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RPC/CEF 2007 36^th Annual Conference
“A More Perfect Union: Greenlining Redlined America”

Saturday, June 2ND  - Reunion Day
Registration:  9:00am – 4:00pm
Location:  Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters
930 E. 50th Street        Chicago, IL 60615

Morning Broadcast
10:00am – 12:00pm Saturday

• Program Description: “New Chairs, New Champions, New Priorities”
• Keynote Speaker Address:  Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
• Special Guests:  Congressman John Conyers, Congressman Benny Thompson, Nancy Speaker Pelosi, Congressman Charlie Rangel, Black Caucus

Reunion BBQ…
12:30pm – 4pm
Sponsored By:  Kenny’s Ribs

Afternoon Session
 “Jails and Profiling: Crisis of Young Black Males”
1:30pm – 3:30pm
Location: Headquarters - Auditorium

• Program Description:Two-thirds of the people in prison are racial and ethnic minorities.  For Black males in their twenties, one in every eight is in prison or jail on any given day.  In Georgia, one out of every three young Black men will spend some time in jail or prison.  Hyper incarceration eviscerates communities, destroys families and leaves neighborhoods less safe.  Prevention and treatment are more effective and less expensive than incarceration.  These trends have been intensified by the disproportionate impact of the “war on drugs”, in which three-fourths of all persons in prison for drug offenses are people of color.  Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 460, a bill that would restore fairness to federal cocaine sentencing law by equalizing penalties between crack and powder cocaine.  This workshop will examine alternatives to incarceration, the causes of over-incarceration, crime prevention, restoration of rights, prison overcrowding and conditions, drug courts, treatment of the mentally ill and drug/alcohol dependent, review of federal sentencing guidelines, the failed war on drugs.
• Program Track: Legal/Political/Incarceration/High School Drop Outs/Infant Mortality/ Homelessness/Arrests/Expulsion/Unemployment/Suicide
• Speaker(s):  Bobby Scott, David Cole, Jennifer Columbel (Public Policy Director, National Association of Drug Court Professionals), Daniel Abrahamson (Director of Legal Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance), Judith Greene (???), Marc Mauer (Executive Director, Sentencing Project), Congressman Bobby Scott, Congressman Danny Davis
• Moderator:
• Panelists:
• Sponsor(s): **Clear Channel and TV ONE to co-sponsor**

Press Conference
Time:  TBD
Location:

Sunday, June 3RD – Presidential Candidates’ Forum
Registration:  12:00pm – 5:00pm
Location:  Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters

Opening Session
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Martin King
Location:  Headquarters

“Reviving the War on Poverty: A New Urban Agenda for America”
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Location: Headquarters - Auditorium

• Program Description Program Track: Political
• Speaker(s):  Mayors, State Legislators, and Public Policy Experts
• Moderator: Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
• Panelists:
• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leaders:  Butch Wing, Janice Mathis, Shelley Davis

Press Conference
Time:  TBD
Location:

OPENING NIGHT VIP RECEPTION
THEME…
Location: Rosemont Theatre

• Entertainment:
• MC:
• Entertainment: O’Jays, Temptations, Jill Scott, John Legend
• Sponsor(s):  Coca-Cola (TBD)

Monday, June 4TH - Labor & Women
O’Hare Hyatt Regency Hotel
9300 West Bryn Mawr – Rosemont, Illinois 60018

Registration:  7:00am – 5:00pm
All sessions, meal banquets and socials will be held at the conference hotel

Labor Breakfast
“Free Choice Act & National Healthcare”
8:00am – 10:00am
Location: Grand Ballroom

