6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

CHAPTER LEADER RECEPTION

House of Justice | 106 W. 145th St, New York, NY

8:00 am - 3:00 pm

REGISTRATION

Back Lobby - 1st Floor

9:00 am – 9:45 am

RIBBON CUTTING & OPENING REMARKS

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman, National Board of Directors, and Elected Officials

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

9:45 am – 10:00 am

FIRESIDE PLENARY:

The Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador, United Nations and Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

10:00am – 11:00 am

FIRESIDE CHAT:

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

11:00 am – 11:15 am

​PLENARY ADDRESS

​​​The Honorable Phil Murphy, Governor, New Jersey

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

11:15 am – 11:30am

FIRESIDE PLENARY DISCUSSION

​​​The Honorable Denis R. McDonough, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

11:35 am – 11:45 am BREAK

11:45 am- 12:45 am

FIRESIDE CORPORATE EQUITY: A VIEW OF AND FROM THE C-SUITE

PARTICIPANTS:

Richelieu Dennis, Founder & Chairman of the Sundial Group of Companies

Alphonso David, President & CEO, Global Black Economic Forum

Metropolitan East- 2nd Floor

12:35 pm-12:45 pm BREAK

12:45pm - 1:15pm

FIRESIDE PLENARY DISCUSSION

The Honorable Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice and Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

​​​Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

1:15pm - 1:30pm BREAK

1:30pm - 3:00pm

FROM GRIEF TO ACTION: THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CONTINUES…

Moderator:

Benjamin Crump, Esq., Attorney, Ben Crump Law, PLLC

Panelists:

Gwen Carr, Mother of Eric Garner

Wanda Cooper Jones, Mother of Ahmaud Arbery

Philonise Floyd, Brother of George Floyd

Terrence Floyd, Brother of George Floyd

Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin

Rodney Wells, Father of Tyre Nichols

RowVaughn Wells, Mother of Tyre Nichols

Pamela Dias, Mother of AJ Owens

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

3:00 pm- 3:15 pm

GET OUT THE VOTE

Remarks:

Beth Lynk, Executive Director, When We All Vote

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

ECONOMIC EQUITY THROUGH HOUSING

Opening Remarks:

The Honorable Adrianne Todman, Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Moderator:

Ebonie Riley, SVP, Policy & Strategic Partnerships, National Action Network

Panelists:

Janaye Ingram, Director, Community Partner Programs & Engagement, Airbnb

Oneshia Herring, SVP and Counsel, National Fair Housing Alliance

Dr. Courtney Johnson Rose, President, National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB)

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm BREAK

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

​KEEPERS OF THE DREAM GENERAL RECEPTION

​Empire Ballroom - 2nd Floor

7:00 pm

KEEPERS OF THE DREAM PROGRAM (TICKETED EVENT | INVITE ONLY)

Metropolitan Ballroom – 2nd Floor

Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Host: Anthony Anderson, Actor/Comedian

Honorees:

• Whoopi Goldberg, EGOT Award-winning Entertainer

• Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Willi AM s, Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity and

• Dr. Phillip Ozuah, President & CEO, Montefiore Einstein

• Caroline Wanga, Caroline Wanga, President & CEO, ESSENCE Ventures

• Bishop Herbert Daughtry, Founder & President, Herbert Daughtry Global Ministries

7:30 am – 9:00 am

CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Empire East - 2nd Floor

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

REGISTRATION

Back Lobby - 1st Floor

8:30 am – 9:30 am

NAN BOARD MEETING

Central Park West Ballroom – 2nd Floor

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Retirement Security and the Billion Dollar Women of Wall Street Making it Happen

Moderator: Robert F. Smith, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners, LLC.

