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BBSJ Summit Features Book Signing with
Congressman James Clyburn
and Roast of David Honig .
Today is the LAST DAY TO REGISTER ONLINE for MMTC’s Broadband and
Social Justice Summit! .
We’ve added more speakers! Scroll down for details on some of our panels and
speakers, as well as a full agenda!*
ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY at 10 PM!
Social Justice Awards Reception and Book Signing
Featuring House Assistant Leader James Clyburn With Special Remarks by Rep. Charles B. Rangel
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Jason Lagria
Special Assistant, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights
[For identification purposes
only]
Digital Media Social Justice
Awardee
Martin J. Chavez
Senior Advisor
HTTP
Digital Media Social
Justice Awardee
Joycelyn James
Tech & Innovation Sector
Analyst
Office of the Deputy Mayor
Extraordinary Service
Awardee
Debra Berlyn
Executive Director
Project GOAL
Digital Media Social
Justice Awardee
Lyle “Butch” Wing
Executive Director
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Silicon Valley Project
Digital Media Social Justice
Awardee
Hon. Charles B. Rangel
Member
U.S. House of Representatives
Keith Clinkscales
CEO
Revolt Media & TV
Digital Media Vanguard
Awardee
Hon. James E. Clyburn
Assistant Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
A Conversation with Former FCC Commissioners and
Leaders Updating the Telecom Act to Promote Minority Ownership and Consumer
Interests
Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 11:15 am to 12:15 pm
Hon. Robert McDowell
Former Commissioner
Federal Communications
Commission
(Invited)
Hon. Michael Copps
Former Acting Chairman
Federal Communications
Commission
Hon. Richard E. Wiley
Former Chairman
Federal Communications
Commission
#MediaImagesMatter The Combined Effects of Traditional and New Media in Perpetuating
Stereotypes of People of Color
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • 4:00 pm to 5:45 pm
Wayne Bennett
Founder and Publisher
The Field Negro
Karla Ballard
Senior Vice President,
TAG Division
Participant Media
Kristal High
Co-Founder and
Editor-in-Chief
Politic365
Kim Keenan
President and CEO
MMTC
Richard Lui
Anchor
MSNBC
Roland Martin
Host, The Roland Martin
Show
TVOne
Leonard E. Burnett, Jr.
Co-CEO, Group Publisher
Uptown Media Group
Digital Media Vanguard
Awardee
Full Summit Agenda*
Wednesday, January 21st
12:00 pm—2:00 pm
Congressional and
Legislative Luncheon
Opportunities to Improve
Diversity and Inclusion in
Multicultural Media and
Telecom Ownership
2:30 pm—3:30 pm
Closing the Tech
Divide: Getting to Equal
in Employment,
Entrepreneurship, and
Opportunity
4:00 pm—5:45 pm
#MediaImagesMatter:
The Combined Effects of
Traditional and New Media
in Perpetuating Stereotypes
of People of Color
6:00 pm—7:30 pm
Next Generation Social
Justice Awards Reception
and Book Signing Featuring
Congressmen James Clyburn
and Charlie Rangel
Thursday, January 22nd
8:00 am—9:45 am
FCC Commissioners’
Breakfast Roundtable
10:00 am—11:00 am
Net Equality:
Achieving Universal
Broadband Access
and Adoption and the
Fight Against Digital
Redlining
11:15 am—12:15 pm
A Conversation with
Former FCC
Commissioners and
Leaders
Updating the Telecom Act to
Promote Minority Ownership
and Consumer Interests
12:30 pm—2:30 pm
Hich Tech Policy and
Awards Luncheon
How to Achieve Equal
Opportunity in Employment and
Entrepreneurship
2:45 pm—3:45 pm
The Pipeline Forum:
The Business Case for
Mentoring, Diversity, and
Inclusion in the Media, High
Tech, and Telecom
Industries
4:00 pm—5:00 pm
From Silicon Harlem
to the Valley:
Co-Working Spaces, and
Other Technology
Innovation Models for
Communities of Color
5:00 pm—6:15 pm
MMTC Board of
Directors and Board of
Advisors Meeting
(Board Members Only)
5:30 pm—8:30 pm
Passing the Baton Awards
Reception
Celebrating the Life’s Work of
David Honig
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Minority Media and Telecommunications Council
3636 16th Street NW, Suite B-366
FCC Commissioners’ Breakfast A Discussion on the Latest Developments in Open Internet, Inmate Phone
Justice, Spectrum Auctions, Minority Business Opportunities, and More
Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Hon. Ajit Pai
Commissioner
Federal Communications
Commission
Hon. Michael O’Rielly
Commissioner
Federal Communications
Commission
Hon. Mignon Clyburn
Commissioner
Federal Communications
Commission
Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel
Commissioner
Federal Communications
Commission
Hon. G.K. Butterfield
Member
U.S. House of
Representatives
Special Remarks
Hon. Deborah Taylor Tate
Former Commissioner FCC
Vice Chair
MMTC Board of Directors
Moderator
Robert J. Folliard
Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel
Gray Television, Inc.
Special Presentation on
MMTC Broadcasting
and Brokerage
From Silicon Harlem to the Valley Innovation Labs Co-Working Spaces, and Other Technology Innovation Models
for Communities of Color
Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Bruce Lincoln
Founder, Silicon Harlem
Founder and Chief Design
Scientist, Urban Cyberspace
Company
Clayton Banks
Founder and Chief Digital
Officer
Silicon Harlem
President and CEO
Ember Media
Rosa Mendoza
Executive Director
Hispanic Technology and
Telecommunications
Partnership
Erin Horne McKinney
Tech & Innovation Sector
Manager
Office of the Deputy Mayor for
Planning and Economic
Development, District of
Columbia
Steven Jumper
Partner and President of
Strategy
Ghost Note
Passing the Baton Reception Celebrating the Life’s Work of David Honig
Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
David Honig
President Emeritus
MMTC
Ralph B. Everett
Member
President and CEO Emeritus
Joint Center for Political and
Economic Studies
Master of Ceremony
Hon. Julia L. Johnson
Chair, MMTC Board of Directors
President, NetCommunications, Inc.
Mistress of Ceremony
Featuring a ROAST of David Honig by Special Celebrity Guests!
Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D.
Vice President and Chief
Research and Policy Officer
MMTC
Navarrow Wright
President and CEO
Close the Divide Project
President and CEO
Maximum Leverage
Solutions
José Antonio
Tijerino
President and CEO
Hispanic Heritage
Foundation
Prerna Lal Schubiner
NAPABA Law Fellow
Asian Americans
Advancing Justice |AAJC