• Program Description:Unionized workers come together, calling for fair wages, better treatment and more adequate health insurance.  Local professional tradesmen make their annual appearance at the annual Rainbow PUSH Labor breakfast, to discuss and demand decent wages and better heath care.
• Program Track: Labor/Healthcare/Political
• Keynote Speaker:  Presentations by presidential candidates
• MC:  Robert Jordan (WGN TV), Karen Jordan (WLS TV)
• Presiding:  William “Bill” Lucy (President, Coalition Black Trade Unionists)
• Honorees:
• Sponsor(s): Burger King (Tentative)
• Team Leaders: Denise Dixon, Felicia McQuitter
• Invitees:  Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Governor Bill Richardson,Representatives from the following Unions:  AFL-CIO, AFSME, AFTRA, AFT, SEIU, TEAMSTERS, TWU, UFCW

Networking Break
10:00am – 10:30am

Press Conference
Time:  TBD
Location:

Health Screening
10:30 am - 12pm
Location:  Outside the Grand Ballroom (closed during lunch)

• Program Description: Meet a broad variety of health service companies that provide health screening and testing, including HIV/AIDS, to facilitate health, wellness and resources for our communities.
• Participants: American Cancer Society, VITAS
• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leader(s):  Fannie Smith, Philip Coleman, Veronica Black, Adrienne White (American Cancer Society), Bathsheba Wyatt-Draper, Marc Loveless, (Dr. Dingle  to assist)

Morning Session I
“Compliance and Title IX”
10:30am – 12:00pm
Location:  TBD

• Program Description: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program or activity at any educational institution that is a recipient of federal funds. Athletics, drama, band and other extracurricular student activities are considered to be educational programs under this law. Title IX also prohibits all forms of sex discrimination in federally funded educational institutions, including sexual harassment, discrimination in admissions and counseling, discrimination against married or pregnant students, etc. Current estimates are that 80% or more of all colleges and universities are not in compliance. Participation data reveal that while female comprise 50% of the general student population, they receive only 39% of athletic program opportunities. Male athletes at the college level receive $135 million more than female athletes in athletics scholarships each year (2002-2003 NCAA Gender-Equity Study)
• Participants:
• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leader(s): Kim Gandy

Morning Session II
“Global Legacy of the Slave Trade”
10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Delta AB

• Program Description:This panel will explore the historical, cultural and economic connections between Blacks in the United Kingdom and Blacks in America, building bridges to form “A More Perfect Union” across the globe.  The year 2007 marks 400 years since the first permanent settlement of Europeans in North America located in Jamestown, Virginia and 200 years since the British Parliament voted to outlaw the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.  As the Commonwealth of Virginia codified the enslavement of Africans in perpetuity, the Slave Trade connected the two continents in culture and commerce, which remains today.
• Program Track:  Global Slave Trade
• Moderator: Dr. Ronald Walters (Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland)
• Panelists: Lee Jasper (Policy Director for Equities & Policing, Mayor of London’s Office), Brima Conteh (Founder & Executive Director, Diaspora Afrique-France), Karen Chouhan (Executive Director & Founder, PUSH UK), Simon Woley (National Coordinator, Operation Black Vote UK), Joe Leonard (Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus), Joe Beasley (CEO & Founder, African Ascension), Gary Flowers (Executive Director, Black Leadership Forum)
• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leaders: James Gomez
• Invitees:

Morning Session III
“Closing the Achievement Gap”
10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Delta AB

Program Description:  This session will discuss strategies and develop an agenda to be presented at the conclusion of the conference, ensuring every child has the opportunity to receive a high quality education, calling for superior teachers in every classroom, strong leadership in every school, community and parental involvement, state of the art technology, professional development, etc.

• Program Track:  Education
• Moderator:
• Speaker(s): 
• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leaders: Dr. Bonita Carr
• Invitees: Chicago & Suburban Area School Superintendents

Networking Break
12:00pm – 12:30pm

Women’s Luncheon
“Women: Standards of Dignity, Decency & Equality”
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Location: Grand Ballroom

Program Description:in the wake of disheartening headlines in the continuing fight for equality, the question becomes “What are our standards?” 

