NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK ANNUAL CONVENTION AND 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SCHEDULE *will continue to be updated
Tuesday, April 12th
7:00 pm National Action Network Membership Reception LOCATION: (Off-site location) House of Justice 106 W. 145th Street Harlem, NY
Wednesday, April 13th 9:30am-10am Silver Anniversary National Action Network Ribbon Cutting with Rev. Al Sharpton, Chairman Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, National Action Network Leadership & Elected Officials
10:00am -10:15am Plenary Session- The Honorable Julian Castro, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
10:15am -10:30am Plenary Session- The Honorable Thomas Perez, United States Secretary of Labor
10:30am -12:00pm 2016: A Transitional Election Year with Much at Stake Opening Remarks: David Plouffe, Sr. Vice President of Policy and Strategy, Uber Moderator: Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network Panelists: Armstrong Williams, Founder and CEO, Graham Williams Group John Podesta, Chairman, 2016 Hilary Clinton presidential campaign Angela Rye, CEO, IMPACT Strategies Cornell Belcher, President, Brilliant Corners – Research and Strategies Reverend Omarosa Manigault, Assistant Pastor, Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church Lawrence O’Donnell, Host, MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell April Ryan, White House Correspondent, American Urban Radio Network Tad Devine, Senior Advisor. Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign David Plouffe, Sr. Vice President of Policy and Strategy, Uber
12:45pm - 2:15pm 25 Years In Pursuit of Justice: Making Rights from Wrongs Moderator: Ben Crump, Partner, Parks & Crump Attorneys At Law, LLC Panelists: Kadiatou Diallo, Mother of Amadou Diallo Gwen Carr, Mother of Eric GarnerWilliam Bell, Father of Sean Bell Valerie Bell, Mother of Sean Bell Esaw Snipes, Widow of Eric Garner Billy Murphy, Founder and Sr. Partner, Murphy, Falcon & Murphy Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin and Founder, The Trayvon Martin Foundation Constance Malcolm, Mother of Ramarley Graham
2:15pm - 3:45pm I Don’t Need to See a Doctor: Mental Health in the African-American Community Remarks: First Lady of New York City Chirlaine McCray
1:00pm - 3:00pm Women’s Power Lunch (Tickets Required) Co-Chair: Paula Peebles, President & CEO, Renaissance Community Development Corporation and Founder & Chairwoman, Philadelphia Chapter, National Action Network Host: Sherri Shepherd, comedian, actress, talk show host Speaker: Samantha Granberry, Senior Director, Marketing and Sales, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Kirstyn Doar-Page, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion Strategies, Macy’s Alicia Reese, Member, Ohio State House of Representatives, Board member,National Action Network Honorees: Juanita Abernathy, civil rights icon Christina Lewis Halpern, Founder & Director, AllStarCode Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Co-Founder & COO, Ceiling Breakers Sarah Hunt, Middle Georgia Chapter, National Action Network Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, New York City Civil Liberties Union Chirlaine McCray, First Lady of New York City Joy-Ann Reid, National Correspondent, MSNBC
3:15pm-4:30pm Women of the Movement Then and Now Moderator: Dominique Sharpton, National Director of Membership, National Action Network and Board President, Education for a Better America Panelists: Juanita Abernathy, Civil Rights Icon Ashley Sharpton, Founder and Director, National Action Network Youth Huddle, Founder & President, Sharpton Entertainment, LLC Mary-Pat Hector, National Director, Youth Move, National Action Network Paula Peebles, President & CEO, Renaissance Community Development Corporation Dr. Hazel Dukes, President, NAACP New York State Conference Alicia Reese, Member, Ohio State House of Representatives, National Board Member, National Action Network Rosyln Brock, Chairman of the Board, NAACP
3:30pm - 7:30pm National Action Network YOUTH: Hackathon
4:45pm-6:15pm Corporate Investment in Communities of Color in a Post-Obama Era Opening Remarks: Tony West, Exec. VP of Government Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Pepsi Moderator: Tony West, Exec. VP of Government Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Pepsi Panelists: David Cohen, Sr. Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast Desirée Glapion Rogers, CEO, Johnson Publishing Company Suzanne Shank, Founder & Co-Owner, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. Don Peebles, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Peebles Corporation Tanya Lombard, Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs, AT&T
