For Immediate Release

February 01, 2006

3^rd Annual Caribbean Days Conference Pledge to Addresses Caribbean-American Community Challenges

Caribbean People International Collective, Inc. will hold its 3^rd Annual Caribbean Days on Capitol Hill Conference from April 3-5, 2006 at the Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives, which is located at 1201 17^th Street, NW, Washington DC 20036.   

Centering on the theme, “Accepting the Challenges and Securing our Future,” the conference will critically examine interconnected economic, immigration, health and social issues impacting the Caribbean-American community.  Additionally, it will address ways in which Caribbean-Americans can advance their efforts to further the social, economic and political mobility within their homelands.

The Capitol Hill Conference will bring together families, community leaders, policy makers, and practitioners from government and private organizations, both national and international.

Escalating rates of HIV/AIDS crippling the Caribbean Diaspora, high occurrences of cancer in women of color, inadequate health care access, disparities in the education of students of Caribbean descent, new immigration laws and the impact of post 9/11 are among the significant concerns to be discussed at this year’s Capitol Hill Conference.  Seminars include Immigration and Caribbean Families, Educational Strategies and Social Challenges and Realities.

Ultimately, the goal of the Conference is to educate and mobilize the Caribbean-American community and increase partnership among Caribbean-American organizations in order to promote Caribbean-American Development.

In light of the devastating floods and hurricanes in 2005 in which thousands of people have been affected, the Capitol Hill Conference serves as an essential and timely forum to garner national and international attention, as well as advocate for the educational, health, economic and social empowerment of Caribbean citizens.

CPIC, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(C) (3), non-partisan, volunteer organization whose primary mission is to promote healthy lifestyles among persons of color especially Caribbean-American and Caribbean descendent worldwide.

More Details:

 

Date	Panel
April 3, 2006
7:00 am – 8:00 am	Registration & Welcome
8:00 am – 8:30 am	Invocation & Singing of Anthems TBA
8:30 am-9: 20 am	Welcome and Introduction of Board & Steering Committee
9:20am-10: 50 am	Introduction of Keynote (Master of Ceremony)
Messages from Special Invitees
10:50am-11:00am	BREAK
11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Caribbean Immigration Issues:
Deportation and Caribbean Issues
New Immigration Laws and the Impact of post 9/11
Coming to American (Immigrant)
Deportation and Caribbean Issues
Moderator (TBA)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Caribbean Health Issues:
The High Occurrences of Cancer/Breast Cancer in Women of Color
HIV and Nutrition
HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in the Caribbean
Mental Health and the Caribbean Family
Moderator (TBA)
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm	Social Action Luncheon
Keynote Speaker (TBA)
Panel discussion on the Caribbean Primary Challenges

 

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm	Moderator ( )
DRAFT Caribbean Day On Capitol Hill Conference April 3-5, 2006 Agenda DRAFT Date Panel Day 2
April 4, 2006
9:00 am – 9:20 am	Opening Plenary Welcome Messages from Special Invitees
9:20am –10:50 am	Keynote: Social Action and Basic Advocacy
Moderator (TBA)
10:50am – 11:00 am	BREAK
11:00am – 12:30 pm	Caribbean Health Issues:
HIV Stigmatization in the Caribbean
Mental Health and Caribbean Families
The Incidence and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Minorities
Moderator (TBA)
Caribbean Social Issues:
Domestic Violence Prevention
Alcohol/Drug Use and Spread of HIV
Access to Health Care (TBA)
11:00 am – 1:00 pm	Immigration: Caribbean Immigrants and US Citizenship Eligibility (TBA)
1:00-2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm – 3pm	Caribbean Youth Forum
College or Not!
Should I advocate & Vote?
HIV & Youth
Moderator ()
1-2:00pm	Caribbean and U.S. Immigration Policies (TBA)

 DRAFT Date Panel

 

Panel discussion on Grant Funding For CBO’s & NGO’s
Funding Opportunities for People of Color
What is Available?
Grant Writing (How to and Who does It)
Moderator
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Advocacy and the Caribbean Diaspora (Marcia Blanco)
Moderator (TBA)

 Date Panel

 

Caribbean Day On Capitol Hill Conference April 3-5, 2006 Agenda DRAFT DRAFT Day 3
9:00 am – 11:00 pm	Visit to Legislators
11:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Briefing Caribbean Diplomatic Corp & Congress
Wrap up Session
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	Pictures in front of Capitol