The images we see on stage, screen, film and hear on radio are at odds with our self-worth, self-esteem and self-image. 
Rather than merely be offended, we intend to fight for dignity, decency and equality.  The gender wage gap persists – equality is not our birthright.
In this luncheon we will chart a course of action that holds corporations and communities accountable.

• Program Track:  Business/Political/Labor/Women
• Keynote Speaker Address:  President of Liberia
• MC:  Congresswoman Maxine Waters
• Remarks:  First Prime Minister of Jamaica
• Honorees:  Debra Lee (President, BET), Sylvia Rhone (President, Motown Records & Executive Vice President, Universal Records),
• Linda Johnson-Rice (President & CEO, Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.), Kim Gandy (President, National Organization for Women),
• Reverend Joan Brown-Campbell (Director for the Department of Religion, Chautauqua Institute, New York), Dr. Julianne Malveaux (President, Bennett College in NC)
• Sponsor(s): SuperValu/Jewel Osco, Coca Cola
• Team Leaders: Janice Mathis, Glenda Gill, Bonita Parker, Rev. Willie T. Barrow, Alisha Turner

Confirmed: Debra Lee (President &COO-Black Entertainment Television) Sylvia Rhone (President –Motown Records & Executive Vice President-Universal Records) Linda Johnson-Rice (President & CEO- Johnson Publishing Company, INC.) Kim Gandy (President- National Organization for Women) Reverend Joan Brown (Director for the Department of Religion, Chautauqua Institute, New York)

• Invitees: Jacqueline Jackson (Jackson Foundation), Alderwoman Sandi Jackson, Lauri Sanders, Ingrid Saunders-Jones (Coca Cola), Cindy King, Michelle Obama, Henrietta Leak, Mellody Hobson, Carol Williams, Ursula Burns, Carrie Hightman, Maria D’Amezcua, Christie Hefner Rohini Anand, Hedy Ratner

Networking Break
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Afternoon Session I
“Smart Women, Smart Money”

3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Eastern AB

• Program Track:  Women & Wealth
• Moderator:
• Panelists:  Carol H. Williams (Carol H. Williams Agency), Mellody Hobson (Ariel Capital Management), Linda Johnson-Rice (Johnson Publishing), Barbara Chalko (Illinois State Treasury), Linda Brooks (Freddie Mac), and Gail Perry Mason (Author, Financial Services Manager, Oppenheimer)
• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leaders: Glenda A. Gill, Bonita Parker
• Invitees:  Gail Perry-Mason (The State of Automotive)

Afternoon Session II
“The New Immigrant Uprising & The Historic Civil Rights Movement”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location:  Delta AB

• Program Description:To discuss the immigrant uprising for dignity, self-respect and to oppose regressive legislation seeking to criminalize undocumented workers opens a new chapter in our civil rights struggle.  This workshop will explore organizing strategies, legislation and the road ahead for the fight for immigrant rights.  It will also directly address the need for a strategic alliance, based on mutual interests, between Latinos, African Americans and our coalition of conscience.
• Program Track:  Political/Legal/Civil Rights
• Moderator:
• Panelists:  Reverend Al Sharpton, Juan Andrade, Wade Henderson, William “Bill” Lucy, Charles Steele (SCLC), Jose Artemio Arreola (SEIU)
• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leaders: Salome Amezcua-Frieri, James Gomez, Butch Wing
• Invitees:

• Program Description: This panel will define health disparities and its impact on the African American and Hispanic communities. IT will focus on two (2) health disparity issues:

1. Physician manpower shortage by the year 2012
2. Universal Health Coverage
   • Pre 9/11 approximately 30,000 Medical Doctors entered the profession
   • At last count less than 22,000 Medical Doctors, per year, entered the profession since 9/11
   • What is the solution
   • The Physician shortage crisis
   • The United States national Health Insurance Act, “H.R.676 (“Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Bill”) Introduced by Congressman John Conyers

