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Every year, the Magnolia Bar Association invites communities across the state of Mississippi to learn about changes in the law and to have candid conversations about important issues impacting our everyday lives. This event will be hybrid in nature.

This Master Class in Social Engineering answers the charge for lawyers to be social engineers by providing a forum for community dialogue and collaborations. Here is the lineup of panel discussions and featured trailblazers:

"Search Engine: Mississippi’s Power Dynamics Explained
Moderator: Wakinya Clanton - Southern Poverty Law Center, MS State Office Director
Panelists:
Hon. Latrice Westbrooks - MS Court of Appeals Judge
Hon. Derrick Simmons - MS Senate Minority Leader
Andrew L. Smith - Minority Council for County Supervisors, President
Charles Taylor - MS State Conference NAACP, Executive Director

Civil Engineering: The Fate of Civil Rights in Mississippi
Moderator: Dr. Daphne Chamberlain - Tougaloo College, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Asst. Professor
Panelists:
Robert McDuff, Esq. - MS Center for Justice, Director of the George Riley Impact - Litigation Initiative and
Chauncey Spears - The Alluvial Collective, Community Engagement Manager

Built to Last: Exploring Sustainable Solutions to Criminal Justice
Moderator: CJ Lawrence, Esq. - Black with No Chaser, CEO
Panelists:
Hon. Kevin Bass - Hinds County Municipal Court Judge
Ashley Perkins - MS State Office of Public Defenders, Capital Defense Division Mitigation Investigator
Rukia Lumumba - Exec. Director, People's Advocacy Institute & Co-Director, Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives
Hon. Debra M. Giles - Sunflower/Humphreys Counties Chancellor and Youth Court Judge
Princess Abby, Esq. - Federal Public Defender

Assessing Assets: Funding For Our Future
Moderator: Kiyadh Burt - Hope Policy Institute
Panelists:
Latuesday Guy - Operation HOPE, Inc.
Alex Lawson - Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Hope Credit Union
Julian Miller, Esq. - Tougaloo College, Director of the Reuben V. Anderson Institute for Social Justice and Asst. Professor

Connecting Pipelines: The Clean Water Crisis
Moderator: Dr. Natasha Magee-Woods, Esq. - Special Assistant Attorney General in MS
Panelists:
Dr. Bernecee Herbert - Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Jackson State University
Katherine “Kathy” Egland - National Board NAACP Environmental & Climate Justice Committee, Chair
Commissioner Erniko Brown - O.U.R.S., Executive Director & Dogwood Alliance, Director of Organizing & Partnership Engagement

Candidate Spotlight
In no particular order, the following candidates have pre-registered to present 1-Minute speeches during the lunch hour:
Gay Polk-Payton - Candidate for Circuit Court Judge for Forrest and Perry Counties
Gayla Carpenter-Sanders - Candidate for Hinds County Chancery Court Judge
Debra M. Giles - Candidate for Sunflower/Humphreys County Chancery Court/Youth Court Judge
Bryant Guy - Candidate for Hinds County Circuit Judge, Sub-District 2
Wendy Wilson White - Candidate for Hinds County Circuit Court Judge - District 2
Damon Stevenson - Candidate for Hinds County Chancery Judge
Trent Walker - Candidate for Circuit Court Judge, District 2

Thank you to our Sponsors whose donations support the efficacy of this year's Summit.
Dellwyn Smith, Esq.- D. K. Smith Law, Founder;
Elliot Flaggs, Esq.- Cornerstone Government Affairs, Vice-President;
Denita Smith, Esq.- Office of MS Attorney General;
Aafram Sellers, Esq.- Sellers and Associates, PLLC;
TreMarcus Rosemon, Esq. - The Rosemon Law Firm, PLLC;
Darnell Pratt, Esq. - Darnell Pratt, II Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, PLLC;
Jad Khalaf, Esq. - Khalaf & Nguyen, PLLC, Co-Founder & Managing Partner;
Dennis Sweet IV, Esq. - Sweet & Associates PA;
Christin Williams, Esq. - MS State Dept. of Health;
Ratoya Gilmer and Rafael Green - Gilmer & Green Legal Group, PLLC;
Warren Conway, Esq. - Conway & Associates, PC