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BBSJ Summit Features Book Signing with

Congressman James Clyburn

and Roast of David Honig .

Today is the LAST DAY TO REGISTER ONLINE for MMTC’s Broadband and

Social Justice Summit! .

We’ve added more speakers! Scroll down for details on some of our panels and

speakers, as well as a full agenda!*

ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY at 10 PM!

Social Justice Awards Reception and Book Signing

Featuring House Assistant Leader James Clyburn With Special Remarks by Rep. Charles B. Rangel

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Jason Lagria

Special Assistant, U.S.

Commission on Civil Rights

[For identification purposes

only]

Digital Media Social Justice

Awardee

Martin J. Chavez

Senior Advisor

HTTP

Digital Media Social

Justice Awardee

Joycelyn James

Tech & Innovation Sector

Analyst

Office of the Deputy Mayor

Extraordinary Service

Awardee

Debra Berlyn

Executive Director

Project GOAL

Digital Media Social

Justice Awardee

Lyle “Butch” Wing

Executive Director

Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Silicon Valley Project

Digital Media Social Justice

Awardee

Hon. Charles B. Rangel

Member

U.S. House of Representatives

Keith Clinkscales

CEO

Revolt Media & TV

Digital Media Vanguard

Awardee

Hon. James E. Clyburn

Assistant Leader

U.S. House of Representatives

A Conversation with Former FCC Commissioners and

Leaders Updating the Telecom Act to Promote Minority Ownership and Consumer

Interests

Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 11:15 am to 12:15 pm

Hon. Robert McDowell

Former Commissioner

Federal Communications

Commission

(Invited)

Hon. Michael Copps

Former Acting Chairman

Federal Communications

Commission

Hon. Richard E. Wiley

Former Chairman

Federal Communications

Commission

#MediaImagesMatter The Combined Effects of Traditional and New Media in Perpetuating

Stereotypes of People of Color

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • 4:00 pm to 5:45 pm

Wayne Bennett

Founder and Publisher

The Field Negro

Karla Ballard

Senior Vice President,

TAG Division

Participant Media

Kristal High

Co-Founder and

Editor-in-Chief

Politic365

Kim Keenan

President and CEO

MMTC

Richard Lui

Anchor

MSNBC

Roland Martin

Host, The Roland Martin

Show

TVOne

Leonard E. Burnett, Jr.

Co-CEO, Group Publisher

Uptown Media Group

Digital Media Vanguard

Awardee

Full Summit Agenda*

Wednesday, January 21st

12:00 pm—2:00 pm

Congressional and

Legislative Luncheon

Opportunities to Improve

Diversity and Inclusion in

Multicultural Media and

Telecom Ownership

2:30 pm—3:30 pm

Closing the Tech

Divide: Getting to Equal

in Employment,

Entrepreneurship, and

Opportunity

4:00 pm—5:45 pm

#MediaImagesMatter:

The Combined Effects of

Traditional and New Media

in Perpetuating Stereotypes

of People of Color

6:00 pm—7:30 pm

Next Generation Social

Justice Awards Reception

and Book Signing Featuring

Congressmen James Clyburn

and Charlie Rangel

Thursday, January 22nd

8:00 am—9:45 am

FCC Commissioners’

Breakfast Roundtable

10:00 am—11:00 am

Net Equality:

Achieving Universal

Broadband Access

and Adoption and the

Fight Against Digital

Redlining

11:15 am—12:15 pm

A Conversation with

Former FCC

Commissioners and

Leaders

Updating the Telecom Act to

Promote Minority Ownership

and Consumer Interests

12:30 pm—2:30 pm

Hich Tech Policy and

Awards Luncheon

How to Achieve Equal

Opportunity in Employment and

Entrepreneurship

2:45 pm—3:45 pm

The Pipeline Forum:

The Business Case for

Mentoring, Diversity, and

Inclusion in the Media, High

Tech, and Telecom

Industries

4:00 pm—5:00 pm

From Silicon Harlem

to the Valley:

Co-Working Spaces, and

Other Technology

Innovation Models for

Communities of Color

5:00 pm—6:15 pm

MMTC Board of

Directors and Board of

Advisors Meeting

(Board Members Only)

5:30 pm—8:30 pm

Passing the Baton Awards

Reception

Celebrating the Life’s Work of

David Honig

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Minority Media and Telecommunications Council

3636 16th Street NW, Suite B-366

FCC Commissioners’ Breakfast A Discussion on the Latest Developments in Open Internet, Inmate Phone

Justice, Spectrum Auctions, Minority Business Opportunities, and More

Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 8:00 am to 9:30 am

Hon. Ajit Pai

Commissioner

Federal Communications

Commission

Hon. Michael O’Rielly

Commissioner

Federal Communications

Commission

Hon. Mignon Clyburn

Commissioner

Federal Communications

Commission

Hon. Jessica Rosenworcel

Commissioner

Federal Communications

Commission

Hon. G.K. Butterfield

Member

U.S. House of

Representatives

Special Remarks

Hon. Deborah Taylor Tate

Former Commissioner FCC

Vice Chair

MMTC Board of Directors

Moderator

Robert J. Folliard

Vice President and

Deputy General Counsel

Gray Television, Inc.

Special Presentation on

MMTC Broadcasting

and Brokerage

From Silicon Harlem to the Valley Innovation Labs Co-Working Spaces, and Other Technology Innovation Models

for Communities of Color

Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Bruce Lincoln

Founder, Silicon Harlem

Founder and Chief Design

Scientist, Urban Cyberspace

Company

Clayton Banks

Founder and Chief Digital

Officer

Silicon Harlem

President and CEO

Ember Media

Rosa Mendoza

Executive Director

Hispanic Technology and

Telecommunications

Partnership

Erin Horne McKinney

Tech & Innovation Sector

Manager

Office of the Deputy Mayor for

Planning and Economic

Development, District of

Columbia

Steven Jumper

Partner and President of

Strategy

Ghost Note

Passing the Baton Reception Celebrating the Life’s Work of David Honig

Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

David Honig

President Emeritus

MMTC

Ralph B. Everett

Member

President and CEO Emeritus

Joint Center for Political and

Economic Studies

Master of Ceremony

Hon. Julia L. Johnson

Chair, MMTC Board of Directors

President, NetCommunications, Inc.

Mistress of Ceremony

Featuring a ROAST of David Honig by Special Celebrity Guests!

Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D.

Vice President and Chief

Research and Policy Officer

MMTC

Navarrow Wright

President and CEO

Close the Divide Project

President and CEO

Maximum Leverage

Solutions

José Antonio

Tijerino

President and CEO

Hispanic Heritage

Foundation

Prerna Lal Schubiner

NAPABA Law Fellow

Asian Americans

Advancing Justice |AAJC