Remarks:  Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller and Brad Lander, NYC Comptroller

Panelists:

Sherrese Clarke Soares, Founder & CEO, HarbourView Equity

Ivelisse Rodriguez Simon, Managing Partner, Avante Capital Partners

Daphne Dufresne, Managing Partner, GenNx360

Patricia Miller Zollar, Head of Northbound Equity partners, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

10:20am-10:30am BREAK

10:30 am – 10:50 am

FIRESIDE CHAT

Joe Scarborough, Host, Morning Joe, MSNBC and Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Metropolitan East- 2nd Floor

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

COVERING BLACK AMERICA IN THE 2024 ELECTION

Panelists:

Danielle Belton, Editor in Chief, Huff Post

Kendis Gibson, Host, PIX11

Cheyanne Daniels, Race and Politics, Reporter, The Hill

Errol Louis,, Host, NY1 Contributor, CNN; Columnist, New York Magazine

Ari Melber, Host, The Beat w/ Ari Melber, MSNBC

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

CHILDREN OF THE MOVEMENT PANEL

Panelists:

Dr. Hasna Muhammad, Daughter of Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee

Stacy Lynch, Daughter of Bill Lynch

Keisha Sutton-James, Granddaughter of The Honorable Percy Sutton

Jesse Jackson, Jr, Son of Jesse and Jacqueline Jackson

Ashley Sharpton, Daughter of Rev. Al Sharpton

Ashley Jackson, Daughter of Jesse Jackson

Deanna Brown, Daughter of James Brown

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

12:50 pm-1:00 pm BREAK

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT LUNCHEON (TICKETED EVENT | INVITE ONLY)

Co-Chairs:

Tanya L. Lombard, VP, Global & External Public Affairs, AT&T and Board Member, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Rachel Noerdlinger, Partner, Actum

Host:

Mara S. Campo, 4x Emmy Award Winning Journalist Discovery TV/ Revolt TV

Honorees:

Mika Brzezinski, Co-Host, Morning Joe & Founder, Know Your Value

Stacey Abrams, Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist and New York Times Bestselling Author

Lisa Price, Founder, Carol’s Daughter

Michelle Stoddart, Senior VP Community Development, Resorts World

Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter, Holy Redeemer Institutional, Church of God in Christ

Metropolitan West – 2nd Floor

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

FIRESIDE PLENARY

Stacey Abrams, Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist, and New York Times Bestselling Author, and Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

FIRESIDE CHAT & BOOK SIGNING

Joy Ann Reid, Host, The Reid Report, MSNBC and Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm

FIRESIDE PLENARY

The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

2:50 pm – 3:10 pm

FIRESIDE CHAT

The Honorable Isabel Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, and Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

3:10 pm – 3:30 pm

FIRESIDE CHAT

The Honorable Julia A. Su, Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, and Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

3:30 pm-3:40 pm BREAK

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

FIRESIDE CHAT

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS CAN ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, UNDERSTANDING AND PROGRESS

Moderator:

Michael A. Hardy, Esq- Executive Vice President, General Counsel, NAN

Panelists:

The Honorable Matt Platkin, Attorney General, New Jersey

The Honorable Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY

The Honorable Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney, Southern District, New York

The Honorable Trini Ross, U.S. Attorney, Western District, New York

The Honorable Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District, New York

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Affordable Energy is a Civil Rights Issue: Why we can’t leave Black and Brown voices out of the clean energy conversation.

Moderator:

The Honorable Donald Cravins, Former Under Secretary of Minority Business Development U.S. Department of Commerce

Panelists:

The Honorable Kendrick Meek, Former Florida Congressman

The Honorable Michael Nutter, Former Philadelphia Mayor

The Honorable Mary Landrieu, Former U.S. Senator

Reverend Dr Malcolm T. Byrd, Chief Operating Officer, National Action Network/ Senior Pastor, Mother AME Zion church, Harlem, NY

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm BREAK

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

NAN Chapter Leader Reception with Rev. Al Sharpton

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

7:30 am – 8:45 am

CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Carnegie West - 3rd Floor

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

REGISTRATION

Back Lobby - 1st Floor

9:45 am - 10:15 am

FIRESIDE CHAT:

The Honorable Tom J. Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture and Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

10:15 am-11:05 am BREAK

10:25 am- 11:15 am

The Attacks on DEI: Where Do We Go From Here?

