Schedule of Events

Friday, June 4

All Summit sessions took place at the Westin-St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street in San Francisco, unless otherwise noted.

Opening Plenary Session (8:30 to 10:30 a.m.)

Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr., Mayor of San Francisco

Introduced by The Honorable Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California

Invocation
The Reverend Cecil Williams, Pastor, Glide Memorial United Methodist Church

Remarks
The Honorable Nandi Mayathula-Khoza, Mayor of Soweto, Republic of South Africa

Remarks
Aileen Clarke Hernandez, President and CEO, Aileen C. Hernandez Associates, and Chair, California Women's Agenda

Introduced by Marilyn Fowler, President and CEO, Women's Intercultural Network

Address
The Honorable Howard Wolpe, Presidential Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes Region

Introduced by Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, The National Summit on Africa

Introduction to the Deliberative Process
Leonard H. Robinson, Jr., President and CEO, The National Summit on Africa

Introduced by Bernadette Paolo, Director for Field Operations, The National Summit on Africa

Deliberative Working Groups, Session One (10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.)

Luncheon (1:00 to 2:15 p.m.)

Remarks
The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums, President, Health Care International Management Company, and former Congressman for the Ninth District of California

Introduced by the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Member of Congress

Address
His Excellency Alassane D. Ouattara, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, and former Prime Minister, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire

Introduced by Timothy J. Bork, Esq., Member of the Board of Directors, The National Summit on Africa

Deliberative Working Groups, Session Two (2:30 to 5:30 p.m.)

Reception (6:30 to 9 p.m.)

San Francisco City Hall

Address
The Honorable Nandi Mayathula-Khoza, Mayor of Soweto, Republic of South Africa

Deliberative Working Groups, Session Three (8 to 10 p.m.)

Saturday, June 5

All Summit sessions take place at the Westin-St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street in San Francisco, unless otherwise noted.

Registration (7 a.m.)

Breakfast (8 a.m.)

Plenary Session (8:30 to 9:30 a.m.)

Election of State Delegates to the National Summit (9:45 to 11:30 a.m.)

Closing Plenary Session (12 to 1:30 p.m.)

Closing Remarks
The Honorable Barbara Lee, Congresswoman for the Ninth District of California

Introduced by the Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr., Mayor of San Francisco