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CONGRESSIONAL Black  Caucus CONFERENCE

                                                                   

3rd Annual Fall Leadership Conference

September 15-16, 2010 I Renaissance Downtown Hotel
Washington, DC

 

Sponsored by the Ward 1 Drug Free Community Coalition


 

Program

             

Penn Quarter Room-Renaissance Downtown Hotel

 

 

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM   CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

 

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM OPENING SESSION

Welcoming Remarks - Statement of Purpose of Conference:

Dr. Winston Price, M.D., President, National African American Drug Policy
Coalition, Inc. and Chair, Board of Directors

Theme and Format of Fall Conference - Administrative Announcements:

Senior Judge Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., Vice President of Administration and
National Executive Director, National African American Drug Policy
Coalition, Inc.

Ura Jean Bailey, Ph.D., Project Director, Ward 1 Drug Free Community Coalition;
Professor, School of Education, Howard University,

Washington, D.C.

 

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

ENGAGING IN FUND RAISING AND SEEKING GRANTS-

BROADENING NAADPC AND ITS CHAPTERS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

Moderator: Sam E. Hutchinson, Esq., Deputy Executive Director,
National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.

Alta J. Cannaday, Senior Development Manager, Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation

Ronda Dixon, Executive Director, Dixon Recovery Institute, Los Angeles,
California

Dr. Ronald Beavers, President/CEO, Positive Imagery Foundation,
Los Angeles, California

 

 

  10:00 AM - 11 :00 AM   CHAPTER ACTIVITIES - ESTABLISHING GOALS AND IMPLEMENTING
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

Moderator: Senior Judge Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., National Executive
Director, National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.

Yvonne Blackmond, President, Detroit Drug Policy Coalition Chapter of
National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.

Honorable Veronica Morgan-Price, Juvenile Court Judge (Retired), Houston,
Texas, Chair, Planning Committee to Establish Houston Chapter of the
National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.

 

11 :00 AM - 12:00 PM    STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATIONS BY NATIONAL AFRICAN
AMERICAN DRUG POLICY COALITION, II'·IC. WITH ITS MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL CHAPTERS AND INCREASING
COLLABORATION
Moderator: Senior Judge Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., National Executive
Director, National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Dr. Winston Price, President and Chair, Board of Directors, National
African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Dr. Valencia Campbell, Ph.D., President, Prince George's County Drug Policy
Coalition Chapter of National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Dr. Cheryl Grills, President-Elect, Association of Black Psychologists, Loyola
Marymount University, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Los
Angeles, California

12:00 PM -1:30 PM

LUNCH

Presiding: Ura Jean Bailey, Ph.D., Secretary-Treasurer, National
African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Speaker: Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst, Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation; Associate Professor, Howard University School of Education
Plotting the Path Away from the Juvenile Justice System and Toward Academic
Success for School-age African American Males

1 :30 PM - 2:30 PM

RE-ENTRY AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR DRUG TESTING AND
TREATMENT TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM - HOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AND
PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY
Presiding: Sam E. Hutchinson, Esq., Deputy Executive Director for Funding,
Development and Field Operations
Speaker: Warren Hewitt, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA,
DHHS (Invited)

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO RE-ENTRY POLICIES FOR EX-OFFENDERS
AND SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS
Moderator: Marshella Toldson, Esq., Program Manager, Ward 1 Drug Free
Community Coalition
Honorable Patricia Smoot, U.S. Parole Commissioner Nominee, Prince George's
Count, Maryland.
J. Martin Romualdez, Senior United States Probation Officer, Workforce
Development Specialist, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Honorable Milton C. Lee, Jr., Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of
Columbia
P. Gregory Harrison, MHS, CACII, Supervisory Community Supervision Officer, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RECOVERED DRUG USERS AND PERSONS
WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR JOB
TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND PREVENTION OF RECIDIVISM
Moderator: Reverend Stephen E. Tucker, Senior Pastor, New Commandment
Baptist Church and Community Partner, Ward 1 Drug Free Community Coalition
Ronald T. Ashford, Director, Public Housing Supportive Services, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tanya Clay House, Esq., Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Mary Rooney, LCSW, Program Specialist, Homeless Veterans Program Office,
Veterans Affairs Central Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
Sean Clark, National Coordinator, Veterans Justice Outreach, U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Donald Vereen, M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Former
Deputy Director, ONDCP; Former Special Assistant to the Director of NIDA, NIH
Gregory Harrison, MHS, CACII, Supervisory Community Supervision Officer,
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia


September16
Walter E Washington Convention Center: Room 146-C

12:00 PM - 2:10 PM

IDEPENDENT FILM SERIES SCREENING: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
Moderator: Marshella Toldson, Esq., Program Manager, Ward 1 Drug Free
Community Coalition
Senior Judge Arthur L Burnett, Sr., National Executive
Director, National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Introduction and Comments by Members of Congress Present


2:10 PM -4:10 PM

FILM SCREENING OF "THE FARM: 10 DOWN" & "JUSTICE FOR ALL"
"The Farm 10 Down" - A Sequel Documentary on one of America's Toughest
Penal Institutions and the Inmates Pursuit for life meaning and hope upon
release.
"Justice for All" - A Documentary which examines the juvenile justice system and
raises issues as to needed improvements. It features Juvenile Justice expert
Stacey Gurian-Sherman, Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee, Caron Butler,
Don Manning, as well as a number of juveniles and their families affected directly
by the system.

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM

DISCUSSION OF FILMS: PURPOSE AND GOALS
Moderators - Film Producers Mara Batlin and Sherry Dorsey
Panelists:
Bishop Aretha E. Morton, Pastor, Tabernacle Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral,
Wilmington, Delaware; Member of College of Bishops as Delaware State Bishop
for the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International.
Dr. Terry Bayard Joyner, Ed. D., President & CEO, Systems Solutions LLC, an
Educational Consulting Company in Ohio; Director of Academic Performance
and Accountability for Educational Consultants of Ohio (ERCO).
Reverend Derrick Johnson, Pastor, Joshua Harvest Church, Wilmington,
Delaware; Member, Board of Directors, HOPE Commission, Wilmington,
Delaware

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

CLOSING REMARKS - FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL AFRICAN
AMERICAN DRUG POLICY COALITION, INC.
Dr. Winston Price, M.D., President and Chair, Board of Directors, National
African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.