• Program Track:  Healthcare
• Moderator: Dr. Leon Dingle, Jr. Commissioner Illinois Medical District, Professor Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College, President and CEO AHSEA, Healthcare Consulting
• Panelists:  Dr. Quentin Young, National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program – Internal Medicine, Hyde Park Associates in Medicine; Dr. Carol Lopez, President, Chicago Institute of Medicine & Chief Pediatric Stroger Hospital; Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, Director , Illinois Department of Public Health; Ms. Adrienne White, Vice President of Health Initiative American Cancer Society; Dr. Jay Carrington Chunn, National Center for Health Behavioral Change Urban Medical Institute,/Morgan State University; Mrs. Kay Tillo, Coordinator for Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare; Congressman John Conyers, Dr. Lyn Powell, Chairperson, Rush Preventive Medicine, Congressman Danny Davis; Dr. Arnold L. Widen, Medical Director, Former Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Assistant Attorney General (State of Illinois); Dr. John E. Maupin, President Morehouse Medical College

• Sponsor(s):
• Team Leaders: Dr. Leon Dingle, Jr.
• Honoree: Dr. Quentin Young (efforts in promoting Universal Health Coverage longer than anyone in the US). Mrs. Kay Tillo (plaque for spearheading universal healthcare movement in Kentucky).
• Invitees:

AFRICAN CARRIBEAN NIGHT
5:30pm – 7:00pm VIP Reception
Location: Grand Ballroom

• Entertainment: African Consulates, Donny McClurkin
• Honorees: Ambassador of Nigeria
• Sponsor(s): 
• Team Leader(s):  John Mitchell, James Gomez
• Invitee(s):  Thabo Mbeki (President of South Africa)

GOSPEL CONCERT
7:30PM – 9 PM
Team Leader: Pam Morris & Darius Brooks
Location: Ballroom

Tuesday, June 5TH - Clergy & Men
Registration:  7:00am – 5:00pm
All sessions, meal banquets and socials will be held at the conference hotel

 Clergy Breakfast
“A Call to Social Justice”
8:00am – 10:00am
Location: Grand Ballroom

• Program Description: “The Word Must Become Flesh”. The Clergy Breakfast will motivate ministers and stir their spirit to put our issues back on the front burner.  Churches can no longer afford to use an “8 track” in a “CD” world when our communities are deprived of quality education, economic development and medical care.  We will assist churches to enhance or create public policy ministries in the pursuit of justice for fair housing, the right to vote, fight predatory lending and jail industrial complex.  While other ethnic groups are growing in population, Black consumers are still out-spending all other groups in products and services.  Research indicates that the nation’s Black  buying power will surge from $688 BILLION  in 2003 to $921 BILLION in 2008 when almost nine-cents of every dollar spent will be from an African American consumer. Medical facilities and services continue to become extinct in urban neighborhoods therefore; as the bedrock of the Civil Rights Movement the Church must fight from the pulpit on behalf of all people.
• Program Track:  Faith Based/Economic Empowerment/Health Care
• Musical Entertainment:  Hezekiah Walker, Donny McClurklin, Yolanda Adams, RPC Choir, Smokey Norful, Sears Choir
• Dias Guest(s):  Reverend Al Sharpton, Reverend Dr. Major Jemison, Reverend James Meeks, Reverend Al Sampson, Teresa Hairston, Reverend Tyrone Crider, Jeri Wright, Reverend Lucius Hall, Reverend Stephen Thurston, Sr., Reverend Major Jemison, Reverend Willie T. Barrow, Reverend Clay Evans, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Reverend Jeanette Wilson, William Dickerson, Reverend Grainger Browning, Martin L. King, Reverend Marshall Hatch, Reverend Charles Jenkins, Reverend Otis Moss II, Reverend Isaac Fincher, Apostle Richard Henton, Honorable Greg Mathis, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Dr. Jasper Williams, Dr. Terry Mason, Dr. Quinton Young, Reverend Freddie Haynes, Rev. Nicholas Hood Sr., Reverend Kirbyjon Caldwell, Cornel West, Reverend Dr. Dyson, Lieutenant Governor David Patterson
• Honorees:  Reverend Dr. Gardner Taylor, Reverend Michael Eaddy, Bishop Dr. Horace Smith, Reverend Otis Moss III, Reverend Noel Jones, Reverend Dr. Byron Brazier, Reverend Tony Lee,  Reverend Benjamin Reynolds, Reverend Joe Lowery
• Sponsor(s): New York Life, American Cancer Society, VITAS, GMAC, Freddie Mac
• Invitee(s):  Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, Dr. I.V. Hillard

