The State of Black Men In America - Six Faces of Being a Black Man 2007

The State of Black Men in America initiative was founded by the Princeton University Black Men's Awareness Group in 2005. The initiative provides the foundation for the annual State of Black Men in America conference. Open to all college students and also the public, the conferences will benefit attendees regardless of gender, race, age or sexual orientation.

Through an interdisciplinary approach we intend to explore the social, economic, political and personal pressures and responsibilities that face today’s black man in America. Our mission is to motivate each conference participants to transcend the ordinary by challenging their preconceived notions and ideas. The ideological and economic diversity that will be featured at our conferences guarantees both lively debate and increased awareness about the status of black men in America. It is our hope that the our conferences will provide a glimpse into what it means to be a black male in America.

8:00 am Registration and Breakfast

(Multipurpose Room Lobby, Frist Campus Center)

9:30 am Welcome Ceremony

(Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall)

Introduction: Chris Chaney, Princeton University Class of 2007

Performance: Adrienne Simpson , Princeton University Class of 2008 and Cordaro Rodriguez, Princeton University Class of 2008

Keynote Speaker Introduction: Osei Kwakye, Princeton University Class of 2009

Keynote Address: Herb Boyd, Author and Activist

Remarks: Garrett Brown, Princeton University Class of 2009

10:30 am Panel 1 - Black Male Professionals, Compromising Identity for Success

(Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)

Moderator: Kenneth Armwood, Councilman-At-Large, Pisacataway, NJ

Alex Askew, Founder and President, Black Culinarian Association

Doreen E. Loury, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and Director Equal Education Opportunity Program, Arcadia University

Patrick M. Oliver, Founder, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series and Co-Founder, Black Male Development Symposium

Mary Pattillo, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies and Chair, Sociology Department, Northwestern University

Sheron Smith, Founder and President, Good Tree Media, and Mother and Manager, Mos Def

Howard White, Vice President, The Jordan Brand

10:30 am Panel 2 – Black Men and Mental Health

(Room 46, McCosh Hall)

Moderator: James Peterson, Assistant Professor of English, The Pennsylvania State University at Abington, and Founder, Hip Hop Scholars, LLC

K. Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

Shawn M. Bediako, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Kimani Hymie Davis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Transform Consultants

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University

Harvey C. Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government, Harvard University

12:15 pm Luncheon

(Multipurpose Room, Frist Campus Center)

1:30 pm
Panel 3 – Religion in Black Male America

(Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)

Moderator: Deborah K. Blanks, Associate Dean, Office of the Dean of Religious Life, Princeton University

Rickey Hicks, Pastor, Rufus K. Young A.M.E. Church

Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

Byron E. Price, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Rutgers University at Newark, and Editor-in Chief, The Journal of Public Management and Social Policy

Carolyn M. Rouse, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University

Jonathan L. Walton, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of California at Riverside

1:30 pm Panel 4 – Black Men and Sexual Health

(Room 46, McCosh Hall)

Moderator: Daphne A. Brooks, Associate Professor of English and Samuel Davies Presidential University Preceptor, Princeton University

William Jelani Cobb, Assistant Professor of History, Spelman College

JL King, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Lillie Mae King Foundation and Founder, JL King Young Minority Authors Institute

Samuel Roberts, Assistant Professor of History and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University

Tricia Rose, Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University

1:30 pm Panel 5A – Black Men and the Urban Education System

(Room 28, McCosh Hall)

Moderator: Christopher T. Fisher, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and History, The College of New Jersey

William B. Allen, Visiting Fellow, James Madison Program, Princeton University

Tyrone Bledsoe, Founder and Executive Director, Student African American Brotherhood Organization

Brenda M. Greene, Professor of English and Director, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York

Marc Lamont Hill, Assistant Professor of Urban Education and American Studies, Temple University

Thabiti Lewis, Associate Professor of English, Willamette University

Salome Thomas-EL, Principal, Russell Byers Public Charter School

3:15pm Panel 5B – Black Men and the Urban Education System

(Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)

Moderator: Josef Sorett, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

Ras Baraka, Principal, Hawthorne Avenue School

Mister Mann Frisby, One of Ebony's “30 Leaders of the Future” and Founder, PhatBack Athletics

Marybeth Gasman, Assistant Professor of Higher Education Policy, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Shaun R. Harper, Assistant Professor and Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University

Tim King, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men

3:15pm Panel 6 – The Black Nuclear Family, Black Men as Family Men

(Room 46, McCosh Hall)

Moderator: Chad D. Lassiter, Social Worker and Behavioral Interventionist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Steve Birdine, President and Chief Executive Officer, Affirmation In Action

Farrah Gray, Founder, Farrah Gray Foundation

John H. McWhorter, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Imani Perry, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University at Camden

Glenn Toby, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Glenn Toby Enterprises, Inc.

