2019 Black Male Summit Agenda
Friday, April 12, 2019 - John S. Knight Center
8:00am – 9:00am | Registration (Coffee & Tea)
9:30am – 10:30am | Goodyear A&B - Opening Keynote - Brian Heat
10:45am – 11:30am | Concurrent 1
Delila Owens, Eman Tadros- Career and College Readiness
Harvey S. Firestone
Rodney Dennis-Barbershop Talk
OMNOVA Solutions
Randall Hall- Black Med of Faith: How your Faith Identifies You
Bridgestone/Firestone
Kevin Houchins- Putting the Student back in the Athlete
Karl S. Hay
Larry Johnson- Calling Your Beast: Learning to Attack Life
Foundations
11:45am – 1:30pm | Luncheon – Shaun King
2:00pm – 2:45pm | Concurrent 2
3:00pm – 3:45pm | Concurrent 3
Eman Tadros - Counseling Black Males Through a Multicultural and Incarcerated Informed lens
Harvey S. Firestone
Rodney Dennis- Barbershop Talk
OMNOVA Solutions
(Educator Panel)- Urban STEM center: Black Men in Teaching: Why So Few?
B.F. Goodrich
Darrell Gray, II, Joshua Joseph- Improving the Narrative, Recruitment and Retention of Black Men in Medicine
Bridgestone/Firestone
Julius Payne- Masculinity in the Media: Redefining Manhood
Karl S. Hay
Jarrett Pratt- How to Make Seeds Grow in the Dark
Foundations
John Queener, Bridgie Ford- Culturally Relevant Mentoring Program
Harvey S. Firestone
Rodney Dennis- Barbershop Talk
OMNOVA Solutions
Baron Rogers- A Black Masculinity Measure- Structures and Components in Identity
B.F. Goodrich
Devonte Wilson, Kevin Pajaro- Know Yourself, Know Your Worth
Karl S. Hay
Baomei Zhao- Establish a Decision Model: Money, Time and Health
Foundations
4:00pm – 5:00pm | Goodyear A&B - Closing Keynote - Dr. David Anderson
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 - The University of Akron, Student Union
8:30am – 9:00am | Check in & Breakfast
9:15am – 10:15am | Opening Plenary – Student Union Theatre-Devin T. Robinson X Egypt
10:30am- 11:15am | Concurrent 4
LaToya Logan- Working with Black Males: Treating Trauma, Aggression and Apathy
Student Union 310
Vince Giles- The Mis(sed) Education of Hip-Hop
Student Union 312
Antwan Perry- No More Deficit Talk: Black Male Student Success in Higher Education
Student Union 314
Egypt Robinson- Recreating Black Wall Street
Student Union Theatre
11:30am - 12:45pm | Closing Keynote- Jason Mayden