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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2009 40TH NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE

Guest Speakers:

  • Arlene Holt Baker, Executive Vice-President, AFL-CIO
  • Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
  • William Hoffman, Senior Consultant, PILMA
  • Jeff Johnson, Political Motivator, Jeff’s Nation, LLC.
  • Dr. Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS; 17th Surgeon General of the U.S.; President, Canyon Ranch Institute 

Workshops:

  • Empowering APRI Chapter Presidents - Lovette McGill, President, Miami-Dade FL APRI
  • The Green Job Initiative – Jeff Rickert, Director, Center for Green Jobs, AFL-CIO
  • Labor & the LGBT Issues
    • Jeremy Bishop, Director, Pride @ Work
    • Jasper Hendricks, Director Field Operations & Political, NBJC
    • Courtney Snowden, Director, The Raben Group
  • Media & Press Preparation
    • Kathy Wade, Co-Founder & President, Learning Through Art
    • Jeanette Alteneau, Director, Strategic Community Initiatives, WKRC-TV
    • Walter Whitley, Editor, Fox News, Washington, DC
  • Census 2010 - Russell B. Davis, Social Scientist, U.S. Census Bureau
    • Women’s Health Issues  -  Frances E. Ashe-Goins,  RN MPH, Dep. Dir., US DHHS, Office on Women’s Health
  • How to Start an APRI Chapter – Phyllis Hancock
  • Wellness & Value Base Benefit Design
    • Ralph Feminella, Director, Employer Labor Unions, PFIZER
    • Dr. Evelyn Lewis, MD, MA, FAAFP, Uniformed Services, Executive Medical Director, University of the Health Sciences
    • Marcia Wright, Medical Outcome Specialist, PFIZER
  • Implementing the APRI Program on College Campuses
    • Pierrette “Petee” Talley, Secretary Treasurer, Ohio AFL-CIO; APRI National Board
    • Mary Fears Crayton, AFL-CIO; APRI National Board 

Youth Workshops:

  • Mental & Sexual Health
    • Dr. Philip Lucas
  • Hip Hop, Labor & Health
    • Lee Turner, Pastor, Center Baptist Church, Franklyn, KY
  • What’s the Meaning?
    • Damien Durr, The Temple Church, Vanderbilt Divinity
  • Loving You & Losing Me (HIV&STD’s)
    • Dr. Charles Caston, Pastor Saguaro, Beulah Chapel M.B. Church                                           
  • Male Roles & Responsibilities as a Leader
    • Carter Womack, CEO, Leadership at its Best, LLC.
  • Female Roles & Responsibilities as a Leader
    • Charity Martin-Via, President, Urban Spirit Coffee Shop
  • Social Activism: Duty to Serve
    • Rev. Lennox Yearwood,  President, The HIP HOP Caucus
  • An Expanded World View
    • Fred D. Mason, Jr., President, MD/DC AFL-CIO

Forum:  “An Early Analysis of the Impact of the Obama Administration of Black America & the Role of Black Leadership” moderated by:

Joe Madison, Talk Show Host, SIRIUS/XM Radio

  • Panelists
    • Dr. Elsie Scott, President & CEO, Congressional Black Caucus
    • Melanie Campbell, President, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
    • Gerald Hudson, International Vice President, SEIU
    • Dr. Silas Lee, Pollster/Research Strategist, Dr. Silas Lee & Associates
    • Courtney Snowden, Director, The Raben Group

Special Plenary: “The Green Jobs Initiative” moderated by:

Fred Redmond, Chairman, APRI; United Steelworkers of America

  • Panelists
    • Jeff Rickert, Director, Center for Green Jobs, AFL-CIO
    • DeWitt Walton, Organizing Department, USW
    • Kermit Moore, Southern Regional Representative, APRI
    • Gerald Hudson, International Vice President, SEIU; Emerald Cities Project

Health Plenary

  • Presenters:
    • Dr. Evelyn Lewis, MD, MA, FAAFP; Department of Medicine, Executive Medical Director, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences
    • Dr. Philip Lucas, LICSW, ACSW; Howard University School of Social Work
    • Dr. Maria Carrasco, MD, Family Practice Physician; Kaiser Permanente Medical Group

Special Guest Presentations:

  • Charles “Roc” Dutton – One Man Show – “From Jail to Yale”
  • Regina Taylor – Youth Production of Music and Spoken Word “In 40 Years…”

“A Night in White Gala”

  • Youth Video Presentation – Walter Whitley and the 2009 Youth Delegation
  • Salute to Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
  • Award Presentations
  • Honorable John Lewis, Congressman (GA-5) – recipient of the A. Philip Randolph Achievement Award
  • Charles “Roc” Dutton – recipient of the Frederick O’Neal Award
  • Regina Taylor – recipient of the Bayard Rustin Humanitarian Award
  • Honorable Anthony “Tony” Hill – recipient of the A. Philip Randolph “Norman Hill” Award
  • Carolyn Williams - IBEW - Rosina Tucker Award 

    • Outstanding Chapter Awards

      • Miami-Dade, Florida
      • Orlando, Florida
      • Metro New York
      • Louisville,Kentucky
      • Broward County, Florida
      • Seattle, Washington

    • Outstanding State Awards

      • Florida State
      • Ohio State

    • Outstanding Region Award

      •     Southern

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