8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. Registration Check-In, DWIHN Mobile Unit
9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Welcome
Master of Ceremony – Leland K. Bassett
Welcome Remarks – Marcina Mills Bowers, WCCCD Visual Communications Associate & Senior Project Manager
9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. The Commitment to Education and Choices:
Context and Discussion A Video Presentation
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. How Did We Get Here? A Community History
Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, President, NAACP Detroit Branch; Pastor, Fellowship Chapel
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Educating Youth in Today’s Climate
Dr. Nikolai Vitti, DPSCD Superintendent
10:35 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. Panel Discussion: The Drug Crisis and Impact on Youth
Mental Health
Thomas Adams, CEO, Chance for Life; DWIHN Board Member
James E. White, President and CEO, DWIHN
Matthew Yascolt, Director of SUB, DWIHN
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:05 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. Chaz Lanier, Detroit Pistons Shooting Guard
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Keynote Address: Shaka Senghor, Resilience Expert,
Best-Selling Author
Keynote Introduction by Judge William C. McConico, Chief Judge, 36th District Court
2:00 p.m – 2:50 p.m. Panel Discussion: Solutions and Community Support
Dr. Andre Johnson, Founder, President and CEO, Detroit Recovery Project
Dr. Carmen McIntyre Leon, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of Community Affairs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
Trustee Marla J. Edwards-Wheeler, Founder and Executive Director of
Truth Recovery, Inc.
2:50 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Closing Remarks – Where Do We Go From Here?
Bankole Thompson, Founder & Dean, The PuLSE Institute; Opinion Columnist, The Detroit News