NAACP Tri-State Conference Convention of Idaho-Nevada-Utah

Theme: NAACP: Affirming America's Promise

September 23-25, 2011

Sponsors:

Gold Sponsor: Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Bronze Sponsor: Pfizer Inc.

The NAACP Tri-State Conference Convention will be held September 23-25, 2011 at the Little America Hotel high-rise building, 500 South Main St, Salt Lake City, Utah. There is a fee for Conference registration and meals. To receive a form, call (801) 250-5088 or email jdwnaacp@att.net. Registration deadline is September 12. This convention is open to the public. There will be workshops for Youth and College students. We encourage everyone to attend.

For room reservations call the Little America Hotel, 1-800-281-7899 and give the conference name for the reduced rates. The Garden Rooms are $79 plus tax and located in three separate two-story buildings. The Tower Rooms are $99 plus tax and located in the 17-story high-rise building with a beautiful view of downtown Salt Lake City or the surrounding Wasatch Mountains.   

Conference Schedule at a glance:

Reception: 6:00 p.m. Friday

Business Meeting: 8:00 p.m. Friday

Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. Saturday

Candidates Forum: 8:00 a.m. Saturday

State Conference Elections: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Lunch: 12:00 noon Saturday: Speaker, Aaron Romine, Director of the U.S. Department of Education for Civil Rights, Denver Colorado Office

Dinner: 7:00 p.m. Saturday: Speaker, Rayford Irvin, District Director, U.S. EEOC, Phoenix, Arizona Office

Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. Sunday following with business meeting to conclude conference

Workshops: Saturday

Workshop Topics:

Representatives from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from the Phoenix, Arizona office will discuss workplace discrimination and how to report cases. 

Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center based out of Montgomery, Alabama will present Teaching Tolerance for classrooms, community, district professional development, school leaders and staff.

Representative from The Center for Responsible Lending with offices in California and North Carolina will present on the trap of Payday Lenders, Mortgage Lending and Consumer Loans.  

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is the nation's leading center for nuclear energy research and development. The representative will present on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in the classrooms. In addition, careers with INL and community outreach.

Pfizer, the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company representative will present on "Helpful Answers."

A representative from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will update on National Labor Statistics and the three states of Idaho, Nevada and Utah.

A representative from NAACP National Headquarters Criminal Justice Department will discuss the NAACP's policy and newly released study on Misplaced Priorties: Over Incarcerate, Under Educate and New Petition: Prison vs. Schools. Help the NAACP reset America's focus to education, not incarceration. 

There will be two presenters to discuss Utah's Drug Court Program. They will explain how drug courts work and what the know about why they work. The presenters will be Utah's Assistant State Court Administrator and Salt Lake City Judge.

Salt Lake County District Attorney will present and talk about the duties of his office. The District Attorney's Office is responsible for a wid variety of legal work, including prosecution of all felony criminal matters in the County, as well as handling civil governmental legal work and government litigation.

Salt Lake FBI representative will discuss the work of their offices, cyber security, mortgage and investment fraud. 

National Bone Marrow Donor Program, Oakland, CA., representative will talk about their donor "Be The Match" registry program, myths and facts about marrow donor program.

Other workshop topics will be on NAACP's Anti-Bullying Policy, Housing, Prisons (Housing Inmates vs. Education), Branch Membership Development, Redistricting, Voter Registration-Get Out The Vote-Voter Empowerment and Filing Complaints with the NAACP.

Conference Supporters: Biscoff Cookies, Coca Cola, Mrs. Fields and Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau