Igniting Social Change:
Women with the Enterpreneneural Spirit

Patricia Harris

Patricia Harris is the Executive Director and CEO
of the Edge Connection, a non-profit entrepreneurial
center located at Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University. Its mission is to assist
women and men in the start-up, expansion, and growth of microenterprise and small business ventures. www.theedgeconnection.com

Leadership Qualities of
Higher Education Presidents

Sandra S. Stone

Dr. Stone has over 30 years of experience in the fields of social services and education as a direct service provider, administrator, researcher, teacher and consultant. Prior to coming to Southern Polytechnic in July 2008, Dr. Stone served as the Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Programs and later as Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives at the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia.

Combating Slavery in our Backyard

Panel Discussion about Today's Abolitionist Movement

Stephanie Davis
Stephanie Davis is Executive Director of the Women’s Policy Group/Women’s Policy Education Fund, the organization she launched 20 years ago. She is the Mayor of Atlanta’s Policy Advisor on Women’s Issues and is charged with helping to end child prostitution and human trafficking, empowering women through financial literacy, and institutionalizing the living wage. Ms. Davis serves on the Board of The White House Project to promote women’s leadership in all spheres.

Keisha L. Hoerrner, Ph.D.
Keisha L. Hoerrner is the Chair for the Department of First-Year Programs and an Associate Professor. In January 2009, she accepted the position of National Operations Director for the Not For Sale Campaign. She is the co-author of the college level instructor's manual for the book Not For Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade & How We Can Fight It and a contributor and editor to the Bible study to accompany the book.

Debra Potter
Debra Potter is Director of Community Outreach at Atlanta Perimeter Church. Perimeter Church has hosted panel discussions involving groups like Innocence Atlanta to discuss the underground nature of child trafficking. Potter told AJC, "We wanted to get involved, do something. This affects everybody whether you have children or not."

Add Women—Change Everything
Panel Discussion: The White House Project

Alica Thomas Morgan
Alicia Thomas Morgan is the Georgia State Representative for Cobb County’s 39th district. She is
the first African-American to serve in the Georgia
House of Representatives representing Cobb
County and is the youngest member of the Georgia
General Assembly. She serves on 4 committees this legislative session: House Education, Governmental Affairs, Children & Youth, and the Health and Human Services Committee. www.alishamorgan.com/index.cfm

Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman is the District 45 Senator for Georgia State Senate. Senator Unterman serves on the Appropriations Committee as Sub- Committee Chairman responsible for writing the fiscal year budgets of the Department of Human Resources (DHR), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Veterans Services. She speaks on ethics in government on You Tube.