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