Freedom
Institute
Set to
Host the
2017 Dr.
Ron
Walters
National
Town
Hall
DETROIT
–
Freedom
Institute
will
host the
2017 Dr.
Ron
Walters
National
Town
Hall on
Saturday,
August
26, 2017
from 9
am to
3:30 pm
at
Fellowship
Chapel
located
at 7707
W. Outer
Drive in
Detroit.
This
year’s
town
hall,
“Detroit
50 Years
Later:
Where We
Been?
Where We
At?
Where we
Going?,”
will be
comprised
of two
panel
discussions.
The
first
panel
discussion,
will
feature
Professor
Herb
Boyd as
the
Keynote
Speaker.
Boyd is
the
author
of,
Black
Detroit:
A
People’s
History
of Self
Determination.
This
panel
will be
moderated
by
Detroit
News
Columnist
and Host
of
Redline
Radio
Bankole
Thompson.
Featured
panelists
include:
• Rev.
Daniel
W.
Aldridge,
Author
and
Historian
• Keith
Bennett,
Program
Director,
Flip the
Script
• Bishop
Mbiyu
Chui,
Shrine
of the
Black
Madonna
• Sheila
Cockrel,
Former
Detroit
City
Councilmember,
Wayne
State
University
Instructor
• Dr.
Curtis
Ivory,
Chancellor,
Wayne
County
Community
College
District
•
Shirley
Stancato,
President
and CEO,
New
Detroit
• JoAnn
Watson,
Associate
Professor,
Wayne
County
Community
College
District
The
second
panel
discussion,
Millennials
for the
Movement,
will
feature
Keynote
Speaker
Dr.
Errol
Henderson,
Author,
African
Realism.
This
panel
will be
moderated
by poet
Jessica
Care
Moore,
CEO,
Moore
Black
Press.
Panelists
will
include:
• Teferi
Brent,
Fellowship
Chapel
Men’s
Christian
Fellowship
• Andre
Gilford,
Black
Lives
Matter
•
Tatiana
Grant,
CEO,
Infused
Detroit
PR &
Events
and
Flash
Delivery
• Jamon
Jordan,
Historian
• Mary
Sheffield,
Detroit
City
Councilmember
•
Charice
“Etta
Flyy”
Thomas,
Owner,
Sweet
Potato
Sensations
&
Naturally
Flyy
Detroit
• Tommey
Walker,
CEO,
Detroit
vs.
Everybody
•
Donnell
R.
White,
Executive
Director,
Detroit
Branch
NAACP
“Each
year the
Dr. Ron
Walters
National
Town
Hall
focuses
on
important
topics
for
dialogue
and
discussion
that
have an
impact
on us
here
locally
with
national
implications,”
says
Monica
Anthony,
Executive
Director,
Freedom
Institute.
“We want
attendees
to come
out of
the 2017
Dr. Ron
Walters
National
Town
Hall
with not
only an
understanding
of what
happened
in 1967
but
actionable
steps
for
history
not to
repeat
itself
in
Detroit
and/or
any
other
community
that
experienced
riots
and
rebellion
50 years
ago.”
The Dr.
Ron
Walters
National
Town
Hall is
free and
open to
the
public.
Lunch
will be
served,
therefore,
registration
is
required.
ChemicoMays
LLC
serves
as the
Senior
Corporate
Sponsor
and
Wayne
County
Community
College
District
as the
Co-Sponsor
for the
2017 Dr.
Ron
Walters
National
Town
Hall. To
register
visit
freeinstitute.org
or call
(313)
347-2834.
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DETROIT
–
Freedom
Institute
will
host the
2017 Dr.
Ron
Walters
National
Town
Hall on
Saturday,
August
26, 2017
from 9
am to
3:30 pm
at
Fellowship
Chapel
located
at 7707
W. Outer
Drive in
Detroit.
This
year’s
town
hall,
“Detroit
50 Years
Later:
Where We
Been?
Where We
At?
Where we
Going?,”
will be
comprised
of two
panel
discussions.