Moderator: Dr. Jamal Watson, Professor, Trinity Washington University and Executive Editor, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Panelists:

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Professor, Vanderbilt University

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, CUNY Graduate Center

Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, UCLA and Columbia

Dr. Alvin Tillery, Director, Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy, Northwestern University

Stephanie Ruhle, Host, MSNBC’s The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, NBC News Senior Business Analyst

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

11:05 am-11:15 am BREAK

11:15 am – 11:45 am

FIRESIDE CHAT

The Honorable Michael S. Regan, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Beyond Birth: Prioritizing Black Maternal Health & Mixer (powered by Walmart x Planned Parenthood)

Host: Alicia Butler, Health and Wellness Policy Advisor, National Action Network

Moderator:

Kennedy Austin, Policy Analyst, Ancient Song Doula Services

Panelists:

Tracie Jade Jenkins, Executive Director, The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation

Tonya Lewis Lee, Filmmaker, Author, Entrepreneur

Ebonie Riley, SVP, Policy & Strategic Partnerships, National Action Network

Latham Thomas, Founder, Mama Glow

Tashique Thomas, Senior Director, Health & Wellness Strategy & Business Development, Walmart

Empire East - 2nd Floor

11:45 am – 1:00 pm

Empowering Black Voices Online

Moderator:

Pastor Steffie Bartley, Northeast Regional Director, National Action Network, and Board Member, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Panelists:

Michele Cober, Director, Strategic Alliances, Verizon

Narda Jones, Chief of Staff, Federal Communications Commission

Nicole Lazarre, Vice President, External Affairs, Charter

Sean E. Mickens, Associate Vice President & External Affairs, Comcast META Representative T-Mobile Representative

Roy Austin, Vice President, Civil Rights, Meta

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

International Panel: The Global Challenge of Race and Inequality

Moderator:

Lord Simon Wooley, Member, House of Lords/Principal, Homerton College of Cambridge University

Panelists:

Honorable Amanza O. R. Walton. Desir Member of Parliament Guyana, South America

Ambassador Milton Kambula, Special Peace Advocate and Representative of the President Republic of Uganda

Ms. Johanna Leblanc, Esq. Partner, Adomi Advisory Group, PLLC Former Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Haiti

Mr. Nicholas Thompson, President & CEO Black Class Action Network Canadian National NGO

Issa Konfourou, Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

REVEREND DR. WILLIAM A. JONES MINISTERS LUNCHEON (Ticketed Event – Invite Only)

Hosted by:

Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Keynote Address:

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Centennial Chair and University Distinguished Professor of African American & Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Honorees:

Bishop Rudolph McKissick, Senior Pastor, The Bethel Church, Jacksonville, FL.

Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie, President and General Secretary, National Council of Churches

Metropolitan West-2nd Floor

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The Black Church and Voting

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Chairman, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Panelists:

Bishop Reginald Jackson, Sixth Episcopal District, A.M.E. Church

Rev. Dr. Lakeesha Walrond, President, New York Theological

Rev. Dr. Jamal H. Bryant, Pastor, New Birth Baptist Church

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

2:30 pm- 3:00 pm

FIRESIDE CHAT

The Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education and Rev. Al Sharpton, President & Founder, National Action Network

Metropolitan East- 2 nd Floor

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

DATA PRIVACY & DIGITAL RIGHTS: EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES IN THE AI LANDSCAPE (POWERED BY GOOGLE)

Facilitated by:

Chanelle Hardy, Head of Civil Rights, GOOGLE

Justice Ukadike, Manager, Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Affairs & Public Policy, GOOGLE

Empire West – 2 nd Floor

3:00 pm-3:10 pm BREAK

3:10pm- 4:00pm

Building Safer Communities: Strategies for Gun Violence Prevention

Moderator:

Christian N. Matthew, National Assistant Director of Youth and College Division | National Action Network

Panelists:

Greg N. Jackson Jr, Deputy Director, Office of Gun Violence Prevention, The White House

AT Mitchell, Gun Violence Prevention Czar, New York City

Zehanie Brown, Hospital Responder/ Community Liaison, Guns Down Life Up/NYC Health and Hospitals Co.

