Monday, February 19, 2024
Opening Session Speaker: Dr. Imani Perry, Author
Dr. Imani Perry is a critically acclaimed author and a professor of studies of women, gender, and sexuality and of African and African American studies at Harvard University. Her work reflects the deeply complex history of Black thought, art, and imagination and is informed by her background as a legal historian and her understanding of the racial inequality embedded in American law. Her seven books and numerous articles and essays demonstrate the rich interplay between history, race, law, and culture. Her most recent book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, is a National Book Award winner and was named a best book of 2022 by The New Yorker, TIME, Kirkus, and Oprah Daily.
Dr. Imani Perry
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Morning Plenary Speaker: Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo), Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
Shelly C. Lowe is chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and grew up on the Navajo Reservation in Ganado, Arizona. Lowe previously served on the National Council on the Humanities. Her career in higher education has included roles as executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program, assistant dean in the Yale College Dean’s Office, and director of the Native American Cultural Center at Yale University.
 Shelly C. Lowe
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Morning Plenary Speakers: Dr. Karen A. Stout, President and CEO, Achieving the Dream and Jamie Merisotis, an internationally recognized leader in higher education, human work, philanthropy, and public policy, has been Lumina Foundation’s president and CEO since 2008. Frequently sought as a media commentator and contributor, his writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Washington Monthly, Politico, The Hill, Roll Call, and other publications. He is currently a regular Forbes contributor. Merisotis is the author of America Needs Talent, named a Booklist Top 10 Business book of 2016, and Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines, an Amazon bestseller released in 2020. A distinguished graduate and trustee emeritus of Bates College, he has been awarded honorary degrees from colleges and universities worldwide.
Panelists:
Greg Hodges, President, Patrick & Henry Community College
Hugh McLean, Executive Vice President, Boys & Girls Clubs, Wake County, North Carolina.
Dr. Karen A. Stout
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Jamie Merisotis
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Greg Hodges