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The Institute of the Black World 21st Century/ Black Family Summit Annual Retreat. Theme: “Black Family Summit Partners Supporting Black Families and Communities”.

Friday, December 13 to Saturday December 14, 2019.
Staybridge Suites Inner Harbor,
17 Commerce St, Baltimore Md 21202.

On this page:

  • Day 1: Dec 13th Schedule/Agenda — See below.
  • Day 2: Dec 14th Schedule/Agenda — See below.
  • BFS Member Organizations and Reps — See below.

Schedule/Agenda

2019 Annual Black Family Summit Retreat
Dec. 13-14, 2019, Baltimore, MD.

Friday, December 13, 2019

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Registration

 12:00 PM -1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM (Prompt)

Welcoming Remarks

  • Leonard G. Dunston, MSW, Convener, IBW/Black Family Summit, Durham, NC

1:05 – 1:10 PM

Libations

  • Chester Marshall, MSW, LICSW, LCSW.C, IBW/BFS, IBW Co-Convener, IBW Board Member, CEO, Institute for African Manhood Development, Washington, DC

1:15 – 1:30 PM

IBW and DEMOS Welcoming Remarks

  • Ron Daniels, President IBW, East Elmhurst, NY,
  • Charlene Sinclair, Founding Director, Center for Race, Religion, and Economic Democracy (C-REDD), Henrico, VA
  • Don Rojas, Director of Communications, IBW/NAARC, Baltimore, MD

1:30 – 2:00 PM

BFS Member Organizations, and Special Guests, Introductions (Name, Title, Organization, City)

Session One:

“The Census and Black Community Empowerment.”

 2:00 – 2:30 PM

“2020 Census: Its Significance to the Black Community”

  • Esmeralda Simmons, Esq., Exec. Director, Center for Law and Social Justice, Brooklyn, NY

2:30 – 2:50 PM

Census

Q & A

Session Two:

“Emotional Emancipation Circles”: Defy the Inferiority Lie and Let the Healing Begin

“Racism is a universal operating system of white supremacy and domination in which the majority of the world’s white people participate”–Dr. Frances Cress Welsing

3:00 – 5:30 PM

An Overview of Emotional Emancipation Circles

  • Enola Aird, Esq., Founder/CEO, Community Healing Network, New Haven, CT
  • Cheryl Tawede Grills, A Past President, Association of Black Psychologists, Los Angeles, CA

5:30 – 5:45 PM

EEC’S

Q & A

 5:45 – 6:00 PM

Breathe

6:00 – 6:30 PM

“Sexual Abuse-Its Plethora of Manifestations-Potential Solutions/Responses”

  • Nana Patricia Newton, MD, MPH, MA, CEO/Medical Director, Black Psychiatrists of America, Baltimore, MD

6:30 – 6:45 PM

Q & A

6:45 – 6:50 PM

Summit Logistics

  • Rosaline Preudhomme, MS, Summit Coordinator, Brooklyn, NY

6:50 – 6:55 PM

Blessing of the Food

  • Lucy Perez, Rev/MD, Co-Chair, BFS/FEMA Disaster Task Force, and A Past President, National Medical Association, Bethesda, MD

7:00 PM

Dinner and Networking

Schedule/Agenda

2019 Annual Black Family Summit Retreat
Dec. 13-14, 2019, Baltimore, MD.

Saturday, December 14, 2019

 

6:00 – 8:00 AM

Complimentary Breakfast in Hotel Lounge

8:30 AM – 8:55 AM

Registration/Networking

9:00 AM (Prompt)

Spiritual Awakening

  • Yusef Muhammad, BS, Student Minister, Co-Chair BFS/FEMA Disaster Task Force, Immediate Past President, International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters, Virginia Beach, VA

9:05 AM – 9:15 AM

Brief History of Black Family Summit

  • Chester Marshall

9:15 – 9:30 AM

Brief History/Report: IBW/BFS/FEMA Disaster Task Force, Co-Chairs

  • Yusef Muhammad
  • Lucy Perez, MD

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Session Four:

“Culture and Our Response: Why This Matters”

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.” – Marcus Garvey

Moderator: Dr. Laura House, Independent Consultant, & Adjunct Professor, Howard University School of Social Work, Washington, DC

Panelists:

Black Culturally Competent Pre & Post Natural/Human Made Disasters Responses

  • Annelle Primm, MD, MPH, Chair/Convener, All Healers Mental Health Alliance, Baltimore, MD

Black Culture/Values Are Foundational to Our Work

  • Dr. Mario Beatty, International President, Association for the Study of Classical Afrikan Civilizations, Washington, DC

10:00 – 10:10 AM

Breathe

10:10 am -12:00 Noon

Session Five:

“Black Civic Engagement/voting Is Not an Option in 2020″

‘Whether you have a PH.D or no D, we’re in this bag together; and whether you’re from Morehouse or Nohouse, we’re still in this bag together” VOTE–Fannie Lou Hammer

Moderator-The Honorable C. Virginia Fields, MSW, CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on Health, Former President, Borough of Manhattan & NYC City Councilwoman, New York, NY

Panelists:

