On October 8, 2005 The HistoryMakers hosted the 4th installment of its Meet The HistoryMakers: A Day of Education at The California African American Museum in Los Angeles, California.
Meet The HistoryMakers: A Day of Education was conceived as a day of seminars designed to expose public school teachers, librarians and students to the educational resources created by The HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive.
Attendees experience first person testimony from notable HistoryMakers, oral history workshops and training, computer labs and innovative and interactive curriculum. Meet The HistoryMakers: A Day of Education is truly a unique educational opportunity.
Panelists for this program included:
| Welcome and Opening Address Julieanna Richardson, Founder of The HistoryMakers Elisa L. Liang, Vice President, MCI and President, MCI Foundation Sylvia Rousseau, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District |
Interviewing the MediaMakers Paul Brock, The HistoryMakers (Moderator) Joseph Dyer, CBS-2 Los Angeles, Reporter and Television Executive Ron Brewington, President, B&B Productions |
| Hip Hop Donell Alexander, L.A. Alternative Press (Moderator) Clifford R. Russell, Sales/Promotion Account Manager, 100.3 FM The Beat, Los Angeles Ron Carter, former President of Warner Records Lee Bailey, Radio Personality and Broadcast Executive |
That's Entertainment! Tina Marie Tyler, Tina Marie Tyler Productions (Moderator) Lorraine Toussaint, Actress - Any Day Now, Law & Order Aki Aleong, Actor and Record Executive T'Keyah Crystal Keymah, Actress - That's So Raven!, Jackie Brown |
| Life in Front of a Camera George White, Center for Communications and Community Context Magazine (Moderator) Lou Gossett, Jr., Academy Award-winning actor |
On Stage Carol Holloway, Fox News, (Moderator) Janet Adderley, Broadway Actress, and Karen Briggs, violinist |
| Public Service versus Private Practice as a Lawyer Erin Aubrey Kaplan, L.A. Weekly (Moderator) Leo Branton, litigator and entertainment lawyer Judge Marcus Tucker, Superior Court Judge Eric Holder, former U.S. District Court Judge |
I Want to Be an Artist Carol Holloway, Fox News, (Moderator) Synthia Saint James, internationally recognized fine artist Marie Johnson Calloway, artist and educator Ruth Beckford, African American Museum Library Coalition |
| Trailblazers Jervey Tervalon, author and poet, (Moderator) Maycie Herrington, historical conservator Bernice Baynes Brown, Dean of Workforce Education, Doris Topsy-Elvord, Co-Founder - African American Heritage Society Dr. Ruth Love, Prsident - RLB enterprises |
Art in California George White, Center for Communications and Community Context Magazine (Moderator) Artis Lane, sculptor, painter, and printmaker Samella Lewis, artist, and art historian Morrie Turner, cartoonist, as panelists. |
