8th BWR Women of Power National Summit
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Its Our Time to Lead, Rise & Shine!
March 14 – 19, 2019
Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel 999 K Street, NW*Washington, DC
DRAFT AGENDA**
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
BWR Public Policy Education & Action Day One
10:00 am – 9:00 pm
[Attire: Business]
Press Conference on Capitol Hill on Federal Budget, VAWA, Paid Family Leave and Voting Rights
Hill Visits w/ House of Representatives Members Offices
Capitol Hill
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
BWR Summit Site Registration
Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019
BWR Public Policy Education & Action Day Two
10:00 am – 9:00 pm
[Attire: Business]
BWR Summit Site Registration
Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Legislative Policy Lunch Briefing, Release 6th Annual BWR Report: Black Women & U. S. & Key States, 2019
& Hill Visits w/ U. S. Senate Members Offices
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Capitol Hill Visits Debriefing w/BWR State Delegations
3:30 pm – 4:25 pm
Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel
Welcome & Opening Session: A Look Back to Move Forward in Leveraging the Power of the Sister Vote & Leadership
Follow Black Women if You Want to Win: The Role Black Women’s Leadership & Vote Played in Shifting Political Power in the 2018 Mid-Term Election Cycle Nationally & In the States
The Power is in the States: BWR State Conveners & Black Youth Vote! Leaders & State Partners Share What’s Happening in the States in 2019!
Laying Out BWR Roadmap for the Future: Updating BWR Strategic Platforms for 2019 – 2021 & Developing the BWR Girl Power Leadership Initiative
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Live Streamed on Facebook & Twitter
Dinner on Your Own
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019
Welcome Hospitality/Meet & Greet
Movie Screening
Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
[Attire: Casual]
GIRLS TRACK – Midnight Mixer (Emerging Leaders Only 17 & Under)
9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019
It's All About YOU: Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Day
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
[Attire: Casual/Exercise Gear---Wear Red, White and/or Pink for Heart, Stroke and Cancer Prevention & Awareness]
BWR Summit Site Registration
Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
It’s All About YOU – Health is Wealth! (Concurrent)
8th Annual Love You More Power Walk in Memory of Ruby Campbell-Pulliam
Group Exercises
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Why We Gather Opening Inspiration Session
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Mini-Expo (Entrepreneurs Pavilion, Authors Pavilion, Spa & Aroma Therapy, Massage Therapy, Cyber Café & More!)
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Self-Care, Health & Healing Enrichment Sessions (Concurrent Sessions)
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Morning Break
11:30 am – 12 Noon
It’s Time to Tell Our Stories Lunch Plenary w/Featured Authors & StoryTellers
12 Noon – 1:30 pm
Book Signing w/Featured Authors
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Healthy, Wealthy, Wise Empowerment & Enrichment Sister Circles (3 one hour concurrent circles)
Healthy Living Sister Circle
Wealth Building Sister Circle
Wise and In Charge Sister Circle
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
GIRLS TRACK – Healthy, Wealthy, Wise Sessions (Emerging Leaders Only 17 & Under)
2:00 pm –5:00 pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019
It's All About YOU: Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Day
Dinner on Your Own
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Celebrating Our SiSTARS!!!
BWR Sistar Power Awards Ceremony & Women’s History Month Reception
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
[Attire: Cocktail/Chic]
After Party
10:00 pm - Midnight
SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2019
Faith, Inspiration, Social Justice & Global Empowerment Day
8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Morning Inspiration Group Exercise: Health Is Wealth!
8:30 am – 9:00 am
BWR Summit Site Registration
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Mini-Expo (Entrepreneurs Pavilion, Authors Pavilion, Spa & Aroma Therapy, Massage Therapy, Cyber Café & More!)
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Faith & Inspiration Ecumenical Spiritual Hour of Power Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Live Streamed on Facebook & Twitter
BWR Power Building Roundtables: It’s Our Time to Lead, Rise & Shine!
