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TUESDAY, APRIL 2nd

6:30 amNational Action Network Membership Reception

Newark Tech Academy, 400 Hawthorne Ave, Newark, NJ 07112

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3rd

8:00 am – 5:00 pmCONVENTION REGISTRATION

Metropolitan Foyer – 2nd Floor

9:30 am – 10:00 amOPENING RIBBON CUTTING with Rev. Al Sharpton, Chairman Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, National Action Network Leadership & Elected Officials

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:00 amPLENARY – *The Honorable Beto O’Rourke, Former U.S. Representative

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:00 amBOOK CONVERSATION – Valerie Jarrett, Former Senior Advisor to President, Obama Administration *Biography available for purchase onsite

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:20 amPLENARY – *Andrew Yang, Entrepreneur & Founder, Venture for America

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:30 amPLENARY – Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General, United States

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:40 amPLENARY – Tom Perez, Chairman, Democratic National Committee (DNC)

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

11:00 amPLENARY – *The Honorable Julián Castro, 16th Secretary,

U.S. Housing and Urban Development

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

11:00 am – 12:30 pmMOTHERS OF THE MOVEMENT

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Opening Remarks:

Benjamin Crump, Esq., Attorney, Ben Crump Law, PLLC

Moderator:

Angela T. Rye, Esq., CEO and Principal, IMPACT Strategies

Panelists:

Gwen Carr, Mother of Eric Garner

Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, Twin Sister of Terrace Crutcher

Allisa Findley, Sister of Botham Jean

Lezley McSpadden, Mother of Michael Brown

Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin

Se’Quette Clark, Mother of Stephon Clark

Benjamin Crump, Esq., Attorney, Ben Crump Law, PLLC

*Gwen Carr will be sign her book “This Stops Today: Eric Garner’s Mother Seeks Justice After Losing Her Son” afterwards.

12:30 pm – 2:00 pmTHE ROLE OF PROGRESSIVE THOUGHT IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Dr. Jamal Watson, Executive Editor, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Panelists:

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University

Dr. Eric Foner, Columbia University

Dr. Christina Greer, Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University

Maya Wiley, Henry Cohen Professor, Senior Vice President for Social Justice, The New School, and MSNBC/NBC Legal Correspondent

Rev. Charles Williams, II, Midwest Regional Director, National Action Network

2:00 pmPLENARY

Empire Ballroom – 2nd Floor

Stacey Abrams, Founder, Fair Fight and Former Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate

2:30 pm – 3:30 pmCONVERSATION & BOOK SIGNING

Empire Ballroom – 2nd Floor

FOUR HUNDRED YEARS LATER: UNDERSTANDING SLAVERY AND FREEDOM THROUGH THE EYES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS

A conversation between Rev. Al Sharpton, Dr. David Blight, Yale Historian and Professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University

*Dr. David Blight will sign his book: Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom afterwards.

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson will sign his book: What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America afterwards.

6:00 pmKEEPER’S OF THE DREAM RECEPTION

7:00 pmKEEPER’S OF THE DREAM DINNER AND PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 4th

8:00 am – 5:00 pmCONVENTION REGISTRATION

Metropolitan Foyer – 2nd Floor

10:00 am – 3:00 pmNAN RESOURCE CENTER

Liberty 1 & 2 – 3rd Floor

10:00 amPLENARY – *The Honorable John Delaney, United States House of Representatives, (MD-6)

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:15 amPLENARY – *The Honorable Pete Buttigieg, Mayor, South Bend, Indiana

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:15 am – 11:45 amINFORMED OPPOSITION: CHALLENGES FOR DIVERSE REPORTING IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Errol Lewis, CNN Contributor, Host, Road to City Hall, NY1 News

and Director, Urban Reporting, City University of New York, Graduate School of Journalism

Panelists:

Midwin Charles, Esq., CNN and MSNBC Legal Analyst, Contributor Essence Magazine

Tiffany Cross, Co-Founder & Managing Editor, The Beat DC

Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Correspondent, and National Reporter, NBC BLK

