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14th Annual Summit - Jan. 21, 2012

14th Summit Program Schedule

THE PROGRAM

8:00 am – Summit Registration Begins

9:00 am –

  • Welcome & Invocation – Rev. Randy Bush, Pastor, East Liberty Presbyterian Church
  • Opening Comments –
    Tim Stevens, Founder, The Black & White Reunion
    Bob Maddock, Member, Black & White Reunion Coordinating Council
  • Allegheny County Chief Executive Officer Richard Fitzgerald:   Remarks
  • “Lift Every Voice and Sing” & “America the Beautiful” – James White

SUMMIT WORKSHOPS:

9:30 am – 11:00 am

  1. Being Accountable As Groups & Organizations
  2. Land Tenure and Race
  3. Building the Culture of Peace
  4. The movie “What Does Trouble Mean? Nate Smith’s Revolution
  5. Building on Police Accountability Legislation & The Justice for Jordan Miles Campaign

11:15 am – 12:45 pm

  1. The Image of Women
  2. Mass Incarceration: The New Jim Crow
  3. Strategies for Building Occupy Pittsburgh’s Racial Justice Work
  4. The movie “What Does Trouble Mean? Nate Smith’s Revolution

1:00 pm – LUNCH

  • Announcements & Event Flier Distribution
  • Music by Vocalist/Pianist Bridgette Perdue
  • (During lunch tabling for organizations will also be available)

1:45 pm – WORKSHOP SUMMARIES & ACTION PROPOSALS

2:45 pm – Closing Announcements –

          Celeste Taylor & Ken Miller, Members, Black & White Reunion Coordinating Council

Closing Remarks –

          Tim Stevens, B-PEP Founder