8:30 AM - 9:00 AM                                                       

Continental Breakfast and Exhibits

• First Generation College Bound
• Morgan State University Center for Violence and Urban Crime
• HABC Office of Resident Services
• HUD Programs for Public Housing Resident

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Opening and Greetings
Korey Perrin, President
Resident Advisory Board

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome
Janet Abrahams, President and CEO
Housing Authority of Baltimore City

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Plenary Session I: No More Thru Away People

Introduction of Keynote Speaker:  Monica Watkins, MBA, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

Speaker: Robert Woodson, PhD, CEO, The Woodson Foundation, Washington, DC
Dr. Robert Woodson is the author of several books including On the Road to Economic Freedom, The Triumphs of Joseph: How Today’s Community Healers Are Reviving Our Streets And Neighborhood and Lessons from the Least of These: The Woodson Principles
 

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Plenary Session II:  Low Birth Weight Babies in Public Housing and Marginalized Communities

Introduction of Speakers:  Larnell Robinson, Treasurer of RAB

Speakers:

• Stacey Stephens, MSW, LCSW-C, Director of B’more for Healthy Babies, University of Maryland Baltimore
• Lashelle Stewart, MBA, Executive Director, Baltimore Healthy Start

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Group Activity

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Plenary Session III:  Workshop II: Legal Obstacles Confronting Resident Organizations

Introduction of Speaker:  Jan C. Goslee, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                                               Housing Authority of Baltimore City

Speaker: Lisa Walker, Esq., CEO, Housing and Development Law Institute, Washington, DC

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

LUNCH

1:00 PM -  1:30 PM

Video Presentation:  Project NANA, Incorporated Vinessa Hill, MPH, Board Chair and Executive Director   Norfolk, VA

1:30 PM -  2:30 PM

Plenary Session IV:   Engagement of Resident Leaders with Architects: Bridging Cultures and Redefining Urban Futures

Introduction of Speaker:  Mark Johnson, RAB Delegate

Speaker: Abimbola Asojo, PhD, Dean and Professor,  School of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State University

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Resident Panel:  Boots on the Ground - Social Action Now!

Introduction of Speaker:  Crystal Branch, Resident Commissioner
                                             Housing Authority of Baltimore City

Speakers:

• Belinda Blue, Vice President of Resident Advisory Board; Housing Authority of Baltimore City
• Rosa Burbridge, Resident Commissioner, District of Columbia Housing Authority; 
• Dyanne Broidy, Resident Commissioner, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority
• Jackie Wells, Commissioner, Housing Authority City of Annapolis

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Wrap-Up and Closing

Korey Perrin, President
Resident Advisory Board

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Holiday Gala at the Lord Baltimore Hotel