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Schedule

Plenary Session III - What Will Black America Look Like in 2025?

Thursday, July 29
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

How will America cope with the challenges of a global economy with increasingly limited resources? A distinguished panel will discuss how to achieve our empowerment goals of health, employment, education and housing equality for all Americans.

Indicates Invited

Moderators


Soledad O'Brien

Anchor and Special Correspondent
CNN/US

Remarks


Secretary Gary Locke

Department of Commerce


Lanesha Anderson

Shell Oil Company and Co-Chair, NUL Centennial Commission

Allan C. Golston

President of U.S. Programs
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


Mayor Kasim Reed

City of Atlanta


Danny Bakewell, Sr.

Executive Publisher
Los Angeles Sentinel

Thomas D. Hyde

Centennial Chairman
National Urban League

Panelists


Dr. Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

Jesse Climenko Professor of Law
Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice


Tomeka R. Hart

President and CEO
Memphis Urban League


Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Associate Professor, Department of Politics
Princeton University


Jeff Johnson

Politcal Motivator/BET Personality/Urban Brand Specialist
Ascendent Strategy Group

Barton Taylor

President
National Urban League Young Professionals


Nolan V. Rollins

President and CEO
Urban League Greater New Orleans


John C. Jones

President and CEO
Greater Toledo Urban League


Vanessa Bell Calloway

Actress


Tom Joyner

Tom Joyner Morning Show


Allan Golston

Gates Foundation