Holistically Addressing The Contemporary Young Urban Male
No doubt, urban males are the lowest and most traumatized students in the country. We must address such plights with culturally responsive and innovative interventions. The Sons of Thunder Coalition's Conference will teach upon the solutions.
Michael Copeland
MICHAEL COPELAND
- Founder and CEO of Sons of Thunder Coalition
- Co-Author of "Oh What a Move! (Profiles of Hartford Basketball Players 1954 - 1984)"
- Welcome and Closing Addresses
- Panel Discussion Facilitator
Sadiq Ali
SADIQ ALI
- All-Male Pedagogical Initiatives Specialist
- Author of "Benjamin E. Mays Institute: Educating Young Black Males"
- Keynote speaker: "Contemporary Ideologies in Educating Young Black Males"
- Closing Analyses and Projections
Saturday, March 30, 2019
8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
1101 Kennedy Road
Windsor, CT 06095
DR. DARYL ROCK
- Math Professor of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York and Public Schools Intervention Specialist
- Mathematics' Impact in the Contemporary Global Economy
- Cultivating Young Black Male Scholars
Tammy Millsaps
TAMMY MILLSAPS
- Director of College Admission, College Counselor and Basketball Coach of Capital Preparatory Magnet School of Hartford, Connecticut Public Schools
- Athletics Eligibility and Recruitment
- Panelist: Academics Must be Joined at the Hip with Athletics
DR. CHARLES GROCE
- Retired Administrator of Hartford, Connecticut Public Schools and Pyschology Professor of Capital Community College
- Suicide Is On The Rise Among Young Black Males
- Disconnection Between Thriving Blacks and Young Black Males
Dr. Randy Potts
DR. RANDY POTTS
- Clinical Psychologist and Professor of the University of Memphis (Tennessee) Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research
- Young Black Males Must Pay Homage to the Black Community
- Trauma and the Black Community
Dr. James Thompson
DR. JAMES THOMPSON
- Superintendent of Schools of Bloomfield, Connecticut Public Schools
- Significance of Mentorship
DR. JOSEPH COOPER
- Assistant Professor of the Department of Educational Leadership and Athletics Academic Adviser of University of Connecticut
- Advisory for Black Athletes
Doug McCrory
DOUG MCCRORY
- Administrator of the Capital Regional Education Council and Connecticut State Senator
- The Black Community Must Support Its Young Males
Abdul Rahmaanibn Muhammad
ABDUL RAHMAAN IBN MUHAMMAD
- Executive Director of My People Clinical Services
- Significance of Fatherhood
ANDREW WOODS
- Executive Director of Hartford Communities That Cares, Incorporated
- The Black Community Faces Tremendous Challenges Over Its Boys
Chris Fulton
CHRIS FULTON
- Assistant Principal and Athletics Director of Capital Preparatory Magnet School of Hartford, Connecticut Public Schools
- The Substantial Athlete: What Makes A Great Athlete
- Panelist: Academics Must Be Joined at the Hip with Athletics
Bob Gibson
BOB GIBSON
- Science Teacher, Former Football and Track Coach of Bloomfield Public Schools and Connecticut General Assembly Representative
- Panelist: Academics Must Be Joined at the Hip with Athletics
Leonard Epps
LEONARD EPPS
- Education Administrator of Hartford, Connecticut Public Schools
- Student Organizations' Support of Failure Prevent and Intervention: The Society of Black Brotherhood
Kermit Carolina
KERMIT CAROLINA
- Education Administration of New Haven, Connecticut Public Schools
- Strategies for Combating the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Larry Hall
LARRY HALL
- Director of the Office of Recruitment and Admissions, Central Connecticut State University
- Panelist: Academics Must Be Joined at the Hip with Athletics
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