Summit Agenda

Day 1: June 3
5:00 – 5:35 Overview of Summit and NCCU Chancellor Charlie Nelms’ Welcome
5:40 – 6:40 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ernest Morrell
6:40 – 7:00 Break
7:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:00 – 9:00 World Café

 

Day 2: June 4
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 Review and Goals
9:15 – 10:50 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alfred Tatum
10:50 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 Researcher Panel: Dr. Jane Gangi, Dr. Ernest Johnson,  Dr. Kafi Kumasi

  • What does research tell us about the literacy development and needs of African American male youth?
  • What are the most important research gaps in general?  For the library community?
  • How should research inform programs and policy?
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 Working Groups

  • What does research tell us about the literacy development and needs of African American male youth?
  • What are the most important research gaps in general?  For the library community?
  • How should research inform programs and policy?
2:30 – 3:30 Administrator/Librarian Panel: Melissa Jenkins, Karen Lemmons, Stephanie Wilkes

  • What opportunities and challenges exist in meeting the literacy needs of African American male youth?
  • How can we marshal the potential of digital technologies to meet the literacy needs of African American male youth?
  • What programmatic, policy, and/or infrastructure changes need to be made to enable libraries to better serve the literacy needs of African American male youth?
3:30 – 4:45 Working Groups

  • What opportunities and challenges exist in meeting the literacy needs of African American male youth?
  • How can we marshal the potential of digital technologies to meet the literacy needs of African American male youth?
  • What programmatic, policy, and/or infrastructure changes need to be made to enable libraries to better serve the literacy needs of African American male youth?
4:45 – 5:30 Wrap-up

 

Day 3: June 5
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 Review and Goals
9:30 – 9:45 Vice Chancellor Rome and the Centennial Scholars Program
9:45 – 10:45 Student Panel

  • Do you consider yourself a reader? If so, what experiences, people, or books helped you become a reader? If not, what kept you from becoming a reader?
  • Do you consider yourself to be a library user? Why or why not?
  • If you could create the perfect library, what would it be like? (What kinds of books and resources would it have? What kinds of people / librarians would work there? What kinds of programs or activities would it offer? What would it look like?)
10:45 – 12:00 Working Groups

  • Respond to these four words: Ownership, Voice, Partnership, Agency
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch
1:15 – 3:00 Affinity Groups
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:00 Summit Wrap-Up