Community Leadership Forum: New Approaches to Community Engagement and Mobilization June 27, 2011

Join the City Club in discussing community leadership with a selection of panelists from across the Northeast Ohio region. The focus of this moderated panel will be new approaches to community engagement and mobilization.

The Reverend Jawanza Karriem Lightfoot Colvin serves as the sixth Pastor of the Olivet Instiutional Baptist Church. He was called to the pastorate in January 2009. He became Pastor in April 2009.

Duane Thornton became President/Executive Director of The Presidents' Council in November 2009. He brings with him a strong background in business management and his own entrepreneurial spirit that bodes well for the future of The Presidents' Council, as it aggressively builds economic empowerment and advances African-American businesses throughout Northeast Ohio.

State Senator Nina Turner represents Cleveland and the 25th Senate District. She joined the Ohio Senate in September 2008 after serving on Cleveland City Council. An outspoken advocate of the disenfranchised and under-represented, Senator Turner believes that if individuals are provided with the means they will craft for themselves their own American dream.

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