  • The Honorable Hank Sanders, Esq, Former Alabama State Senator, Partner, Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders Law Firm, LLC Selma, Al
  • Faya Rose Toure Sanders, Esq, Founder/President, Voting Rights Museum, Partner, Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, Law Firm, LLC, Selma, Al
  • Salim Adofo, B.S., Commissioner, District 8C07, National Secretary, National Black United Front, Washington, DC
  • The Honorable Clarence “Tiger” Davis, MA, Current Member & Former Maryland State Commander, National Association of Black Veterans, Inc., and Former Member, Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore, MD

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch and Networking

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Session Six:

“Confronting Injustice: Transformative Policies and Programs That Support Black Families and Communities”

Re-Imaging a Black Alternative to the Criminal Injustice System

Moderator: Nkechi Taifa, Esq., CEO, Taifa Group, Washington, DC

Panelists:

  • Andrea James, Esq., Founder/CEO, National Council of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Girls, and Women, Roxbury, MA
  • Justine “Taz” Moore, Director of Training, National Council of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Brooklyn, NY
  • Damon Jones, NY Representative, National Blacks in Law Enforcement of America, Middletown, NY
  • Dr. Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Founder/Executive Director, Mothers in Charge, Philadelphia, PA

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Session Seven:

“The Movement and Voices for Reparations Now”

In Memory of: Queen Mother Audley Moore, Dr. Imari Obadele, Reparations Ray Jenkins, and The Honorable John Conyers.

Moderator: Adjoa Aiyetoro, Esq., Former Lead Attorney, N’COBRA Litigation Committee, and Board Member, National Conference of Black Lawyers, Washington, DC

Panelists:

  • Queen Mother, Mashariki Jywanza, Female Co-Chair, National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA), Indianapolis, IN
  •  Dr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW, and Convener, IBW/National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), East Elmhurst, NY

3:30 – 3:40 PM

Breathe

3:40 – 5:30 PM

Session Eight: “Circle of Partners”

Black Family Summit Organizations Information Exchange

Moderator: Annelle Primm, MD, MPH, Convener, All Healers Mental Health Alliance, Baltimore, MD

5:30 – 6:00 PM

Session Nine:

“The Charge”

“The Afrikan Spirit Will Lead Us to Victory”

  • Rev/Dr. Iva E. Carruthers, General Secretary, Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference, Chicago, IL

“We have to ask ourselves, what are we willing to give up and understand the American Dream is actually a nightmare“–Dr. Iva E. Carruthers

6:00 – 6:45 PM

Retreat Highlights/Closing Remarks

  • Dr. Laura House
  • Baba Leonard Dunston

 6:50 PM

Blessing of the Food

  • Dr. David Alan Brock, D.Min., Black Administrators in Child Welfare, Pittsburgh, PA

7:00 PM

Dinner and Networking

Black Family Summit
Organizations and their Reps
Attending the BFS Retreat

Dec. 13-14, 2019, Baltimore, MD.

  • Int’l Assoc. of Black Professional Fire Fighters–Addington Stewart, President., Louis, MO
  • National Association for Black Veterans, Inc–The Honorable Clarence “Tiger” Davis, Maryland rep, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Assoc. of Black Psychologists– Dr. Theopia Jackson, President, Washington, DC
  • Nat’l Assoc. of Blacks in Criminal Justice–Carlyle Holder, Immediate Past President, Orlando, FL
  • Nat’l Assoc. of Black Social Workers–Cheikh Mbacke, President, Detroit, MI
  • Nat’l Black Women’s Congress– LaFrancis Rogers-Rose, President, Virginia Beach, VA
  • National Black Nurses Assoc.— Eric Williams, Immediate Past President—Los Angeles, CL
  • Nat’l Voting Rights Museum–Faya Rose Toure Sanders, Esq., Exec. Director, Selma, AL
  • Nat’l Black Leadership on Health—Hon. Virginia Fields, MSW, President- NYC, NY
  • National Blacks in Law Enforcement of America–Damon Jones, National Rep., Middletown, NY
  • Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Assoc.– Barry Crumbley, North East Rep, Vernon, NY
  • Moms for Peace– Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Exec. Director, Philadelphia, PA
  • Nat’l Council of Formerly Incarcerated & Incarcerated Women and Girls– Andrea James, Esq., CEO, Roxbury, MA
  • All Healers Mental Health Alliance–Annelle Primm, MD., Convener, Baltimore, MD
  • Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference– Iva Carruthers, General Secretary, Chicago, IL
  • Assoc. for the Study of Classical African Civilizations–Dr. Mario Beatty, Int’l President, Washington, DC
  • Nat’l Black United Front–Salim Adofo, Nat’l Vice President, Washington, DC
  • Nat’l Conference of Black Lawyers–Adjoa Aiyetoro, Esq., Representative, Washington, DC
  • National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’Cobra)– Queen Mother Mashariki Jywanza, Female Co-Chair, Indianapolis, IND
  • Nigerian Social Workers of America– Olatunde Olusesi, Vice President, NYC, NY
  • A Black Education Network–Debra Watkins, CEO, ABEN, San Jose, CL
  • Community Healing Network–Enola Aird, Esq., Founder/CEO, New Haven, CT
  • Black Administrators in Child Welfare David Alan Brock, Member—Pittsburg, PA
  • Black Psychiatrists of America–Nana Patricia Newton, MD, CEO/Medical Director, Baltimore, MD
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