Welcome to the Detroit Urban Summit IV, presented by Wayne County Community College District and WCCCD’s Institute for Social Progress. This conference, the fourth in a series of national summits presented by WCCCD and ISP focuses on key issues that affect urban America, U.S. politics and policy, and education; as well as real-world programs that can positively affect student outcomes.
We are proud to welcome nationally recognized scholars, authors, and leaders from across the nation to the stage across a variety of disciplines including education, law, sociology and related fields.
We hope you enjoy the program!
Sincerely,
Dr. Curtis L. Ivery
WCCCD Chancellor
9:30 a.m.
Registration and Networking
A continental breakfast will be served
The program will begin at 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
10:45 a.m.
Alex Kotlowitz, Bestselling Author, Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker
11:15 a.m.
10-minute break
11:30 a.m.
Brown v. Board, Affirmative Action, and the Future of Integration
Moderator: Dr. Joshua A. Bassett, Senior Fellow, WCCCD Institute for Social Progress
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law; Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of History, Harvard University
Sheryll D. Cashin, Author and Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown University
Cheryl I. Harris, Vice Dean for Community, Equality, and Justice; Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at UCLA School of Law
john a. powell, Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute and Professor African American Studies, Law, and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
1:20 p.m.
Education, Economic Inequality, and the Project of Multiracial Democracy
Moderator: Dr. Nikolai Vitti, Superintendent, Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) (Invited)
Dr. Massood Omrani, Professor, MBA Program at Lawrence Technological University
Dr. Rev. Wendell Anthony, Detroit NAACP President; Pastor, Fellowship Chapel; Founder, Isuthu Institute and the Intonjane Institute
Poppy Sias Hernandez, Executive Director, Global Michigan; Chief Equity Officer, Governor’s Office, State of Michigan