2025 MLK Sunday Supper Program

2025 MLK SUNDAY SUPPER UNDERSTANDING AND CREATING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

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TONIGHT’S LINEUP

WELCOME! Jay Cranman

Welcome to our 11th annual MLK Sunday Supper. I’m thrilled you could join us tonight for a meaningful conversation about environmental justice. Together, through important conversations like this, I believe we can move Atlanta closer to Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community.

President & CEO, Hands On Atlanta

Thank you for joining us at the table.

THE PROGRAM

5:00 PM

Doors Open

6:00 PM

Program Begins

Networking/Happy Hour Performance by Theatrical Outfit Jay Cranman - CEO, Hands On Atlanta Cheryl Preheim – Morning Anchor, 11 Alive Tameka Harper, Chief DEI Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

6:20 PM

Panel Discussion - Dinner is served

6:45 PM

Table Conversations

7:30 PM

Rap Up

CHERYL PREHEIM Morning Anchor, 11Alive (Emcee)

Nathanial Smith - Founder/CEO, Partnership for Southern Equity Chandra Farley - Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Atlanta Minday Goldstein - Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, Emory University.

3 big questions Approximately 15 minutes per question

Performance by Theatrical Outfit

7:40 PM

Challenge Speaker

8:00 PM

Event Concludes

Rodney Bullard - CEO, The Same House

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THE CAST OF YOUNG JOHN LEWIS A World Premiere Hip Hop Musical Coming Summer 2025 Only At Theatrical Outfit

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

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SPECIAL GUESTS

RODNEY BULLARD CEO, The Same House

MINDY GOLDSTEIN

Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, Emory University

NATHANIAL SMITH

Founder/CEO, Partnership for Southern Equity

CHANDRA FARLEY

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Atlanta

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TABLE FACILITATORS

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ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

RON ALSTON

JAY BAILEY

ROB BRAWNER

Senior Vice President, NotFor-Profit & Government Banking Leader, Truist Bank

President & CEO, Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs

Executive Director, Atlanta Beltline Partnership

SANTIAGO MARQUEZ

FRANK BROWN

IMARA CANADAY

CEO, The Latin American Association

CEO, Communities in Schools of Atlanta

National Director, AIDS Foundation

TODD CROOM

ALEX EBANKS

ADRIAN EPPS

Chief Financial Officer, Jackson Spalding

Vice President of Communications Fiserv

Dean, Bagwell College of Education, Kennesaw State University

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ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

JENN GRAHAM

MICHAEL HALICKI

RAPHAEL HOLLOWAY

Founder and CEO, Inclusivv

President & CEO, Park Pride

CEO, Gateway Center

DAVID JERNIGAN

KWAME JOHNSON

DR. ELOISA KLEMENTICH

President & CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta

President & CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta

President & CEO, Invest Atlanta

EILEEN LEE

KELLY HARPER LEE

SABA LONG

Managing Director, Endeavor Atlanta

Community Affairs Lead, McDonald's Corporation

Executive Director, Atlanta Civic Circle

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ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

MUNIR ISMAIL MEGHJANI

YASIR MIRZA

AISHA MOODY

Co-Founder, Comedy and Conversations

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer, Atlanta Music Project

CATI STONE

ROSALYN MERRICK

CONDACE PRESSLEY

CEO, Chris 180

CEO, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity

Director, Community & Public Affairs, WSB-TV

JILL SAVITT

MONIQUE SHIELDS

KELLI STEWART

CEO, National Center for Civil and Human Rights

CEO, Breakthrough Atlanta

Co-founder/CEO, L.E.A.D. Center for Youth

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FABIOLA CHARLES STOKES

RYAN WILSON

OTIS THREATT

Head of Global Sites Strategy, North America, Google

CEO/Founder, The Gathering Spot

Partner, Lieneur, Inc.

MATT PIEPER

AMAL YUSUF

AMBER HALL

CEO, Open Hand Atlanta

GM Airport Operations, Delta Air Lines

Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Cox Enterprises

Host your own conversation JON WEST

Scan the QR code to access a guide on ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE or 60+ other critical conversations from the Inclusivv platform.

