Race and Policy Symposium
Hosted by Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, the D.C. Policy Center, and the Consumer Health Foundation
Panel 1: Education & Employment – Achieving Racial Equity in District of Columbia Public Education
Panel 2: Health – Examining the Determinants of Health Equity
Panel 4: Access to Capital for Minority-Owned Small Businesses in DC
Thursday, January, 17, 2019
9:30 am – 2:00 pm
#RacialEquityDC
Agenda
| Time | Title | Details |
| 9:30 – 10 am | Registration and Coffee | |
| 10 – 10:15 am | Opening Remarks | Chairman Phil Mendelson Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie Councilmember David Grosso Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Education & Employment – Achieving Racial Equity in District of Columbia Public Education | Kristen Moore, Ed.D., Coordinator, Student Empowerment and Equity Programs, DCPS (Moderator) Adjoa B. Asamoah, Chair, DC Title I Committee of Pat McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University Amanda Alexander, Ph.D. – Interim Chancellor DCPS Faith Gibson Hubbard, Chief Student Advocate, The DC State Board of Education |
| 10:45 – 11 am | Break | |
| 11 – 11:45 am | Health – Examining the Determinants of Health Equity | Aza Nedhari, DHSc, MFT, CPM, Executive Director and Co-founder, Mamatoto Village (Moderator) Yolandra Hancock, M.D., Delta Health and Wellness Consulting, LLC, CRC Wellness Center, and DC Health Joseph Richardson, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and Jermane Bond, Ph.D., Co-Founder & CEO, Health Equity Analytics Lab (HEAL, LLC) Anneta Arno, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Office of Health Equity |
| 11:45 am – 12:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:15 – 1 pm | Housing & Economic Development – Revitalizing Communities to Achieve Racial Equity | Erica Southerland, Ph.D., APR, Senior Communications Consultant (Moderator) Maurice Jackson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Georgetown University Ari Theresa, Esq., Principal Attorney, Stoop Law Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press, Race & Ethnicity Writer Vaughn Perry, Equitable Development Manager, 11th Street Bridge Park |
| 1 – 1:15 pm | Break | |
| 1:15 – 2pm | Access to Capital for Minority-Owned Small Businesses in DC | Kristi Whitfield, Director, DSLBD (Opening remarks) Evette Banfield, CNHED (Moderator) Melissa Bradley, Georgetown & Venture DC/Project 500 Shelly Bell, Black Girl Ventures Jeremie Greer, Prosperity Now Kevon King, Village Cafe |
| 2 – 2:15 pm | Closing Remarks |
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Location
R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center
2730 Martin Luther King Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20032
* Parking is available on site
Registration
Registration is currently at capacity, although you are welcome to join the waitlist, should tickets become available.
The event will be livestreamed on Councilmember McDuffie’s Facebook page and it will be taped for later broadcast on the District Council Channel.
Media who wish to cover the event should contact Nolan Treadway via voice/text at (202) 445-0361.
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