Agenda Florida Regional Hearing Thursday, August 4, 2005 • 9:30 A.M. 80th Annual Convention of National Bar Association J.W. Marriott Orlando, 4040 Central Florida Parkway Orlando, FL Commission Members National Commissioners Charles Mathias, Honorary Chairman; Bill Lann Lee, Chairman; Hon. John Buchanan; Chandler Davidson; Dolores Huerta; Elsie Meeks; Charles Ogletree, Joe Rogers Guest Commissioners Kim Keenan, President, National Bar Association Fred Gray, Senior Partner, Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson Focus • Analysis of the Impact of the Voting Rights Act in Florida and the South • Minorities and Voting: Presentations by NBA Attorneys Click panelist's name to view testimony 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM Chair: Call to Order 10:15 AM– 11:45 AM First Panel: • Congressman G.K. Butterfield, 1st District, North Carolina • Marytza Sanz, President & CEO, Latino Leadership • Regine Monestime, FL Haitian Bar Association • Courtenay Strickland, Voting Rights Project Director, ACLU of Florida • Debo Adegbile, Associate Director, NAACP Legal Defense Fund 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM LUNCH BREAK 12:30 PM– 2:00 PM Second Panel: • Meredith Bell Platts, Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU Southern Regional Office • Brad Brown, Political Action Chair, Miami Dade, NAACP • Reggie Mitchell, FL Legal Counsel, People for the American Way • Constance Slaughter-Harvey, President, Elections, Inc. and adjunct professor, Tougaloo College • J. Goodwille Pierre, Vice Chair, Region 5, NBA 2:00 PM– 2:05 PM BREAK 2:05 PM– 2:45 PM Third Panel: • Marlon Primes, National Vice President, NBA • Monica Dula, Chair, NBA Election 2004 Task force • Iris Green • Reginald Turner, President-Elect, National Bar Association 2:45 PM– 3:00 PM Closing Remarks Back to main page