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5
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ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
THE FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITY

APRIL 8, 2011 - NEW YORK CITY

AT THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA
5
TH
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
THE FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITY
APRIL 8, 2011 PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA, NEW YORK CITY

6:00 RECEPTION
7:15 PRESENTATIONS AND AWARD CEREMONY
WELCOME
Carlos Watson, Master of Ceremonies
VIDEO PRESENTATION
THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA
Alan Jenkins, Executive Director
CREATIVE CHANGE AWARD
Maria Hinojosa
Presented by Favianna Rodriguez
CREATIVE CHANGE AWARD
Suzanne Malveaux
Presented by Lisa Quiroz
OPPORTUNITY NOW!
STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINES
OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND RECOVERY
Written and Performed by Rha Goddess
CLOSING REMARKS
Timothy Wilkins, Chair, Steering Committee
8:15 RECEPTION CONTINUES

Please join us for food and drink in the lobby of the Paley Center.
5TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSORS
CIRCLE OF OPPORTUNITY
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Lambent Foundation
Carol Sutton Lewis and William M. Lewis, Jr.
Charles and Karen Phillips
Time Warner, Inc.
Timothy Wilkins

5TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSORS

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Suzanne Nora Johnson and David Johnson
Anonymous

HUMAN RIGHTS VISIONARY

Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron
Michael Hirschhorn

SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADER

Susan Vail Berresford
Kimberly Blacklow
Edward J. Davis
Connie and Jonathan Heller
Susan Sandler and Steve Phillips/
Jewish Community Endowment Fund
(Amandla Tikkun Philanthropic Fund)
Henry and Celia McGee
Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos/
Pannonia Foundation
EVENT CHAIR
Timothy Wilkins

HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE

Derrick Bell Anita F. Hill
Susan V. Berresford Charles J. Ogletree
Peter B. Edelman Gloria Steinem
Melissa Harris-Perry Faye Wattleton
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Patricia J. Williams

HOST COMMITTEE
E. Kwaku Andoh Olati Johnson
Caron Atlas Natalia Kanem
Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos Sally Kohn
Deepak Bhargava Geraldine and Kit Laybourne
Ellen F. Berkman Kirsten D. Levingston
Ludovic Blain Carol Sutton Lewis and
Seth Borgos William M. Lewis Jr.
Vaughn Buffalo Tamara Loomis
Vanessa Bush Williams Lyons
Katy Chevigny Liz Manne
Michelle Coffey Lorraine and Gailon McGowen
Tanya Coke Ricardo Millett
Carol Crossdale Taij K. Moteelall and
Robert Curvin Manauvaskar Kublall
Edward J. Davis Mitty Owens
Angela Dorn Julia Pimsleur
Peter Eccles Susan Butler Plum
Colin Greer Lisa Quiroz
Daniel L. Greenberg Rashad Robinson
Milano Harden Lesley and Ted Rosenthal
Taryn Higashi and Ivan Zimmerman Rinku Sen
Michael Hirschhorn Sabrina Silverberg
Dr. Olga Culmer Jenkins Sue Simon
Carol Jenkins Brian Smedley
Alexis McGill Johnson Ruth Ann Stewart
Suzanne Nora Johnson and David Johnson Urvashi Vaid and Kate Clinton
Michelle Johnson Diane Wachtell
MASTER OF CEREMONIES CARLOS WATSON
Carlos Watson works in the Investment Banking Division of
Goldman Sachs in New York, focused on media and for-profit
education companies. He joined Goldman Sachs as a managing
director in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, Watson worked as a
consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he advised a wide
range of Fortune 500 companies. He also built and ran a
successful venture-backed education company, Achieva College
Prep Services, which he later sold to the Washington
Post/Kaplan. In addition to his work in education, Watson has
also had a distinguished media career, serving as an anchor and
analyst for CNN and MSNBC. He won an Emmy Award in 2007
for his television interview specials. He graduated, with honors,
from both Harvard University and Stanford Law School.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: ALAN JENKINS

Alan Jenkins is Executive Director of The Opportunity
Agenda, and a nationally respected human rights and civil
rights advocate. His previous positions have included Director
of Human Rights at the Ford Foundation, Assistant to the
Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and
Associate Counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund. Jenkins has also taught law at Brooklyn
Law School and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Harry A.
Blackmun and U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Carter.