Roland C. Warren, President, National Fatherhood Initiative

5:00pm Closing Town Hall Meeting

(Room 10, McCosh Hall)

Moderated by Bakari Kitwana, Co-Founder, National Hip-Hop Political Convention and Former Executive Editor, The Source

6:00pm Closing Reception featuring live jazz with the Irwin Hall Collective

(Multipurpose Room, Frist Campus Center)

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8:00 am	Registration and Breakfast
	(Multipurpose Room Lobby, Frist Campus Center)


9:30 am	Welcome Ceremony
	(Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall)
	Introduction: Chris Chaney, Princeton University Class of 2007
	Performance: Adrienne Simpson , Princeton University Class of 2008 and Cordaro Rodriguez, Princeton University Class of 2008
	Keynote Speaker Introduction: Osei Kwakye, Princeton University Class of 2009
	Keynote Address: Herb Boyd, Author and Activist
	Remarks: Garrett Brown, Princeton University Class of 2009


10:30 am	Panel 1 - Black Male Professionals, Compromising Identity for Success
	(Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)
	Moderator: Kenneth Armwood, Councilman-At-Large, Pisacataway, NJ
	Alex Askew, Founder and President, Black Culinarian Association
	Doreen E. Loury, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and Director Equal Education Opportunity Program, Arcadia University
	Patrick M. Oliver, Founder, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series and Co-Founder, Black Male Development Symposium
	Mary Pattillo, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies and Chair, Sociology Department, Northwestern University
	Sheron Smith, Founder and President, Good Tree Media, and Mother and Manager, Mos Def
	Howard White, Vice President, The Jordan Brand

10:30 am	Panel 2 – Black Men and Mental Health
	(Room 46, McCosh Hall)
	Moderator: James Peterson, Assistant Professor of English, The Pennsylvania State University at Abington, and Founder, Hip Hop Scholars, LLC
	K. Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
	Shawn M. Bediako, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
	Kimani Hymie Davis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Transform Consultants
	Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
	Harvey C. Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government, Harvard University


12:15 pm	Luncheon
	(Multipurpose Room, Frist Campus Center)


1:30 pm	Panel 3 – Religion in Black Male America
	(Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)
	Moderator: Deborah K. Blanks, Associate Dean, Office of the Dean of Religious Life, Princeton University
	Rickey Hicks, Pastor, Rufus K. Young A.M.E. Church
	Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
	Byron E. Price, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Rutgers University at Newark, and Editor-in Chief, The Journal of Public Management and Social Policy
	Carolyn M. Rouse, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University
	Jonathan L. Walton, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of California at Riverside

1:30 pm	Panel 4 – Black Men and Sexual Health
	(Room 46, McCosh Hall)
	Moderator: Daphne A. Brooks, Associate Professor of English and Samuel Davies Presidential University Preceptor, Princeton University
	William Jelani Cobb, Assistant Professor of History, Spelman College
	JL King, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Lillie Mae King Foundation and Founder, JL King Young Minority Authors Institute
	Samuel Roberts, Assistant Professor of History and Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
	Tricia Rose, Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University

1:30 pm	Panel 5A – Black Men and the Urban Education System
	(Room 28, McCosh Hall)
	Moderator: Christopher T. Fisher, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and History, The College of New Jersey
	William B. Allen, Visiting Fellow, James Madison Program, Princeton University
	Tyrone Bledsoe, Founder and Executive Director, Student African American Brotherhood Organization
	Brenda M. Greene, Professor of English and Director, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York
	Marc Lamont Hill, Assistant Professor of Urban Education and American Studies, Temple University
	Thabiti Lewis, Associate Professor of English, Willamette University
	Salome Thomas-EL, Principal, Russell Byers Public Charter School


3:15pm	Panel 5B – Black Men and the Urban Education System
	(Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)
	Moderator: Josef Sorett, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
	Ras Baraka, Principal, Hawthorne Avenue School
	Mister Mann Frisby, One of Ebony's “30 Leaders of the Future” and Founder, PhatBack Athletics
	Marybeth Gasman, Assistant Professor of Higher Education Policy, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
	Shaun R. Harper, Assistant Professor and Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University
	Tim King, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men

3:15pm	Panel 6 – The Black Nuclear Family, Black Men as Family Men
	(Room 46, McCosh Hall)
	Moderator: Chad D. Lassiter, Social Worker and Behavioral Interventionist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
	Steve Birdine, President and Chief Executive Officer, Affirmation In Action
	Farrah Gray, Founder, Farrah Gray Foundation
	John H. McWhorter, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
	Imani Perry, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University at Camden
	Glenn Toby, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Glenn Toby Enterprises, Inc.
	Roland C. Warren, President, National Fatherhood Initiative


5:00pm	Closing Town Hall Meeting
	(Room 10, McCosh Hall)
	Moderated by Bakari Kitwana, Co-Founder, National Hip-Hop Political Convention and Former Executive Editor, The Source


6:00pm	Closing Reception featuring live jazz with the Irwin Hall Collective
	(Multipurpose Room, Frist Campus Center)