Networking Break
9:30am – 10:00am

Morning Session I
Plenary:  “Call to Action”
10:30am -12:00pm
Location: Continental AB

• Program Description:With the rise of deadly conflicts around the globe, we have seen the increasing vital role of religious leaders from Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr., to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in brokering peace agreements from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.  This forum aims at evaluating the role of religious leaders in conflict resolution in African – Sudan, Somalia; Middle East – Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon; Americas – Haiti, etc.  This workshop will examine methods by which the church can develop or enhance a public policy ministry that will encourage an on-going civic awareness dialogue among congregants.  The focus here is on education that fosters analysis, discussion and innovative approaches to problem solving; the goal is shaping informed citizens and leaders that recognize the correlation between civics/public policy and the growth of the church and its community.
• Program Track:  Faith Base/Public Policy
• Moderator:   Ms. Emira Woods (Co-Director, Foreign Policy in Focus: Institute for Policy Studies)
• Panelists:  Rabbi Steven Jacobs (Founder, Progressive Faith Foundation), Father Raymond Helmick (Jesuit Priest & Professor, Boston College), Reverend Joan Brown-Campbell, Reverend Grainger Browning (Senior Pastor, Ebenezer AME Church), Reverend Bob Edger (Secretary General, National Council of Churches-USA), Reverend Major Jemison (President, Progressive National Baptist Convention), Dr. Nazir Khaja (Chairman of the Board of Islamic Information Services; Member, Muslim-Jewish Taskforce), Reverend Clyde Anderson (Executive Director/CEO, The United Methodist City Society)
• Sponsor(s):
• Invitees:

Morning Session II
“Tools for Strengthening Your Health Ministry”
10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Eastern AB

• Program Description:This workshop is an abbreviated version of a one-day Health Certification presented by the American Cancer Society.  With African Americans dying from cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and heart disease almost two times as often as Whites” the church has become even more essential.  This session will provide information and tools to help ministers, nurses and health ministry members.  When that call; “Pastor, I’ve been diagnosed with…” comes, this session will equip you with answers about who to call for resources, programs and tools to help during a congregant journey to survival.  The ACS has pulled together a wide variety of companies and resources and made them available to churches for the basis of a Health Ministry. With the diminishing of healthcare services in our communities this workshop will prove invaluable to the church. Empower your church youth and seniors with knowledge and resources for healthier living and hospice care.
• Program Track:  Faith Based  Healthcare
• Moderator: (TBD)
• Panelists: Adrienne White
• Sponsor(s): American Cancer Society, VITAS, Dept of Aging, Medicare
• Invitees:

Press Conference
Time:  TBD
Location:
 
Networking Break
12:00pm – 12:30pm

Men’s Luncheon
“Success Beyond the Playing Field”
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Location: Grand Ballroom

• Program Description:
• Program Track:  Sports/Business/Politics
• Keynote Speaker Address:  Olusegun Obasanjo (President of Nigeria)
• MC:  CBS-2 Reporter (TBD)
• Remarks:
• Honorees:  Lovie Smith (Coach, Chicago Bears), Sean Carter, Doug Williams (1st AA QB Super Bowl), Dr. Frank Glover (1st AA NFL Referee)
• Sponsor(s):
• Invitees: University of Florida Coaches & Athletic Directors, Black College Presidents, School Superintendents