CHAIR OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE: TIM WILKINS

Timothy Wilkins is a corporate partner in the New York office
of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He has extensive
experience representing European, Asian and U.S. multi-
national corporations on cross-border M&A, private equity
and joint ventures. He also advises clients on their day-to-day
legal and business issues, including corporate governance
matters. A Chambers Global highly recommended lawyer in
M&A in Japan, Wilkins has 11 years experience working in
Tokyo as an investment banker and lawyer, and he is a
member of the firm's Global Diversity Committee.
CREATIVE CHANGE AWARD PRESENTERS

LISA QUIROZ

Lisa Quiroz is the Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibil-

ity and Diversity, Time Warner Inc. In this role, she has brought
coherence and strategic alignment to the company’s commu-
nity outreach and philanthropic programs in education and the
arts. Quiroz has set a new course for corporate responsibility at
Time Warner. In 2006, she was given added oversight for
diversity and multicultural initiatives. Prior to assuming her
current position, Quiroz was the catalyst for two of Time Inc.’s
successful brand extensions—People en Español and Time for
Kids. She was founding publisher of People en Español, the
best-selling Hispanic magazine in the U.S. Under her leader-
ship, the magazine topped Adweek’s “10 Under 40 Magazine”
Hot List for three consecutive years.

FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ

Favianna Rodriguez is a visual artist and new media organizer

who brings together the arts, visual communications, and new
technologies to promote community building and social
change. Named by UTNE Magazine as a "leading visionary
artist and changemaker,” Rodriguez is renowned for her
cultural media projects dealing with social issues such as war,
immigration, and globalization, as well as for her leadership in
establishing innovative institutions that promote and engage
new audiences in the arts. In 2001, Rodriguez co-founded the
EastSide Arts Cultural Center in Oakland, California. In 2003,
she helped establish the Taller Tupac Amaru print studio to
promote the historical practice of socially-engaged printmak-
ing. Additionally, Rodriguez is co-founder and president of
Tumis Inc., a bilingual design studio that serves nonprofits all
over the United States. In 2009, she co-founded Presente.org,
a U.S.-based, nationwide organization dedicated to the political
empowerment of Latinos via the internet and mobile
messaging.
CREATIVE CHANGE AWARD RECIPIENT:
MARIA HINOJOSA

For 25 years, Maria Hinojosa has helped tell America’s

untold stories and brought to light unsung heroes in
America and abroad. In April 2010, Hinojosa launched
The Futuro Media Group with the mission to produce
multi-platform, community based journalism that
respects and celebrates the cultural richness of the
American Experience.

As the anchor and managing editor of her own long-

running weekly NPR show, Latino USA, and anchor of the
Emmy Award winning talk show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-
One from WGBH/La Plaza, Hinojosa has informed millions
of Americans about the fastest growing group in our
country. Previously, a Senior Correspondent for NOW on
PBS, and currently, a Contributing Correspondent for
Need to Know, Hinojosa has reported hundreds of
important stories from the immigrant work camps in
NOLA after Katrina, to teen girl victims of sexual
harassment on the job, to Emmy award-winning stories
of the poor in Alabama.

Her investigative journalism presses the powerful for the

truth while giving voice to lives and stories that illuminate
the world we live in. Hinojosa has won top honors in
American journalism including two Emmy’s, the Robert F.
Kennedy Award for Reporting on the Disadvantaged, and
the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Overseas Press
Club for best documentary for her groundbreaking Child
Brides: Stolen Lives. In 2009, Hinojosa was honored with
an AWRT Gracie Award for Individual Achievement as
Best TV correspondent. In 2010 she was awarded an
honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, by DePaul
University in Chicago, as well as the Sidney Hillman Prize
honoring her social and economic justice reporting.
CREATIVE CHANGE AWARD RECIPIENT:
SUZANNE MALVEAUX

Suzanne Malveaux anchors the 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. edition of

CNN Newsroom. Malveaux, who has worked in CNN’s
White House unit for nearly a decade, has played a key
role as a member of the network’s Best Political Team on
Television and as the primary substitute anchor for The
Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. During her tenure with
CNN, Malveaux has covered three presidents, presidential
campaigns, and key stories including the War in Iraq,
Hurricane Katrina and the economic crisis. Based in
Atlanta, Malveaux joined the network in May 2002.

