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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
FOUNDERS RECEPTION
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Hosted by the Honorable Brad T. Thompson & Bettie Murchison
Special Guests:
Founders of the North Carolina Black Elected Officials
State Senator Catherine Pugh (D-Md.)
President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Featuring DJ Zell Lucas
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015
OPENING SESSION
8:30 a.m.
Call to Order.....................................................................The Honorable Richard Hooker
Cleveland County Board of Education
Invocation.............................................................................................. Rev. Jerry Stephens
Commissioner, Robeson County
Commitment Statements ......................................................ANCBEO Members & Partners
Introduction of Speaker.......................................................The Honorable Moses Carey
Keynote Remarks.............................................................. Anita Earls, Executive Director
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Conference Overview ...............................................Courtney Crowder, Executive Director
BREAK
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
BREAKOUT POLICY SESSIONS:
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
SESSION I: PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE COMMUNITY
• The Honorable Rodney Moore, NC House of Representatives
• Brandy Bynum, Associate Director at Rural Forward NC
• Nicole Sullivan, Director Rehabilitative Programs & Services, NC Dept. Public Safety
SESSION II: THE COMMUNITY HEALTH UPDATE
• E. Benjamin Money, Jr., MPH, President & CEO, N.C. Community Health Centers
• Cornell Wright, MPA, Director, NCDHHS Office of Minority Health & Health
Disparities
• The Honorable Nicole Dozier, Co-Director, Health Access Coalition
THE SENATOR JEANNE H. LUCAS LUNCHEON
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
State Senator Valerie Foushee (Presiding)
Invocation................................................Commissioner Viola Harris, Edgecombe County
Vice Chair, Alliance of NC Black Elected Officials
LUNCH IS SERVED
Introduction of Speaker.............................................State Representative Garland E. Pierce
Chair, NC Legislative Black Caucus
Keynote Address.................................................................Senator Catherine Pugh (D-Md.)
President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Closing............................................................................................Senator Valerie Foushee
Secretary, Alliance of NC Black Elected Officials
BREAKOUT POLICY SESSIONS:
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
SESSION III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCING
• Farad Ali, President & Chief Executive Officer, NC Institute of Minority Economic
Development
• Tara Kenchen, President & Chief Executive Officer, NC Community Development
Initiative
• Lenwood V. Long, Sr., President & Chief Executive Officer, The Support Center
SESSION IV: THE EDUCATION UPDATE
• Rodney Ellis, President, NC Association of Educators
• Chris Hill, JD, Immediate Past Director, NC Justice Center Education & Law Project
• Ann McColl, JD, Everett Gaskins Hancock LLP & EducationNC
TOWN HALL SESSION & PRESENTATIONS
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Dr. Forrest Toms, NC Agricultural & Technical State University
ANCBEO-Leadership Studies’ Strategic Research Partnership
The partnership between NCA&T State Leadership Studies and the Alliance of NC Black
Elected Officials provides ongoing research on issues that challenge the communities
represented by the membership. This is an effort to review and report statistics and trends
ranging from educational inequality, health disparities, economic collapse, the erosion of
families and communities and any number of issues impacting diverse populations.
Forthcoming studies will offer real time observations that may aid addressing these
societal challenges.
Jennifer Johnson, Esq., Mississippi Black Leadership Institute (MBLI)
MBLI is an invitational institute for emerging leaders from various disciplines across the
state of Mississippi, who participates in a nine-month curriculum of civic engagement,
public policy and governance, state history, and relationship development. It is an effort
to prepare and produce a cadre of informed, socially conscious transformative leaders and
public servants. Graduates of The Leadership Institute help to advance, advocate and
articulate an agenda of equity in their respective communities.
Gerald Taylor, ADVANCE North Carolina
Advance North Carolina seeks to empower and mobilize African American, progressive
voters to take charge of their communities by sustained organizing. Advance North
Carolina will, through organizing, drive committed and issue-oriented, community-based
political infrastructure to activate African-American political influence.
The Ralph Campbell Jr. Leadership Reception
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Rep. Larry Hall, Chair NC Legislative Black Caucus Foundation
Featuring: Member Organizations’ Chairs, Presidents, Elected Officials & Advocates
Music by Lartey Cade
THE 10TH ANNUAL NC BLACK SUMMIT BANQUET
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Negro National Anthem............................”North Carolina Heroes”......................................All Rise
Welcome....................................................................................................Chairman Richard Hooker
Cleveland County Board of Education
Invocation………………………………………… Commissioner Viola Harris, Edgecombe County
Vice Chair, Alliance of NC Black Elected Officials
DINNER IS SERVED
Recognition of Partners and Sponsors.................................................................Mayor Chris V. Rey
Spring Lake
Introduction of Speaker.............................................................................Senator Daniel T. Blue, Jr.
NC Senate Democratic Leader
Keynote Address .............................................................................The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Special Recognition………………………….…………The Honorable Bradford T. Thompson, Sr.
Announcements & Closing………………………… Commissioner Viola Harris, Edgecombe County
Vice Chair, Alliance of NC Black Elected Officials