Chris Hayes, Host of All in with Chris Hayes, MSNBC

Karen Hunter, The Karen Hunter Show, Urban View, Sirius XM Radio

Lawrence O’Donnell, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC

David Wilson, Senior Vice President, BET Digital

11:45 am – 12:30 amMENTAL HEALTH: CONVERSATION & BOOK SIGNING

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Angela T. Rye, Esq., CEO and Principal, IMPACT Strategies

Panelists:

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

Charlamagne tha God, Co-Host, The Breakfast Club and Best-Selling Author

12:30 pm – 2:00 pmPRESENT & ACCOUNTED FOR: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CENSUS 2020

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Joe “The Black Eagle” Madison, Joe Madison Show, SiriusXM

Panelists:

Ashley Allison, Executive Vice President of Campaigns and Programs, The Leadership Conference Education Fund

Melanie Campbell, President and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

and Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable

Alicia Garza, Founder, The Black Census Project and Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter

Marina Jenkins, Litigation Director, National Democratic Redistricting Committee

Julie Menin, Census Director, New York City

and Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel, Strategic Advocacy

Derek Perkinson, NYC Field Director, National Action Network

12:30 pm – 2:30 pmWOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT & NETWORKING LUNCHEON (TICKETED EVENT)

Co–Chairs:

Michelle Ebanks, President, Essence Communications

and Board Member, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

and Board Member, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Tanya Lombard, Head of Multicultural Engagement and Strategic Alliances, AT&T and Board Member, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Host:

Joy-Ann Reid, Host, AM JOY, MSNBC

Honorees:

Kimberly Blackwell, CEO, PMM Agency

Jotaka Eaddy, Vice President of Policy, Strategic Engagement, and Impact, Lend Up

Traci Otey Blunt, SVP Corporate Communication, National Football League

Sarah Glover, President, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

Kelly Price, Award-Winning Recording Artist and Actress

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Actress and Producer

Claire Sulmers, Editor-in-Chief, The Fashion Bomb Daily

Muthoni Wambu Kraal, National Political and Organizing Director, DNC

2:30 pm – 4:00 pmDAUGHTERS OF THE MOVEMENT

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Dominique Sharpton-Bright, Daughter of Rev. Al Sharpton,

and National Director of Membership, National Action Network

Panelists:

Rev. Leah Daughtry, President and CEO, On These Things, LLC

Jennifer Jones Austin, Daughter of Rev. William A. Jones, Jr.

Santita Jackson, Daughter of Rev. Jesse Jackson

Suzanne Kay, Daughter of Dianne Carroll

Stacy Lynch, Daughter of Political Strategist Bill Lynch

Dr. Hasna Muhammad, Daughter of Ossie and Ruby Dee Davis

Ilyasah Shabazz, Daughter of Malcom X and Betty Shabazz

Keisha Sutton James, Granddaughter of Percy Sutton



4:00 pm – 6:30 pmTHE CASE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, (FPWA) and Board Member, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Panelists:

Spencer P. Boyer, Director, Washington Office, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School

Darcel Clark, District Attorney, Bronx County

Scott Hechinger, Senior Staff Attorney,

and Director of Policy, Brooklyn Defender Services

Donna Lieberman, President, NYCLU

Rev. Jonathan Moseley, Western Regional Director, National Action Network

Johnny Perez, Director, U.S. Prison Programs, National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Cy Vance, District Attorney, Manhattan and New York County

7:00 pm – 9:00 pmTRUTH TO POWER REVIVAL

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Bishop Noel Jones, Senior Pastor, City of Refuge Church

FRIDAY, APRIL 5th

7:30 am – 9:00 amCHAPTER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Riverside Ballroom – 3rd Floor

10:00 am – 3:00 pmNATIONAL ACTION NETWORK RESOURCE CENTER

Liberty 1 & 2 – 3rd Floor

9:30 am – 12:00 pmTHE FUTURE OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Dr. Jamal Watson, Executive Editor, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Panelists:

Dr. Roslyn Artis, President, Benedict College

Dr. Herman Felton, Jr., President, Wiley College

Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, President, Howard University