Malveaux covered the 2008 presidential election cycle

from the campaign trail as a member of the network’s
Best Political Team on Television. In advance of the
Democratic and Republican national conventions,
Malveaux reported and crafted a 90-minute documentary
on Sen. Barack Obama as part of a two-part series on the
presidential candidates. Throughout the campaign
season, Malveaux did several interviews with Barack and
Michelle Obama. Additionally, Malveaux served as a
panelist questioning the candidates in the Democratic
presidential primary debate sponsored by CNN and the
Congressional Black Caucus Institute in January 2008. She
also played a key role in CNN’s 2004 election coverage
and its Emmy-winning 2006 election coverage.
 OPPORTUNITY NOW!
STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINES
OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND RECOVERY
ARTIST PROFILE: RHA GODDESS
Combining vibrant images, linguistic brilliance, hip-hop
rhythms, and unflappable honesty, the work of Rha
Goddess, performing artist, activist, and social entrepre-
neur, is legendary. Her work has been internationally
featured in several compilations, anthologies, forums and
festivals. She has received rave industry reviews from
Time Magazine, Ms. Magazine, The Source, XXL, and
Interview, among others. As Founder and CEO of Divine
Dime Entertainment, Ltd., she was one of the first women
in Hip Hop to independently market and commercially
distribute her music world wide. In May 2000, Essence
Magazine recognized Rha as one of 30 Women to Watch
in the new millennium. In 2002, BAM’s prestigious Next
Wave festival’s NextNext series chose her as one of six
artists deemed to be influential in the next decade.

In 2005, Rha co-wrote and co-produced the international hit “All Over The World”
(Uptoyoutoo) which launched MTV’s Africa Channel. In 2006, Rha’s debut solo
theatrical work “LOW”: Meditations Trilogy Pt. I premiered for sold out audiences at
the prestigious Humana Festival for New American Plays and toured nationally to
sold out venues and rave reviews including her sold out off-Broadway Premiere at
the Under the Radar Festival at the Public Theater in 2008.

In her 30+ year tenure as a creative organizer, Rha has worked on issues of racial
justice and equality, electoral politics, offender aid and restoration, mental health
and youth and young women’s empowerment. She was the first International
Spokeswoman for the Universal Zulu Nation, the largest global organization
dedicated to the preservation of Hip Hop Culture, and co-founded the Sista II Sista
Freedom School for Young Women of Color. Rha is also the Creator and Executive
Producer of the critically acclaimed young women’s performance movement, “We
Got Issues!” and the Hip Hop Mental Health Project.

In her latest venture, she combines her business savvy with her longstanding passion
for social change to create Move The Crowd, an entrepreneurial training and devel-
opment company designed for social entrepreneurs of the hip-hop generation.
ARTIST STATEMENT ON OPPORTUNITY NOW!
As I have watched the economy unravel, I have had many questions: What had
gone wrong? How bad is it for everyday hardworking people? How was the
much-maligned economic stimulus helping people and communities? How could
organizations like The Opportunity Agenda spur a recovery that lays the foundation
for a fairer and more just economy?

My first step was to understand The Opportunity Agenda’s work. I participated in a

leadership training program that The Opportunity Agenda hosted, and I spent time
with activists from around the country who were deeply committed to common-
sense solutions that are both equitable and transformational. Then I met with
everyday people in Columbus, Ohio; in New York City; and in Oakland, California.

I traced the economy’s impact on the ground, so I could capture the struggles of
people coping with foreclosures, joblessness, and lack of transportation. I needed to
see and hear past the facts and figures to reach the unheard and ignored stories. As
I developed the work, I chose to engage voices on a number of distinct levels.

I wanted to trace advocacy from the legislature to the grassroots, and into the
living rooms of the most affected people. I wanted to understand the views of
those advocating for others, and I wanted to know the people who were being
advocated for. More than that, I wanted to know how the economy was
affecting people’s ability to survive and thrive day-to-day. I wanted to know
what moved people to stand up, fight, and band together, or give up, remain
silent, and isolated.

I wanted to find the intersecting lines that challenge the ones we tend to draw.
You know: the assumptions we sometimes make about why misfortune lands
upon the doorsteps of others and not our own. During my interviews, I came
to recognize that there were very few doorways where misfortune had not
crossed. And this gave me an insight not only into the magnitude of this crisis,
but also a window into the wealth of opportunity before us.