7:00pm - 9:00pm Truth to Power Revival Bishop Noel Jones, Senior Pastor, City of Refuge Church Thursday, April 14th
10:00am - 3:00pm National Action Network Resource Center: health screenings and other resources from National Action Network and National Action Network convention sponsors
7:30am - 9:00am National Action Network Chapter Development Workshop
9:00am - 9:15am Plenary Session- SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet
9:15am -10:30am The State of Criminal Justice Reform in 2016 Opening Remarks: New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Moderator: Michael Hardy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Action Network Panelists: Rashad Robinson, Executive Director, ColorofChange Angel Harris, Senior Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Peter Neufeld, Co-Founder, The Innocence Project Nicholas Turner, President, The Vera Institute Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, New York City Civil Liberties Union Kirsten John Foy, Northeast Regional Director, National Action Network
10:30am - 10:45am US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell
10:45am -12:15pm Lasting Legacy: The Impact of the Obama Administration Moderator: Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network Panelists: Heather Foster, Director of Strategic Partnerships, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance April Ryan, White House Correspondent, American Urban Radio Network Terry O’Neill, President, National Organization for Women Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, The National Coalition on Black Civil Participation Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University Rev. KW Tulloss, Southwest Regional Director, National Action Network
12:15-1:30pm The Future of Black Intellectuals Moderator: Dr. Jamal Watson, Sr. Staff Writer, Diverse – Issues In Higher Education Panelists: Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguish Professor of African American Studies,Morehouse Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University Dr. Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard University Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean, Associate Professor of Political Science,Quinnipiac College
12:15pm -1:45pm AHF Presents: Vote-2-End HIV: #BlackVotesMatter An interactive discussion on the current state of HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community and what you can do. Sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Keynote Address: Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network Moderator: Samantha Granberry, Senior Director Worldwide Sales, Marketing & Strategic Media Partnerships, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Panelists: Dr. Cynthia Davis, Board Chair, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Dr. Rodney Wright, Board Member, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
1:45pm - 3:00pm Economic Justice: Breaking the Barriers to Financial Inclusion Sponsored by Master Your Card Moderator: Nichole Francis Reynolds, Director, US Federal Affairs, MasterCard Panelists: Charles Lowery, Director of Fair Lending and Inclusion, NAACP Economic Department Nick Bourke, Director of Small Dollar Loans, The PEW Charitable Trust Cy Richardson, Sr. Vice President Economics and Housing, National Urban League Wole Coaxum, Founder and CEO. Mobility Capital Finance, Inc. (MoCaFi) Minister Kirsten John Foy, Northeast Regional Director, National Action Network Clayola Brown, President, A. Philip Randolph Institute
2:00pm - 3:00pm Plenary Session- Rev. Al Sharpton speaks with David Axelrod, former senior strategist for Barack Obama, Director of the Institute of Politics,University of Chicago and author, “Believer: My Forty Years in Politics”
3:15pm-4:45pm RAI Session- National Action Network Leadership Only
3:30pm-7:30pm National Action Network Youth Hackathon
7:00pm - 8:00pm VIP Reception (Invitation Only)
8:00pm - 11:00pm Keepers of the Dream Dinner & Program (Tickets required) Host: Anthony Anderson, Actor, Writer, Executive Producer, ABC’s sitcom, "Black-ish" Honorees: Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita, Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterRobert Kennedy, Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance, Author and Attorney Raymond McGuire, Global Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, CitiGloria Steinem, Feminist Activist, Organizer and Writer Andrew Young, Chairman, Andrew Young Foundation Friday, April 15th
10:00am - 3:00pm National Action Network Resource Center: health screenings and other resources from National Action Network and National Action Network convention sponsors
