Keynote speakers
Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr.
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr., President Barack Obama minister for more than 20 years, is a man of faith, a homiletic genius, a theological scholar and a pastor’s pastor. As senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois he made Trinity a model for the Black Church. It was one of the most politically active and socially conscious churches in the nation....Read more
Professor Sonia Sanchez
Sanchez has taught as a professor at eight universities and has lectured at over 500 college campuses across the US, including Howard University. She advocated the introduction of Black Studies courses in California. Sanchez was the first to create and teach a course based on Black Women and literature in the United States. Sanchez was the first Presidential Fellow at Temple University where she began working in 1977, where she held the Laura Carnell chair until her retirement in 1999....Read more
Dr. Greg Carr
Greg Carr is an Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies at Howard University. Dr. Carr received his B.S. from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee; his J.D. and M.A. (Black Studies) from The Ohio State University; and his Ph.D. (African-American Studies) from Temple University. Prior to coming to Howard, he served as the School District of Philadelphia's Program Specialist on Race and Culture, where he helped develop the district's nationally-recognized Philadelphia Freedom Schools leadership initiative....Read more
Dr. David A. Padgett
Dr. David A. Padgett is an Associate Professor of Geography, and Director of the Geographic Information Sciences (GISc) Laboratory at Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville, Tennessee. He is currently in the process of building a Geography/ Environmental Justice curriculum with a strong emphasis upon service learning. ...Read more