| FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Contact: Steven D. Smith Steven.Smith@mail.house.gov Date: April 10, 2019 |
| ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Rep. French Hill Hosting the 2019 Arkansas HBCU Summit in Little Rock |
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WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02, Vice Chairman of the Congressional HBCU Caucus) will host the 2019 Arkansas Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Summit in Little Rock, Arkansas on Monday April 15, 2019, at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. ***Press availability will begin at 11:30 AM during the luncheon and will end at 1:55 PM.*** RSVP: If your outlet plans to cover Monday's event, please RSVP with Steven.Smith@mail.house.gov, no later than noon on Friday April 12, at 12:00 PM CT (1:00 PM ET). More: The mission of the 2019 Summit is to promote the value of HBCUs and provide an update on their importance in Arkansas and across the country, while initiating a discussion among the wider community about the long-term sustainability and growth of Arkansas’s HBCUs. Invited participants include: Ja’Ron Smith, Deputy Assistant to President Trump and Deputy Director of the Office of American Innovation Johnathan Holifield, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Dr. Roderick Smothers, President, Philander Smith College O. Jerome Green, Esq., President, Shorter College Regina Favors, President, Arkansas Baptist College Dr. Laurence Alexander, Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Dr. Michael Lomax, President and CEO, United Negro College Fund Governor Asa Hutchinson Little Rock Mayor, Frank Scott, Jr. Senator John Boozman Senator Tom Cotton Congressman Rick Crawford Congressman Bruce Westerman Congressman Steve Womack Carrie Walton Penner, Chairwoman Walton Family Foundation Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, President and CEO, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Jay Chesshir, President and CEO, Little Rock Chamber of Commerce MONDAY APRIL 15, 2019 WHAT: 2019 Arkansas HBCU Summit WHO: Congressman French Hill and invited participants WHEN: Monday April 15, 2019. Press availability at 11:30 - 1:55 PM CT. WHERE: Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W 9th St, Little Rock, AR 72201 |
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