Presiding: Leah Randolph, Massachusetts Black Alcohol and Addiction Council, Chair
Opening- Drumming
Blessing – Termaine Hicks (STEP UP)
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- Black National Anthem: “Lift every voice and sing” – Thomika Bridwell
- Honor of the Elders
- Welcome to RCC: Jackie Jenkins Scott, President of Roxbury Community
- Celebrating BAI: Elizabeth Reed, Executive Director, A Soulful Heart: Memorializing George Floyd Jr.
Greetings:
Massachusetts State Representative Chynah Tyler
Former Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson
Boston City Counselor Brian Worrell and Christopher Worrell
Plenary:
Introduction of Speaker: Vincent “Peter” Hayden, PhD, Chair of National Black Alcoholism and Addiction Council and CEO of Turning Point
- Why a Black Alcoholism & Addictions Institute”L Brisbane, PhD Founder and Dean of the BAI Institute and Vice President of Workforce Development Diversity and Inclusion SUNY at Stony Brook
- “Racism is making us Sick!”: Nicole Christian-Braithwaite, Jessica Isom, Kevin M. Simon