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AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COMMISSION

2007 June Conference

 “Uniting for Power”

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

 

PROGRAM
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

 

  9:00 AM       Registration                                                                                           Ballroom Foyer     

Coffee and 1-1’s                                                                                  

 

                     OPENING LUNCHEON                                                                               Oak/Birch                                                         

 

10:45              Prelude & Praise                  Evangelist Denise Jamerson, CALL                     

                                                                       

11:00              Call to Order, Welcome        Rev.  John Welch, AALC, Convener

                                                                        President, PIIN

                                                                        Vice President for Student Affairs

                                                                        Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

 

                     “Lift Every Voice and Sing”     Evangelist Denise Jamerson, CALL

                                                                                                                       

                        Invocation                               Rev. Denise Welch, PIIN

                                                                        Pastor, Bidwell Presbyterian Church

                                                                        Pittsburgh PA

           

        Lunch is Served

 

                  Musical Selection

 

                        Introduction of Keynote         Dr. Ann Smith

President, Gamaliel Foundation

 

Inspirational Message         Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

                                                Sr. Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ

                                                Chicago IL

 

Musical Selection                  Evangelist Denise Jamerson

 

PLENARY I                                                                    North/South Room                          

                       

12:45 PM       Framing AALC 2007          Rev. John Welch

“Uniting for Power”

 

  1:00              Uniting Black & Brown      Dr. Manuel Pastor, Director

                                                                        Center for Justice, Tolerance & Community

University of California, Santa Cruz

                                  

2:00                Organizing for                       Mr. Dushaw Hockett

                        Unity                                       Immigration Team Organizer

                                                                        Center for Community Change

                                                                        Washington D.C.

 

2:15                Break                                      Refreshments                                           Ballroom Foyer

 

2:30                Workshop I                             Rooms: Ohio, Monongahela, and Interstate

                       

                        PLENARY II                                                                            North/South Room

 

4:00                Introduction of Speaker        Dr. Ann Smith

 

Uniting Congregations     Dr. Iva E. Carruthers

for Preparedness               General Secretary

                                               Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference

                                                                       Chicago IL                                                     

 

5:15                Break

 

6:00                Barbeque Dinner                  1-1’s on the Patio                                             Courtyard

 

 

7:30                Business Meeting                 AALC Members Only                                      Duquesne

 

 

8:30                Gamaliel Assessment          Prof. john powell                                North/South Room

            Process Conversation          Kirwan Institute, OSU

 

                       

Friday, June 22, 2007

 

           PRAYER BREAKFAST                                                                               Oak/Birch                                                                                                      

7:45 AM         Prelude & Praise                                                     

 

8:00                Inspirational Leader              Rev. Bobby Love, MORE²

                                                Pastor, Second Baptist Church

                                                                        Olathe, KS

 

 

                        PLENARY III                                                                                 North/South Room

 

9:00                Introduction of Keynote         Rev. Bobby Love                                          

 

                        Uniting to Win With          Mr. Gerald Hudson

Unions                                  International Executive

                                                Vice President, SEIU

                                                Washington D.C.

 

10:00              Workshop II                                        Rooms: Ohio, Monongahela, and Interstate

 

PLENARY IV                                                                        North/South Room                   

 

 

11:00              Introduction of Speaker        Rev. William Wyne, Jr., JONAH

                                                                        Senior Pastor, Second Missionary

                                                                        Baptist Church, Battle Creek MI

                                                                                               

                        Uniting our Platform          Prof. john powell

for Power                              Executive Director, Kirwan Institute

                                                for the Study of Race and

                                                Ethnicity at Ohio State University

                                                Columbus OH

                                               

STATE CAUCUS LUNCHEON                                                     Oak/Birch Room              

 

12:00 Noon   Call to Order                           Rev. John Welch

 

Organizing State                   Rev. Mark Lomax, ABLE

Caucuses                              Pastor, First Afrikan

                                                Presbyterian Church

                                                Lithonia GA

 

Prayer                                     Rev. Karen Battle, PIIN

                                                Director, Justice Ministries & Mission

                                                Pittsburgh Presbytery

 

        Lunch is Served

 

State Caucuses Meet During Luncheon

 

                      PLENARY V                                                                           North/South Room

                                                                                   

1:30 PM         Uniting Coalitions:              Prof.  john powell, Panel Discussion Moderator

Lessons Learned in                          

MCU St. Louis MO/  CALL, Erie, PA/  EHR Hampton, VA  

 

2:30                Covenanting for Unity       Rev. Kevin Turman, MOSES

Pastor, Second Baptist Church

Detroit MI

                                               

Closing Charge                     Rev. John Welch

 

                        Evaluation                              Ms. Angela James, EHR                             

 

                        Closing Prayer                      Rev. Daniel Cunningham, ISAAC

                                                                        Pastor, Greater Faith Empowerment Center

                                                                        Kalamazoo MI

 

3:30 PM         Adjournment


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