EMPOWERMENT NETWORK











 

Empowerment Covenant
Leaders and Community Participants...


African-American Empowerment Network Structure

     1.  Empowerment Network Board
     2.  Empowerment Network Organization
     3.  Empowerment Network Leadership Advisory Team
     4.  Empowerment Network Community Advisory Team
     5.  Empowerment Network Youth Advisory Team


Empower North Omaha! Community Collaboration

     1.  Empowerment Network - Leaders, Community, Partners
     2.  District II Coalition of Elected Officials
     3.  North Omaha Neighborhood Groups and Residents
     4.  North Omaha Pastors and Ministers
     5.  North Omaha Business Network
     6.  North Omaha Community Organizations
     7.  North Omaha Funding Coalition



Empower Omaha! Advisory Network

     1.  Empowerment Network - Leaders, Community, Partners
     2.  Elected Officials - City, County, and State
     3.  City-wide Churches - Justice Journey, Transformation Roundtable
     4.  Private Foundations
     5.  Business Community
     6.  Educators
     7.  Community Organizations



EMPOWERMENT NETWORK LEADERSHIP TEAM

 FAITH

                Pastor Jeremiah McGhee
               
Senior Pastor – Mt. Sinai Church/President-Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance

    Pastor Selwyn Q. Bachus
                Senior Pastor - Salem Baptist Church

 

 EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

                Freddie Gray
               
African-American Achievement Council of Omaha, Omaha Public Schools Board,
                Learning Community Council

                Shelley Henderson
               
Service Learning - University of Nebraska - Omaha
                Exe. Director - Bethesda Community Development Corporation

                Tom Warren
               
President/CEO - Urban League of Nebraska

                Paul Bryant
               
Executive Director - Wesley House Leadership Academy

                Educators:  Elaine Adams, Gene Haynes, Janice Gilmore (Ret.), Dick Davis (Ret.)
 

ECONOMICS

                Dick Davis
                CEO, Davis Companies               

                Ed Cochran
                Executive Director - North Omaha Development Project

 

VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION

                Ben Gray
               
District 2 - City Councilman

                Jannette Taylor
            
   Executive Director - Impact One Community Connection

                Sgt. Teresa Negron
            
  
Omaha Police Department
 

VOTING EMPOWERMENT

                Chris Rodgers
                Douglas
County Commissioner

                Brenda Council
               
State Senator

                Tanya Cook
                State Senator

 
              Preston Love, Jr.
                Community Advocate and Coordinator

 

 HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT

                Michael Maroney
               
President/CEO – Omaha Economic Development Corp.
                Executive/Steering Committee- North Omaha Economic Development Project

                Teresa Hunter
                President/CEO - Family Housing Advisory Services


HEALTH

                Dr. Rubens Pamies
                Vice-Chancellor/Dean of Academic Affairs – University of Nebraska Medical Center

                Dr. Richard Brown
                President/CEO - Charles Drew Health Center


HEALTHY FAMILIES

                Femi Awodele
                Executive Director/Founder - Christian Couples Ministries International, Author

                Doris Lassiter
                President-DORAL Group, Exe. Director - Nebraska Healthy Family Initiative

                Rev. Dwight Ford
               
Executive Director - Eastern Nebraska Community Action
                Senior Pastor - Grace City Church

      
         Doris Moore
               
President - Center for Holistic Development
 

ADVOCACY AND JUSTICE

                Tawanna Black
                Director of Diversity - Cox Communications
                President - National Coalition of 100 Black Women

                John Ewing
               
Douglas County Treasurer
 

CULTURAL ARTS, HISTORY, MEDIA, EVENTS AND VENUES

                Deb Bunting
               
Nebraska Arts Council

                Tim Clark
                President -
Clark Connection Group, President - 100 Black Men of Omaha

                Kenny McMorris
 

EMPOWERMENT NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

                Willie Barney
               
President, Facilitator, and Founder

                Vicki Quaites-Ferris
               
Director of Operations


Partial list of participants in developing the Covenants...
The individuals listed below have participated in forums, summits, meetings and/or given their support to the covenant.

If we missed your name and you would like to be listed as a contributor to the covenant, please let us know through the contact page on this web-site.

