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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
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
9:00 a.m.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - 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, CEO/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, NAN
National Board Member
Representative Alan B. Williams, Member, Florida House of Representatives, 8th District
11:00 a.m.
Special Plenary Presentation I: Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States
Department of Justice
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
11:15 a.m.
Gun Violence: American Holsters - How the Gun Was 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:
Juan Altamirano, Campaign Manager, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Monte Frank, Board & Counsel, Newtown Action Alliance; Founder, Team 26
Jimmy Greene, Co-Founder, The Ana Grace Project, Father of Ana Márquez-Greene
Nelba Márquez-Greene, Co-Founder, The Ana Grace Project of Klingberg Family Centers
Colin Goddard, Senior Policy Advocate, Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Tony Herbert, Brooklyn East Chapter President, National Action Network
Salaam Ismial, Director, National United Youth Council, Inc.
Cleo Pendleton, Mother of Hadiya Pendleton; Founder of Hadiya Pendleton Foundation
Iesha Sekou, CEO & Founder, Street Corner Resources; Anti-Violence Activist
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
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:
Ralina Cardona, Northeast National Vice President, League of United Latin America Citizen
(LULAC)
Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Deputy Director of Public Engagement, The White House
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, Bronx, NY Chapter President, National Action Network
Melissa Mark-Viverito, Speaker, New York City Council
2:00 pm
Women's Brain Trust: 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) & Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR)
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
Tanya Lombard, Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs, AT&T
Kuae Kelch Mattox, National President, Mocha Moms, Inc.
Carol McDonald, Director of Strategic Partnership, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Jess McIntosh, Director of Communications, 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
Tamara Turnley Robinson, National President, Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated
Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Chair, National Congress of Black Women
2:00 p.m.
Special Remarks: Acting Deputy Secretary James H. Shelton, III, U.S. Department of
Education
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - Riverside Ballroom
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NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
2:15 p.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
Bret Perkins, Vice President of External and Government Affairs, Comcast Corporation
Jamal Simmons, Principal, The Raben Group
Debra J. Speed, Director of Strategic Alliances, Verizon
Navarrow Wright, President, Maximum Leverage Solutions & Founder, Close The Divide
Project
3:30 p.m.
Special Plenary Presentation II: Scott M. Stringer, New York City Comptroller
3:45 p.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, NAN National Board Director
Panelist:
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, Community Investment, Comcast Corporation;
President, Comcast Foundation
Marcus Jadotte, Vice President, Public Affairs & Multicultural Development, NASCAR
Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, Senior Vice President, U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and
Consumer Engagement, Nielsen
H Walker, Director of Education, McDonald’s Global Inclusion & Intercultural Management
Department, McDonalds Corporation
Tony Waller. Senior Director, Corporate Affairs Constituent Relations, WalMart
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
Special Guest Speaker:
Secretary Arne Duncan, United States Department of Education
Co Host:
Wendy Williams, Host, The Wendy Williams Show
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
Thursday, April 10th
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
NAN Resource Center & Healthcare Screenings
LOCATION: Carnegie East & Carnegie West
8:00 a.m.
NAN Chapter Development Workshop
LOCATION: NAN’s House of Justice 106 W. 145th Street New York, NY
8:30 a.m.
Women’s Power Breakfast (Invitation Only)
LOCATION: 2nd Floor - Metropolitan Ballroom West
Chair:
Marva Smalls, Chair, NAN Women’s Power Breakfast; Executive Vice President, Public Affairs;
Chief of Staff, Nickelodeon and Executive Vice President of Global Inclusion Strategy, Viacom
Co- Host:
Janell Snowden, News/Red Carpet Correspondent, VH1
Joy-Ann Reid, Host, MSNBC
Keynote Address: Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York City
Special Remarks:
Sharon Epperson, Senior Commodities and Personal Finance Correspondent, CNBC
Guest Speaker:
Latifa Lyles, Director of the Women’s Bureau, United States Department of Labor
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, American Values Institute Chair, 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
9:00 a.m.
Special Plenary Presentation I: Secretary Tom Vilsack, United States Department of
Agriculture
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
9:15 a.m.
Special Plenary Presentation II: Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of
Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT)
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
9:30 a.m.
Education: Co-sponsored by Education for a Better America:
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM); Recapturing the Fundamentals
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
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
10:00 a.m.
NAN National Board Meeting
LOCATION: ECC – Conference Room F
10:30 a.m.
