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