SAAB National Conference 2015 Final Agenda
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015 & SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015
CONFERENCE THEME:
“FROM A MOMENT TO A MOVEMENT: 25 YEARS OF MEANINGFUL IMPACT AND CHANGE”
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015
TIME
10:30a – 12:30p
1:00p – 1:50p
2:00p – 3:00p
3:15p – 4:15p
FUNCTION
ATTENDEES
Opening Session (Moderator: Mr. Steven Cartwright)
Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe, SAAB Founder/CEO
Councilman James E. Tate, Jr., Detroit City Council
Mr. Benjamin Davis, BME Community
Great Lakes Center
All
Special Guest Remarks
General Session (Keynote Speaker)
Dr. Steve Perry, Author, Speaker, Educator
Great Lakes Center
All
Great Lakes Center
All
Oratorical Showcase: “From A Moment to a Movement: 25 Years of Meaningful Impact and Change”
(Moderator: Mr. Mustafa Abdullah) (Assigned students will be spotlighted)
Fire Side Chats: (Students Only) Assigned Mentoring Sessions
(Locations will be provided in conference bag and announced at Opening Session)
4:30p – 6:00p
Advisors/Professionals Session
6:30p – 8:30p
Opening Banquet (Moderator: Mr. Terrance Range)
9::30p – 11:30p
LOCATION
Conference Registration
4:30p – 6:15p
8:30p
SPEAKERS
SAAB Staff Associate
Featured Speaker: Dr. Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director,
White House Initiative on HBCUs
Students
DeSoto Room
Advisors/Prof
Great Lakes Center
All
Marquis Room
All
Free Time ~ Prepare for the Evening!
SAAB Café Open: Hosted by: Mr. Mustafa Abdullah, Jr. (SAAB Alum, New Tech HS, Zion Benton, IL)
**Music, Games, Spoken Word, Fellowship, Dancing, Refreshments**
DON’T WANT TO MISS THE CAFÉ MOMENT!!!
SAVING LIVES... SALVAGING DREAMS
FOR 25 YEARS!!!!
SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015
LOCATION
ATTENDEES
7:30a – 8:45a
TIME
Continental Breakfast
FUNCTION
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SPEAKERS
Great Lakes Center
All Welcome
9:00a – 9:50a
General Session: (Moderator: Mr.
Lawrence Robinson)
Mr. Elliott Jones, Social Innovator, Grandson of the Late Dr. Maya Angelou
Great Lakes Center
All
~ CONFERENCE WORKSHOP BLOCK I ~
10:00a – 11:30a
YELLOW GROUP
Facilitator: Dr. Alex Ellis, SAAB Faculty
Regency A-D
HS/College
BLUE GROUP
Facilitator: Dondre Whitfield & Mr. Hasani Pettiford, SAAB Faculty
Regency E-K
HS/College
Facilitator: Mr. Dondre Whitfield & Mr. Hasani Pettiford SAAB Faculty
Facilitator: Dr. Alex Ellis, SAAB Faculty
Regency E-K
Regency A-D
HS/College
HS/College
Ms. Tina Gridiron, Senior Strategy Officer, Lumina Foundation for Education
A Discussion With SAAB Students: Dr. Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director, White House
Initiative on HBCUs
Desoto Room
Adv./Prof
Thomas Room
Students
~ CONFERENCE WORKSHOP BLOCK II ~
11:45a – 1:15p
YELLOW GROUP
BLUE GROUP
ADVISOR/PROFESSIONAL TRACK
10:00a – 11:00a
Session I: In the SAAB Spotlight
11:45a – 1:15p
Focus Group: (Invitation Only)
11:15a – 12:15p
Session II: In the SAAB Spotlight
Mr. Lee Hampton, Director of Multicultural Affairs, Jackson College - “Increasing
institutional Understanding, Retention Rates & Academic Outcomes of AA Males”
Desoto Room
Adv./Prof
12:30p – 1:15p
Session III: In the SAAB Spotlight
(Research In the Spotlight)
Dr. Jacquelyn R. Jones, Owens Community College/ Dr. Christine M. Knaggs, Lourdes
University “How College Self-Efficacy and Campus Environment Impact Persistence in
Higher Education/Sharing the AA Student Experience”
Desoto Room
Adv./Prof
1:30p – 2:45p
LUNCHEON
(Moderator: Mustafa Abdullah)
Mr. Trabian Shorthers, President/CEO, BMe (Black Male Engagement)
Great Lakes Center
ALL
~ CONFERENCE WORKSHOP BLOCK I ~
3:00p – 4:30p
YELLOW GROUP
BLUE GROUP
Facilitator: Mr. Ernesto Mejia, SAAB Faculty
Facilitator: Mr. Brian Heat, SAAB Faculty
Regency E-K
Regency A-D
HS/College
HS/College
Facilitator: Mr. Brian Heat, SAAB Faculty
Facilitator: Mr. Ernesto Mejia, SAAB Faculty
Regency A-D
Regency E-K
HS/College
HS/College
Dr. Dhanfu Elston, VP, Complete College America
Ms. Ashley Johnson, Excellence Schools Detroit (ESD)
Mr. Robert Troutman, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Christopher Chatmon, Executive Director, African American Male Achievement
(AAMA), Oakland Unified School District
Desoto Room
~ CONFERENCE WORKSHOP BLOCK II ~
4:45p – 6:15p
YELLOW GROUP
BLUE GROUP
ADVISOR/PROFESSIONAL TRACK
3:00p – 4:00p
Session IV
4:15p – 5:15p
Session V
5:25p – 6:15p
Session VI
6:30p – 7:30p
CLOSING CEREMONY: Mr. Dondre Whitfield, SAAB National Spokesperson; Actor, Comedian, Philanthropist
"I Am My Brother's Keeper and Together We Will Rise"
**Travel Safely**
Desoto Room
Adv./Prof.
Desoto Room
Great Lakes Center
ALL