Faith & Social Justice Leadership Roundtable
Global & Human Rights Leadership Roundtable
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Live Streamed on Facebook & Twitter
Free Time/Dinner on Your Own
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
It’s Time to Organize, Organize, Organize BWR Branding & Power Building Organizing Sessions (Concurrent)
BWR Regional Caucus Organizing Meetings: South, Mid-West, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic & West)
Organizing A BWR Network in Your State: Overview of Requirements & Toolkit
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Movie Screening and Pop Up Sister Circles
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2019
It’s All About Community Action & SiSTAR Power Day: It’s Our Time to Lead, Rise & Shine!
7:00 am – 9:00 pm
[Attire: Business Casual]
Morning Inspiration Group Exercise: Health is Wealth!
7:00 am – 7:30 am
BWR Summit Site Registration
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Mini-Expo (Entrepreneurs Pavilion, Authors Pavilion, Spa & Aroma Therapy, Massage Therapy, Cyber Café & More!)
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sistars Can We Talk Leadership Morning Plenary
Women of Color Share Their Triumphs & Challenges As Leaders, Powerbrokers & Community Builders
9:00 am – 12 Noon
Civil Rights, Worker’s Rights, Racial, Environmental & Social Justice Leadership Roundtable
Women’s Rights, LGBTQI Rights, Reproductive & Gender Justice Roundtable
Business, Media, Technology & Social Innovation Leadership Roundtable
Live Streamed on Facebook & Twitter
GIRLS TRACK: Girl Power - BWR Girl Power State-Based Initiatives Organizing Session (Emerging Leaders Only 17 & Under)
9:00 am – 12 Noon
Break
12 Noon – 12:15 pm
Education, Economic & Global Women & Girl Power Lunch Plenary
Live Streamed on Facebook & Twitter
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Break
1:45 pm – 2:15 pm
It’s Time to Organize, Organize, Organize to Win on Our Issues BWR Public Policy Organizing Sessions (Concurrent)
2:15 pm – 3:40 pm
§ Protecting the Safety Net: Affordable Health Care, Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security & Reducing Prescription Drug Prices
§ Criminal Justice/Policing Reform: Implementation of Criminal Justice Reform
§ Equal Rights, Equal Pay and Work Family Policy: It’s Time for ERA, Equal Pay & Paid Family Leave to Become Law
§ Hate Crimes/Racism: Stopping the Hate in the Trump Era
§ Gun Violence/Violence Against Women & Girls of Color: Gun Safety & VAWA Reauthorization
§ Jobs/Employment: The Future of Work for Low-Wage Workers
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm
§ Voting Rights & Protecting Our Democracy: Bots, Voter Suppression & Fake News
§ Immigration Reform is a Black Issue: DACA, TPS, Diversity Visas & More!
§ 2020 Presidential Election/2020 Decennial Census/2021 Redistricting: Building Black Political Power for the Next Decade
§ Cybersecurity & Internet Privacy Is a Civil Rights & Social Justice Issue
§ Controlling Our Bodies: Reproductive Justice, Sex Trafficking & Sexual Abuse
§ Affordable Housing: Rebuilding Wealth & Eradicating Poverty in Urban and Rural Black Communities
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2019
It’s All About Community Day: It’s Our Time to Lead, Rise & Shine!
GIRLS TRACK: Girl Power - BWR Girl Power State-Based Initiatives Organizing Session (Emerging Leaders Only 17 & Under)
2:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Dinner On Your Own
5:15 pm – 7:15 pm
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Closing Session: A National Town Hall Meeting & Call to Action
Leveraging the Power of the Sister Vote & Leadership in 2020 Presidential Election, 2020 Decennial Census and 2021 Redistricting
Live Streamed on Facebook & Twitter
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019
Cultural Exchange Day
BWR Special Tours of Museums & Monuments (BWR State Delegations Only)
Washington, DC
9:00 am – 12 Noon
