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FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
OF
NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN DRUG POLICY COALITION AND
WARD 1 DRUG FREE COMMUNITY COALITION
SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2010
RENAISSANCE HOTEL
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THEME: CREATING PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS: IDENTIFYING AND
IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES
AND REMOVING OBSTACLES TO RECOVERY, RE-ENTRY AND REDUCING
RECIDIVISM IN AMERICA
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Opening Session
Welcoming RemarksStatement of Purpose of Conference:
Dr. Winston Price, M.D., President, National African American Drug PolicyCoalition, Inc. and Chair, Board of Directors
Theme and Format of Fall ConferenceAdministrative Announcements:
Senior Judge Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., Vice President of Administration andNational Executive Director, National African American Drug Policy
Coalition, Inc.
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 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.
Honorable Martha Lynn Sherrod, Judge, State District Court,Huntsville, Alabama
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Ronda Dixon, Executive Director, Dixon Recovery Institute, Los Angeles,
California
Dr. Ronald Beavers, President/CEO, Positive Imagery Foundation,Los Angeles, California
10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Chapter ActivitiesEstablishing Goals andImplementing 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.
Marian Perkins, Esq., President, Chicago and Illinois Drug Policy Coalition
Chapter of National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.- Strengthening Communications by National African
American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. With Its Member Organizations and
Local Chapters:
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 Georges County Drug PolicyCoalition Chapter of National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Formal Luncheon Program
Presiding: Dr. Ura Jean Bailey, Ph.D., Secretary-Treasurer, National
African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Luncheon Speaker: Honorable Ronald Sims, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Promoting AffordableHousing for Recovered Drug Users and Persons Re-entering Society from
Incarceration A Second Chance for Reasonable and Safe Residence - Can We
Do It and How? (Invited)
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1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Speaker Presentation: Dr. H. Westley Clark, Director,Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, DHHS - Re-entry
And Innovative Programs for Drug Testing and Treatment to Reduce
RecidivismHow to Achieve Success and Promote Public Safety!
2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Innovative Approaches to Re-entry Policies of the U.S.
Department of Justice and Supportive Programs
Moderator: Marshella Toldson, Esq., Staff Attorney, National African American
Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Laurence E. Rothenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S.Department of Justice
Dr. Donald Vereen, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
(Former, Deputy Director, ONDCP and Special Assistant, Director of NIDA,NIH).
Gennine Hagar, Chief U.S. Probation Officer for Re-entry, U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia (Invited).
Honorable Milton C. Lee, Jr., Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District ofColumbia (Invited)
Magistrate Judge Diana Harris Epps, Magistrate Judge, Superior Court of theDistrict of Columbia
4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Affordable Housing for Recovered Drug Users and Persons
with Criminal Records and Supportive Services for Job Training andEmployment.
Moderator: Reverend Dr. Stephen E. Tucker, Senior Pastor, New
Commandment Baptist Church and Project Coordinator, Ward 1, District ofColumbia Drug Free Community Grant.
Ronald Ashford, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sharon M. Pitts, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Assisted Housing,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.(Invited)
Reverend Dr. Harold Dean Trulear, Professor, Howard University School of
Divinity, Washington, D.C. (Invited)
Tanya Clay House, Esq., Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
PROGRAM WILL BE HELD AT THE WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER
2:00 p.m. 2:10 p.m. Introductory Comments
Moderator: Marshella Toldson, Esq., Staff Attorney, National African
American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Introduction and Comments by Members of Congress
2:10 p.m. 4:10 p.m. Showing of Two Films on Re-entry and Juvenile Justice
The Farm 10 Down - A Sequel Documentary on one of Americas 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 expertStacey 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 p.m. 4:40 p.m. PanelFilm Producers Mara Batlin and Sherry Dorsey
Purpose and Goals of Films
Reactors:
Dr. Ura Jean Bailey, Ph.D., Secretary-Treasurer, 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.
Honorable Veronica Morgan-Price, Juvenile Court Judge (Retired), Houston,
Texas, Chair, Planning Group to establish Houston Chapter of the
National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
4:40 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks - Future Directions of the National African
American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. - Dr. Winston Price, President and Chair,Board of Directors, National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Honorable Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., National Executive Director, National
African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.