remarks: Cecile Richards, President , Planned Parenthood Federation of America & Planned Parenthood Action Fund Honorees: Amy DuBois Barnett, Editor-in-chief, Ebony Magazine Beverly Bond, Founder, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Judith Browne Dianis, Co-Director, Advancement Project Alexis McGill Johnson, Executive Director/Chair, American Values Institute/Planned Parenthood Federation of America Shola Lynch, Curator & Filmmaker, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Rhonda Mims, President, ING U.S. Foundation; Senior Vice President, Office of Corporate Responsibility, ING Rising Star Honor: Vicky Free, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer, BET Networks Young Leader Award Brianna Patterson, Northeast Regional Director, National Action Network Youth Move 8:45 a.m. Special Remarks: Chancellor Carmen Farina, New York City Department of Education LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom 9:00 a.m. Special Plenary Presentation I: Secretary Vilsack, United States Department of Agriculture 9:15 a.m. Education: Co-sponsored by Education for a Better America: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM); Recapturing the Fundamentals LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom Moderator: Dr. Marcus Bright, Executive Director, Education for a Better America Panelists: Sylvia Acevedo, Commissioner, President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics; Chair, Early Learning Subcommittee Kimberly Bryant, Founder, Black Girls CODE Lezli Baskerville, Esq., CEO, National Association for Equal Employment in Higher Education (NAFEO) George Halvorson, Former Chairman & CEO, Kaiser Permanente Dr. Steve Perry, America's Most Trusted Educator Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico, President, The City College New York Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT) 3/11/2014 12:31 PM NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK NATIONAL CONVENTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY 10:00 a.m. NAN National Board Meeting LOCATION: ECC – Conference Room F 10:30 a.m.