Reception Central—Oct. 6
- Overview
- Agenda
- Honorees
Where: The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset
When: 5:30 p.m.
Fee: Free to register
Dress Code: Business casual
Join the New Jersey State Chamber and the African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ as we honor business people, educators and civic leaders that are stepping up to make diversity and inclusion real in the workplace, the classroom and the community.
Come meet them and celebrate their success while enjoying some refreshments and hors d'oeuvres on us.
The evening will be full of opportunities to network with champions of diversity and business people from across the region.
Cocktail Reception
5:30 PM
Networking Reception Begins
Ceremony Honoring Diversity Champions
6:40 PM
TBA
Cocktail Reception
7:05 PM
Networking Reception Resumes
8:00 PM
Event Ends
Joe Roth
President & CEO
NJ Sharing Network
Honored for its novel “#DonationNeedsDiversity,” program, an initiative to encourage multicultural communities to become more involved in saving and healing lives through organ and tissue donation.
People of most races and ethnicities in the U.S. donate in proportion to their representation in the population. The need for transplant in some groups, however, is disproportionately high, frequently due to a high incidence of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes. There are nearly 4,000 people in NJ currently waiting for a life-saving transplants- 66% are people of color.
Eloise Samuels and Co-Founders
New Jersey Orators
New Jersey Orators, Inc. is a non-profit 501(C) 3 youth organization that teaches the art of public speaking, an appreciation for literature, reading and media arts literacy, civic engagement, college readiness and life skills to youth from 7 to 18 years of age in preparation for advance learning. Founded in 1985 by a small group of African-American corporate executives who were concerned by the lack of formal language skills of young people who visited and interviewed for jobs at their respective companies. Over the past 35 years, the New Jersey Orators has grown from one chapter in Somerset, New Jersey, to 22 chapters and more than 200 volunteers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with plans to expand nationally.
Dr. Daniel Jean
Assistant Provost for Special Programs
Montclair State University
Dr. Jean is Executive Director of the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) at Montclair State University which provides academic and financial support to low–income highly motivated New Jersey residents. He also started his own company - Wordstravel - through which he provides “doctoral swagger” seminars for educators, scholars and administrators in the area of leadership, retention, branding, diversity and career development.
The results of his program - retention rates of 91.9% (first-year) and a 50% increase in the four year graduation rate.