7:30am - 9:00am National Action Network Chapter Development Workshop
8:00am - 9:00am National Action Network Board Meeting
9:00am -10:00am Summer 2015: Tragedy, A Flag Victory and Lessons for the Future Moderator: Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Panelists: Rev. Nelson Rivers, Vice President of Religious & External Affairs, National Action Network The Honorable State Senator Marlon Kimpson, South Carolina The Honorable State Representative Todd Rutherford, South Carolina The Honorable State Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, South Carolina
10:00am - 10:45am Plenary Address- The Honorable Senator Bernie Sanders, 2016 Presidential Candidate
10:45am - 11:00am Plenary Address- Broderick Johnson, Assistant to the President, White House Cabinet Secretary, Chair, My Brother’s Keeper Task Force
10:45am - 12:15pm Saving Tomorrow Today: The P12 Project Sponsored by University of Phoenix Moderator: Roland Martin, Host, TVOne’s "NewsOne Now" Panelists: Byron Jones, EVP & CFO, University of Phoenix Michael Sorrell, President, Paul Quinn College Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President & CEO, Thurgood Marshal Foundation Dr. Charles. H. Davis, Director, Higher Education Research and Initiatives at Penn Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Chris Emden Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University Dr. Shaun Harper, Executive Director, Center for Study of Race and Equity in Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
11:00am -12:15pm Let’s Talk About Guns: Legislation, Straw Buyers, Incarceration and the Iron Pipeline Moderator: Aisha Sekou, Founder and CEO, Street Corner Resources and President, Anti-Violence (VEPIC) Committee, NYC Chapter, National Action Network Panelists: Erica Ford, Founder and CEO, LIFE, Camp Inc. Shaina Harrison, Program Director, the reACTION Youth Program, New Yorkers Against Violence Education Fund Dr. Desmond Patton, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Columbia University Eric Cumberbatch, Program Director, Anti-Violence Programs, New York City Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice Abdul Muhummad, Chairman, New Jersey Anti-Violence Coalition The Honorable Raymond Lesniak, Member, New Jersey State Senate
12:15pm - 2:15pm Ministers’ Luncheon- Reverend Dr. William A. Jones Memorial Luncheon Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael L. Pfleger, Senior Pastor, The Faith Community of Saint Sabina Honorees: Bishop George Battle, Sr. Pastor, African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchReverend Jawanza Colvin, Pastor, Olivet Institutional Baptist ChurchElizabeth Omilami, CEO, Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless
12:15-1:45pm The State of American Labor Unions Today Moderator: Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers Panelists: David Cox, National President, American Federation of Government Employees Henry Garrido, Executive Director, DC37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO George Gresham, President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Hector Figeroa, President, 32BJ Service Employees International Union
2:00pm-3:00pm The Crisis in Black Media Opening Remarks Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission Moderator: Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network Panelists: Kim Keenan, President & CEO, Multicultural Media,Telecom and Internet Council Butch Graves, President & CEO, Black Enterprise Jim Winston, President, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Elinor Tatum, Publisher & Editor in Chief, Amsterdam News Michele Ebanks, President, Essence Magazine Ed Gordon, television personality and author, “Let Me Give You Something To Think About” Dr. David Porter, Jr., Executive Director, Walter Kaitz Foundation Goldie Taylor, Editor-At-Large, TheDailyBeast.com
2:30pm - 4:00pm Ministers’ Panel: The Appalling Silence Moderator: Rev. Dr. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman, National Action Network Panelists: Rev. Charles Williams, Michigan Chapter Chair, National Action Network Rev. K.W. Tulloss, Southwest Regional Director, National Action Network Bishop George Battle Sr. Pastor, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly
3:30pm - 7:30pm National Action Network Youth Hackathon
4:15pm - 6:15pm “Roots” Screening & Talk-Back Sponsored by A&E/The History Channel Join us for a special screening and talk-back of the historic “Roots” mini-series re-make
6:15pm - 7:15pm Youth: Conflict Resolution Workshop Presented by Education for a Better America
7:00pm - 9:00pm Truth to Power Revival Rev. Jasper Williams, Senior Pastor, Salem Bible Church Saturday, April 16th
