O’Hare Hyatt Regency Hotel
9300 West Bryn Mawr
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
RPC/CEF 2007 36th Annual Conference
“A More Perfect Union: Greenlining Redlined America”
Registration:
7:00am – 5:00pm
All sessions, meal banquets and socials will be held at the conference hotel
One Thousand Churches Connected Clergy Breakfast
“A Call to Social Justice”
8:00am – 10:00am
Location: Grand Ballroom
- Program Description: “The Word Must Become Flesh”. The Clergy Breakfast will motivate ministers and stir their spirit to put our issues back on the front burner. Churches can no longer afford to use an “8 track” in a “CD” world when our communities are deprived of quality education, economic development and medical care. We will assist churches in enhancing or creating public policy ministries in the pursuit of justice for fair housing, the right to vote, fighting predatory lending and jail industrial complex. While other ethnic groups are growing in population, Black consumers are still out-spending all other groups in products and services. Research indicates that the nation’s Black buying power will surge from $688 BILLION in 2003 to $921 BILLION in 2008, when almost nine-cents of every dollar spent will be from an African American consumer. Medical facilities and services continue to become extinct in urban neighborhoods, therefore, as the bedrock of the Civil Rights Movement the Church must fight from the pulpit on behalf of all people.
- Program Track: Faith Based/Economic Empowerment/Health Care
- Musical Entertainment: Sears Choir, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Choir
- Dais: Reverend Al Sharpton, Reverend Dr. Major Jemison, Reverend James Meeks, Reverend Clyde A. Anderson, Reverend Lucius Hall, Reverend Stephen Thurston, Sr., Reverend Willie T. Barrow, Reverend Clay Evans, Reverend Jeanette Wilson, William Dickerson, Reverend Grainger Browning, Martin L. King, Reverend Marshall Hatch, Reverend Charles Jenkins, Reverend Otis Moss II, Reverend Isaac Fincher, Honorable Greg Mathis, Dr. Jasper Williams, Debra Fraser-Howze
- Honorees: Reverend Michael Eaddy, Reverend Arthur Brazier
Networking Break
9:30am – 10:00am
Morning Session I
Plenary: “Call to Action”
10:30am -12:00pm
Location: Continental AB
- Program Description: With the rise of deadly conflicts around the globe, we have seen the increasing vital role of religious leaders from Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr., to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in brokering peace agreements from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This forum aims at evaluating the role of religious leaders in conflict resolution in African – Sudan, Somalia; Middle East – Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon; Americas – Haiti, etc. This workshop will examine methods by which the church can develop or enhance a public policy ministry that will encourage an on-going civic awareness dialogue among congregants. The focus here is on education that fosters analysis, discussion and innovative approaches to problem solving; the goal is shaping informed citizens and leaders that recognize the correlation between civics/public policy and the growth of the church and its community.
- Program Track: Faith Base/Public Policy
- Moderator: Ms. Emira Woods (Co-Director, Foreign Policy in Focus: Institute for Policy Studies)
- Panelists: Reverend Joan Brown-Campbell, Reverend Clyde A. Anderson (Executive Director/CEO, The United Methodist City Society & President of RPC New York Chapter), Reverend Grainger Browning (Senior Pastor, Ebenezer AME Church), Reverend Bob Edgar (Secretary General, National Council of Churches-USA), Reverend Dr. Major Jemison (President, Progressive National Baptist Convention), Dr. Nazir Khaja (Chairman of the Board of Islamic Information Services Member, Muslim-Jewish Taskforce)
Morning Session II
“Tools for Strengthening Your Health Ministry”
10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Eastern AB
- Program Description: This workshop is an abbreviated version of a one-day Health Certification presented by the American Cancer Society. With African Americans dying from cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and heart disease almost two times as often as Whites, the church has become even more essential. This session will provide information and tools to help ministers, nurses and health ministry members. When that call; “Pastor, I’ve been diagnosed with…” comes, this session will equip you with answers about who to call for resources, programs and tools to help during a congregant journey to survival. The ACS has pulled together a wide variety of companies and resources and made them available to churches for the basis of a Health Ministry. With the diminishing of healthcare services in our communities this workshop will prove invaluable to the church. Empower your church youth and seniors with knowledge and resources for healthier living and hospice care.
- Program Track: Faith Based Healthcare
- Moderator: Fannie Smith, Marc Loveless
- Panelists: Adrienne White (VP Health Initiatives & Advocacy American Cancer Society), Laura Jane Hyde (Executive Director – Gilda’s Club Chicago), Philip Coleman (VITAS), Dr. Ardena Flippen, MD, Rev Delois Brown-Daniels (VP Mission & Spiritual Care & Community Services, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center)
Morning Session III
“The Bull & Bear Investment Camp”
10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Continental AB
- Program Description: This session, designed for youth, will discuss learning how to budget, save and invest in stocks, bonds and mutual funds and more.