Networking Break
2:30pm - 3:00pm

 Afternoon Session I 
“Cashing in on Franchising”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Eastern AB

• Program Description:Industry experts as well as franchise owners will weigh the pros and cons of the franchise industry.  We will also learn how more minorities can become franchise owners and the special incentives given for franchising in an underserved community
• Program Track:  Business
• Moderator: Joe Moore
• Speaker(s):  Cynthia Byrne (Jiffy Lube), Rich O’Brien (McDonald’s), Charles James, III (CH James Restaurant Holdings), Brian Parker (Choice Hotels)
• Sponsor(s):
• Invitees:

Afternoon Session II 
“Beyond the Playing Field”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location:  Delta AB

• Program Description:The panel discussion will raise serious concerns and facts regarding the dire need for health assistance, better pensions and/or disability income for some NFL retirees.
• Program Track:  Business/Sports
• Moderator:
• Panelists: Harry Carson, Bryant Gumbel, Mike Ditka, Mercury Morris, Lynn Swann, {Doctors who have examined players}, Attorneys in the field, Dave Duerson, Conrad Dobler, Paul Tagliabue, Gene Upshaw, Doug Williams (1st AA QB Super Bowl), Dr. Frank Glover (1st AA NFL Referee)
• Sponsor(s): Nike (Contact:  Darrell Jones)
• Invitees:

Afternoon Session III
 “Blacks In Energy”
3:00pm- 4:30pm
Location: TBD 

• Program Description:This session features the top ranking African Americans in the energy industry. They will share strategies to enhance career movement, performance, and leadership.  They will also share trends that we all should be aware of in the energy industry.
• Program Track:  Business
• Moderator:
• Sponsor(s):

Afternoon Session IV 
“Securing a Broadband Future for People of Color”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Continental AB

• Program Description:Self-generated media, alpha communities, Wikipedia, YouTube.  If you don’t know these terms, you’re likely a technology neophyte.  In today’s fast paced environment communities, people of color can’t afford to be left behind in another wave of technological advancement.  Access to technology – voice, video and data – means access to information, innovation and – for entrepreneurs – access to capital.  Redlining in communities of color is not a myth.  As more entrants vie for our attention and our dollars, people of color must find ways to break out of technology ghettos into the mainstream and our panelists will tell you how.
• Program Track:  Media/Telecommunication
• Moderator:   Larry Irving (President, The Irving Information Group)
• Panelists: Janet Rolle (Vice President & General Manager, AOL Black Voices), David C. Drummond (Senior Vice President/Corporate Development,  Google), Vernon L. Irvin (Executive Vice President & General Manager, VeriSign Communications Services), Mario Armstrong (NPR Technology Correspondent, Radio & TV Technology Talk Show Host, Co-Founder, Urban Video Game Academy), Payne Brown (Vice President, Strategic Initiatives-Comcast Corporation), TV Ahmad Taylor (Vice President, Viacom), Rishad Tobaccowala (CEO, Denuo & Chief Innovation Officer, Publicis Group Media)
• Sponsor(s): Comcast
• Invitees:

“PUSH for Excellence Scholarship Gala”
6:00pm – 9:00pm

• Location:
• Entertainment:
• MC:
• Entertainment:  Jill Scott, John Legend, India Arie, Brian McKnight, Mary J Blige, Mariah Carey
• Honorees:
• Sponsor(s):  Toyota

Wednesday, June 6TH - Business & Education
Registration:  8:00am – 2:00pm
All sessions, meal banquets and socials will be held at the conference hotel

 Opening Session
“Mortgage Tsunami:  America’s Foreclosure Crisis”
Time:  8:00am – 12:00pm
Location:  TBD
Team Leaders:  John Mitchell, Martin King, John Taylor, Janice Mathis, Butch Wing, Kimberly Marcus, Marshette Turner, Andrew Carr, Mark Wallace, Roxanne Ward (Ariel Capital Management)
Invitees:  Senator Chris Dodd, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Clifford Turner (National Association of R/E Brokers), General Electric, Sara Lee, Bank of America, Barney Franks (House Committee on Finance), Keith Corbit (Center for Responsible Lending), Dr. Christopher Cagen (First American Core Logic/Study on Mortgage Payment Resets)

RPC Institute of Small Business
“Business Boot Camp”
10:00am – 5:00pm
Location:

• Participating Companies:
• Panelists:  Local Business Owners, University Professionals, ITB Members, Etc.