10:00am-12:00pm Measuring the Movement: 25th Anniversary of National Action Network Moderator: Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network Senior Leaders: Marc Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., President & CEO, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Wade Henderson, President, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Cornell Brooks, President & CEO, NAACP Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civil Participation Kristen Clarke, President & CEO, Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights Under the Law Youth Leaders/Next Gen: Carlos Clanton, President, New York Urban League Young Professionals Daniel Bradley, Coordinator, Black Male Initiative Mary-Pat Hector, Youth Move National Director, National Action Network Stephen Green, National Director Youth and College, NAACP
12:00pm-12:15pm Silver Anniversary Youth Day Ribbon Cutting with National Action Network Youth Move and Youth Huddle leadership
12:00pm-1:15pm Youth: Technology Beyond “The Gram” Moderator: TBD Panelists: Breanna Rice, Co-Founder, ChicksTech Naida Hill, Co-Founder, ChicksTech Leah Gilliam, VP of Strategy and Innovation, GirlsWhoCode Lauren Maillian, author, “The Path Redefined: Getting to the Top on Your Own Terms,” co- star, Oxygen’s “Quit Your Day Job” Christina Lewis Halpern, Founder & Director, AllStarCode
12:00pm-1:15pm Technology: Solutions for Bridging the Digital Divide Moderator: Lord Quincy Dowdell, Chairman, National Action Network NYC Chapter Technology Committee and Advisor, National Action Network NYC Chapter Tech Academy Panelists: Dr. Yu-Dong Yao, Director, Stevens Institute of Technology Chanelle Hardy, Senior Policy Advisor, Strategic Partnerships and Outreach,Google Additional panelists being added daily
1:15pm - 2:30 pm LGBTQI: Is Anyone Exempt From The Law: Religious Exemption Bills, Voter Suppression and the Threat to Our Rights Brought to you by the Human Rights Campaign Moderator: Rev. Macarthur Flournoy, Director for Faith Partnerships and Mobilization,Human Rights Campaign Panelists: Marvel Terry, HIV/AIDS Fellow, Human Rights Campaign Dr. JoseffSorrett, Director, Center for African American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice, Columbia University Jodie Paterson, LBGTQI activist and Founder, Doobop.com
1:15-2:30pm Youth Financial Literacy: Is There a World Beyond Cash? Sponsored by Master Your Card Moderator: Mercedes Garcia, Vice President, Senior Business Leader, Global Community Relations, MasterCard Panelists: Sabrina Lamb, Founder, World of Money Ash “Cash” Exantus, Ash Cash Enterprises Ciana Montero, Youth Board Member, World of Money Tuesday Brooks, Parent representative
2:30pm - 4:00pm Flint and Beyond: Environmental Justice in 2016 Moderator: Rev. Charles Williams, Michigan Chapter Chair, National Action Network Panelists: Lawanna Gelzer, President, National Action Network Central Florida Chapter Quentin James, Co-Founder and COO, Vestige Strategies Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President and CEO, Hip Hop Caucus Vien Truong, National Director, Green For All Sam Riddle, Political Director, Michigan Chapter, National Action Network
2:30pm-4:00pm What is Mass Incarceration Doing to our Communities? Moderator: Victor Pate, Chairman, Second Chance Committee, National Action Network NYC Chapter Panelists: Lorenzo Steele, Jr., visual artist, Criminal Justice major, Post University Tiheba Baines, recovery coach, mentor, social justice advocate Selina Fulford, prison reform activist and performer Khalil Cumberbatch, Manager of Training and Communications,JUSTLeadershipUSA, Founder and President, Kinetic Solutions, lecturer,Columbia University of Social Work
2:30pm-4:00pm Youth: Art and Activism Moderator: AJ Calloway, Correspondent, NBC’s “Extra” Panelists: Artists to be confirmed
4:00pm-5:30pm Youth: Juvenile Justice: School to Prison Pipeline Moderator: Marcus Bright, Executive Director, Education for a Better America Panelists: Jusani Morris, President, Youth Move, National Action Network, NYC Chapter Corey Wise, Central Park Five Additional panelists being added daily
4:00pm-5:00pm NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK Youth Hackathon Awards Ceremony
4:00pm-5:30pm The Powers and Limitations of Being A Mayor
6:00pm-8:00pm Artivism: “Break Every Chain” National Action Network Annual Fashion Show(RSVP required)
9:00pm-1:00am National Action Network's Young Professionals Group and NYC’s Young & Powerful Reception A celebration of NAN's 25th anniversary & national convention LOCATION (Off-site): Angel of Harlem, 2272 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York, NY
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