Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall, Atrium

Keynote Speaker:
Featuring Jeff Johnson, Washington, D.C. based award-winning journalist, social activist and political commentator. A Cleveland native, Johnson is managing editor and chief correspondent for The Truth with Jeff Johnson on BET where he has earned a reputation as the “conscience voice” of network for his positive force among youth and young adults.

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The forum is an event to commemorate the public service career of the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones. To honor the Congresswoman’s memory, we are planning an annual public forum about the future of black political leadership. The forum will focus on how the nature of black political leadership has changed since the time when Carl Stokes was elected the first black Mayor of a major American City and that there is a new generation of black politicians, choosing careers in public service in a different way. We hope that the forum will address such questions as: How was black political leadership nurtured in the past, how is it nurtured presently, and how should it be nurtured going forward? How can we foster and develop political leadership in individuals? And, what are the qualities and experience needed for a successful career in public service?

Panelists include:
Nina Turner, Senator, 25th District, Ohio State Senate
Peter Lawson Jones, Commissioner, Cuyahoga County
TJ Dow, Councilman, Ward 7, City of Cleveland
Jala Khateeb, Civic Activist, R.A.C.E. for Change (Real Action thru Civic Engagement)
Moderator: Randell McShepard, Vice President of Public Affairs RPM International Inc.

Forum programs are free and open to the public, but please register