21 st Century Leadership Forum
June 25, 2010 – 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Cleveland State University - Levin College of Urban Affairs
The time is now for the next generation of leaders in Northeast Ohio to stand up and be counted. This forum has been designed by a broad and diverse group of community organizations to educate, motivate and activate young community leaders in areas including politics and community/civic leadership. The agenda for the program will be as follows:
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm – Registration/Meet and Greet
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Opening Keynote from Rosa Clemente
Topic – “ Black and Brown Collaboration for the 21 st
Century.” Ms Clemente is a national activist and former Vice Presidential Nominee for the Green Party.
2:15 pm to 3:15 pm - First Series of Break-out Sessions
*Taking a Stand as Young Leaders
– Panelists: Basheer Jones, Radio One
(confirmed); Terry Travis, Cleveland 365.com (confirmed); Meredith Turner, Office of
Senator Sherrod Brown (confirmed); Stephanie Morales, Cuyahoga Community
College (confirmed)
*Defining Public Policy versus Politics…What does it all mean? – Presenter:
Greg Brown, Executive Director, PolicyBridge (confirmed)
*Campaign Finance and Strategies for Identifying Support – Panelists: State
Treasurer Kevin Boyce (invited); Dennis Anderson, Board of Elections (invited); Joe
Cimperman, Cleveland City Council (invited)
*Pipeline to Leadership – Panelist: Dr. Ellen Burt-Cooper, PNC Financial Services
(confirmed); April Boise, Partner-In-Charge, Thompson Hine (invited); Andres
Gonzales, Cleveland Clinic (invited)
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Second Series of Break-out Sessions
*Leadership in Business – Panelists: Arlene Watson, Principal, Mobius Grey
(confirmed); Andres Velasquez, Ernst and Young (confirmed); Darrin Redus, Chief
Diversity Officer, Jumpstart, Inc. (confirmed); Celestine Illori, Sherwin-Williams
Company (confirmed)
*Issue Based Campaigns – Presenter: Julian Rogers, Education Voters of Ohio
(confirmed)
*Building the Infrastructure for a Winning Campaign
– Panelists: Judge Lance
Mason, Court of Common Pleas (invited); Jeff Johnson, the Jeff Johnson Institute
(confirmed)
*Community Organizing and Coalition Building
– Panelists: Sandra Kluk and Jim
Rudyk, ESOP (confirmed), Latrice Contreras, (confirmed), Peter Whitt, Community
Outreach Consultant (invited).
4:45 to 5:30 pm – Closing Keynote with Jeff Johnson
Topic - “A Call to Action for Young Leaders…Politics,
Power and Progress.”
Mr. Johnson is an author, media commentator and motivational speaker.

5:30 pm to 6:00 pm – Wrap-Up and Networking Reception
Event Collaborators : PolicyBridge, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network –
Cleveland Chapter, Young Latino Network, Education Voters of Ohio, National
Society of Hispanic MBA’s – Cleveland Chapter, National Black MBA Association –
Cleveland Northeast Ohio Chapter, The Jeff Johnson Institute for Urban
Development, Levin College Forum, Cleveland State University, Cleveland 365.com
Registration : Cost for admission will be $15. Please forward registration information below with payment to: PolicyBridge, 850 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1100, Cleveland, OH
44113. Checks should be made out to “PolicyBridge.” Credit card payments can be processed by mailing or e-mailing the required credit card information below. Please e-mail forms to gbrown@policy-bridge.org.
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Please choose two of the presentations on the following page (with an x) and remember to select one from each of the two break-out sessions. Please also pick your second choice for each of the break-out sessions by placing the number 2 in the appropriate box. The event organizers will do all that they can to enroll you in the workshop of your choice.
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2:15 pm to 3:15 pm - First Series of Break-out Sessions
Break – Out Sessions
Taking a Stand as Young Leaders
Panelists: Basheer Jones - Radio One, Terry Travis - Cleveland 365.com, Meredith
Turner - Office of Senator Sherrod Brown, Stephanie Morales - Cuyahoga Community
College
Young leaders are not waiting for permission to take a leadership role in the community. Learn what some of them are doing and how they are overcoming roadblocks to make change possible.
Defi ning Public Policy versus Politics…What does it all mean?
Presenter: Greg Brown - PolicyBridge
Understand the similarities and differences of public policy and politics, and what leaders need to know about the impact that both have on the political and economic climate in Northeast Ohio.
Campaign Finance and Strategies for Identifying Support – Panelists: Kevin
Boyce - State Treasurer (invited), Dennis Anderson – Board of Elections (invited), Joe
Cimperman - Cleveland City Council (invited)
Outline of the policies and procedures of campaign financing and the best practices for identifying support for campaigns.
Pipeline to Leadership –
Panelists: Dr. Ellen Burt-Cooper – PNC Financial Services, April Boise – Thompson
Hine (invited), Andres Gonzales – Cleveland Clinic (invited)
What’s required to become a leader and grow into leadership responsibilities? How can leadership be inculcated into the hearts and minds of emerging professionals?
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Second Series of Break-out Sessions
Break – out Sessions
Leadership in Business
Panelists: Arlene Watson - Mobius Grey, Andres Velasquez - Ernst and Young, Darrin
Redus - Jumpstart, Inc., Celestine Illori - Sherwin-Williams Company
This panel of business leaders will share their perspectives on leading the community from a business and personal perspective. What roles should/could businesses play in moving the region forward?
Issue Based Campaigns
Presenter: Julian Rogers - Education Voters of Ohio
Issue campaigns are just as important as candidate campaigns. This session will clarify why issue campaigns are devised and how to get involved.
Building the Infrastructure for a Winning Campaign
Panelists: Judge Lance Mason (invited), Jeff Johnson - The Jeff Johnson Institute for
Urban Development
The campaign process requires many supports from beginning to end, including a winning team, a captivating platform, financial resources and volunteer support.
Learn how this process works and how a new institute in the Cleveland area will provide on-going training in these areas.
Community Organizing and Coalition Building
Panelists: Sandra Kluk and Kim Rudyk - ESOP, Latrice Contreras - Lorain County
Community Organizer, Peter Whitt - Community Outreach Consultant (invited)
Campaigns and community change all starts with community organizing. Learn how to organize and mobilize citizens for collective action.