Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Work

6100 Main Street,Houston TX 77005

17 June, 2022

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Please join the Prairie View A&M University National Alumni Association, the Rice University Association of Rice Alumni, and the Texas Southern University National Alumni Association to celebrate Juneteenth with three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the holiday. 8:45-9:00 a.m. Welcome David Leebron, President, Rice University 9:10 a.m. Panel 1: Recollecting Freedom Chair: Monique Shankle, Rice ’86, President, Association of Rice Alumni Panelists: Frank D. Jackson, Prairie View A&M ’73, Former Mayor, Prairie View, Texas; Karen L. Kossie-Chernyshev, Rice ’85 ’96 ’98, TSU ’15, Professor of History, Texas Southern University 10:15-11:15 a.m. Panel 2: Good Work: Pathways to the Ph.D. for Black Students Chair: Tramyra Waites, President, Houston Area Prairie View A&M University Alumni Association Panelists: Gregory H. Maddox, Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School, Texas Southern University; Melanye Price, Prairie View A&M '95, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice, Prairie View A&M University; Njideka (Syndi) Nnorom, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel 3: Black Entrepreneurship Now Chair: Michael Williams, TSU '99, Event Chair, Texas Southern University National Alumni Association Keynote: Jennifer Dean, President, Dean Professional Services Panel Discussion Featuring: Donald Bowers, Rice '91, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - Houston Branch; Corrie Williams, TSU '02, President, Texas Southern University National Alumni Association; Courtney Johnson Rose, Prairie View A&M '06, CEO, George E. Johnson Development