4/9/2012 5:15 PM 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 V9 4/9/2012 5:15 PM 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 V9 4/9/2012 5:15 PM 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. V9 4/9/2012 5:15 PM 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 V9 4/9/2012 5:15 PM 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: