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2nd Annual Leadership Conference
Chicago State University will host the 2nd Annual Leadership Conference on April 27-28, 2009. The conference will be held in the JONES CONVOCATION CENTER and on day two, breakout sessions will take place in either the Cordell Reed Student Union or the New Academic Library-Auditorium. The purpose of the conference is to increase awareness and understanding from a local, state and national basis the persistence patterns that contribute to the dearth representation of African American males in higher education.
CONFERENCE DOWNLOADS
• Conference Information Handout
• Conference Registration Form
• Conference Schedule Day 1: (April 27th)
• Conference Schedule Day 2: (April 28th).
Luncheon Speakers for Conference |
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“Ice-T”
Grammy Award- and NAACP Image
Award-winning rapper, actor, and author. |
Herb Boyd
Activist, Journalist, Teacher, and Author. “Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men
in America” |
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The conference fee is $35 for all attendees. (There is no charge to high school students attending with an approved chaperone.)
 OVERVIEW
A host of speakers have been invited to make presentations on their research findings and support programs that are underway to address disparities in college attendance among Black males.
On day 1 of the conference, attendees will hear from national speakers and regional leaders who will reframe the issue of college attendance among Black males. The day will close with an open mic session for young Black males to talk about, "in their own words" what challenges they face in entering, staying and graduating from college. We will begin day two with a Leadership Roundtable of college and university CEOs who will report on what issues they are addressing on a programmatic level at their respective institutions. Special networking opportunities are available to facilitate conversations among similarly focused institutions as well as promote the work of the CSU African American Male Resource Center.
GUEST SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS FOR APRIL 27 & 28 (updated regularly)
Dr. Danny K. Davis, U.S. Representative, 7th Congressional District
Dr. Herb Boyd, Activist, Journalist, Teacher, and Author. “Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America”
Mr. Tracy Marrow aka Ice-T, Grammy Award- and NAACP Image Award-winning rapper, actor, and author.
Dr. Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director, The Kirwan Institute, The Ohio State University
Mr. Terry Nunn, Deputy Director, Diversity and Outreach, IBHE
Mr. Clyde El Amin, President, Kennedy-King College
Dr. Joshua Murfree, Chairman, National Mentoring Program, 100 Black Men
Dr. Al Bowman, President, Illinois State University
Dr. Terence Mitchell, Chairman, Illinois Task Force on the Condition of the African American Male
Dr. Kareem Moody, Pulaski Technical University, North Little Rock
Dr. Keith P. Sayles, African American Male Initiative, St. Louis Community College
Mr. Vance Pierce, Coordinator of Black Male Initatives (BMI), University of Illinois at Chicago
Mr. Marcus Lewis, Freedom to Learn Initiative, Halifax Community College, North Carolina
Dr. B.J. Kimbrough, Assistant Professor, University of West Alabama
Mr. Joseph Fields, Assistant Director, African American Academic Network, UIC.
Toll free conference information line at 1.877.CSU.8898 |