       Name                             
Pastor Vanessa Ward  
Rev. Joceleyn Foster  
Pastor James Hunter  
Marshall Taylor  
Ben Gray  
Ernie Boykin
Shelley Henderson
Elaine Adams
Sen. Tanya Cook
Sen. Brenda Council
 
Monica Beasley  
Pastor Marshall McGhee  
Minister William Carlisle  
Pastor Portia Cavitt  
Ernest White  
Adonica Banks  
Annie H. Grant  
Richard Gregory  
Pastor Daniel Lubega  
Gladys Harrison  
Juanita Johnson  
Tina Twymon  
Willie Hamilton  
Clifton Jones  
Philip Sculley  
Doris Moore  
Dr. Richard Brown  
Michael Whitner  
Femi Awodele  
Bishop John Ford  
Deborah Powell  
Bridget Hadley  
Marilyn Sims  
Freeman Coleman  
Theresa Union  
Brenda Bostic  
Damita Byrd  
L. James Wright  
Karen Davis  
Billy House  
John Pierce  
Dr. Sade Kosoko-Lasaki  
Frank Peak  
Channing Bunch  
Pastor Everett Reynolds  
Dick Davis  
James Mason  
Benitta Evans  
Jacqueline R. White  
Dell Gines  
Boris Forte  
Doris Lassiter  
Chris Rodgers  
Freddie Gray  
John Ewing  
Cheryl Secret  
Dr. Dennis Edwards  
Janine Everett  
Michael Green  
Pastor Stacy Hunter  
Mary Davenport  
Teresa Hunter  
Deborah Conley  
Michelle Hadley-McGhee  
Ed Rollerson  
Lawrence Pete  
Pastor Dwayne Murphy  
Braymond Adams  
George Walker  
Pastor Anthony Butler  
Karen Sheppard  
Tara Grandberry  
Louise Latimer  
Pastor J.L. Shannon, Sr.  
Ayanna Boykins  
Sheree King  
Frank Hayes  
Greg Johnson  
Flo Langford  
Dr. Bobbie Davis  
Steve Hogan  
Fred Edgebelu  
Camille Steed  
Chaplain Morris Jackson  
John Pierce  
Pastor Cynthia Butler/Eric  
Joseph L. Cullins  
Pat McDaniels  
Jerome Hopkins  
Pastor Alvin Mitchell  
Gwen Easter  
Gail Ross  
Michelle Troxclair  
Deborah Mabry-Strong  
Vickey Parks  
Roy Hobley  
Fayetta Steel  
Cynthia Gooch  
Celeste Green  
Antonio Jackson  
Jessica Smith  
Ehite Allison  
Janette Taylor   
Pastor Leroy Adams  
Eileen Waits  
Pastor Jeremiah McGhee  
Pastor Terrie Arvie  
Sherwood Ellis  
Tommie Wilson  
Denise Lee  
Danetta Allen  
Avalee Edwards  
Karen Davis  
Vera Johnson  
Deb Bunting  
Mildred Lee  
Terrie Jackson-Miller  
Ken Lyons  
Bishop Lance R. Foster  
Don Moore  
Crystall Williams-Bonner  
Carol Marshall   
Gene Haynes  
Steve Jackson  
Viv Ewing  
Pete Andrews  
Tim Clark  
Winsley Durand  
Tawana Black  
Ken Johnson  
Kokoyi Ufanifu  
Kim Denise Anthony
Ashley Adams
Roni Davis
 
Michael Maroney  
Geneva Lopez  
Clifton J. Wells  
Carlos Carr, Sr.  
Cheryl Weston  
Vickie Quaites  
Police Chief Thomas Warren  
Captain Denise Cousin  
Stacy Henry  
Calvin Jones  
Margaurita Washington  
Phyllis Hicks  
Vernon Muhammad  
Janice Gilmore  
Rudy Smith  
Donna Carter  
Thomas Harvey  
Shirley Tyree  
Karen Sheppard  
Leslie McMillion  
Fred Conley  
Pastor Thomas Smith  
Pastor Cedric Perkins  
John Butler  
William King  
Tyrone Burke  
Charles Smith  
Willie Barney  
Pastor Selwyn Bachus  
Minister Lula Bartee-Smith  
Rev. Patrick Jones  
Clifford Robbins  
Anne Christian  
James/Sharon Barnes  
Rev. Eulish Moore  
Minister Kathleen Moore  
Loretha Mayberry  
Pastor Gregory Ashley  
Pastor Adam Burton  
Dwayne Holmes  
Bro. Anselm McCrimon  
Carole Woods-Harris  
Cort Bonner  
Sonja McElwe  
Dan Alati  
Brenda Bell  
Don McPherson  
Jessie Winfrey  
Davida Dickson  
Pastor James Patterson  
Bobby McGlown  
Eric Butler  
Aaron Evans  
Dr. Rubin Pamies  
Valda Ford  
Wayne Houston  
Ira Combs  
David Grandison  
Rev. Meniwether-Woods  
Franklin Thompson  
Marilyn McGary  
Kevin McCooper  
DeAntae Grixby  
Tony Collins  
Paul Bryant  
Brenda Council  
Terry Lee  
Philip Sculley
Sadie Bankston
Dr. Jerry Bartee
Janice Garnett
 

 

 

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