NNPA Black Press Week, March 9-11, 2016

NNPA BLACK PRESS WEEK – NAHP LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT

MARCH 9-11, 2016

W Hotel, 515 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20004

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EVENT SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016

10:00AM – 12:00PM — NNPA Foundation Board Meeting, W Hotel, Altitude Room

12:00PM – 1:00PM — NNPA Association and Foundation Luncheon, W Hotel, POV Lounge

1:00PM – 4:00PM — NNPA Association Board Meeting, W Hotel, Altitude Room

4:00PM – 5:30PM — NAHP Board Meeting, National Press Club

6:15PM — Board Pro-Tran Bus Transportation, W Hotel, (F. Street Side) to Univision Communications

7:00PM – 9:00PM — Chairman’s Welcome Reception, Hosted by Fusion on behalf of Univision Communications, Univision Communications, 9th Floor Suite
Remarks:
Al McFarlane, NNPA Foundation Chair
Martha Montoya, NAHP Chair
Denise Roark-Barnes, NNPA Association Chair
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEO

9:15PM — Board Pro-Tran Bus Transportation to W Hotel, (Front) Univision, 101 Constitution Avenue NW

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016

8:00AM – 10:00AM — NNPA Full Breakfast Session, W Hotel, Studio 2
Remarks:
Denise Rolark-Barnes, NNPA Chair
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEO
Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO, NAACP

8:00AM – 10:00AM — NAHP Full Breakfast Session, National Press Club

10:15AM – 10:30AM — NNPA Board Buses to Howard University, W Hotel (F Street Side)

10:45AM – 12:15PM — Gallery of Distinguished Black Publishers 2016
Enshrinement Ceremony , Howard University, Founders Library Browsing Room
Remarks:
Al McFarlane, NNPA Foundation Chair
Denise Roark-Barnes, NNPA Association Chair
Family Members of Gerri Warren
Dr. Anthony Wutoh, Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Enshrinement of Gerri Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

12:15PM — Board Buses, Front, Howard University Founders Library, 500 Howard Pl., NW, to National Press Club

12:30PM – 2:30PM — NNPA/NAHP – Luncheon, National Press Club, First Amendment Room, 13th Floor
Remarks:
Martha Montoya, NAHP, President and CEO
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEO
Tasha Boone, Program Manager for the 2020 Census Integrated Partnership and Communications Program
Kendall Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau Executive
Jessica Rich, Director, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection

Keynote: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D VA)

3:00PM – 5:00PM — Networking

6:30PM – 7:30PM — Torch Awards Cocktail Reception, W Hotel, POV Altitude Terrace

7:30PM – 9:30PM — Torch Awards Dinner, W Hotel, Altitude Room

  • Torch Award for African American History:
    Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III
    , Executive Director, Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Torch Award for Business
    Thomas A. Moorehead
    , Chairman and CEO, BMW of Sterling and MINI of Sterling, and Founder of Joyce and Thomas Moorehead Foundation
  • Torch Award for Civic Participation:
    Melanie Campbell
    , President and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
  • Torch Award for Engineering and Science:
    Maj. General Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
    , NASA Administrator, Nominated by President Barak Obama
  • Newsmaker of the Year Award Presentation

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016

7:30AM – 8:30AM — Continental Breakfast Session, W Hotel, Studio 2

8:30AM — (Concurrent)
(A) NNPA/NHAPBoard Bus, W Hotel, F Street, to Cannon HOB Room 121, Legislative Consultation
(B) NNPA Foundation Stem PresentationBoard Bus, W Hotel, 15th Street, to Howard University Interdisciplinary Research Building

9:30AM – 11:30AM — NNPA Foundation – Best Practices in STEMHoward University Interdisciplinary Research Building
Panelists:
Dr. Thomas Mensah, Fiber Optics Inventor
Dr. Edward Tunstel, Sr. Roboticist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, Designer and Robotic Expert, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
Fernando Hernandez, Director, Microsoft Supplier Diversity
Bill Blackwelder, President, Delta Southern Space UAS

Members of All African American Robotics Team from Spellman College

11:30AM — NNPA Foundation Stem Participants Board Bus, Front, Howard University Interdisciplinary Building to National Press Club

11:30AM — NNPA/NAHP Board Bus, Front, Cannon HOB to National Press Club

12:30PM – 2:30PM — Luncheon National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 13th Floor
Remarks:
Al McFarlane, NNPA Foundation Chair
Denise Roark-Barnes, NNPA Association Chair
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEO
Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director of the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Entertainment: Afro-Cuban Musicians

2:30PM — Black Press Week/Legislative Summit Adjourns