Media Panel: The Role of Media in Crafting the Social Narrative
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
Moderator:
Reverend Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network
Panelists:
Jonathan Alter, Former Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine
Jay Dow, Reporter, WPIX TV
Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher, The Nation
Joe Madison, Host, The Joe Madison Show on SiriusXM Urban View
Desiree Rogers, President & CEO, Johnson Publishing Company
Elinor Tatum, Publisher and Editor in Chief, New York Amsterdam News
11:30 a.m.
The Black Intellectuals in Contemporary America
LOCATION: 3rd Floor – Riverside Ballroom
Moderator: Dr. Jamal Watson, Senior Staff Writer, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Magazine
Panelists:
Dr. Marsha J. Darling, Professor of History, Adelphi University
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, University Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University
Dr. Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Dr. Farah Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English, Comparative Literature and
African-American Studies, Columbia University
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Religion, Center for African American Studies, Princeton University
Dr. Amos Jones, Assistant Professor of Law, Campbell University
Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, Professor of History, Tufts University
Dr. James Peterson, Director of Africana Studies & Associate Professor of English, Lehigh
University
Dr. Ivory Toldson, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University & White
House Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
12:00 p.m.
Special Plenary Presentation III: Bruce Ratner, Executive Chairman, Forest City Ratner
Companies
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
12:15 p.m.
Healthcare Panel: Implementing Change: You’re Enrolled, Now What?
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
Moderator: Nate Miles, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Eli Lilly and Company
Panelists:
Dr. Kemi Alli, Chief Medical Officer, Henry J. Austin Health Center
Anne Filipic, President, Enroll America
Issac Fordjour, Principal, Tarplin, Downs & Young
Dr. Nadine Gracia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health; Director of the Office of
Minority Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Dr. Garth Graham, President, Aetna Foundation
Queenie Huling, Health & Wellness Committee Chair, NAN New York City Chapter
Sheila L. Thorne, President and CEO, Multicultural Healthcare Marketing Group, LLC
12:00 p.m.
Bayard Rustin Memorial Labor Lunch (Invitation Only)
LOCATION: 2nd Floor - Metropolitan Ballroom West
Chair: Clayola Brown, National President, A. Philip Randolph Institute
Honoree: Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Special Remarks: Mary Beth Maxwell, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Policy, United States Department of Labor
1:00 p.m.
Crisis Panel: Healing Our Wounds – Addressing Past Trauma to Prevent Future Crisis
LOCATION: 3rd Floor – Riverside Ballroom
Moderator:
Bishop Victor T. Curry, President, National Action Network Miami-Dade County Florida
Chapter & Senior Pastor, New Birth Baptist Church, Miami, Florida
Panelists:
Nicole Paultre Bell, President & Founder, When It’s Real, It’s Forever Inc.
Kirsten John Foy. Minister & Brooklyn Chapter President, National Action Network
Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin; Founder, The Trayvon Martin Foundation
Dr. Jeffrey Gardere, Psychologist
William Kellibrew, Consultant, SAMHSA's National Center for Trauma Informed Care;
Consultant, The William Kellibrew Foundation
Lucia McBath, Mother of Jordan Davis & Chairwoman, Walk with Jordan Scholarship
Foundation
Paula S. Peebles, Pennsylvania State Chapter Chairperson, National Action Network
Kasey Woods, Motivational Speaker & Mental Health Advocate
1:30 p.m.
Economic Development: Back to Basics - Finding Your Financial Freedom
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
Co-Moderator: Glenn Hutchins, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners
Co-Moderator: Ryan Mack, Optimum Capital Management
Panelists:
Kelvin Boston, Financial Journalist, Public Speaker & Best Selling Author, Black
Enterprise/Moneywise.tv
Sharon Epperson, Senior Commodities and Personal Finance Correspondent, CNBC
Delisha J. Grant, Attorney & Small Business Expert
Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Economist
John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments, LLC
Deborah C. Wright, Chairman & CEO, Carver Federal Savings Bank
2:00 p.m.
Special Plenary Presentation IV: Secretary Anthony Foxx, United States Department of
Transportation
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
3:00 p.m.
Black Male Panel: Are You My Brother’s Keeper? A Discussion on Fatherhood &
Mentorship
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
Moderator:
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University
Panelists:
A.J. Calloway, TV Personality & Philanthropist
Reverend Phil Craig, Queens, NY Chapter President, National Action Network
Rob Hill, Sr., Amazon Best Selling Author & Motivational Speaker
Marlon Marshall, Special Assistant to the President; Principal Deputy Director of Public
Engagement, The White House
Tracy Martin, Father of Trayvon Martin; Founder, The Trayvon Martin Foundation
Jonathan Mason Sr., International President, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Co-CEO, Elite Voices & Associate Professor of Education at Teachers
College, Columbia University
Frederick Williams, Adjunct Professor, San Antonio College and Executive Editor, Prosperity
Publications
4:30 p.m.
Young Professionals: Next Level Success
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
Moderator:
Janaye Ingram, Acting National Executive Director, National Action Network
Panelists:
Kelli Coleman, Executive Vice President, GlobalHue
Natalie Madeira Cofield, President and CEO, Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce &
Founder, Walker's Legacy
Demetria L. Lucas, Author, A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best
Single Life
Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Co- Founder, Women Entertainment Empowerment Network
(WEEN)
Jay Morrison, CEO & President, Young Minds Can
Angela Rye, Founder, IMPACT Strategies
Amos Winbush III, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CyberSynchs
6:00 p.m.
Executive Director’s Reception (Invitation Only)
LOCATION: Please see Registration Table
7:30 p.m.
Truth to Power Revival: Pastor Donnie McClurkin, Senior Pastor, Perfecting Faith Church,
Freeport, NY
LOCATION: 3rd Floor - New York Ballroom
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
Friday, April 11th
8:00 a.m.
NAN Chapter Development Workshop
LOCATION: NAN’s House of Justice 106 W. 145th Street New York, NY
8:00 a.m.
Dr. William Augustus Jones Memorial Breakfast (Invitation Only)
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Empire Ballroom East
Keynote:
A.R. Bernard, Founder, Senior Pastor and CEO, Christian Cultural Center (CCC)
Honorees:
Reverend Dr. Boise Kimber, First Calvary Baptist Church, New Haven, CT
Faya Rose Toure, Founder and Coordinator, Annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee
Rev. Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY
9:00 a.m.
Black Church Panel: Reframing the Church & State Debate: Civil Rights, Same Sex
Marriage & Women’s Rights
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Empire Ballroom West
Moderator: Reverend Michael Walrond, Director, NAN Ministers Division & Senior Pastor,
First Corinthian Baptist Church, Harlem, NY
Panelists:
A.R. Bernard, Senior Pastor, Christian Cultural Center
Pastor Steffie Bartley, Elizabeth, NJ Chapter President, National Action Network and Senior
Pastor, New Hope Memorial Baptist Church
Reverend Delman Coates, NAN National Board Member, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church
Reverend Que English, Senior Pastor, Bronx Chrisitian Fellowship
Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, Senior Pastor, Friendship-West Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas &
NAN National Board Member
Dr. Obery Hendricks, Professor of Biblical Interpretation, New York Theological Seminary
Bishop Harry Jackson, Hope Christian Church
Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake, Senior Pastor, Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral, Queens, New
York
Reverend Dr. Margaret Elaine M. Flake, Co-Pastor, Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral, Queens,
New York
11:00 a.m.
Madison Avenue Initiative Meeting (Private Meeting)
LOCATION: ECC- Conference Room F
TBD
Special Plenary Presentation: United States President Barack H. Obama
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Metropolitan Ballroom
7:00 p.m.
Truth to Power Revival: Reverend Dr. David Jefferson, Sr., Esq., Senior Pastor, Metropolitan
Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey & NAN National Board Member
LOCATION: Please see Registration Table
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
Saturday, April 12th
9:00 a.m.
Measuring the Movement: 50 Years After President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Metropolitan Ballroom
Panelist:
Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)
Heather J. Foster, Public Engagement Advisor, White House Office of Public Engagement
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund,
Inc.
Janaye Ingram, Acting Executive Director, National Action Network (NAN)
Lorraine C. Miller, Interim President and CEO, National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP)
Marc H. Morial, CEO, National Urban League (NUL)
Next Generation Panelists:
Dante Barry, Vice President of Membership & Engagement, Million Hoodies Movement for
Justice
Mary Pat Hector, National Youth Director, NAN Youth Move
Victoria Pannell, New York Leader, NAN Youth Move
Brianna Patterson, Northeast Regional Director, NAN Youth Move
Keith Popes, NAN Youth Move Huddle Member, NAN Youth Move
Dr. Marcus Bright, Executive Director, Education for a Better America
12:00 p.m.