My mission as an artist and activist lives at the center of The Opportunity Agenda’s
work, to move hearts, minds and policy towards the vision of a more just and
sustainable economy that works for the benefit of us all. It is in this spirit that I
present. . . Opportunity Now!

To Jason, Juhu, Alan, Janet, Eva-Marie and my entire family at The Opportunity
Agenda. . . it has been an honor and a privilege.
THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA: OUR MISSION
The Opportunity Agenda is a non-partisan public interest organization with
the mission of building the national will to expand opportunity in America. We
use strategic communications, research, law, and advocacy to move public
support and public policy toward greater and more equal opportunity for all.
Economic Opportunity:
We work to ensure that American jobs, housing and transportation
infrastructure invest in greater and more equal opportunity for all.
Immigrants and Opportunity:
We help create public discourse and a policy environment that fosters the
economic and social integration of immigrants and protects the human rights
of everyone in our country.
Reproductive Justice:
We build public support to promote access to the full range of reproductive
health choices—regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity,
or income—as a fundamental human right.

OUR METHODOLOGY
Opinion and Media Research:
The Opportunity Agenda uses research on values, public opinion, media, and
persuasion to understand public attitudes and craft strategies for influencing
the public debate.
Policy Analysis and Advocacy:
We analyze policy options and promote effective solutions that expand
opportunity for all. Our efforts include legal and policy briefs, public testimony,
and advocacy before federal, state, and municipal agencies.
Communications Tools:
We work with partners to develop timely and effective narrative and messaging,
conveyed through toolkits, talking points, and guidance on breaking events.
Media Training and Outreach:
We train hundreds of diverse leaders and spokespeople on effective media
strategy, and place partners in a wide range of media outlets.
Arts + Culture:
We connect socially conscious artists to social justice initiatives and campaigns,
expanding audiences and strengthening movements.
THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA WISHES TO THANK THE
FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS FROM ITS FIRST FIVE YEARS
FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS ($25,000+)

Aetna Foundation The Libra Foundation

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc. Marguerite Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Arcus Foundation Ms. Foundation for Women
The Atlantic Philanthropies The Nathan Cummings Foundation
California Community Foundation Oak Foundation
The California Endowment Open Society Foundations
Carnegie Corporation of New York The Overbrook Foundation
The Commonwealth Fund Public Welfare Foundation
Connecticut Health Foundation The Reed Foundation
Equal Justice America Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation
Ford Foundation Tides Foundation
Four Freedoms Fund, Unbound Philanthropy
Public Interest Projects US Human Rights Fund,
Fulfilling the Dream Fund, Public Interest Projects
Public Interest Projects Voter Action Fund of Tides Foundation
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Lambent Foundation ZeroDivide

INDIVIDUAL DONORS ($5,000+)

Wendy Bloom Richard Parsons

David C. Carter Paulette Jones Robinson
Teresa Clarke Charles and Karen Phillips
Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan Susan Sandler and Steve Phillips
Connie and Jonathan Heller Frank Sica
James L. Kainen Saul B. Shapiro and Kerith Aronow
Geraldine and Kit Laybourne Sung-Hee Suh and Peter E. Dolotta
Carol Sutton Lewis and William M. Lewis, Jr. Kenneth S. Taymor and Beth H. Parker
David May Timothy Wilkins
William and Lucy O'Brien Anonymous
THANKS AND RECOGNITION

Tonight’s program was produced by the development staff of The Opportunity Agenda, Jason P. Drucker,
Cindy Cuesta, Ross Mudrick, along with the principals of Media Sutra Inc: Taij Moteelall, Manauvaskar
Kublall, and Simone D. Jhingoor. We are grateful to our colleagues for their support.

SPECIAL THANKS
On behalf of the entire staff of The Opportunity Agenda, special thanks go to Timothy Wilkins for chairing
our 5th Anniversary event. We are also greatful for the more than seventy members of our honorary
committee and host committee. We are appreciative for your support and assistance on executing
tonight’s celebratory event.

MEDIA SUTRA INC.

