STATE OF BLACK ATLANTA SUMMIT 2010
Clark Atlanta University  

FEBRUARY 20, 2010 – ROOM 101 CARL AND MARY WARE CLASSROOM BUILDING

8:00am – 8:45am Registration
8:45am – 9:00am Summit Opening
9:00am – 9:20am 

Black Atlanta Summit Overview Presentation, Robert D. Bullard
“The State of Black Atlanta: Greening Up While Cleaning Up for a Healthy and Sustainable Future,” Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres, Clark Atlanta University
9:20am – 10:30am 

Panel 1:  HOUSING, EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

  Charles Jaret and Jeremy Bennett, Georgia State University. “Housing and Residence-Related Disparities among Racial Groups in Atlanta: Shrinking or Widening?"
 

Deirdre Oakley, Erin Ruel, Lesley Reid and Christina Sims. “Public Housing Relocation and Residential Segregation in Atlanta: Where are Families Going?”
 

Yanique Redwood, Lee Evans, Ronnie Galvin, Margaret Hooker, Catherine Prather, Columbus Ward, and Robert Welsh.  “Vacant Properties: An Opportunity for the Equitable Development of the City of Atlanta.”
10:30am – 10:40am Break
10:40am – 12:10pm Panel 2: ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORTATION, SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND HUMAN RIGHTS
  Jean J. Bonhomme, Morehouse School of Medicine, “African American Men’s Health in Atlanta: Impact on Women, Children, and Society”
 

Tamara Jones and Dennis Creech, Southface, “Green Buildings & Black Atlanta”
  Terrence Courtney, Jobs with Justice. “Human Rights and Atlanta’s Public Sector”
12:00pm – 1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm – 2:30pm Panel 3: BUSINESS AND POLITCS
 

Bruce A. Dixon. “Looking Beyond Black Mecca and the Failure of Black Atlanta's Leadership Class”
 

Michael T. Hill, Metropolitan Atlanta Black Chamber of Commerce, “Black Income vs Black Wealth”
 

Edward L. Davis, Clark Atlanta University, “The Economic Impact of Black Business in the Atlanta Region”
2:30pm – 3:00pm Synthesis, Recommendations, Closing, Next Steps

The Summit event is made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation