RAINBOW PUSH COALITION AND CITIZENSHIP FUND 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
2009 CONFERENCE AGENDA
“A MORE PERFECT UNION - TARGETED STIMULUS: THE KEY TO RECONSTRUCTION”
38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
June 27th – July 1st
Hyatt McCormick Place
2233 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Chicago, Illinois
PUSH EXCEL YOUTH CONFERENCE AGENDA
“A MORE PERFECT UNION -
TARGETED STIMULUS:
THE KEY TO RECONSTRUCTION”
DATES - T0 BE DETERMINED
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2009
THEME: THE STATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
LOCATION: RAINBOW PUSH COALITION HEADQUARTERS ANd
Washington PARK
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - RAINBOW PUSH COALITION SATURDAY MORNING FORUM (LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST by CAN TV and WORD Network TV)
LOCATION: RAINBOW PUSH COALITION HEADQUARTERS
DESCRIPTION: Defend and Expand Human and Civil Rights
Today, some argue that we are “beyond race” and no longer “need” a civil rights movement. As the National Urban League’s report, State of Black America demonstrates, objective, measurable structural inequalities persist in education, health care, criminal justice, employment and business - nearly every facet of political, economic and cultural life. With the historic election of President Obama, the nation has an historic opportunity to complete the “unfinished business” of achieving “Equanocmics”, i.e. shared economic and social justice in our lifetime.
This Civil Rights Call to Action will be televised internationally, and will examine the objective status of the civil rights struggle; and put forth a Call to Action Agenda identifying “what do we want, and how to fight for and win” civil and human rights in the era ahead.
KEYNOTE: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Founder/President
SPECIAL INVITED GUEST: Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
MODERATOR(S): Charles Olgetree, Harvard Univ., Atty. Janice Mathis, RPC
INVITED PANELISTS: Kim Gandy, NOW; LULAC Rep.; Al Sharpton, National Action Network; Marc Morial, Natl. Urban League; Ben Jealous, NAACP; Amy Goodman; Ricardo Meza; MALDEF Rep; Juan Andrade; Senator Meeks, Illinois; Martin Luther King III; Shirley Wilshire; Congressmen Danny Davis; Senator Rodney Ellis, Texas; Atty. Barbara Arnwine; John Payton; Slim Coleman; Rodney G. Moore, Natl. Bar Assoc.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM - RAINBOW PUSH FAMILY FESTIVAL
LOCATION: Washington Park
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009
THEME: URBAN STIMULUS
LOCATION: RAINBOW PUSH COALITION HEADQUARTERS AND
HYATT MCCORMICK PLACE
1:oo-4:00 PM – URBAN STIMULUS TOWN HALL MEETING
LOCATION: RAINBOW PUSH COALITION HEADQUARTERS
KEYNOTE: Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Speaker of the House
MODERATOR:
INVITED PANELISTS: Mayors; City Officials; State Legislators;
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM – The COCA-COLA COMPANY Presents OPENING RECEPTION AND CLAY EVANS GOSPEL CONCERT
LOCATION: Hyatt McCormick Place
ARTIS TS: Darius Brooks and Choir, RPC Choir, MARVIN SAPP, DONNIE MCCLURKIN, MARY MARY, ANN NESBITT
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
THEME: BUSINESS, EDUCATION and INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION: HYATT MCCORMICK PLACE
7:30-9:30 am CEO Breakfast
DESCRIPTION: How to revitalize the economic engine of the global economy.
Moderator: Rev. Jesse Jackson
CONFIRMED - Keynote Speaker: Vikram Pandit-Chairman, Citi
CONFIRMED - John Hofmeister, President of Citizens for Affordable Energy;
Special Invited guest: MAYOR rICHARD j. dALEY - gREETINGS
HONOREE: Jonathan Rogers – CEO and President of TV ONE
10:00-11:30 am PLENARY - Infrastructure and Stimulus
DESCRIPTION: Certain national infrastructure is vital to sustaining American life as we know it. These critical infrastructures include telecom, water systems, transportation (mass transit & roads), electric and energy. This panel of leaders will discuss about innovative trends, business opportunities, shovel ready projects and stimulus funds.
CONFIRMED - Speaker/Moderator: John Hofmeister - Former CEO Shell Oil Co. and President of Citizen’s for Affordable Energy
CONFIRMED - PANELISTS: David Owens, Exec. VP, Edison Elec. Institute
INVITED PANELIST(S): AT&T; Julie Cunningham, President/CEO- COMTO; Donna Gambrell, Dir.-U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM – CAREER FAIR
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 - continued
12:00-2:00 pm INTERNATIONAL LUNCHEON
INVITED Keynote: Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Secretary General of the United Nations Ki-Moon
Alternate: Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative
THEME: U.S. Foreign Policy towards Africa and Haiti
DESCRIPTION: Africa unfortunately is home to two of the world’s most
deadly conflicts (Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo). Over 6 million people have died and millions more displaced in these countries. Last year,
Haiti was hit in the space of a month by tropical storms, Fay and Hanna and hurricanes Gustav and Ike, leaving hundreds of people dead and million homeless. The humanitarian catastrophe which is beyond the capacity of the government still continues. Both Africa and Haiti continues to reach out to the U.S. for assistance, corporation, and mutual respect in advancing democracy, development, and security.
2:30 - 4:00 PM SESSION I - Diversity & Inclusion/procurement
Description: As companies are facing unprecedented challenges we must ensure that the industry is revitalized and that internal and external Diversity and inclusion practices are maintained and Institutionalized.
Moderator: Montel Gayles – Chief Procurement Officer, City of Chicago
CONFIRMED Panelists: Pat Harris – McDonald Corporation; Joyce Tucker, Boeing; Francene Young, Shell Oil Co; Sam Lynch, Diversity & Inclusion Co., Global Lead; Damanyanti Vasudevan, RR Donnelly, Jeanette Smith, Motorola (diversity and inclusion)
2:30 - 4:00 PM – SESSION II
THEME: TOWN HALL MEETING - EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT
Description: A quality education is the inherent right of every citizen, but is our current school reform addressing quality or gentrification? Also, why are students of color still at the bottom of the totem pole in regards to achievement 56 years after Brown vs. Board of Education? What does the current administration plan to do about school reform, the achievement gap and other education issues?
CONFIRMED - KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Sec. of Education, Arne Duncan
MODERATOR: Barbara Eason-Watkins (Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public Schools)
INVITED PANELISTS: Leslie Baskerfield, NEA President-Dennis Van Roekel; AFT President of AFT –Randy Weingarten; Dr. Robert Franklin President of Morehouse, Ron Huberman, Michael Scott, President, Chicago Public Education
INVITEES: Dr. Wayne Watson; Presidents of Black Colleges; Dr. JoAnn Roberts; Lomax; Dwayne Ashley; Dr. Julianne Malveaux,
Honorees: Barbara Eason-Watkins
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 - continued
6:30-9:00 pm- PUSH EXCEL SCHOLARSHIP GALA
DESCRIPTION: In an effort to invest in our most precious commodity, our children, PUSH Excel awards over 200 scholarships worth over a half million dollars to deserving students across the country.
HOST: Judge Greg Mathis
Speakers: Roundtable with Dr. Julianne Malveaux,
INVITED: Tavis Smiley, President Bill Clinton, Bernard McCuen (Secondary Schools Chief - Chicago Public Schools)
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009
THEME: LABOR, CLERGY, HEALTH and SPORTS
LOCATION: HYATT MCCORMICK PLACE
7:30 AM-9:30 AM - LABOR BREAKFAST
THEME: Winning the Fight For the Employee Choice Act and Comprehensive Health Care
Description: After eight years of strife, there are brighter prospects ahead for working families. No longer will the National Labor Relations Board focus on rolling back the rights of working people. We now have a Labor Department that appreciates labor. NOW there is a real opportunity to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, and a comprehensive health plan to cover all Americans
CONFIRMED SPEAKER: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack
HONOREES: Chavez-King Award - Delores Huerta
Panelists: AFL-CIO and Change to Win union representatives; policy/
campaign organizers on the Employee Choice Act and the Health Care plan.
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM – COLLEGE FAIR/FAFSA CLINIC/
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PLENARY- HOUSING/FORECLOSURE CRISIS
MODERATOR: NCRC- National Com. Reinvestment Coalition – John Taylor
INVITED PANELISTS: Sheila Bair, Barney Frank
HONOREE: Congressman Marcy Kaptor, OHIO
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009 - continued
12:00PM - 2:30PM - MINISTERS’ LUNCHEON AND SEMINAR
Theme: The Role of the Church in the 21st Century
Description: The Annual Clergy Luncheon will consist of prominent representatives of the various African Americans religious denominations. This event is always one of the highlights of conference. Participant's will speak to the past struggles and the power that we draw from the Holy Spirit to confront times such as this. They will speak to us from a Biblical perspective to keep hope alive, to stay the course and to continue the fight. We stand on the backs of and the ancient immovable landmarks.
CONFIRMED Participants: Dr. T. Dewitt Smith, National President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Dr. Stephen Thurston, National Baptist Convention of America, Bishop Paul Morton, Bishop, Charles Blake, Rev. Charles Jenkins, Rev. Greg Livingston.
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Bishop Rudolph McKissick, Jacksonville, FL.
INVITED Artist: Rev. Marvin Winans
INVITED DAIS GUESTS: Rev. Otis Moss, Rev. James Washington, Bishop Curry, Rev. Susan Johnson-Cook, Bishop Cousins, Rev. Isaac Singleton
VIDEO PRESENTATION: Rev. Dr. Gardner Taylor
HONOREES: Rev. Johnny Youngblood, Bishop John Bryant, Dr. Johnson A. Odosomwan, Rev. Billy Kyles, Father George Clements, Rev. Bill Winston
SEMINAR: 1000 Churches Connected Pastors will meet with Rev. Jackson and representatives of the 1000 Churches Connected Partners i.e. VITAS, United Health Care, New York Life Ins. Our partners will have the opportunity to explain their programs.
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM – SESSION III
DESCRIPTION: SPORTS
MODERATOR: NCAA
PANELISTS: Charlotte Westerhaus
POINT PERSON(S): Dextor Clinkscale, Andrea Coleman, Charlotte Westerhaus, Roy Curry
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM – SPORTS BANQUET
DESCRIPTION: Rainbow PUSH Sports Leadership Banquet – “Life Beyond the Playing Field” – This banquet honors leadership on and beyond the court, field and arena. We will highlight individuals who have demonstrated the ability to guide, direct or influence people to be champions in sport, education, employment and life.
INVITED KEYNOTE: Earvin “Magic” Johnson
INVITED SPEAKER(S): Gaye Sayers, M.L. Carr. Bob Johnson,
CONFIRMED HONOREES: Myles Brand, NCAA President, Lamell McMorris, Perennial, Inc., Myron Role, Rhodes Scholar Florida State, Earl Jones, Judy Pace
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
THEME: HEALTH and WOMEN
LOCATION: HYATT MCCORMICK PLACE
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM – HEALTH BREAKFAST
DESCRIPTION: Preventing Health disparities with equal access, adequate funding and prevention.
KEYNOTE: Sanjay Gupta
MODERATOR: Dr. Leon Dingle
HOST: Rev. Jesse Jackson
PANELIST(S):, U of C Medical Center Facility, Dr. Damon Arnold, Dr. Terry Mason, Dr. Steve Martin, President of Rush Medical Center, Dr. Larry Goodman; President of University of Chicago, Dr. Robert Zimmer;, Dr. Rodney Alford, Dr. Carolyn Lopez, Dr. Quinton Young, Dr. Eric Whitaker, Howard Schultz, Thurmon Evans, Arnie Witton,
SPONSOR(S): University of Chicago
HONOREE(S): Dr. Damon T. Arnold
Special Award Presentation: Congressmen Danny Davis,
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – SESSION I
THEME: Disparities in Health
MODERATOR: Dr. Thurmon Evans, Alternate Dr. Leon Dingle
PANELIST(S): Dr. Carolyn Lopez, Dr. Damon Arnold, Dr. Terry Mason, Dr. Steve Martin, Quinn Golden, Aaron Mc, Dr. Maria Ashley (dentist), Dr. Vonetta Johnson,
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM–Health Screening, Education and Prevention
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – SESSION II - NURSES SESSION
DESCRIPTION:
MODERATOR:
PANELIST(S):
POINT PERSON(S): Tommy Bennett, Dr. Damon T. Arnold, Dr. Leon Dingle
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009 - continued
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – SESSION III
THEME: WOMEN & WEALTH
Description: Women & Wealth will discuss how to build wealth and protect our existing assets during this tumultuous time. Current financial times are forcing women to take stock of their economic portfolios, increasing savings and reducing debt. Women of Color--Latina, Black, and Asian women--have $1 trillion dollars in buying power and generate an additional $230 billion as entrepreneurs. How can we ensure that these resources continue to grow and flourish, generating wealth and an economic foundation in our communities?