- Program Track: Education
- Sponsor: Verizon Communications
Press Conference
Time: TBD
Location:
Networking Break
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Men’s Luncheon
“Success Beyond the Playing Field”
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Location: Grand Ballroom
- Program Description:
- Program Track: Sports/Business/Politics
- Keynote Speaker Address: Honorary Judge Greg Mathis (Invited)
- MC: CBS-2 Reporter (TBD)
- Remarks: Arnie Duncan (CEO, Chicago Public Schools)
- Honorees: Lovie Smith (Coach, Chicago Bears), John Thompson, III (Head Basketball Coach, Georgetown University)
Networking Break
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Afternoon Session I
“Cashing in on Franchising”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Eastern AB
- Program Description: Industry experts as well as franchise owners will weigh the pros and cons of the franchise industry. We will also learn how more minorities can become franchise owners and the special incentives given for franchising in an underserved community
- Program Track: Business
- Moderator: Malcolm Calhoun (Calhoun Enterprises)
- Speaker(s): Phillip Douglas (McDonalds), Charles James, III (CH James Restaurant Holdings), Milt Sanders, Malcolm Calhoun (VP/General Manager, Calhoun Enterprises), Cynthia Byrne (Development Supervisor, Shell Lubricants)
Afternoon Session II
“Beyond the Playing Field”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Delta AB
- Program Description: The panel discussion will raise serious concerns and facts regarding the dire need for health assistance, better pensions and/or disability income for some NFL retirees.
- Program Track: Business/Sports
- Moderator: Dr. Boyce Watkins (Professor of Sports Finance, Syracuse University)
- Panelists: Harry Carson (NY Giants), Everson Walls (Dallas Cowboys), Dave Duerson (Chicago Bears), Dave Chapman (San Diego Chargers), Dr. Vietta L. Johnson (Orthopedic Surgeon, St. Margaret Mercy Hospital), Chris Washington (Former NFL Player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Oakland Raiders)
- Sponsors: Nike
Afternoon Session III
“Blacks In Energy”
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: TBD
- Program Description:This session features the top ranking African Americans in the energy industry. They will share strategies to enhance career movement, performance, and leadership. They will also share trends that we all should be aware of in the energy industry.
- Program Track: Business
Panelists: Albert Myres (Senior Advisor to the President, Shell Oil Company), George Williams (Senior Vice President of Operations, ComEd)
Afternoon Session IV
“Securing a Broadband Future for People of Color”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Continental AB
- Program Description: Self-generated media, alpha communities, Wikipedia, YouTube. If you don’t know these terms, you’re likely a technology neophyte. In today’s fast paced environment communities, people of color can’t afford to be left behind in another wave of technological advancement. Access to technology – voice, video and data – means access to information, innovation and – for entrepreneurs – access to capital. Redlining in communities of color is not a myth. As more entrants vie for our attention and our dollars, people of color must find ways to break out of technology ghettos into the mainstream and our panelists will tell you how.
- Program Track: Media/Telecommunication
- Moderator: Larry Irving (President, The Irving Information Group)
- Panelists: Payne Brown, Esq. (Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Comcast Corporation), Ty Ahmad-Taylor (Vice President, Product Development, MTV Networks’ Music & Logo Group), Commissioner Michael J. Copps (Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission), Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein (Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission), William Griffin (Founder & CEO, Hip-Hop On Demand, LLC), Derrick F. Hamilton (VP/Installation & Repair, AT&T Midwest Network Services)
- Sponsor(s): Comcast Corporation
Afternoon Session V
“African-American Males in Crisis”
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Delta AB
- Program Description: In recent years, policy attention regarding the crisis of the African-American male has suffered disproportionately from social ills. These have included employment, health and penal system among others. Perhaps in no other area, though, have these problems been as clearly displayed as in the realm of education. This workshop will give solutions to the crisis of African-American male students by addressing the issues of dropping out of school and closing the achievement gap.
- Program Track: Education
- Moderstor:
- Panelists: Dr. Gregory Carr (Professor of Afro-American Studies, Howard University), Rufus Williams (President, Chicago Board of Education), David Miller, M.Ed. (Co-Founder, Urban Leadership Institute, Baltimore, MD), Governor Bob Wise (D-WV)
- “PUSH for Excellence Scholarship Gala”
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Entertainment: 2 Krayze
Sponsor: McDonald’s Corporation
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