Whitney M. Young, Jr., Leadership Development Conference
Empowering our affiliate movement
2021 Whitney M. Young, Jr., Leadership Development Conference
October 25 - October 28, 2021 | Virtual
“Stretch your mind and fly.”
- Whitney M. Young, Jr.
The Whitney M. Young Jr. Urban Leadership Development Conference is our annual leadership immersion event for the leaders of our affiliate movement. We bring together our brightest minds and dedicated hearts to expand expertise, build community and share learnings for a stronger, more effective Urban League movement.
The theme for this year is “Expanding The Movement”
We are virtual and offering many open sessions that will allow more Urban Leaguers to participate, share experiences and integrate what is learned into everyday workflows and protocols.
Event Sponsors
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(All times are Eastern Standard Time)
10:30AM - 12:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program Update
12:00PM - 1:00PM | Day 1 Keynote Session
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Workforce Development Division (WFDD) Project Empower University Session
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Education & Youth Development Session
2:30PM - 3:30PM | Education & Youth Development Session
4:00PM - 5:00PM | Education & Youth Development Session
4:00PM - 5:00PM | Washington Bureau Session
7:00PM - 8:30PM | Guild Session
8:00PM - 9:15PM | Young Professionals Session
(All times are Eastern Standard Time)
10:00AM - 12:00PM | Workforce Development Division (WFDD) Upskilling Session
10:00AM- 12:00PM | Urban Senior Jobs Program - Growth 360 Session
10:30AM - 12:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program Onboarding Assistance Session
12:00PM - 1:00PM | Day 2 Keynote Session
1:00PM - 1:45PM | Young Professionals Session: State of the Movement
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Education & Youth Development Session: The Inequities Index
1:30PM - 2:00PM | Urban Youth Reentry Program Session
2:30PM - 3:30PM | Education & Youth Development Session
2:00PM - 4:00PM | Urban Senior Jobs Program - Growth 360 Session
2:00PM - 5:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program Session
3:00PM - 4:00PM | Urban Youth Reentry Program Session
4:00PM - 5:00PM | Education & Youth Development Session
7:00PM - 9:00PM | Guild Session
(All times are Eastern Standard Time)
9:00AM - 11:00AM | New CEO Session (Closed)
10:00AM - 12:00PM | Urban Senior Jobs Program - Growth 360 Session
10:30AM - 12:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program Session (Closed)
11:00AM - 12:00PM | Guild Session: Parliamentary Boot Camp
12:00PM - 1:00PM | Day 3 Keynote Session
1:00PM - 5:30PM | CFO Track Session
1:00PM - 2:30PM | Urban Youth Reentry Program
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Education & Youth Development Session
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Workforce Development Division (WFDD) Upskilling Session
1:00PM - 5:00PM | New CEO Session
2:00PM - 4:00PM | Urban Senior Jobs Program - Growth 360 Session
2:00PM - 4:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program Session (Closed)
2:00PM - 4:00PM | Board Chair Track Session
2:30PM - 3:30PM | Education & Youth Development Session: Director's Panel Discussion
3:00PM - 4:00PM | Urban Youth Reentry Program Session
7:00PM - 8:15PM | Young Professionals and Guild Session
8:15PM - 9:30PM | Young Professionals Workshop Session
8:30PM - 9:30PM | Guild Session
(All times are Eastern Standard Time)
10:00AM - 11:30AM | CEO Session (Closed)
10:00AM - 12:00PM | Urban Senior Jobs Program - Growth 360 Session (Closed)
12:00PM - 1:00PM | Day 4 Keynote Session
1:00PM - 2:30PM | Urban Youth Reentry Program Session
2:00PM - 4:00PM | Urban Senior Jobs Program - Growth 360 Session (Closed)
2:00PM - 3:00PM | Housing Track Session: Financial Therapy
2:00PM - 3:00PM | CEO & Board Chair Session: Critical Race Theory
3:30PM - 4:30PM | CEO & Board Chair Session (Closed)
3:30PM - 4:30PM | Urban Youth Reentry Program Session
7:00PM - 8:30PM | Guild Closing Session
9:00PM - 10:15PM | Young Professionals Networking Session: Breakout Rooms
Keynote Sessions
October 25, - October 28, 2021
Monday, October 25
12:00PM - 1:00PM | Covid 19: Difficult Conversations & Overcoming Historical Skepticism
Tuesday, October 26
12:00PM - 1:00PM | DEI Conversation with McDonalds
Wednesday, October 27
12:00PM - 1:00PM | The Art of Possibility: Financial Literacy and Black Empowerment
Thursday, October 28
12:00PM - 1:00PM | Critical Race Theory
University Professor of Economics and Accountancy, George Washington University School of Business
Vice President, Global Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,
McDonald's
Professor of Religion and African American and African Diaspora Studies,
Columbia University
Guild Track
October 27, - October 28, 2021
This is a dedicated track for Guild Members
Monday, October 25
7:00PM - 8:30PM | Guild Leadership Session
Tuesday, October 26
7:00PM - 9:00PM | Parliamentary Boot Camp / Top Strategies for Effective Committees
Wednesday, October 27
7:00PM | 8:15PM | YP & Guild - Managing & Leveraging Up: Intergenerational Engagement
8:30PM - 9:30PM | Digital Boot Camp / Painting the Picture
Thursday, October 28
7:00PM - 8:30PM | Guild Fundraising Collaborative
Information Technology Director
Board Chair Track
October 27, - October 28, 2021
This is a dedicated track for Board Chairs
Wednesday, October 27
2:00PM - 4:00PM | Board Chair Session
Thursday, October 28
2:00PM - 3:00PM CEO Track Session w/ Special Invitation to Board Chairs | Critical Race theory: Knowledge to Application
3:30PM - 4:30PM CEO Track Session w/ Special Invitation to Board Chairs | Sustainable Vision for Equity In Our Communities
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New CEO Track
October 27, 2021
The program is designed to provide updates from the National Urban League on priorities that will impact regional focus areas and to improve and enhance UL Affiliate Fiscal and Financial Health over both a short-term identification period with a set-up for a longer-term three-year implementation period for financial improvement action goals. Participants will develop dashboard with relevant data points to measure the affiliate fiscal health over time.
Wednesday, October 27
1:00PM - 5:00PM | Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership
Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder,
Equity Institute
President,
Pierson Grant Public Relations
Senior Vice President, Affiliate Services
National Urban League
Chief Executive Officer,
JMW
Executive Vice President,
JMW
Legal Counsel and Chief Human Resources Officer,
JMW
Senior Vice President,
Pierson Grant Public Relations
CFO Roundtable Track
October 27, 2021
During the conference, the Education and Youth Development Division will present a series of professional development workshops, some of which will be focused on: mentoring practices; social and emotional learning; education policy and advocacy; college and career advising; program success stories, and civic engagement. The goal is to provide a full range of education and youth development services to Project Ready Managers to ensure that they are fully prepared to take advantage of the opportunities ahead, as we work towards our goal of having every American child ready for college, work and life by 2025.
Wednesday, October 27
1:00PM - 5:30PM | CFO Roundtable
Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer,
National Urban League
Certified Public Accountant
Vice President, Regional Affiliate Operations,
National Urban League
Co-Founding Principal Partner, Fiscal Strategies 4 Nonprofits, LLC
Senior Manager, FMS
Housing Track
October 28, 2021
Housing leaders will learn innovative methods to create a lasting change in the financial health of their clients, by understanding and working with them as holistic beings.
Thursday, October 28
2:00PM - 3:00PM | Financial Therapy: You Are more Thank your Money
Entrepreneurship Center Program Track
October 25, - October 27, 2021
This track will focus on topics that promote growth and development including advocacy, contract procurement, increasing supplier diversity opportunities, financing alternatives, improvement of client management systems and marketing techniques. Attendees will be asked to share best practices and challenges that may have impeded business performance and engage in peer-to-peer networking. Participants will be the Entrepreneurship Center Directors.
Monday, October 25
10:30AM - 12:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program I
Tuesday, October 26
10:30AM - 12:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program Onboarding Assistance: Help for Emerging Entrepreneurship Centers
2:00PM - 5:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program | Small Business Advocacy
Wednesday, October 27
10:30AM - 12:00PM | Entrepreneurship Center Program | Using Storytelling to Leverage Your EC's Needs
Deputy Director for Entrepreneurship Education;
U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA)
Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President Policy and Advocacy
National Urban League
Urban Youth Reentry Program Track
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October 27, - October 28, 2021
The UYRP track will cover motivational interviewing, database management, technology, and tools & resources to better serve young adults age 18 to 24.
Tuesday, October 26
1:00PM - 2:00PM | YARP Cultural Competency & Being an Accreditable Messenger
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Vendor Session
3:00PM - 4:00PM | ERISS Case Management
4:14PM - 5:15PM | Transformation Games
Thursday, October 28
1:00PM - 2:30PM | Developing & Strengthening Community Partnership
3:30PM - 4:30PM | Adopting an Employer Engagement Framework
Director of Special Populations,
National Urban League
CEO, Trance4mation Games / President ,Trance4mation Nation /
President, Beyond the Bars LLC
President,
Amy Landesman Consulting
U.S. Department of Labor Employment
and Training Administration
CEO and Co-Founder,
Entrepreneur and Innovator, ERISS Corporation
Technical Assistance Coach and Case Management Subject Matter Expert,
U.S. Department of Labor
Workforce Development Division Project Empower University
October 25, 2021
The Project Empower University track will help Urban League affiliates improve program offerings and community impact by deepening their understanding of integrated service delivery and communications/narrative change best practices.
Monday, October 25
1:00PM - 2:00PM | Capacity-Building Through Integrated Service Delivery & Community
President and CEO,
Louisville Urban League
Project Director,
World Education
Director,
The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (Boston)
Workforce Development Division Upskilling
October 26, 2021
During the conference, the Education and Youth Development Division will present a series of professional development workshops, some of which will be focused on: mentoring practices; social and emotional learning; education policy and advocacy; college and career advising; program success stories, and civic engagement. The goal is to provide a full range of education and youth development services to Project Ready Managers to ensure that they are fully prepared to take advantage of the opportunities ahead, as we work towards our goal of having every American child ready for college, work and life by 2025.
Tuesday, October 25
10:00AM - 12:00PM | Digital Outreach to Increase Program Enrollment & Community Engagement
1:00PM - 2:00PM | The Digital Divide: A Workforce Programs Perspective
Principal, McKinsey & Company
Senior Fellow & Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution
Director, Technology Policy
Joint Center
Director of Project Management,
WPTI
Managing Director, Digital Learning and Technology, Workforce Professions Training Institute
Workforce Development Division USJP-Growth 360
October 26, 2021
USJP staff and guest speakers will cover topics like project management, leadership, fundraising, case management, strengths-based leadership and a host of others for affiliates operating the Urban Seniors Jobs Program. USJP's open track will be focused on case management.
Tuesday, October 26
10:00AM - 12:00PM | Project Management for Workforce Development Programs
2:00pm - 4:00PM | Project Management for Workforce Development Programs
Thursday, October 28
10:00AM - 12:00PM | Case Management-Getting It Right
2:00PM - 4:00PM | Reenergizing Around Reentry
Director of Program Development and Senior Researcher,
Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University
Young Professionals Track (Aspiring Leaders, Executive Leadership & General Members)
October 25 & October 28, 2021
Joining the National Urban League Young Professionals provides many access to networks, professional development, and a plethora of opportunities--whether you hold leadership, aspire to leadership, or are looking for your space in the movement---this session is for you. We will be discussing how YP can aid your personal development and professional trajectory. Defining your identity and your "why" will ensure you are maximizing the range of ways in which you can serve, grow, and lead the movement and personally. You will hear directly from current and past leadership how YP affected their lives.
Monday, October 25
8:00PM - 9:15PM | Owning Your Story: from Volunteer to Executive Suite
Tuesday, October 26
1:00PM - 1:45PM | State of The Movement
9:00PM - 10:00PM | YP Putting on for my Region/City: Leveraging Regional Resources and Connections
Wednesday, October 27
7:00PM - 8:15PM | Workshop 2: Managing & Leveraging Up: Intergenerational Engagement
8:15PM - 9:30PM | Workshop 1: Building a Strategic Plan Sustainability
9:00PM - 10:15PM | Networking
President,
National Urban League Young Professionals
Vice President of Organization Development,
National Urban League Young Professionals
Executive Director, Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President,
Policy and Advocacy, National Urban League
Brooklyn Community Services,
Assistant Director of Patient Financial Services, The Emory Clinic
RT Consulting
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President & CEO,
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Founder,
Operation Growth Institute
National Urban League Young Professionals
Brooklyn Community Services, Director of the DYCD Fatherhood Program
and DOP NeONWorks Programs
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer,
Quartermain Media, LLC
Education & Youth Development
Sponsored by,
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During the conference, the Education and Youth Development Division will present a series of professional development workshops, some of which will be focused on: mentoring practices; social and emotional learning; education policy and advocacy; college and career advising; program success stories, and civic engagement. The goal is to provide a full range of education and youth development services to Project Ready Managers to ensure that they are fully prepared to take advantage of the opportunities ahead, as we work towards our goal of having every American child ready for college, work and life by 2025.
October 26, - October 28, 2021
Manager, Education & Youth Development,
National Urban League
The NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity
and The Transformation of Schools
Senior Director for Judiciary, Civil Rights and Social Justice,
National Urban League
Senior Director, Education Policy and Advocacy,
National Urban League
Senior Director for Equitable Justice,
National Urban League
Chief Officer of Operations,
National Society for MANRRS
Vice President for Education Policy, Advocacy, and Engagement,
National Urban League
Senior Vice President for Equitable Justice & Strategic Initiatives,
National Urban League
Director of Special Populations
or the Workforce Development Department, National Urban League
Vice President for Health Equity and Policy,
National Urban League
Director, Criminal Justice,
National Urban League
Writer,
Speaker, and Social Entrepreneur
Senior Director of Equity, Data, & Impact,
National Urban League
Washington Bureau Track
October 25, 2021
Join the Washington Bureau and the Young Professionals for a briefing on recent changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Here is your opportunity to hear from experts on the changes and get all of your questions answered. This briefing is open to all Urban League affiliate staff and volunteers and national office staff.
Monday, October 25
4:00PM - 5:00PM | Washington Bureau: Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Briefing
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer,
National Urban League
President, National Urban League Young Professionals
Executive Director of the Washington Bureau and
Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, National Urban League
Senior Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer,
Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid
Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center,
Director of NCLC’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project