Jason P. Drucker and the staff of The Opportunity Agenda would like to thank Media Sutra Inc. for a
tremendous effort in helping produce tonight’s event, and would like to commend Taij Moteelall,
Manauvaskar Kublall, and Simone D.Jhingoor for their creativity and spirit of collaboration. For more
information about the work of Media Sutra Inc., please see: www.mediasutra.net

OPPORTUNITY NOW!
For their support of The Opportunity Agenda’s Creative Change work integrating arts and social justice
advocacy, we wish to thank a number of foundations including the Nathan Cummings Foundation,
Lambent Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Time Warner Foundation.
Claudine Brown and Michelle Coffey were early supporters of our arts and culture work, and connected
us to artist, activist, and entrepreneur, Rha Goddess.
Rha Goddess thanks Chay Yew for his collaboration as director; Manauvaskar Kublall for sound design;
for reaching out to me about this commission, Jason P. Drucker; for your thoughtful feedback and insight,
Alan Jenkins, Juhu Thukral, Janet Dewart Bell, Taij Moteelall, and Manauvaskar Kublall; for assistance on
press, Eva-Marie Malone and April Silver (AkilaWorksongs).

For their participation and inspiration in the story-telling, special thanks go to Tani Mills and Mindy Tarlow
(Center for Employment Opportunities); Jason Reece and Wendy Ake (Kirwan Institute for the Study of
Race & Ethnicity); Guillermo Mayer (Public Advocates Inc.); Dennis Parker (ACLU Racial Justice Program);
Chris Keeley (New York Stimulus Alliance); Bettina Damiani (Good Jobs New York); Michael Harris; Lance
Mann; Jessica Centano; Jessica Bachman; Kenneth Hardwick; Andre Antoine; Mary Lewis; Tamu Favorite;
Juan Montanez; Victor Elliot; Kate Curry; Patricia Ake; Elsadig Elsheikh; Zohra; Leslie Strickland; Matt Martin;
Robert Caldwell; Hanif Abdurraqib; Margaret Madison (United Methodist Free Store); Laura Thompkins;
Lonnie Poindexter (St. Stephens Community House); Sylvia Darensburg; Francisca Porchas; Barbara Lott-
Holland (LA Bus Riders Union); Bob Allen (Urban Habitat); Janny Castillo; Boona Cheema (BOSS); Claire
Hass; Jason Osajima; and Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.

ORGANIZATION VIDEO—ARTS ENGINE INC.

For their efforts towards the production of The Opportunity Agenda’s organizational video, we wish to thank
the staff of Arts Engine Inc. including Beth Davenport, Katy Chevigny, and Kim Borba; editor Daniel Perry;
Sean Eno (Motion Graphics); and the individuals who were profiled including Ellen Buchman (Leadership
Conference on Civil and Human Rights), Deepak Bhargava (Center for Community Change), Bettina Damiani
(Good Jobs New York), and Dennis Parker (ACLU).

LIMITED EDITION MUG BY FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ

We are very grateful to world-renowned visual artist, Favianna Rodriguez, for designing the limited edition
mug that all guests of the event have received as a token of our appreciation on our 5th anniversary. Thanks
to Emily Accamando for her help in the production process.
STAFF OF THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA

Alan Jenkins Executive Director

Janet Dewart Bell Director of Communications
Jason P. Drucker, Ph.D. Director of Development and Operations
Juhu Thukral Director of Law and Advocacy

Emily Accamando Program Associate

Cindy Lou Cuesta Development Associate
Eleni Delimpaltadaki Public Opinion and Media Research Coordinator
Megan Haberle Economic Opportunity Fellow & Associate Counsel
Nerissa Kunakemakorn Associate Counsel and Robert L. Carter Fellow
Eva-Marie Malone Communications Associate
Jill Mizell Executive and Research Assistant
Christopher Moore Communications Associate
Ross Mudrick Development Coordinator
Kisha Parks Office and Fiscal Manager
Julie Rowe Framing and Messaging Coordinator
Robert Valencia Web Strategist

Yvette Diaz, Pam Bamberger, Judi Seibel Tides Center

STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA

Timothy Wilkins Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP;

Chair, The Opportunity Agenda
Alan Jenkins Executive Director and Co-Founder,
The Opportunity Agenda
Bill Lann Lee Partner, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.;
Advisory Board Chair and Co-Founder,
The Opportunity Agenda
Jeffrey H. Blattner Strategic Advisor on Law and Public Policy
Teresa Clarke Chairman & CEO, Africa.com LLC
Sara K. Gould Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow
Idelisse Malavé Organizational Consultant
David May Vice President of Global Marketing, Goldman Sachs
Sharon Pratt Director, Opportunity Funding Corporation
Favianna Rodriguez Visual Artist and Co-Founder, Presente.org
The Opportunity Agenda is a project of Tides Center.