Saturday April 20, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Bentley School is hosting an empowering, enriching and engaging conference on the Upper School campus in Lafayette, CA, focused on the opportunities and importance of educating African-American male students from around the country
The Vanguard Conference 2013 on the theme “Success and Service” will feature:
-Keynote address from Fred Blackwell: former Executive Director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Engagement and current Assistant City Administrator of the city of Oakland.
–A performance by world-renowned spoken word artist Brandon Santiago and program associate at YouthSpeaks.
-Workshop sessions led by:
-Ike Eze: established executive, founder of freecreditreport.com, current CEO of Centrro inc., and advisor of the global non-profit, The African Network. (TAN).
-Bill Thomson: established entrepreneur, published author, founder of WSW urban financial literacy program, Managing Partner of the E3 Innovation fund, and current Venture partner at Legacy Impact Capital, a Community Development Venture Capital firm.
…And many more!
Continental breakfast and catered lunch will be provided. Registration is FREE. To support the conference, consider buying a t-shirt when registering.
Parents and teachers are welcome!
Students, parents and teachers should register individually NO LATER THAN APRIL 15 at vanguardconference2013.org and for more information, please watch our promotional video.
