GABEO Annual Winter Conference Leadership Summit 2

Agenda/Events Friday, February 25 12 Noon President's Luncheon GABEO Officers, Local Elected Officials and Corporate Sponsors H&H Restaurant, 807 Forsyth Street, Macon, Georgia 31201, 478-742-9810 1 pm News Conference, H&H Restaurant 7:00 -- 9:00 pm GABEO Opening Reception Honoring Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, Recipient Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Emeritus SCLC, Chair of Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda, Historic Douglass Theater 10:00 pm Entertainment -- GABEO Special Guests of Mr. Charles Howard at Midtown Key Club, 435 Third Street, Macon, Georgia 31201, 478-743-1004 Hospitality Suite at Hilton Garden Inn, Hosted by the Macon City Council Members Elaine Lucas and Henry Ficklin, and Comm. Patty James Bentley Saturday, February 26 7:00 -- 8:00 am Complimentary Breakfast, Hilton Garden Inn 8:15 -- 9:00 am Registration 9:00 -- 9:30 am Welcome and Plenary Session 9:30 am -- 12:00 pm Focus Sessions and Presenters Ethics -- Mr. Patrick N. Millsaps, Chairman, Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (Formerly State Ethics Commission) Redistricting -- Atty. Laughlin McDonald, Director ACLU Voting Rights Project; Sen. Robert Brown, Senate Minority Leader; Rep. Stacey Abrams, House Minority Leader; Rep. Carolyn Hughley, House Minority Whip; Rep. Calvin Smyre, Immediate Past President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Rep. David Lucas, House District 139; Rep. Nikki Randall, House District 138; Mr. Jimmy McDonald, Executive ...