Youth Summit Panel 1: Leaders of Today, Changing the World of Tomorrow
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Central Park West
Moderator: Mary Pat Hector, National Youth Director, NAN Youth Move
Panelists:
Dante Barry, Vice President of Membership & Engagement, Million Hoodies Movement for
Justice
Julius George, Founder, Young Generation Movement
Saraena Kimia, Founder & CEO, Youth for National Change
Tamarre Torchon, Chapter President, NAN Youth Move, Georgia State University
Camiella D. Williams, Executive Director, Drew Sidora's Dealmakers Charity
1:30 p.m.
McDonald’s Showcase of the Stars Career Panel
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Central Park West
Moderator: Kwame Jackson, Entrepreneur and Celebrity known for his participation in NBC’s
“The Apprentice”
Panelists:
Brian Hairston, McDonald’s Franchisee, McDonald’s
Ana Aquino, Restaurant Manager, McDonald’s
Hemraj Naitram, Restaurant General Manager, McDonald’s
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
1:30 p.m.
Up in Smoke: Banning of Menthol, Legalization of Marijuana & Criminalization of African
Americans
LOCATION: 2nd Floor - Central Park East
Moderator: Kendrick Meek, Former U.S. Representative
Panelists:
Representative Joe Armstrong, President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL)
Chief John I. Dixon, III, Chief of Police, Petersburg, VA; President National Organization of
Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
Neill Franklin, Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Honorable Robert T. Russell, Jr., Judge, 8th Judicial District, Buffalo City Court
Art Way, JD, Senior Drug Policy Manager, Colorado, Drug Policy Alliance
3:00p.m.
HIV/AIDS Awareness Panel
LOCATION: 2nd Floor - Central Park East
Moderator:
Debra Y. Fraser-Howze, Senior Vice President of Government and External Affairs, OraSure
Technologies, Inc.
Panelist:
Michael Camacho, MPH, NYC Regional Director, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Duane Cramer, HIV/AIDS Social Marketing Expert, Famed Photographer & HIV Activist
Dr. Charley Hames, Jr., President, National Action Network, Oakland Chapter
John-Martin Green, CEO, The Gatekeepers Collective and Harlem Pride, Board of Directors
Janet Weinberg, Interim Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer, Gay Men’s Health
Clinic
3:00 p.m.
The State of Our Prisons: Where We Are and Where We Need to Be
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Metropolitan West
Moderator: Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin, Director of Program Operations For Reentry Services
Women's Prison Association
Panelists:
Judith Brink, Director, Prison Action Network and Editor of Building Bridges
Barbara Inniss, Executive Director, Sparkles Of Joy Publishing and Prison Ministries
Tyrell Muhammad, Project Associate, Prison Visiting Project Correctional Association Of New
York; Campaign Against Isolated Confinement Organizer
Eddie Rosario, Associate Director Prison Visiting Project, Correctional Association Of New
York
Rosa Saldana, Health Care Solution Specialist
Laura Whitehorn, Organizer, Release Aging Persons from Prison Campaign
Larry White, Community Advocate & Policymaker, The David Rothenberg Center For Public
Policy
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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK
NATIONAL CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9th - SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL, NEW YORK, NY
3:00 p.m.
Youth Summit Movie and Discussion
Miss Representation (Women)
The Mask you Live in (Men)
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Central Park West
Carlos Chavez, Chapter President, NAN Youth Move, Birmingham, AL
Jabir Donaldson, Chapter President, NAN Youth Move, Atlanta, GA
Shaylee Hatch, Chapter President, NAN Youth Move, Nampa, Idaho
Brianna Patterson, Northeast Regional Director, NAN Youth Move
Brian Sarfo, Youth Move Member, NAN Youth Move, New York, NY
Erica Thomas, Southeast Regional Director, NAN Youth Move
Donjae Smith-Walton, Chapter President, NAN Youth Move, Dayton, OH
Arzellia Williams, Chapter President, NAN Youth Move, Detroit, MI
Nialah Edari, New York Leader, NAN Youth Move
6:00 p.m.
NAN Annual Fashion Show (Tickets Required): Flaunting My Expression
LOCATION: 2nd Floor – Metropolitan Ballroom