Social Security and African Americans | Cato Institute

Date and Time

March 19, 2002 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Location

Hayek Auditorium

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Featuring Hon. Ken Blackwell, Star Parker, and Tony Brown.

Cosponsored by the Cato Institute and the National Black Chamber of Commerce

Conference Schedule

8:00–9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00–9:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks — F. A. Hayek Auditorium Download video of Opening Remarks, Keynote Address and Panel 1 Download a podcast of Opening Remarks, Keynote Address and Panel 1 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 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? [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 [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 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? 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 Dylan Glenn Special Assistant to the President National Economic Council

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