• Analyses of the social, economic and political factors contributing to the crisis of gentrification in Black communities.
• Sharing of information and assessment of strategies currently being utilized to combat gentrification.
• Presentation of new ideas and innovative strategies to achieve development without displacement.
• Update on IBW’s Marshall Plan and Model Cities Initiatives as vehicles to revitalize marginalized communities.
• Establishment of a Resource and Communications Center to provide technical assistance to communities striving to combat gentrification and implement community wealth-building strategies.
• Create a pool of community economic development specialists, urban planners and scholars, community economic development advocates and practitioners as consultants and resource persons for the Resource and Communications Center.

6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Robert Treat Hotel

Complimentary Breakfast

Special Note on Transportation

8:30 AM

Participants for Closed Session Depart for NJIT for Registration and Meeting

10:30 AM

Resource Persons and Participant Observers Depart for NJIT for Registration and Opening Session

9:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Closed Session
Wellness and Events Center (WEC)
Perry Highlander Lecture Hall

The Marshall Plan and Economic Symposium Revisited
Pre-Summit Convening of Resource Persons for Debriefing on Action Agenda

Moderators/Facilitators: Dr. Ron Daniels, Carmelo Garcia, Natasha Rogers

Participants:

• Willie Barney, President & Facilitator, African American Empowerment Network Omaha, NE
• Rev. Dennis Dillon, Senior Pastor, The Rising Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Dr. Zienzile Dillon, Chief Executive Officer, Carmel Global Capital, Zimbabwe and Brooklyn, NY
• Dr. Nishani Frazier, Associate Professor of History, Miami University, Oxford, OH
• Byron Hobbs, Senior Organizer, Center for Community Change, Chicago, IL
• Nataki Kambon, Small Business Development and Management Consultant/Activist, Nu Business Solutions/Let’s Buy Black 365 Movement, Washington, DC
• Junius Williams, Esq., Distinguished Director Emeritus, The Abbott Leadership Institute, Rutgers University/Newark, Newark, NJ
• Kyle Williams, Esq., Director for Financial and Housing Policy, National Urban League, Washington, DC
• Yolande Cadore, Interim Director of Reinvestment, Community Change, Bronx, NY

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

WEC Multipurpose Room

Opening Session

Moderator/Facilitator: Dr. Ron Daniels, President, Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Summit Convener, Queens, NY

Light Lunch and Introduction of Participants

Welcome Remarks

• Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Host
• Natasha Rogers, Interim Deputy Mayor, Department of Economic and Housing Development, City of Newark
• Rick Adams, Chairman of the Board, Institute of the Black World 21st Century, Pittsburgh, PA

Overview of National Emergency Summit on Gentrification
Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener

Overview of the Crisis of Gentrification in Black America
Dr. Jeffrey Lowe, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

Mapping the Crisis
Brentin Mock, Staff Writer, Citylab, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Nishani Frazier, Associate Professor of History, Miami University, Oxford, OH

2:15 PM – 4:15 PM

WEC Multipurpose Room

Session II

The Nature of the Crisis and Strategies to Combat Gentrification
Reports from the Field: Activist and Organizers Roundtable

Moderator/Facilitator: Dr. Nishani Frazier, Associate Professor of History, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Resource Persons:

• Damien Goodman, Crenshaw Subway Coalition, Los Angeles, CA
• Kamau Franklin, Community Movement Builders, Atlanta, GA
• Aristotle “Ari” Theresa, Civil Rights Attorney, Stoop Law, Washington, DC
• Tanya Dubose, Executive Director, Independence Heights Redevelopment Council, Houston, TX
• Carmryn Smith, Communities In Partnership, Durham, NC
• Michael P. Scott, Co-Founder, Chief Equity Officer, Equity Matters, Baltimore, MD
• Samantha Master, Black Youth 100 Project, Baltimore, MD
• Edward Rush, New York State Legislative Director, Working Families Party, New York, NY
• Toriano Portner, Board of Directors, Communities Creating Opportunity, Kansas City, MO

Q&A

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

WEC Multipurpose Room

Session III

The Nature of the Crisis and Strategies to Combat Gentrification
Reports from the Field: Faith Leaders Roundtable

Moderator/Facilitator: Rev. Tony Lee, Senior Pastor, Community of Hope AME Church, Hillcrest Heights, MD

Resource Persons:

• Rev. Buster Soaries, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Somerset, NJ
• Bishop Reginald Jackson, President, Council of Bishops, AME Church, Atlanta, GA
• Rev. Ronald Slaughter, Senior Pastor, St. James AME Church, Newark, NJ
• Rev. Willie Wilson, Senior Pastor, Union Temple Baptist Church, Washington, DC
• Rev. Dennis Dillon, Senior Pastor, The Rising Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Rev. Dr. Jonathan Weaver, Founding President, Collective Empowerment Group, Baltimore, MD

Q&A

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Eateries in the Campus Center

Dinner Break

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM

WEC Multipurpose Room and Perry Highlander Lecture Hall

Facilitated Networking/Sharing Sessions

Facilitators: Dr. Nishani Frazier, Damien Goodman, Nataki Kambon, Rick Adams

9:45 PM

Depart for Robert Treat Hotel

6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Robert Treat Hotel

Complimentary Breakfast

8:15 AM

Depart for NJIT

9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon

WEC Multipurpose Room

Session IV

The Nature of the Crisis and Strategies to Combat Gentrification
Reports from the Field: Mayors, Elected Officials and Civil Rights Leaders Roundtable

Moderator/Facilitators:

• Ras J. Baraka, Mayor, Newark, NJ
• Marc Morial, President, National Urban League

Resource Persons:

• Johnny Ford, President, World Conference of Mayors, Tuskegee, AL
• Mrs. Shirley Green, Mayor Pro Tem,The Town of Whiteboro, NJ
• Demarius Love, Director of Operations and External Affairs, African America Mayors Association, Washington, DC
• Bill Hawthorne, Chief Equity Officer, Office of the Mayor, Atlanta, GA
• Ellen M. Lee, Director of Community Economic Development, New Orleans, LA
• Dr. Safiya Omari, Chief of Staff, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Jackson, MS
• Charles Barron, New York State Assemblyman, East New York, NY
• Marvin Pendarvis, Representative, South Carolina State Legislature, Charleston, SC
• Salim Adofo, ANC Commissioner, Washington, DC
• Hilary Shelton, Senior Vice-President for Advocacy and Policy, NAACP, Washington, DC
• Vivian Cox Fraser, President/CEO, Urban League of Essex County, NJ
• Dr. David Harris, Executive Director, Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School, Boston, MA
• Rev. Dr. Sheridan “Todd” Yeary, Vice-President/ Chief Strategist Engagement and Programs, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Chicago, IL
• Pastor Michael McBride, Director of Live Free Initiative, Faith in Action, Berkeley, CA

Q&A

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Eateries in Campus Center

Lunch Break

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

WEC Multipurpose Room

Session V

Case Studies of Different Iterations of Gentrification and Community Responses
Panel: Community Economic Development Specialists and Practitioners

Moderator/Facilitator: Kyle Williams, Director for Financial and Housing Policy, National Urban League, Washington, DC

Resource Persons:

• Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Political Economist, President Emeritus, Bennett College for Women, Washington, D.C.
• Assata Richards, Director, Sankofa Research Institute, Houston Community Land Trust, Houston, TX
• Art Way, State Director, Drug Policy Alliance, Denver, CO
• Byron Hobbs, Black Freedom Collective, Community Change, Chicago, IL
• Randolph Carr, National Black Food and Justice Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
• Dr. Marisela Gomez, author of Race, Class, Power and Organizing in East Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
• Randall Taylor, Former School Board Member, Community Activist, Pittsburgh, PA
• Melvin White, Founder, Beloved Streets of America Project, St. Louis, MO
• Korey Batey, Detroit Ain’t Violent It’s Safe (D.A.V.I.S.) Initiative, Detroit, MI
• Fredrica Bey, New Jersey Coalition for Due Process, Newark, NJ

Q&A

3:45 PM – 5:45 PM

WEC Multipurpose Room

Session VI

Local, State and National Strategies, Policies, Solutions to Combat Gentrification
Panel: Community Economic Development Specialists and Practitioners

Moderator/Facilitator: Dr. William M. Harris, Martin Luther King Visiting Professor, MIT, Boston, MA

Resource Persons:

• Carmelo Garcia, Chief Development Officer, Department of Economic and Housing Development, City of Newark
• Dr. Jeffrey Lowe, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
• Derek Hull, Chairperson, Black Community Division, American Planning Association, Los Angeles, CA
• Dr. Karen Curls, Community Development Corporation of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
• Dr. Zienzile Dillon, Chief Executive Officer, Carmel Global Capital, Zimbabwe and Brooklyn, NY
• Nataki Kambon, Small Business Development and Management Consultant, NU Business Solutions, Washington, DC
• Willie Barney, President & Facilitator, African American Empowerment Network Omaha, NE
• Bernel Hall, President/CEO, Newark Economic Development Corporation, Newark, NJ
• Jarrid Green, Senior Associate, Freedman Consulting, LLC., Washington, DC

Q&A

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

Campus Center – Ballroom B

Reception with Delicious Repast

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Ballroom A — Campus Center

National Town Hall Meeting
Gentrification: The “Negro Removal Program” of the 21st Century –Where Do We Go from Here?

Moderator/Facilitator: Mark Thompson, Host, Make It Plain, SIRIUSXM

Keynote Presenter: Danny Glover, Actor, Activist, UN Ambassador, Decade for People of African Descent, Oakland, CA

Respondent: Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Host

Panelists:

• Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Political Economist, President Emeritus, Bennett College for Women, Washington, DC
• Dr. Jeffrey Lowe, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
• Larry Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization for Progress (POP), Newark, NJ
• Bishop Reginald Jackson, President, Council of Bishops, AME Church, Atlanta, GA
• Ellen M. Lee, Director of Community Economic Development, New Orleans, LA
• Charles Barron, New York State Assemblyman, East New York, NY
• Samantha Master, Black Youth 100 Project, Baltimore, MD
• Willie Barney, President & Facilitator, African American Empowerment Network Omaha, NE
• Dr. Safiya Omari, Chief of Staff, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Jackson, MS
• Rev. Dr. Sheridan “Todd” Yeary, Vice-President/ Chief Strategist Engagement and Programs, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Chicago, IL
• Rev. Dr. Jonathan Weaver, Founding President, Collective Empowerment Group, Baltimore, MD
• Fredrica Bey, New Jersey Coalition for Due Process, Newark, NJ

6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Robert Treat Hotel

Complimentary Breakfast

8:30 AM

Depart for NJIT

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

WEC Multipurpose Room and Perry Highlander Lecture Hall

Facilitated Working Groups
Formulate Recommendations for Action Agenda

Facilitators: Dr. Nishani Frazier, Damien Goodman, Nataki Kambon, Rick Adams

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

WEC Multipurpose Room

Concluding Session

Facilitator: Dr. Ron Daniels

Reports from Working Groups
Summation and Call to Action/ Next Steps

12:45 PM

Depart for Robert Treat Hotel for Connections to Amtrak and Airport