"Generations of Power" 8th Annual NAACP Leadership 500 Summit May 24-27, 2012

8th Annual NAACP Leadership 500 Summit
"Generations of Power"

Leaders are not born, they're developed.

 Either because of opportunity or necessity, someone takes charge and leads the way. Effective leadership is a destination achieved through careful thought, consideration and action.

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          Hotel Registration   Welcome from the Chairman   Schedule-At-A-Glance

               
Register here for the Sandestin   
Please be sure to make your hotel reservations for the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort Village of Baytowne  Wharf  Grand Complex.  The complex consists of the Grand Sandestin (main building), The Lasata, The Bahia, The Elation.


Resort Amenities include: Complimentary on-property resort transportation; two bicycles per unit for up to four hours of usage daily; fitness center usage; one hour per day of tennis court time (based on availability) one hour per day usage on either a canoe, kayak or boogie board.


  Roslyn M. Brock
Chairman, NAACP Board of Directors
Chairman & Founder, Leadership 500 Summit
The NAACP Leadership 500 Summit offers a venue for corporate, business, academic, community, and civic leaders to participate in leadership development seminars and forums that provide the opportunity for the NAACP to directly engage them in its current civil rights agenda. I look forward to your participation in this year's Summit.


 

Get a detailed view of all the events planned for the 2012 NAACP Leadership 500 Summit.

For general questions regarding the 2012 NAACP Leadership 500 Summit, please contact the Chairman's Office at (410)580-5102  

http://www.l500.org/index2.html

Gathering will set agenda, create continuing network of nation’s emerging leaders

No Ties!

The NAACP 8th Annual Leadership 500 Summit will be held May 24 – 27, 2012, at the Sandestin Resortin Destin, Florida. Participants will attend 2 ½ days of thought provoking,  interactive panel discussions, strategy sessions, and facilitated general sessions led by prominent private sector, non-profit, corporate and community leaders.
“Leadership By Design; Ensuring Our Legacy” strategy sessions will address the NAACP “Game Changer” Initiatives that strengthen our ability to be effective advocates individually and collectively effecting  real social change in our communities. Throughout the weekend, economic development and entrepreneurship; civic engagement and voting rights; criminal justice; education; health advocacy and environmental justice are topics for discussion. Professionals in finance, education, political leaders, lawyers, healthcare providers, environmentalists, and leaders in the civil rights and social justice arena, will lend their knowledge to help create innovative and effective strategies for advancing positive change for our families, communities and our society.
Since its inception in 2005, Leadership 500 has served as a fertile training ground for leadership development, professional networking, partnerships and effective civil rights and social justice advocacy for more than 3,500 mid-level professionals who have attended the Summit.  They have returned to their respective professions in the public and private sector, empowered as leaders, to contribute in a meaningful way to their place of business and to their respective community.
Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. With more than ½ million members in state/area conferences, branches and youth units, throughout the United States and abroad, the NAACP is the paramount voice of advocacy for civil rights, social justice, and equal opportunity for all in communities throughout the world.