8:30 AM - 8:55 AM - Registration Check-In and Continental Breakfast,
DWIHN Mobile Unit


9:00 AM - Master of Ceremony – Leland K. Bassett

Welcome Remarks – Marcina Mills Bowers

How Did We Get Here? A Community History – Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, President, NAACP Detroit Branch; Pastor, Fellowship Chapel


9:25 AM - Panel Discussion: The Drug Crisis and Impact on Youth

James White, President and CEO, DWIHN


Dr. Carmen McIntyre Leon, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of Community Affairs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University

Matt Yascolt, Director of SUB, DWIHN

Thomas Adams, CEO, Chance for Life; DWIHN Board Member


10:30 AM - Panel Discussion: Educators’ and Students’ Experience

Dr. Nikolai Vitti, DPSCD Superintendent

Dr. Reginald Best, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Henry Ford College and Chief Executive Officer Henry Ford College Foundation


11:45 AM - Lunch is Served - If Buffet Style, Suggest a 10-Minute Break


Noon - Chaz Lanier, Detroit Pistons


12:15 PM - Panel Discussion: Solutions and Community Support

Dr. Andre Johnson, Founder, President and CEO, Detroit Recovery Project

Bankole Thompson, Founder & Dean, The PuLSE Institute; Opinion Columnist, The Detroit News

Art Blackwell, Consultant, Radio Host




1:30 PM - Shaka Senghor - Keynote Address


2:15 PM - Closing Remarks


2:30 PM - Shaka Senghor Book Signing in Event Welcoming Area