Conference Agenda

Friday, February 7

Busby Street Center
5212 Farrow Rd, Columbia, SC 29203-6781

​9:00 a.m.
Opening Session

9:15 a.m.
Energy Visualization Exercise “Your A-ha Moment”
Rooms A&B
Tori Griffin, NAACP Regions 5 and 6, environmental field organizer
Marilyn Hemingway, CEO, Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce

10:20 a.m.
“The Future of Energy in South Carolina” Panel
Moderator: Frank Knapp, SC Small Business Chamber
Conservation Voters of South Carolina Confirmed participation
SC Energy Office  Stacey Washington, Energy Specialist
Citizens Climate Lobby Mark Gould, Charleston Chapter
Santee Cooper  Yvette Rowland, Government Relations Liaison

11:25 a.m.
“Water is Life” Panel
Moderator: Gerrit Jobsis, American Rivers
Deanna Miller-Berry, Environmental Justice Activist
Virginia Singleton Sanders, Sierra Club
Robert Moye, environmental chair, Lower Richland NAACP Branch

12:30 p.m.
Working Lunch - Training: Advocacy for your community and your environment
Jamarr Brown, national advocacy trainer

1:30pm Closing