confirmed -MODERATOR: Bev Smith – American Urban Radio Network
confirmed -PANELISTS: Rhonda Mims, ING ; Mellody Hobson, Ariel Investments; Rita Brincap, Ford Motor, Valerie Daniels-Carter
12:00PM-2:00PM - WOMEN’S LUNCHEON
THEME: Honoring Women …. The Strength of our Future
DESCRIPTION: The pinnacle event of this conference is the Women's Luncheon. We always take the opportunity during this Luncheon to honor women for their achievements, service and commitment. This year our theme for the Women’s Luncheon is “Honoring Women … The Strength of our Future.” We will honor ten women for their contributions that help strengthen our nation and our future.
INVITED SPEAKER(S): Jacqueline Jackson
General Counsel, UPS- Teri McClure; The Nation Magazine- Katrina Vander Heuvel; V&J Holding Company- Valerie Daniels-Carter, Debra Martin-Chase, Farayah Chidyea,
HONOREES: First Lady of the United States - Michelle Obama; COO of Chrysler - Kim Harris, Illinois-Judge Arnette Hubbard, Charlotte Mystics - Sheila Johnson, Chicago Theological Seminary- Dr. Alice Hunt, Attorney- Barbara Arwine, McDonalds Corp.- Esperanza McSween, Calhoun Foods-Verlyn Calhoun
VIDEO Presentation: 2-3 min. Video featuring 2009Honorees
COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Jacqueline Jackson, Honorable Sandi Jackson, Allison Payne, Henrietta Leak, Dr. Mahalia Hines, Lillie Sanders, Pat Harris, Rev. Jolinda Wade, Damanyanti Vasudevan, Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, Regina Evans, Esperenza McSween, Rev. Jeanette Wilson, Rev. Willie Barrow, Bonita Parker, Josephine Wade, Joanne Roberts, Alfreda Johnson, Mrs. Rosemary Jackson, Mellody Spann- Cooper, Cindy King, Connie Lindsey, Jennifer Bishop, Joyce Tucker, April Branch, Dr, Adrienne Scherenzel Curry, Alfreda Robinson, Stella Foster, Theresa Fambro-Hooks, Valerie Daniels- Carter, Amy Hilliard, Maria Diamezcua, Winona Redmond, Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, Angela Ingram, Khadijah Farrakhan, Betty Richardson, Ingrid Saunders-Jones, Dr. Julianne Malveaux , Adrienne White, Donna Leak, Betty Magness, MaryAnne Smith
Enda Stewart , Carolyn Lumpkin, Glaucetta Barksdale, Hermene Hartman, Bertha McMorris, Hedy Ratner, Dr. Joanne Long, Sheryl McGee, Debra Brooks, Dr. Joann Roberts, Jeanine Stroger, Vera Davis, First Lady Joyce Thurston, First Lady Tara Jenkins, First Lady Jamell Meeks, First Lady Veronica Winston, First Lady Monica Moss, First Lady Mary Brazier, First Lady Susan Smith and other Ministers wives and Prominent Politician wives.
May 9, 2009 – Women’s Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday JUNE 30, 2009 - continued
2:30 - 4:00 PM – SESSION II
PANEL - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Theme: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Civil Rights
This panel will examine recent federal cases involving voting rights, diversity and inclusion programs and federal sentencing procedures.
INVITED PANELISTS: Hon. Shelvin Hall – Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, Barbara Arnwine - Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, Wade Henderson - President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, John Payton, Director-Counsel and President, NAACP LDF, Loretta King -Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Klarman- Law Professor, Harvard School of Law
4:00 PM - CONFERENCE CLOSING
