BMC News
Black Ministers Council of New Jersey
March 2nd - March 4th
“Economics, Education and Energy: The Big Three”
Robert Treat Convention Center,
50 Park Place, Newark, N.J.
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, March 2nd
(Focus on Education)
8AM Registration
9AM Opening Plenary
9:15AM The Rev. Reginald T. Jackson, Presiding
Executive Director, BMC
Keynote Breakfast
The Honorable Chris Christie
Governor, State of New Jersey
10:30AM Panel, “Public School Reform: What, How When?”
Ms. Jeannine LaRue, Larue List, Group, Moderator
Sen. Teresa Ruiz, Chair, Senate Education Committee
Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan, Chair, Assembly Education Committee
Dr. Joseph Youngblood, Thomas Edison University
Mr. Shavar Jeffries, Esquire, Chair, Newark Public Schools, Advisory Committee
Dr. Edythe Abdullah, President, Essex County Community College
Mr. Ronald C. Lee, Supt. Orange Public Schools
12Noon Luncheon
Mr. Chris Cerf, Acting Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Education
2PM Panel, “School Choice: Viable Alternative or Fraudulent Hope”
Dr. Therman Evans, MD., Pastor, Moderator
Mr. Derrell Bradford, Excellent Education for Everyone
Sen. Raymond Lesniak, Chair, Senate Economic Growth Committee
Mr. James Harris, President, New Jersey NAACP
Mr. Jerome Harris, President, New Jersey Black Issues Convention
Mr. Martin Perez, Esquire, President New Jersey Latino Alliance
Charter School Expansion Workshop
(churches that would like to start charter schools)
3:30PM Closing Plenary
4PM Closing Prayer and Adjournment
Thursday, March 3 rd
(Focus on Economics)
9AM General Plenary
9:15AM The Rev. J. Stanley Justice, Presiding
Chair, Education Committee
Speaker
The Honorable Sheila Oliver, Speaker
New Jersey General Assembly
10:30AM Panel, “Creating Economic Prosperity in Urban New Jersey”
Mr. Al Koeppe, The Newark Alliance
Mr. Dennis Bone, President, Verizon, New Jersey
Mr. Ralph LaRossa, PSE&G
Mr. John Harmon, President, African American Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Lori Griffa, Commissioner, Dept. of Community Affairs, New Jersey
12Noon Luncheon
2:00PM Panel, “The Black Church: Instrument of Economic Freedom and Revival”
The Rev. Wayne Griffith, BMC Board Member, Moderator
Dr. DeForest Soaries, First Baptist Church, Somerset, New Jersey
Dr. William D. Watley, St. James AME Church, Newark
Dr. David Jefferson, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Newark
Bishop Donald Hilliard, The Cathedral International, Perth Amboy
3:45PM Closing Plenary
4PM Closing Prayer and Adjournment
Friday, March 4
(Focus on Energy)
9AM Opening Plenary
Praise and Worship
9:15AM The Rev. Linda Ellerbe, Presiding
BMC Secretary and Board Member
Speaker
Mr. Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
PSE&G
10:30AM Panel, “Greening of Urban New Jersey: The Hidden Economy”
Sen. Robert Smith, Chair, Senate Environment and Energy Committee
Mayor Wayne Smith, Urban Mayor’s Association
Mr. Lee Solomon, President, Board of Public Utilities
Mr. Bob Martin, Commissioner, Dept. of Environmental Protection
12:15PM Luncheon
2:00PM Conference Adjourns
Rev. Edward Dorn of the Black Ministers' Council delivers invocation prior to Gov. Chris
Christie's State of the State address @ New Jersey State House
FEDERAL MONITORING OF NJ STATE POLICE IS OVER
A decade of federal monitoring of the New Jersey State Police is over. A federal judge has dissolved [...]
SPECIAL REVIEW ASSESSMENT DENIAL
Reverend Reginald T. Jackson, Executive Director of The Black Ministers' Council of New Jersey, testified before the State Board of Education last week and expressed ire and frustration with the D.O.E.'s newly rigorous high school graduation requirements [...]
BMC BLASTS QUALITY OF EDUCATION SYSTEM
The head of New Jersey's Black Ministers Council, joined by other clergy and Latino leaders, today delivered a scathing appraisal of the state's education system, claiming it endorses and covers up failure [...]
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