FRIDAY JUNE 18, 2010
Black America: The Economic State of Emergency
Rayburn House Office Building ROOM 2237
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Opening Ceremony
Welcome-Rick Adams* , Chair of the IBW Board of Directors and Convener for the Commission
Overview and Introduction of the Shirley Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commission Members Dr. Ron Daniels*, President of IBW
Opening remarks-Dr. Elsie Scott* President Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Greetings- Hon. John Conyers*, Member of Congress
Greetings-Hon Barbara Lee*, Member of Congress
Citation in Memory of Shirley Chisholm-
1- 2:30 PM Public Panel One: The Human Face of the Economic Crisis
Moderator- Attorney Nkechi Taifa*-Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundation, Washington, DC
Mr. Walter Fields* -Executive Editor, North Star News, Newark, New Jersey
Dedrick Muhammad*- Senior Organizer and Research Associate for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
Ms. Faye Moore*- President, Social Services Employees Union Local 371, New York, New York
2:30- 4 PM Public Panel Two: Legislative and Policy Solutions to the Economic Crisis
Moderator- Dr. Duchess Harris*- Associate Professor, American Studies, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Dr Ron Walters*- Pre-eminent political scientist, author, distinguished leadership scholar, College Park, MD
Dr. Julianne Malveaux*- President, Bennett College for Women, economist, author, commentator, Founder & Thought Leader of Last Word Productions, Inc, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC
Erica L. Williams*- Deputy Director for Progress 2050, Center for American Progress, Washington DC
4 PM Closing Remarks
(The people with a (*) by their name are confirmed.)
Rick Adams, Chair Institute of the Black World (IBW)
Convener, Chisholm Presidential Commission Contact: 412-580-8084
Dr. Ron Daniels, Founder, Institute of the Black World (IBW)
President of IBW., Contact 718-533-1624
