Conference speakers
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Elder Hill
Paul Hill National Rites Of Passage CEO Cleveland, Ohio/span>
The Journey of life is a series of passages that must be bridged to fulfill our purposes for being. The journey begins with birth and ends with death. Life is a succession of stages or passages.
We are not unlike the lobster. The lobster grows by developing and shedding a series of hard protective shells. Each time a new shell forms, the old shell must be sloughed off, sometimes painfully left exposed and vulnerable until, in time, the new covering grows, replacing the old. With each passage from one stage of human growth to the next we, too, must shed a protective structure. We are left exposed and vulnerable also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before.
Everything that happens to us birthdays, baptisms, graduation, getting a job, losing a job, marriage, childbirth, divorce, death, affects us. Adolescence as a stage of life is one of the most difficult and important. It is that period of time in betwixt and between. It is that prolonged period of development between childhood and adulthood. Countless young males and females in contemporary America who refuse to assume the responsibilities of adulthood, and who are consumed by childish narcissism, condemn themselves to the Peter Pan never-never land of perpetual adolescence. -
David Miller Urban Leadership Institute Baltimore, Maryland
David is considered one of the leading professionals in the country addressing the issue of urban adolescent violence. He has provided consultation services for the Centers for Disease Control, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and Harvard University School of Public Health, Washington D.C. Police Department. -
Rev. Dr. Nolan Shaw
Rev. Dr. Nolan Shaw Practice Area Lead & Scholar for Faith Based Chicago, Illinios
Dr. Nolan Shaw has provided developmental counseling since 1992. As executive director of Boys To Men, Inc., he specializes in addressing the psychological and sociological needs of "at risk" African-American males, presenting them with developmental models that meet their unique needs. -
Ebony Evans
Ebony Evans Coppin State University Baltimore, Maryland
Ebony Evans, also known by her stage name Amorous Ebony, hails from the great city of Baltimore, Maryland. Ebony is a singer, songwriter, poet, earring designer, and actress. Currently a junior at Coppin State University, Ebony majors in Urban Arts and performs throughout Baltimore and the United States.
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