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Friday, September 25

12:00 Noon
Sisterhood Luncheon
Harvard Faculty Club

Hosted by the Association of Black Harvard Women
Honoree: E. Denise Simmons KSGEE ’00

Brotherhood Luncheon
Harvard Faculty Club

Hosted by the Harvard Black Men's Forum
Honoree: Lewis P. Jones III AB ’74


2:30 PM
African American Art at the Harvard Art Museum
Sackler Museum (tour and refreshments)


5:00 PM
Undergraduate Flashback: Dinner in the Houses
Leverett, Quincy, Winthrop


7:00 PM
Opening Reception
Science Center

Welcome:
Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland AB '76, MBA '79
President of the Harvard Alumni Association

John P. Reardon, Jr.
Executive Director of the Harvard Alumni
Association and Associate Vice President
for University Relations


8:30 PM
Film Festival
Science Center
(Please select one)
>> Good Hair
Executive produced by Chris Rock and
Nelson George

>> Passing Strange
Executive Produced and directed by Spike Lee

>> A collection of short films

Saturday, September 26

8:30 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Memorial Hall


9:30 AM
Welcome and Remarks
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall

Welcome: Evelynn M. Hammonds
Dean of Harvard College and Barbara Gutmann
Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science
and of African and African American Studies

Remarks: Drew Gilpin Faust
President and Lincoln Professor of History


10:30 AM
Turning Excellence Into Action:
Harvard as an Agent of Change
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall

Moderator: Suzanne M. Malveaux AB '89


12:15 PM
Lunch
Harvard Faculty Club


1:30 PM
First Concurrent Discussions
Science Center
(Please select one)
>> Arts and Civic Engagement:
The Social Responsibility of the Artist

Moderator: Sarah E. Lewis AB '01

>> Ethics in Healthcare:
Facing Twenty-First Century Challenges

Moderator: Trevor S. Sutton AB '86

>> Managing the Cycle:
Empowering Your Career Throughout Times of Change

Moderator: Ronald P. Mitchell AB '92,
MBA '97

>> The Economic Crisis:
The Legal Fight for a Just Recovery

Moderator: Timothy A. Wilkins AB '86,
MBA '91, JD '93


3:00 PM
Second Concurrent Discussions
Science Center
(Please select one)
>> Reinventing the Wheel:
Market Trends, New Policies and Shifting Opportunities

Moderator: Carla A. Harris AB '84, MBA '87

>> Our Next Stuggle:
Gay Rights as Civil Rights

Moderator: Gail A. Burton AB '86

>> Philanthropy in the New Economy:
Prospects, Challenges, and Successes

Moderator: Danice L. Woodley AB '00,
JD '05

>> The Black Image:
Fairness and Accountability in the Digital Age

Moderator: Reginald A. Hudlin AB '83


6:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
* Shuttle service will be provided to and from campus.


7:30 PM
Gala Dinner
Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers

Invocation: Reverend Elizabeth A. Walker MDV ’05

Keynote Address: James E. Johnson AB '83, JD '86

Special Tribute: Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher, Jr. AB '87


Sunday, September 27

10:00 AM
Brunch
Annenberg Hall
Memorial Hall, First Floor

Invocation By Reverend Alexander D. Hurt MTS '96, HDS '03

Performance by the Kuumba Singers
of Harvard College