 Morning Session I
“Job Readiness Workshop”
9:00am – 10:00am
Location: Ozark AB  

• Program Description:
• Program Track:  Career/Employment Preparation
• Moderator:
• Panelists:
• Sponsor(s):
• Invitees: CareerBuilders, Illinois Department of Employment Services

Morning Session II
“How to Win Biliion Dollar Verdicts”
9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: TBD 

• Program Description:Program Track: The Trial Masters seminar will feature world-renowned attorneys Willie E. Gary
• The components of the seminar are opening arguments, jury selection and closing arguments.
• Program Track:  Legal
• Moderator:   Attorney Willie Gary
• Sponsor(s):  The Law Office of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson and Sperando P.L.

Morning Session III
“The State of the Automotive Industry for Urban America”
10:00am – 12:30pm
Location: Delta AB  

• Program Description:Program Track:  With companies downsizing and growth opportunities occurring simultaneously in the automotive industry: “Where Do We Fit?” Be on the frontline as automotive companies discuss their growth plan for now and beyond.
• Moderator:   
• Panelists:
• Sponsor(s):
• Invitees:

Morning Session IV
“Increasing Investment Results Through Emerging Managers”
10:00am – 12:30pm
Location: Delta AB  

• Program Description:Emerging managers continue to outperform their larger competitors:  however, larger assets management firms continue to manage over 95% of the $7.TRILLION market.  What are public and corporate pension funds doing to close the gap and experience better returns for their stakeholders?
• Program Track:  Pension Plenary
• Moderator:   Les Bond, Jr. (Attucks Asset Management)
• Speaker(s):   John W. Rogers, Jr. (Ariel Capital Management), Henry C. Cisneros (Former Secretary of the US Department of Housing & Urban development), Larry Jones (Northern Trust Global Advisors), Brian Roberts (Russell Investment Group), Fred Fogg (CitiGroup), John Graves (Michigan), Democratic Governors to send their person on this session, Representative from CalSTRS or CalPERS, Representative from Corporate Fund
• Sponsor(s):  Pension & Investment Magazine
• Invitees:

Morning Session V
“M/WBE Procurement Opportunities”
10:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Delta AB  

• Program Description:How can we do business together?  Corporate America representatibes will speak about procurement opportunities that are currently available as well as give advice on strategies to overcome the incumbent supplier.  How to beat (instead of just meet) the price of your product or service, and how you can master the learning cure of this 21st Century.
• Program Track:  Business
• Moderator:   Shelia Hill (CMBDC)
• Speaker(s):  Barbara Lumpkin (City of Chicag), Aaron Fullbright (Configuration Chciago), Reuben Hamilton (Caremark), Shonda Marrow (State of Illinois), Rona Fourte (CMBDC), Hector Rodriguez (City of Chicago-Treasury Department), Phillip Styles (Aon Corporation), Sharon Gardner-Crowe (US Cellular), Lou Blanchet (Merrill Lynch)
• Sponsor(s):
• Invitees:

Networking Break
12:00pm – 12:30pm

Career Expo
10:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Grand D

• Participating Companies:
• Invitees:  Illinois Department of Employment Services, Schneider, Comcast, 2007 Sponsors

Press Conference
Time:  TBD
Location:

Business Luncheon
“Greenlining Redlined America”
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Grand Ballroom

