The Summit

 

Invited Participants

High school student leaders as well as college students from cities throughout the US
Student representatives from the US Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention
Staff
Workshop Facilitators – local and national experts
Keynote Speaker
Plenary speakers
Chaperones
Guides – Howard University Student Ambassadors
Business Mentors*Schools and organizations are asked to select students based on high intellectual capacity and leadership skills regardless of academic performance or disciplinary record. A chaperone is required for all participants under the age of 18. There should be one chaperone for one to every ten students

 

The Ethics Project, Dr. Christi Griffin, Founder and President, in partnership with

Howard University, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, President (Washington DC, 1/2016)

The University of Missouri St. Louis, Tom George, Chancellor (NYS 2015 / 9/2016)

SUPPORTERS AND ADVISERS PAST AND PRESENT:

Senator Claire McCaskill, US Senator from Missouri (NYS 2015)
Tod Martin, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Claire McCaskill (NYS 2015)
Francis G. Slay, Mayor, City of St. Louis (NYS 2015)
Charlie Dooley, Former St. Louis County Executive (NYS 2015)
Ambassador Andrew Young, Chair, Andrew J. Young Foundation
Frankie Freeman, Esq., Former Commissioner, US Commission on Civil Rights (NYS 2015)
Daniel Isom, Ph.D., Former Dir, Mo Dept. of Public Safety, Endowed Professor of Criminology, Former Chief of Police of the City of St. Louis
Chief Sam Dotson, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept. (NYS 2015)
Chief, Jon Belmar, Chief, St. Louis County Police Dept. (NYS 2015)
Kelvin Adams, Superintendent, St. Louis Public Schools (2015- 9/2016)
Judge James Dowd, Former Chief Judge, Mo Court of Appeals (NYS 2015)
Judge Jimmie Edwards, Former Presiding Judge Juvenile Court, Founder, Innovative Concept Academy & Nat’l Judge of the Year
Judge David Mason, Presiding Judge, St. Louis City Juvenile Court
C. Jessel Strong, Immediate Past-President, St. Louis Clergy Coalition
Michael Jones, Pastor, Friendly Temple
Dr. Freddy J. Clark, Pastor, Shalom Church
Rodney Francis, Pastor, Washington Tabernacle Church & Executive Dir., Youth & Family Center
Donald Suggs, Publisher and Executive Editor, St. Louis American Newspaper
Maxine Clark, Founder, Build-a-Bear Workshop & CEO, Clark-Fox Family Foundation
Lynne M Jackson, Great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott and Founder, President, Dred Scott Foundation
Joseph Anderson, Immediate Past-President, 100 Black Men of St. Louis
Flint Fowler, President, Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club
Adrian Bracy, President, St. Louis Metropolitan YWCA
Stefan Bradley, PhD., Director of African American Studies, St. Louis University
Tony Neal, Founder and CEO, Educational Equity Consultants
Halbert Sullivan, CEO, Father Support Center
Adolphus Pruitt, President, NAACP, St. Louis Branch
STAFF

The Ethics Project

Christi Griffin, Founder & President, The Ethics Project
Tony Neal, Principal Educational Equity Consultants
Leon Sharpe, Strategic Consultant, The Praxis Group
Melba Moore, St. Louis Commissioner of Health
Amber Simpson, VP Diversity National Markets, US Bank
B. Marcell Williams, Founder, Jewels, Inc.
Brandon Williams, Former NFL player, entrepreneur
Joseph Anderson, President 100 Black Men
Yaa Sarpong, 2L, Columbia University School of Law, past CORO Fellow to The Ethics Project (NYS 2015)

UMSL (St. Louis Logistics)

Deborah Burris, Director and Chief Diversity Officer (NYS 2015 -9/2016)
Dan Isom, Ph.D., Endowed Professor, Department of Criminology & Director, Missouri Department of Public Safety
Finn Esbensen, Ph.D., Endowed Professor & Chair Department of Criminology (NYS 2015)
Elizabeth Van Um, Special Asst. to Chancellor Academics Affairs (NYS 2015)
Forrest VanNess, Chief of Police & Director Institutional Safety (NYS 2015)
John Cattanach, Director Touhill Performing Arts Center (NYS 2015)
United Way of Metropolitan St. Louis (NYS 2015)

Yinka Faleti, J.D. | Senior Vice President, Philanthropic, Donor, and Community Services, United Way of Metropolitan St. Louis (NYS 2015)
Rick Skinner | Vice President, Volunteer Center | United Way of Metropolitan St. Louis (NYS 2015)
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NOMINATE A STUDENT:

We encourage you to nominate a student in their sophomore, junior or senior year who attends a public, private, parochial or charter high school. The recommendation will be forwarded to their high school principal.
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