Carolyn Cuffee, Anti Violence Advocate, Darius Lee 23 Foundation

Kevin Livingston, 100 Suits for 100 Men/Crisis Management System

Morandon Henry, Partnerships Associate, National Black Engagement, Everytown for Gun Safety

Metropolitan East- 2 nd Floor

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The State of Black Health: Building a New Normal

Co-Moderators:

Debra Fraser-Howze – Founder, Choose Healthy Life;

Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff – New York Clergy Leader, Choose Healthy Life

Al B. Sure – Executive Chairman, Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition (HEiTC)

Panelists:

David Etzwiler – President, Siemens Foundation

Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford - Obesity Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Mass General Hospital

Dr. Marcella Nunez Smith - Associate Dean, Center for Health Equity Research, Yale University School of Medicine

Divinah “Dee” Bailey – Chief Operating Officer, African American Clergy and Elected Officials

Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Health Commissioner for the City of New York

Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, Senior Pastor, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church (New York City)

Reverend Dr. David Jefferson, Sr., Esq., Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church Newark, NJ

Metropolitan East- 2nd Floor

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm BREAK

8:00 am - 2:00 pm

REGISTRATION

Lobby - 2nd Floor

9:00 am – 11:00 am

SATURDAY RALLY LIVE FROM THE SHERATON

Metropolitan Ballroom – 2nd Floor

9:00 am – 9:30 am

REMARKS:

The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Leader, U.S. House of Representatives, (NY-8)

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

9:00 am – 9:30 am

REMARKS:

Congressman Steven Horsford, Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:00 am – 10:10 am

MEASURING THE MOVEMENT

Moderator: 

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network 

Leaders: 

Shavon Arline-Bradley, President, National Council of Negro Women

Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

Damon Hewitt, President & Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Marc Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League

Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Maya Wiley, President & CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

OPENING CEREMONY AND YOUTH DAY AWARDS

Youth and College Honorees: 

Prophet Willie Stiggers, Lifelong Activist, NAN Youth Move Pioneer, and CEO, Black Music Action Coalition

The One Hundred Black Men Inc. Junior One Hundred

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Artivism: “Using Creativity for Social Change

Moderator:

Ashley Sharpton, NAN Youth Huddle Founder and Sharpton Ent. Founder

Panelists:

Ronald Mchenry, House of Justice Coordinator

Yvonne Jewnell, Harlem Fashion Week Founder/CEO

Dria Brown, Broadway Advocacy Coalition Co- Director of Programming

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

12:00pm -1:30pm

Criminal Justice Reforms: From Demonstration to Legislation to Implementation…

Moderator:

Victor Pate, Chairperson, Second chance committee, NYC chapter, National Action Network

Dr. Vanda Seward, Director of Criminal Justice program/ Professor, City University of New York

Panelists:

Councilman Yusef Salaam, District 9

Assemblymember Edward “Eddie” Gibbs, New York’s 68 th District, Harlem, NY

Doni Glover, nominated CEO, DMGlobal Marketing & Public Relations, LLC

Neil Berry- VOCAL-NY’s

Darren Mack- Co-Director, Freedom Agenda

Jessica Sandoval- National Director, Unlock the Box Campaign

Empire West - 2nd Floor

1:15 pm-2:15 pm

Young Entrepreneurs: “Navigating Business in the 21st Century

Moderator:

Follyvi Dossa, National Director of Youth and College | National Action Network

Panelists:

Derrick Lewis, NAACP Youth and College Field Director 100 Black Men Junior 100 Rep

Hasan Flake, Greater Allen Development Co.

Willie Prophet Stiggers, BMAC 

Marcus Woods, Sylvia’s Restaurant

Marilyn Crawford, Entertainment Executive

Empire East– 2nd Floor

2:15 pm -3:15 pm

From Protest to Policy: “Youth Driving Legislative Change…

Moderator:

Dominique Sharpton, Director of Membership and Co-Founder of NAN Youth Huddle

Panelists:

Councilman Kevin Riley, 12th District

Clement James Jr, Senior Advisor to US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

James Johnson, Opportunities for SouthEast Queens Millennials Founder/ Former NYC Council candidate

Ousmane Diallo, NY Assembly Staffer/National Action Network

Christian Hall, Former School Board Rep

Metropolitan East - 2nd Floor

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

The State of Black Men

Moderator:

Ousmane Diallo, NAN

Panelists:

Styles P, Rapper/Entreprenuer

Councilman Yusef Salaam, District 9

Harlem Children’s Zone

Terrence Floyd, Activist/We are Floyd Founder

Michell C. Clarke, Digital Influencer/Author

Empire West - 2nd Floor

4:15 pm-5:00pm Break

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

ARTIVISM FASHION & TALENT SHOWCASE - powered by Sharpton Entertainment

Metropolitan Ballroom, 2 nd Floor