CREATING OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE AGENDA

12th ANNUAL RAINBOW PUSH AND CEF
CREATING OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE
November 3-5, 2011
Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011

4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Registration – Private Dining Room
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. - Opening Reception - Doing Business with Georgia Power – Great American Grille
Participants: Kenneth Huff, Glenda M. Stinson, David Moody

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011

9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Registration - Oceanic Pre-Function
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mortgage Modification Assistance
Atlantic
Participants: Trina G. Heathington, Janice L. Mathis

10a.m. to 4 p.m. VENDORS – Oceanic Pre-function
9 – 10 Press conference/Corporate Study – PDR
Participants: National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, Robert Patillo

10 a.m.-12 p.m. Workshop – Business Growth and Development: Franchising and Access to Capital – Pacific I
Participants: Clinton Barrow, Kelvin Hicks, Louis E. James, Michael Jackson, Greg Calhoun, Randolyn Jones

10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Workshop - Making Global Connections – Pacific II
Participants: Joe Beasley, James G. Patterson

12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. MINISTERS’ LUNCHEON AND SEMINAR
Facing Hard Times with Faith and Hope
Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Dr. Marvin Moss (Cascade), Rev. Kenneth Alexander (Antioch North), Bishop William Sheals (Hopewell), Rev. Jerry D. Black (Beulah), Rev. Jasper Williams (Salem), Rev. Cameron Alexander (Antioch North), Georgette Dixon, Stephon Ferguson, Axel Adams

2:30 P.M. – 4 p.m. Workshop - One Thousand Churches Class for Pastors, Hands on Banking, VITAS, Financial Literacy, Social and Economic Justice Pacific I

2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Workshop - Stop the Violence – Save the Family
Pacific II
Participants: Stefan Gresham, Dr. Lorraine Jacq White, Fred Watson, Dominic Stokes

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Doing Business in DeKalb County Atlantic
Participants: Sherman Golden, Stan Watson, Bruce McMillian

6:00 P.M. - VIP SPONSOR’S RECEPTION- Panoramic Room

7:00 P.M. – KEEP HOPE ALIVE GALA – Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., April Kelly-Drummond, Munson Steed, M. Alexis Scott, Marvin Nunnally
Performers: Earth Tone Lyrix, The Wardlaw Brothers
Honorees: Ms. Wanda Smith – Woman of Vision, The Hon. Andrew Young – Bridge Builder, Ms. Rita Samuels – Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Mr. Clayvon Croom – Trade Bureau Member of the Year, Ms. Leona Barr Davenport – Torchbearer, Ms. Jennifer Ffrench Parker – Journalist of the Year, Mr. Roger Bobb – Entrepreneur of the Year, Ms. Debra Antney – Entrepreneur of the Year.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011

9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Registration – PDR
9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. College Fair – Oceanic Pre-Function
Participants: Ms. Kawanya Isom
10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. VENDORS – Atlantic Pre-function

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Workshop – Pacific I
Mortgage Modification Assistance
Participants: Hugh Rowden, Wells Fargo, Chase

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sports and Entertainment Workshop – Atlantic
Participants: Dewey McClain, Horace King, Mel Pender, Diane Larche, Rene Jackson, Breanna Fort, Andrea Riggs

10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Regional Leadership Summit – TBD
Participants: Honorable Elected Officials - Corrinne Brown, Keith G. Heard, Sharon Beasley Teague, Roger Bruce, Stan Watson, Gail P. Davenport, Robert Brown, Alisha Thomas Morgan, Rashad Taylor, Gloria Tinubu

12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. SPORTS LUNCHEON – Oceanic Ballroom
Award Recipients: Dewey McClain, Clayton State Women’s Basketball Team
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Nicole Watson, Kristen Davis, Dextor Clinkscale, Horace King, Mark Patterson

2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Jesse Jackson 70th Birthday Tribute – Bridging the Generation Gap – Talent Showcase – Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Goode Acting Studio, Sisters of Today and Tomorrow, Stewart Foundation, STARS, Stone Mountain High School, Best Academy, SBGG, College Bound, Broadway S.T.A.R.S., Morris Brown College, Jefferson County High, Redan High, Marthanna Living Way, WXAG-AM, Orrin Hudson, Hank Stewart

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