Invited

Panelists

The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee

Congresswoman
U. S. Representative

Reverend Al Sharpton

President
National Action Network

Marian Wright Edelman

President
Childrens' Defense Fund

Dr. Manning Marable

Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American studies
Columbia University

Dr. Cornel West

Professor of Religion and African-American Studies
Princeton University

Dr. William H. Cosby, Ed. D.

Philanthropist, Entertainer and Educator
The Brokaw Company

Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint

Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Judge Baker Children's Center

Elaine R. Jones

Civil Rights Attorney and Activist
University of Virginia School of Law

Esther L. Bush

President and CEO
Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

Ernest G. Green

Managing Director of Public Finance
Lehman Brothers

Geoffrey Canada

President and CEO
Harlem Children’s Zone