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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


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


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


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


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