The Baltimore Banner's Legacy Builders

The Baltimore Banner is proud to present its 3rd annual Legacy Builders event. Join us for a morning of podium speakers and panel discussions featuring Baltimore community and business leaders all moderated by The Baltimore Banner's DEI reporter, John-John Williams IV. 

This event is free to attend thanks to our sponsors and registration is required. Complimentary breakfast provided. Doors open at 08:30am. Program will begin promptly at 09:00am. 

This event is sponsored by: Maryland Department of Transportation, TEDCO, APGFCU, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Dominion Community Development Corporation, West North Avenue Development Authority, and United Way of Central Maryland.  

Topics (full agenda to be announced):

Scaling Legacy: Partnerships & the Next Frontier for Minority-Owned Businesses in Maryland: In the face of federal cuts and the new administration, what is Maryland doing to support minority owned businesses?

​​Generational Wealth at Risk: How Do We Build and Maintain Wealth?

Equity Under Fire: The College Response to a Shifting Political Landscape​

Healing the System: How Healthcare Is Tackling Racial

FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE (more to be announced) :

Nicole Earle, President, Dominion Community Development Corporation

William Jernigan, Senior Director for Education and Young Men United, United Way of Central Maryland  

Jawauna Greene, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Strategy, Maryland Department of Transportation 

Y. Maria Martinez, Special Secretary, Governor's Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs

Sharon R. Pinder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council 

Angel St. Jean, Chief Executive Officer, The Equity Brain Trust

Jé St Sume, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Jason Steer, Executive Director, Creative Alliance

Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director, The Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice and a professor of communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland.