ALC Juneteenth Power 2006 Schedule

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Day 1 Thursday June 15, 2006

Pre-event itinerary  _ Roberts Mayfair Hotel

8:00am - 11:00   Conference Registration  

8:00 - 10:00 Breakfast ( Registration required)                                           

10:00       Meeting National AALC Board of Commissioners - Pastor Harrison, Chair

11:30       Board Buses & Departure from Mayfair Hotel

AALC Juneteenth Power 2006 Convenes

Covenant Community Church .  1351 Shipley

1:00pm Welcome/Opening Prayer                                     Rev. Tommie Pierson

1:05      Introductions/ Praise Reports

1:15      Lunch 

2:00      Call to Order _ 1min                                           Rev. Michael Harrison    

2:01      Guiding Scripture   2 min

2:03      Prayer        2 min

2:05      The Black National Anthem  _ “ Lift Every Voice and Sing”

2:10      Pastor Michael Harrison _ Address National Chair

2:25      Pledges 2006 _ Pastor Michael Harrison, National Chair

2:35      Framing Juneteenth 2006  _     Rev David Bigsby   

2:45      Introduction of Prof. john powell

2:45       powell lays out overview of national problems_ Katrina /Voting Rights Act   

              Reauthorization — exposing segregation from opportunity-- makes connections   

              between—Katrina and Voting Rights.

3:15       Introduction of Rev. Timothy McDonald III

              Rev. McDonald Advocates Temporary Renewal of Voting Rights Act   

              Reauthorization(VRA) including provisions for federal oversight of problem

             states /areas, and bi-lingual language assistance; collaborative strategy.

3:45       Q& A   Rev. McDonald & Professor powell

4:05       Break      

4:15       Professor powell:What African Americans need to know about the immigration issue.  

4:30       Panel Response: AALC/CRI address real tensions and opportunities between

              African Americans and immigrants, especially Latinos.                     

 4:40      Q&A      Professor powell & Rev. McDonald 

5:00       AALC/CRI Action Proposals: VRA/CRI Unity March, Atlanta, Ga &

              NLA Workshop, St. Paul, Minnesota 

5:20       Instructions VRA Break Out Group     Rev. Michael Harrison

5:25       Breakout Groups _   VRA Training of Trainers

Leaders/ organizers utilize VRA Tool Kit to plan action steps for use back home.  

VRA Tool Kit

1. Message: What VRA is and why Temporary Renewal benefits African Americans?
2. Messenger: Educate/Agitate/ Preach /Teach VRA to congregations-conventions.
3. Actions: Meet with Congressman/Senators in district to secure support on VRA. 
4. Connecting Local Power: Include VRA in public meetings/coalition building.

5.   Connecting National Power : Join AALC visits to New Orleans & Congressional Black    

      Caucus in D.C. for Accountability on Katrina Restoration & VRA Renewal.

Evening Sessions    

6:05    Break    

6:15    Dinner

7:15    Hymn

7:17    Rev. Michael Harrison, National Chair 

           Reports Back/ Commitments from VRA Break-out Groups

7:29    Introduces Moderators  -  Rev. Tommie Pierson and Rev.  Belt (K.C.)

7:30     Award to Roberts Brothers Owners of Roberts Mayfair St. Louis

7:35    Panel_ On the Job Training / Workforce Development

           Benetta Johnson, Executive Director, Alameda Job Corridor Jobs Project

           Pastor Sharon Smith  - Sharon Smith Ministries Intl, East St. Louis, IL

           Rev. Pierson, Host Pastor Greater St. Mark, President MCU

           Julie Cunningham—Ex Director, Compo

8:05     Professor john powell _ AALC National Power Opportunity __  Sets   

            Up Pierson for Congressmen Pins .

 8:20    Rev. Pierson_  AALC Power Strategy with Congressional Black Caucus
            Requests meeting for AALC delegation with CBC in Washington D.C. and secure  

            commitments of Congressmen Clay and Cleaver- to arrange meetings and

            galvanize support from other Congressman back home.  _ 8 min

8: 28    Introduce Congressmen —    

Congressman asked to support AALC/Gamaliel National Strategy on VRA, and Katrina Restoration by agreeing to and following through with the following actions:

    1) Co-sponsor/ Support Temporary Renewal of Voting Rights Act Reauthorization;  

    2) And set up meeting between AALC delegation and Congressional Black; 

     Caucus in Washington, DC;

          3) Demand new federal dollars for Katrina Restoration strategy.

8:30    Congressmen Lacy Clay [St. Louis, Mo]       Rev. Pierson

8:40   Congress Emanuel Cleaver [Kansas City, Mo   _ Rev. Belt   

8:41     St Louis Clergy Introduced _

8:42     St. Louis Clergy_ Outreach/Challenge to St. Louis Clergy to commit to process   

            that engages them in organizing/ MCU/AALC/Gamaliel.  [Build on the victory

            with Congressmen they have just witnessed and helped win.]   ( 5min)

8:52     Closing Song/prayer

9:00     Evening plenary ends  

9:15      Board Buses for Return to Hotel

9:45    Evaluation @ Roberts Mayfair Hotel

DAY 2 Friday  June 16, 2006   

8:30am   Board Buses

9:00        Breakfast/Blessing @ Church

Plenary Session Convenes

10:00      Rev. Harrison Calls To Order

10:05      Rev. Joe Jackson      Reflection on Theme/Guiding Scriptures 

10:15     Gamaliel Vision for National Power __  Rev. Kevin Turman, President, Gamaliel

               President Council  

10:25     Q & A

10:35     Organizing Money   

10:45     Organizing Local AALC Structure

11:15     Professor john powell _ Katrina: What’s The Problem That Most People Don’t Know and

              AALC Needs to Know

12:00     Lunch—1-1’s reflect on what will I do create structure, and/or money, and/or actions

1:00       Professor Continues _ Connecting Dots between Katrina and Segregation of Opportunity

           Possible policy solutions for Katrina Survivors, that AALC/Gamaliel can fight for.               

1:30      Rev. Pierson  _ AALC Executive Summary on The National Black Agenda  _

              Includes VRA, Katrina Restoration, option on On-Job-Training [directly related to   

              employing Katrina survivors and others segregated from opportunity all over America].

           (Get Signatories of clergy and public officials during and following AALC)

2:00       Call To Action on The National Black Agenda (NBA)_  10 min

2:10       AALC Litany   —10 min

2:20       Anointing & Sending forth of Commissioners

              Freedom Song “ Ain’t  Gonna Let No Body Turn Me Round “

3 :00     AALC Option I Transitions

3:15 Evening Plenary AALC Option 2 Continues

             Tour of St. Louis/ East St. Louis ? Rev. Sharon Smith has Clergy and an Imam   

             Who requests that we tour the community, if possible.

5:00       Dinner @ Covenant Community Church

6:30      Call To Worship

6:30       High Praise & Worship Service ___Rev, Tommie Pierson, Host Church Greater St. Mark _    

              Praise, Choirs, and Preaching  _ Powerful St. Louis Pastor/Judicatory 

B @ 8:45 pm

Saturday June 17  

Breakfast on your own

Check out of Mayfair Roberts by 11am

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