2005 Speaking Engagements and Appearances
January 15, 2005
College Broadband (CBB), Urban America's Best and Brightest College Scholarship
Contest Gala at Columbia University
"A Salute to the Scholarship Winners"
Harlem, New York
January 17, 2005
The College of New Jersey, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
"The Contemporary Nature of Dr. King’s Struggle: The Illusion of Full
Inclusion and the Power of Personal Choice"
Ewing, New Jersey
January 31, 2005
Dwight Morrow High School
"Raising Your Game: Fostering a Youth Culture of Academic Excellence"
Englewood, New Jersey
February 1, 2005
Microsoft Corporation and BCT Partners
Community Technology Learning Centers Convening
Newark, New Jersey
February 4-5, 2005
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and Innovative Funders Network (IFN)
Civil Societies / Civil Technologies: The Role of Research in Driving More
Strategic Use of IT by Civil Society at New School University
New York, New York
February 15, 2005
New York Literacy Assistance Center (NYLAC)
National Technology and the Black Family Awareness Week
"Culture and Technology: Building Community with Technology"
New York, New York
February 23, 2005
Millersville University
Black History Month Program (cancelled due to weather)
"Black Culture and Black Youth: Continuing a Legacy of Excellence as Black
History Makers of Tomorrow"
Millersville, Pennsylvania
February 24, 2005
Delaware Valley College
Black History Month Program (cancelled due to weather)
"Black History, Black Culture and Diversity"
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
February 26, 2005
National TRiO Day at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
"Raising Your Game to Achieve Academic Excellence and Career Success"
Newark, New Jersey
February 28, 2005
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Telecentre Support Network Product and Services Planning - Americas Workshop
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, British Columbia
March 11, 2005
Ford Foundation
The Public Airwaves as a Common Asset and a Public Good: Implications for the
Future of Broadcasting and Community Development in the U.S.
"Community Wireless and Community Building"
New York, New York
March 21-22, 2005
Ford Foundation
Building Innovative Leaders for Community Change
New York, New York
March 23-25, 2005
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN), Nonprofit Technology Conference
(NTC)
"Researchers and Practioners of Nonprofit Technology: A Frank Conversation" (Thursday/Moderator)
"The Evolving Landscape of Nonprofit Technology" (Friday/Moderator)
Chicago, Illinois
April 8-10, 2005
Rockefeller Foundation
Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Fellowship Program Reunion
San Francisco, California
May 23-25, 2005
PolicyLink, Advancing Regional Equity: The Second National Summit on Equitable
Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth
"Exploring New Information Systems: GIS as an Advocacy Tool"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 28-July 1, 2005
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Neighborhood Networks 10th Anniversary National Conference
"A New Vision and Reflections from Ten Years of Delivering Technology Access
to America’s Communities"
Orlando, Florida
July 15-17, 2005
American Association of Rhodes Scholars
Rhodes Scholarship Centennial Reunion at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 11, 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT Summer Research Program (MRSP)
"You Better Recognize!: The Role and Responsibility of the Next Generation
of Researchers"
Cambridge, Massachusetts
September 24, 2005
Rutgers African American Alumni Alliance (RAAA)
Hall of Fame Ceremony 2005
Busch Dining Hall, Busch Campus, Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
October 20-21, 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), The Media Laboratory
MIT Media Laboratory Alumni 20th Reunion: Making a Difference
Cambridge, Massachusetts
October 21, 2005
Media and Technology Charter High School (MATCH)
Boston, Massachusetts
October 26, 2005
Direc-Communications Business Conference
"Business Solutions for the Business Community"
Brooklyn Marriott Hotel
Brooklyn, New York
November 15, 2005
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Graduate School
of Library and Information Science
"Advancing the Diffusion of Technology Innovations in
Underserved Communities"
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