Mary-Pat Hector, Student, Spelman College

Dr. David Wilson, President, Morgan State University

The Honorable Frederica Wilson, U.S. House of Representatives, (FL-24)

Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, President, Bennett College

9:45 amPLENARY – *The Honorable Kamala Harris, U.S. Senate, California

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:00 amPLENARY – *The Honorable John Hickenlooper, Governor, Colorado

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:15 amPLENARY – The Honorable Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senate, Ohio

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:30 amPLENARY – The Honorable Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. House of Representative (NY-14)

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

10:45 amPLENARY – *The Honorable Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

11:00 amPLENARY – *The Honorable Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senate, Vermont

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

11:15 am – 12:45 pmDRIVING INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES: HOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN HELP REALIZE A PUBLIC GOOD PRESENTED BY MASTERCARD

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Jeff Johnson, Principal and Chief of Strategy, JIJ Communications

Panelists:

Nichole Francis Reynolds, Vice President, Public Policy, US Markets, Mastercard

Chanelle Hardy, Policy Partnerships and Strategic Outreach, Google

Janaye Ingram, Director, National Partnerships, Airbnb

Sekou Kaalund, Managing Director, Head Advancing Black Pathways, JPMorgan Chase

The Honorable Melvin Carter, Mayor, St. Paul, Minnesota

Arturo Franco, Vice President, Insight, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard

John Hudson, EVP, Chief External and Public Affairs Officer,

and President, Southern Company Gas Foundation

The Honorable Greg Meeks, U.S. House of Representatives, (NY-5)

12:00 pm – 2:00 pmREVEREND DR. WILLIAM A. JONES MEMORIAL LUNCHEON (TICKETED EVENT)

Metropolitan West – 2nd Floor

Speakers:

*The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senate, Minnesota

*The Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senate, New York

*The Honorable Cory Booker, U.S. Senate, New Jersey

The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senate Minority Leader

The Honorable Frederica Wilson, U.S. House of Representatives, (FL-24)

Honorees:

Dr. Adolphus C. Lacey, Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY

Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr., Senior Bishop, AME Church

Mobilizing Preachers and Communities (MPAC)

12:00 pm – 2:00 pmTHE BLACK ECONOMIC AGENDA: DRIVING CAPITAL INTO THE HANDS OF BLACK ASSET MANAGERS AND HOUSING DEVELOPERS

Central Park West – 2nd Floor

Opening Remarks:

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

Moderator:

Robert Raben, Founder and President, The Raben Group

Panelists:

The Honorable Thomas P. DiNapoli, Comptroller, New York State

Craig Livingston, Managing Partner, Exact Capital

Tracy Maitland, President and Chief Investment Officer, Advent Capital Management

Gabriel Maldanado, Board Member, AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Robert F. Smith, Chairman, Vista Equity Partners

Roy Swan, Director, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

The Honorable Scott M. Stringer, Comptroller, New York City

William Thompson, Jr., CEO & Partner, Seibert Cisneros Shank, and Former Comptroller, NYC

2:15 pmPLENARY – *The Honorable Cory Booker, U.S. Senate, New Jersey

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

2:30 pm – 4:00 pmTHE BLACK CHURCH: 2020 VOTER PROTECTION AND MOBILIZATION

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Opening Remarks:

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Moderator:

Rev. Nelson Rivers, III, Vice President, Religious Affairs

and External Relations, National Action Network

Panelists:

Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder, The Collective PAC

Dr. Adolphus Lacey, Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY

Bishop Frank Madison Reid, III, Presiding Bishop, 3rd Episcopal District AME Church

Dr. Yolanda Pierce, Dean, School of Divinity, Howard University

Bishop Dennis V. Proctor, Presiding Bishop, North Eastern District, AME Zion Church

Rev. Don Tolliver, Vice President, NAN Tallahassee, FL Chapter

Bishop James B. Walker, Presiding Bishop, New York 7th District, AME Church

2:30 pmPLENARY – The Honorable Lucy McBath, U.S. House of Representatives, (GA-06)

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

2:30 pm – 4:00 pmBLACKS IN BLUE: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM SLAVE PATROLS TO LEADERS IN 21ST CENTURY POLICE REFORM

Location: TBA

Opening Remarks:

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network

Moderator:

The Honorable Kendrick Meeks, Former U.S. House Representative, (FL-17)

Panelists:

Ret. Major Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Action Partnership

Chief Vera Bumpers, President, NOBLE

Chief John I. Dixon, Past President, NOBLE

Commissioner Jiles H. Ship, New Jersey Police Training Commission

3:00 pm – 4:30 pmBIG DATA X SOCIAL JUSTICE: CONSUMER PRIVACY AND THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

Central Park West – 2nd Floor

Opening Remarks:

The Honorable Eric Swalwell, United States House of Representatives, (CA-15)

Moderator:

William Allen, MPA, Director, National Crisis & Services, National Action Network

Panelists:

Khaliah Barnes, Privacy and Public Policy Manager, Facebook

Kimberlyn Carter, Secretary, NAN Macon, GA Chapter

Don Cravins, Vice President, Policy and External Affairs, Charter

Donna Epps, Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Strategic Alliances, Verizon

Deborah Lathen, President, Lathen Consulting LLC; Former Chief, FCC Cable Services

Bureau and Member, MMTC Board of Directors

Yvette Pugh, Director, Federal Affairs, AT&T

3:00 pmPLENARY – *The Honorable Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senate, Oregon

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

3:00 pm – 4:30 pmFROM JAIL TO WORK

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

The Honorable Ras Baraka, Mayor, Newark, NJ

Panelists:

The Honorable Frank Gilliam, Mayor, Atlantic City, NJ

The Honorable Ted R. Green, Mayor, East Orange, NJ

The Honorable Adrian Mapp, Mayor, Plainfield, NJ

The Honorable Frank Minor, Mayor, Logan Township, NJ

The Honorable Tony Vauss, Mayor, Irvington, NJ

The Honorable Dwayne Warren, Mayor, Orange, NJ

3:00 pm – 4:30 pmBLACKFACE IN FASHION?

Empire West – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Bevy Smith, Host, Sirius XM’s “Bevelations”, and Contributor, Page Six TV

Panelists:

Jay Alexander Martin, Co-Founder, FUBU

Shanny Herrera, Executive Director, NAN Bronx Chapter

Ty Hunter, Celebrity Stylist

Vedeta Hanley, Designer, V. Hanley Collections

Claire Sulmers, Founder, The Fashion Bomb Daily

3:30 pm – 7:30 pmYOUTH HACKATHON & TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION

Liberty 3 – 3rd Floor

7:00 pmPLENARY – The Honorable Jim Clyburn, Majority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives, (SC-6)

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

7:00pm – 9:00pmTRUTH TO POWER REVIVAL AND CONCERT

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Bishop Marvin Sapp, Gospel Music Artist; Pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church, and Board Member, National Board of Directors, National Action Network

Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson, Gospel Artist

SATURDAY, APRIL 6th

8:00 am – 5:00 pmCONVENTION REGISTRATION

Metropolitan Foyer – 2nd Floor

10:00 amPLENARY

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Van Jones, CEO, REFORM, Political Contributor, and Host, The Van Jones Show, CNN

10:00am – 12:00pmMEASURING THE MOVEMENT

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Discussion Leader:

Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network

Leaders:

Kristen Clarke, President & CEO, Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights Under the Law Vanita Gupta, President & CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Janice Mathis, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

Marc Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League

Janice Mathis, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

12:00 pmOPENING RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND YOUTH DAY AWARDS

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Honorees:

Chanel Taylor, NAN Detroit

Elijah Coles, NAN Virginia

1:00 pmWHOLE FOOD JUSTICE

Empire East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Dimonique Johnson, President, NAN Youth Huddle

Panelists:

Dr. Joel Berg, Hungry Free America

Cheryl Clemeny, ECO City Farms

Sammie Paul, MEANS Database

Malaysia Freeman, Vice President, NAN Youth Huddle

Kayla Kennard, Vice President, NAN YouthMove Detroit

Melony Sammuels, The Campaign Against Hunger

Mary Travis, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the City of New York

1:00 pm – 2:00 pmGUN TALK: PEACE, POLICY, PROTECTION

Empire West – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Michael A. Hardy, Esq., Executive Vice President & General Counsel, National Action Network

Panelists:

The Honorable Brian Benjamin, State Senator, New York

The Honorable Jumaane Williams, Public Advocate, New York City

Monique Chandler-Waterman, Anti-Violence Advocate,

and Founder, East Flatbush Village, Inc.