• Program Description: Corporate America, Clergy, M/WBE’s all come together to address public policy implications of our various business activities over the next few years.  Our focus will be on business development initiatives for the small business owner.
• Program Track:  Business
• Keynote Speaker Address:  Alexi Giannoulias (IL State Treasurer)
• MC:  Diann Burns (Anchor, CBS2 News), Fred Schropshire (Report, WGN News), Warner Saunders (Anchor, NBC5 News)
• Remarks:  William “Bill” Clinton, Mike Milken
• Honorees:  Cathy Coghlan (AT&T)
• Sponsor(s): Burger King
• Confirmed: John Hofmeister (President Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas)
• Invitees:  Ken Lewis (Bank of America), John W. Rogers, Jr. (Ariel Capital Management), Joe Stroud (WJYS), Edward Whitacre (SBC), Reverend Charles Jenkins (Fellowship BC), Representative from West African Corporate Council, Stephanie Neely (City of Chicago Treasurer), Robert Blackwell (EKI), Dan Burke (IL State Representative), Cheryl Jackson (Chicago Urban League), Jim Reynolds (Loop Capital Markets), Harold E. Ford, Jr. (Merrill Lynch)

Networking Break
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Afternoon Session I
“The Bull & Bear Investment Camp” (By Registration Only Ages 14-19)?
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Continental AB 

• Program Description:This session, designed for youth, will discuss learning how to budget, save and invest in stocks, bonds and mutual funds and more.
• Program Track:  Education
• Instructor: TBD
• Panelists:
• Sponsor(s): Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Invitees:

Afternoon Session II
 “National Oratorical Competition”
3:00pm- 4:30pm
Location: Delta AB  

• Program Description:During this session the audience will be dazzled by our youth as they showcase their immense talents through the medium and power of eloquent persuasive speech.
• Program Track:  Education
• Moderator: Art Norman (NBC 5 Chicago)
• Oratorical Judges:  Tyla Abercrumbie, Melinda E. White, Dr. Terry McDonald, Gilda Walker
• Oratorical Administration:  Barbara Cox-Timekeeper, Gayle Davenport-Scorer, Sarah Riggins-Scorer, Linda Stewart-Door Keeper
• Sponsor(s):

Afternoon Session III
 “How to Start a Rainbow PUSH Coalition College Chapter”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: TBD

• Program Description:  American colleges and universities serve as laboratories for civic engagement of young adults.  Historically Black Colleges & Universities play a major role in the development of young lives. There are some college students who have found their niche in campus life by faithfully attending classes and fervently achieving success in all of their assignments; other college students remain unsatisfied with the daily routine of academic matriculation.  These individuals are not just seeking to earn a diploma in four years; they are endeavoring to affect positive change in the lives of their peers.  If this describes your collegiate agenda, please join Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. and a panel of college students as the structure and wisdom for starting a college chapter is shared and the inspiration to commence this task of greatness is released.
• Program Track:  Education
• Moderator:  Michele Watkins (Director Collegiate Chapters, Rainbow PUSH Coalition)
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 Afternoon Session III
“Student Town Hall Meeting – Keeping it Real …Youth Speak!”
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Delta AB

• Program Description:  In this town hall meeting, Chicago Public Schools students from 6th thru 12th grades will share their personal experiences and observations regarding a wide range of issues that impact their quality of life such as violence, gangs and bullying, dating and inferior schools.
• Program Track:  Education
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Afternoon Session V
“Young Entrepreneurs Camp” (By Registration Only)
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Pan America

• Program Description: This exciting workshop will equip youth with the tools they need to start, manage and market their very own business and to become entrepreneurs.  The students will learn how to develop a feasible business concept, assess their marketable skills, create a business plan, and apply for venture capital and marketing.  Each student will be challenged with creating a sustainable business; one that invests apportion of their profits into their community.
• Program Track:  Business
• Instructor:  Endura Govan (Executive Director, International Business Kids)
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• Sponsor(s): Verizon Wireless
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