Cosponsored by the Cato Institute and the National Black Chamber of Commerce
March 19, 2002 • Cato Institute • Washington, D.C.
Morning sessions: Video Audio
Afternoon sessions: Video Audio
Conference Schedule
| 8:00–9:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:00–9:15 a.m. | Opening Remarks—F. A. Hayek Auditorium Edward H. Crane President Cato Institute [Transcript - PDF, 6 pgs, 90 Kb] Harry C. Alford President and CEO National Black Chamber of Commerce [Transcript - PDF, 4 pgs, 84 Kb] |
| 9:15–10:00 a.m. | Keynote Address Video Audio Introduction—Casey Lartigue Policy Analyst Cato Institute Gwendolyn King Former Social Security Commissioner Member, President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security [Transcript - PDF, 16 pgs, 33 Kb] |
| 10:00–11:15 a.m. | Panel 1: Is Social Security Fair to African Americans? Video Audio [Transcript - PDF, 36 pgs, 172 Kb] Moderator—Wiley A. Hall Executive Editor and Columnist The Afro-American Michael Tanner Director of Health and Welfare Studies Cato Institute Horace Cooper Fellow Center for New Black Leadership Maya Rockeymoore Senior Resident Scholar National Urban League Kilolo Kijakazi Senior Policy Analyst Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |
| 11:15–11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Panel 2: Savings, Investment, and the African-American Community
Video Audio [Transcript - PDF, 39 pgs, 182 Kb] Moderator—Derek McGinty Anchor ABC News "World News Now" Darrell Williams Professor of Economics UCLA Mellody Hobson President Ariel Capital Management, Inc. Jesse Brown President Krystal Investment Management Tony Brown President Tony Brown Productions Rev. Alexander Hurt Kingdom Church of Brockton, Mass |
| 12:45–1:30 p.m. | Lunch—Wintergarden |
| 1:30–2:15 p.m. | Luncheon Address Video Audio Introduction—Deroy Murdock President Loud and Clear Communications J. Kenneth Blackwell Secretary of State, Ohio [Transcript - PDF, 15 pgs, 31 Kb] |
| 2:15–3:30 p.m. | Panel 3: The Great Debate:
Should Social Security be Privatized? Video Audio Moderator—Juan Williams Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio Star Parker President and Founder Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education Herman Cain CEO T.H.E., Inc. E. Percil Stanford Former Chairman National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Hilary O. Shelton Director Washington Bureau, NAACP |
| 3:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks Video Audio Dylan Glenn Special Assistant to the President National Economic Council |
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