The PEPSI Refresh the World Symposium is going on right now (1.19.09) LIVE at Howard University.

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• PROLOGUE
• TIME: 8:30AM-9:00AM
• DR. SIDNEY RIBEAU, PRESIDENT HOWARD UNIVERSITY
• ADRIAN FENTY, MAYOR WASHINGTON DC
• FRANK COOPER, VP, PORTFOILIO BRANDS, PEPSI-COLA
• INVOCATION: REV./DR. BERNARD RICHARDSON, HOWARD UNIVERSITY DEAN OF THE CHAPEL
• MASTER OF CEREMONIES GREETING: SPIKE LEE

• TOPIC – “REFRESH EDUCATION”
• TIME: 9:00AM-10:30AM
• MODERATOR: CHARLES OGLETREE, EXEC. DIR. THE CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON INSTITUTE FOR RACE & JUSTICE
• JOEL KLEIN, CHANCELLOR, NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• PAUL VALLAS, SUPT. RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
• ANDRÉS ALONSO, CEO BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
• ARLENE ACKERMAN, SUPT. PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• KEVIN GOVER, DIR. SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

• TOPIC – “REFRESH THE ECONOMY”
• TIME: 11:00AM-12:30PM
• MODERATOR: MELLODY HOBSON, PRESIDENT OF ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC
• PANELISTS:
• DR. ANDREW F BRIMMER, ECONOMIST, FORMER MEMBER, FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
• JOHN FUND, JOURNALIST, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
• MAYA MACGUINEAS, DIR. OF FISCAL POLICY PROGRAM, NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
• MICHELLE SINGLETARY, FINANCE COLUMNIST, THE WASHINGTON POST
• ROBERT WOLF, CEO & CHAIRMAN AMERICAS, UBS. PRESIDENT, UBS INVESTMENT BANK
• ANDY STERN, PRESIDENT, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION
• DR. WILLIAM SPRIGGS, CHAIRMAN, ECONOMICS DEPT HOWARD UNIVERSITY

• TOPIC – “REFRESH GENDER”
• TIME: 1:00PM-2:30PM
• MODERATOR: MICHELLE BERNARD, PRES. & CEO, INDEPENDENT WOMEN’S FORUM
• PANELISTS:
• ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, AUTHOR & FOUNDER OF THE HUFFINGTON POST
• GAIL COLLINS, COLUMNIST, NEW YORK TIMES
• LATIFA LYLES, VP NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW)
• BAY BUCHANAN, PRES. OF THE AMERICAN CAUSE AND CNN CONTRIBUTOR
• KELLYANNE CONWAY, PRESIDENT & CEO OF THE POLLING COMPANY
• CRYSTAL LANDER, SR. ADVOCACY ADVISOR, CEDPA
• HILARY B. ROSEN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST

• TOPIC – “REFRESH HIP-HOP”
• TIME: 3:00PM-4:30PM
• MODERATOR: BARRY MICHAEL COOPER, WRITER, JOURNALIST, FILMMAKER
• PANELISTS:
• SEAN COMBS, CEO, BAD BOY, FASHION DESIGNER, ACTOR
• LONDELL MCMILLAN, ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY AND PUBLISHER OF THE SOURCE
• CHRIS LIGHTY, CEO, VIOLATOR MANAGEMENT
• QUEEN LATIFAH, MUSICIAN, ACTOR
• CHRISTOPHER BRIDGES, MUSICIAN, ACTOR

• TOPIC – “REFRESHING BLACK AMERICA -
• THE IMPACT OF BARACK OBAMA”
• TIME: 5:00PM-7:00PM
• MODERATOR: ROLAND MARTIN, COMMENTATOR – CNN ANALYST
• PANELISTS:
• DR. HENRY LOUIS GATES, PROF. HARVARD, LITERARY CRITIC, WRITER
• REV. AL SHARPTON, PRES. OF NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, 2004 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
• DR. CORNEL WEST, PROFESSOR, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
• TARA WALL, DEPUTY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON TIMES
• DONNA BRAZILE, CNN CONTRIBUTOR AND POLITICAL ANALYST
• AMY HOLMES, CNN CONTRIBUTOR AND POLITICAL ANALYST
• CONGRESSMAN JESSE JACKSON, JR.

 

Source: http://refresheverything.com/symposium.html

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