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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
NETWORKING RECEPTION
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Hosted by the Honorable Brad T. Thompson
Special Guest
State Senator Catherine Pugh (D-Md.)
President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Featuring DJ Zell Lucas
OPENING SESSION
8:30AM, FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2015
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
10:00am – 10:10am
BREAKOUT POLICY SESSIONS
10:15am – 11:30am
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
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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
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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
1:45pm – 3:00pm
SESSION III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCING
• Farad Ali, President & CEO, NC Institute of Minority Economic Development
• Tara Kenchen, President & CEO, NC Community Development Initiative
• Lenwood V. Long, Sr., President & CEO, The Support Center
SESSION IV: THE EDUCATION UPDATE
• Rodney Ellis, President, NC Association of Educators
• Chris Hill, Director, Education & Law Project, NC Justice Center
• Ann McColl, EducationNC
TOWN HALL SESSION & PRESENTATIONS
3:30pm – 5:00pm
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 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 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
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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