Vice President of Partner Relations, Atlanta Community Food Bank

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HOW IT WORKS

TIPS FOR A GREAT CONVERSATION

HOW IT WORKS This is a conversation about environmental justice and how we can ensure everyone enjoys the right to a healthy environment, both now and in the future.

Together we’ll explore three big questions that take us on a journey of shared learning.

No one is expected to be an expert, but everyone is invited to participate by sharing their experience and ideas. Your table facilitator will lead each round of questions and ensure everyone has an opportunity to share.

REMINDERS BE CURIOUS + WILLING TO LEARN

Conversation is as much about listening as it is about talking. Listen and be open to hearing all points of view.

BE MINDFUL AND SHOW RESPECT Conversations encourage vulnerability. Be mindful of people’s privacy and acknowledge their bravery. What is said here stays here, what is learned here leaves here.

LIVED EXPERIENCE Be respectful of those with lived experience.

Avoid tokenizing them or putting an undue burden on them by asking them to educate or explain. Let them take the lead with how much they want to share.

QUESTIONS? For more info on the Hands On Atlanta MLK Sunday Supper visit: www.handsonatlanta.org/mlk Need more help? Email Tim Adkins at: tadkins@handsonatlanta.org.

SUSPEND JUDGEMENTS + ASSUMPTIONS Setting judgments aside opens you up to learning from others and helps them feel respected and appreciated. Rather than making assumptions, listen and ask questions to better understand who another person is and where they are coming from.

BE AUTHENTIC + WELCOMING Speak authentically from your personal experience. Personal stories open our hearts.

Look for common ground and appreciate the differences in the beliefs and opinions of others.

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CONVERSATION GUIDE

3 BIG QUESTIONS

INTROS QUESTION 1

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Share your name, where you live, and an aspect of nature (or natural resource) you wish everyone had the opportunity to enjoy.

Monster storms. Polluted air. Poisoned water. Rising tides. Rising temperatures. Out-of-control wildfires. Scientists are telling us there are plenty of reasons to be alarmed.

What scares you the most when you think about the environmental crises we’re facing? What are your fears for your loved ones, your family and your community?

QUESTION 2

Environmental racism is real. There are hundreds of “sacrifice zones” across the United States — places where communities, mainly of color, live surrounded by landfills, sewage systems and other polluting facilities. This affects access to clean air, water and land, and causes devastating health issues. For instance: Native Americans of the Navajo Nation have continuously suffered from water contamination caused by uranium mining in the 1950s.

Along the Mississippi, in a predominantly Black, low-income community, there is an area called “Cancer Alley” where the risk of cancer is 50 times the national average due to petrochemical plants nearby.

A 2019 study found that on average, Hispanic and Black people in the U.S. breathe in much more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making.

Why do you think “sacrifice zones” tend to be located in communities of color? What are some barriers we face in trying to repair these life-or-death inequities?

QUESTION 3

Clear skies, clean water, fresh air. These are all resources everyone should be able to enjoy, no matter who you are or where you live.

What big changes do we need to make as a society to ensure everyone enjoys access to a healthy environment? And what’s one action you can take to advocate for environmental justice in your community and beyond?

THANK YOU

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STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SPECIAL THANK YOU The 2025 Hands On Atlanta Staff and Board of Directors Tim Adkins Claire Arnold Bobby Ballinger Jemarlo Brown Nicki Brown Jay Cranman LaToya Cutliff

Sara Dowdle Kristen Hawkins Emma Koenig Lauren Lopez Kalin Morphet Eric Osei Chanika R. Perry

Eileen Lee Endeavor Atlanta

Stephanie Bedard Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP

Andrew Liebler Alston & Bird

Beth Cabrera Cabrera Insights

Chris McDade Chick-Fil-A

Todd Croom Jackson Spalding

Wendy Miller McKinsey

Chad Duncan Accenture

Terreta Rodgers Amazon

Allyson Eman Venture Atlanta Adrian Epps Kennesaw State University Tara Ghei Clearbrief Amber Hall Cox Communications

Kahiah Polidore Alexis Prothro Ariannie Reyes Trey Stanley Kristen Thomas Bill Webber

Kelli Bacote Ross City of Atlanta Renee Stevens Honey Baked Ham Adrienne White SouthState Bank Amal Yusuf Delta Air Lines

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