SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011
SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011
9:00 am – 6:00 pm Convention Registration
9:00 am – 9:00 pm ACT-SO Competitions
9:30 am – 11:45 am Health Symposium
11:00 am – 2:00 pm Membership and Units Committee Meeting
Noon – 2:00 pm Health Advocacy Lunch
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Commerce & Industry Show- GRAND OPENING
Health Fair
Retail Expo
Author Pavilion
9:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. ANNUAL CONVENTION REGISTRATION
West Lobby, Los Angeles Convention Center
9:00 A.M. – 11:40 A.M. HEALTH SYMPOSIUM – AFRICAN AMERICAN SURGEON GENERAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Platinum Ballroom E & F, J.W. Marriott Hotel
“SOUNDING THE ALARM ON HEALTH IN BLACK AMERICA”
The purpose of this symposium will be to respond to
the leadership of the country’s only African American
surgeon generals that served the country as America’s
doctors. This roundtable session would focus on
results of Healthy People 2010, health care for African
Americans and the role of racism in health inequities.
PRESIDING:
Karen Boykin-Towns
Chair, NAACP National Health Committee
President, NAACP Brooklyn Branch
Member, NAACP National Board of Directors
Brooklyn, New York
WELCOME:
Roslyn M. Brock
Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors
Vice President, Advocacy and Government Relations
Bon Secours Health System
Marriottsville, Maryland
MODERATOR :
Bill Whitaker
CBS Evening News Correspondent
Los Angeles, California
SPONSOR GREETINGS :
Gregory A. Adams
President
Kaiser Permanente
Northern California Region
Oakland, California Affi rming AMERICA'S PROMISE 2727
PANELISTS :
Vice Admiral Regina Benjamin, USPHS
Surgeon General of the United States
Washington, DC
Dr. Joycelyn Elders
15th Surgeon General of the United States
Little Rock, Arkansas
Dr. David Satcher
Director, The Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
Albertine Allen
Health Chair, NAACP Laporte Country Branch
Michigan City, Indiana
Valerie Cohen
Health Chair, NAACP Queens Branch
Queens, New York
CLOSING REMARKS :
Dr. Rose Blackburne
Member, NAACP National Health Committee
Prince George’s County, Maryland
12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. HEALTH SYMPOSIUM LUNCHEON
Gold Ballroom Salon 2 & 3, J.W. Marriott Hotel
“30 YEARS AND STILL FIGHTING: COMMEMORATING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC”
WELCOME :
Reverend Keron Sadler
Program Manager, NAACP Health Department
Baltimore, Maryland
MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES :
Pat Harvey
Award Winning Broadcast Journalist
CBS 2
Los Angeles, California
INVOC AT ION:
Reverend Carolyn Cooke
Pastor
Sunnyside Baptist Church
Los Angeles, California
SPONSOR GREETINGS :
Anthony P. Carter
Vice President Global Diversity Inclusion
Chief Diversity Officer
Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, New Jersey
LUNCH SERVED
PRESENTATION OF THE MONTAGUE COBB AWARD:
Barbara Sapp Davis
Member, NAACP National Health Committee
Member, NAACP Special Contribution Fund Trustee
Houston, Texas
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER :
Larry Lucas
Member, NAACP National Health Committee
Member, NAACP Special Contribution Fund Trustee
Mitchellville, Maryland
GUEST SPEAKER :
Dr. Gail Wyatt
Associate Director, UCLA AIDS Institute
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and
Bio-Behavioral Sciences
Los Angeles, California
PRESENTAT ION OF THE UNSUNG HERO:
Willis Edwards
Member, NAACP National Health Committee
Member, NAACP National Board of Directors
SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
Karen Boykin-Towns
Chair, NAACP National Health Committee
President, NAACP Brooklyn Branch
Member, NAACP National Board of Directors
Brooklyn, New York
REMARKS :
Shavon Arline
Director, NAACP Health Program
Baltimore, Maryland
BENEDICTION:
Bishop Gregory L. Dixon
First Church of God
Inglewood, California
1:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. COMMERCE & INDUSTRY SHOW GRAND OPENING
Hall A, Los Angeles Convention Center
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY
Join Chairman Roslyn M. Brock, Vice Chair
Leon W. Russell along with President and CEO
Benjamin Todd Jealous as they offi cially open
the 42nd Annual Commerce & Industry Show.
Hall A – Exhibits
Hall A – Retail Expo
2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. NAACP NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Plaza 1-2, J.W. Marriott Hotel
