AUGUST 9-11, 2024 | AGENDA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9
3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Registration and Check In Lobby of Montgomery Renaissance Hotel/Alabama AB
6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Meet and Greek Networking Mixer and Reception Alabama AB
Welcome and Greetings
Tafeni English-Relf, Alabama State Director, Southern Poverty Law Center
Kynesha Brown, Coordinator Rollin to the Polls Voting Initiative
Senator Vivian Figures Alabama State Senate, District 33
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast Alabama B
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Opening General Session Alabama AB
Why We Are Here
Kynesha Brown, Coordinator Rollin to the Polls Voting Initiative
From the Ground Up: The Alabama Black Voters Project Onoyemi Williams. Executive Director Live Free Alabama
Teumbay Barnes, Program Coordinator Southern Partners Fund
9:00 – 11:45 a.m. Protecting the Right to Vote: Legal Training for Alabama Lawyers Alabama A
Uruj Sheikh, Equal Justice Fellow NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Larnee Satchell, Voting Rights Field Coordinator, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 (CONTINUED)
9:00 - 10:15 a.m
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Helping Felony Impacted Individuals: Voting Rights Restoration Montgomery 3
Project M.O.V.E.and Galvanizing the Youth Vote Riverview 5
Effectively Organizing in Alabama’s Rural Areas Riverview 7
Legal Updates Regarding Absentee Voting and What You Need to Know Riverview 8
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Helping Felony Impacted Individuals: Voting Rights Restoration Montgomery 3
Project M.O.V.E. and Galvanizing the Youth Vote Riverview 5
Connecting with Black Voters Matter Riverview 7
How to Be a Poll Monitor Riverview 8
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Working Lunch/General Session Alabama AB
Panel Discussion: Project 2025 and Its Attack on Democracy Anneshia Hardy, Facilitator Alabama Values
Tiffany Johnson Cole, Esq. Attorney, Municipal Judge - Tuskegee, AL
Amerika Blair, Director, Community Curator
Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation
Jerome Dees, Alabama Policy Director Southern Poverty Law Center
1:45 – 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
AUGUST
9-11, 2024
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Adovacy on the Local Level Montgomery 3
Faith and Organizing: Connecting with Faith-Based Organizations Riverview 5
Fighting Misinformation and Disinformation Riverview 7
Tracking the Alabama Legislature and How to Be Prepared Each Session Riverview 8
Adjournment
*Dinner on Your Own
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2024
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Ecumencial Breakfast Alabama B
Inspirational Speaker
Michelle Summers, Founder
Michelle Speaks
WORK SESSION: Where Do We Go From Here?
Collective Next Steps as the Divine Nine
Kynesha Brown, Coordinator Rollin to the Polls Voting Coordinator
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Closing General Session Panel Discussion: Passing the Torch and Bridging the Gap Across Generations
Facilitator: JaTaune Bosby-Gilchrist
Executive Director, ACLU of Alabama
Senator Kirk Hatcher
State Senate, District 26
Sheyann Webb Christburg
Author/Youth Advocate
Women of W.I.L.L.
Shayla Mitchell
Election Protection Organizer ACLU of Alabama
| AGENDA (Continued)
THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO:
• ATTIRE: Please dress comfortably. Consider bringing a light jacket or sweater, as meeting rooms may be drafty. Feel free to come as you are and dress however you want to.
• Hotel Accommodations: will be sent in a separate email. Due to the overwhelming response, some rooms will be at the Montgomery Renaissance Hotel, and some will be at the Trilogy Hotel.
• While in the Capital City, please enjoy our sites and surrounding eating places in your downtime. For a reference guide, please click here: https://issuu.com/ montgomerycvb/docs/jan24-b
• Hotel rooms are complimentary throughout your stay for those who request them, but please remember to bring a credit or debit card to use for incidentals only. If you need special accommodations, such as handicap accessibility, please notify us as soon as possible.
• We are here to have fun, fellowship, and handle the business of social action/civic engagement. Please be on time for sessions, ask questions, and network with fellow participants. Do not leave this convening without meeting someone new.
• If you have any questions, please contact Kynesha Brown at kynesha.brown@gmail.com or 334-777-9903.
• OPTIONAL: Join the Catalyst for Change Divine Nine GroupMe to connect post-convening regarding nonpartisan collective work. https://groupme.com/join_ group/102176558/BLlA4uLh
