In partnership with the Charles H Wright Museum of African American History
TIME:
EVENT:
9:30AM9:45AM Buses Arrive Charles H Wright Museum 10AM10:30AM
Opening Session: Introduction, Housekeeping & Welcome Whitney Thomas, UBMS Director & Adam Harris, UB Director 10:30AM12PM Session 1: Vision Workshop Session 2: Jazz Exhibit Session 3: Hustle Dance Lessons & 360 Photobooth
Breakout Sessions (30 min sessions) Students will be broken into groups of three
12PM12:45PM
1PM - 1:30PM
Charles H Wright Museum
315 E Warren Ave Detroit, MI 48201
1:30PM -
LUNCH TIME (Lunch Provided) Photo Opportunity (Museum Rotunda)
BREAK (12:45PM - 1PM)
CLOSING SESSION
Keynote Speaker - Mr Antoine D Jackson
Black History Month Tik Tok Showcase
2:15PM Giveaways, BHM Kahoot, Thank You's
2:30PM Students load buses to return to schools.
Antoine D. Jackson is a strategist, facilitator, and social innovator with fifteen years of nonprofit experience leveraging business, community, and philanthropic resources to affect change and impact the lives of youth and families. A hybrid entrepreneur, he operates a small graphic design and consulting firm, helping authors, churches, and businesses with publishing, branding, and design needs.
On weekends, he serves as a youth leader at Greater Mitchell Temple Church of God in Christ, providing youth and young adults programming and spiritual enrichment opportunities. As a workshop facilitator, conference host, and speaker, he shares topics ranging from business startup and personal development to innovative thinking with audiences He is a published author of several titles, all available wherever books are sold Antoine has created and led workshops for organizations such as Teen Hype Detroit, Madonna University, Detroit Public Schools, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit, Special Olympics Michigan, and Wayne State University, to name a few
His career has allowed him to work for one of the leading philanthropic organizations in southeast Michigan, where he was responsible for developing and managing multi-million-dollar youth sports initiatives. Under Antoine's leadership, an innovative sports equipment-sharing program was created to serve children in low-income communities. One of his passions is fundraising for causes that effectuate change in people's lives. Over the course of his career, he has solicited and stewarded financial support from foundations, businesses, and corporate philanthropy leading to multi-million-dollar investments in communities across southeast Michigan.
As a facilitator and strategist, Antoine has traveled to Europe, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, and Western New York, engaging in coalition building and gaining learning that led to innovative program design, strategic programming, and grant-making Today, he serves as Executive Director of a faithbased nonprofit community development organization seeking the holistic revitalization of Detroit's 48214 community He is a first-generation college graduate of the University of Phoenix, where he studied business administration
He is Kassandra's loving husband and a proud father to Madison Marie He enjoys time with family, writing or reading a good book, ministry outreach, listening to Gospel Music, and cooking
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315 E. Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
Office Phone: 313-494-5800