Darcel Clarke, District Attorney, Bronx, NY

Luis Fernandez, Activist, Youth Over Guns

Rev. Stephen Green, Activist, and Pastor, Heard AME Church, Roselle, NJ

2:00 pm – 3:00 pmDISMANTLING INJUSTICE & CHALLENGING INCARCERATION

Empire East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Victor Pate, President, NAN Second Chance Committee

Co-Moderator:

Dr. Vanda Seward, Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, Kingsborough Community College

Panelists:

Donna Hylton, Director, The Women and Girls Project,

Katal Center for Health Equality and Justice

Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin, Chief of Housing Community Activities, NYCHA

Jen Lackard, Founder, Chief Strategist, Re-Entry Link, Publisher, The Reentry Chronicle,

and President, Station of Hope Prison Ministry, Grace Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, NY

Marvin Mayfield, #FREEnewyork, Campaign Director, JustleadershipUSA

Tyrrell Muhammad, Monitoring Associate Prison Visiting Project,

Correctional Association of NY

Mark Shervington, Community Organizer, Release Aging People in Prison

3:00 pm – 4:30 pmYOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK BUSINESS LEADERS:

DISCUSSING YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP TODAY

Empire West – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Shawn Swinton, NAN YouthMove, South Carolina

Panelists:

Anthony Anderson, Co-Founder, Brown Boys Lemonade

Jae’den Anderson, Co-Founder, Brown Boys Lemonade

David Carter, NAN YouthMove, Baltimore, MD

Tia Crump, Director, Youth Entrepreneur Institute

Zandra Cunningham, Founder, Zandra Beauty

Malaysia Freeman, Representative, NAN Youth Huddle

Barbara Heisler, Executive Director, Glass Root

Laurianne Lumsby, Representative, NAN, Youth Huddle

Amadeus Thompson, CEO, Platinum Boy

Mason Wright, Founder, Masons Super Dogs

2:00 pm – 3:30 pmGREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS

Empire East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Tylik McMillan, South East Director, YouthMove

Panelists:

Kevin Bennet, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.

Deborah Catchings-Smith, International President, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Christine Dudley, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.

Donna P. Edwards, Former U.S. Representative, (MD-4),

and Representative, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Kai Liburd, Representative, NAN Youth Huddle

Chris Rey, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Kyra Stephenson-Valley, Cessation Director, National Action Network

Henry Stewart, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

4:00 pm – 5:00 pmAFROPUNK: SOLUTION SESSION

Empire East – 2nd Floor

Moderator:

Bridget Todd, AFROPUNK

Panelists:

David Carter, President, NAN YouthMove, Baltimore

Jason Gaines, Area Manager, National Public Affairs, AT&T

DeNora Getachew, Executive Director, Generation Citizen

Gennette Gordova, Contributor, Huffington Post

Mary Pat Hector, National Youth Director, National Action Network

Dometi Pongo, Host, MTV NEWS

Christian Taylor, Entrepreneur, CT3 Strategies

3:30 pm – 7:30 pmYouth Hackathon & Technology Competition

Liberty 3 – 3rd Floor

6:00 pm – 8:00 pmARTIVISM 2019 FASHION SHOW POWERED BY SHARPTON ENTERTAINMENT

Metropolitan East – 2nd Floor

Co-Hosted by:

Rahmeka Cox, Miss NY 2018

T’yanna Wallace, Boutique Owner and Daughter, Biggie Smalls

Lighthouse Honoree:

DeVon Franklin, Franklin Entertainment

*Declared 2020 Presidential Candidates