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2009 Community Action Partnership Convention
September 1-4, 2009
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
The 2009 CONVENTION PROGRAM BOOK is also available. Click here to download.
Click here for a list of 2009 EXHIBITORS. Click here for a floor plan of the Exhibitors' Marketplace. 
Juan Williams, author, journalist, broadcaster to be keynote speaker
Juan Williams, one of America’s leading
journalists, is a senior NPR correspondent. He also works on
documentaries and participates in NPR’s efforts to explore television
opportunities. Knowledgeable and charismatic, Williams brings insight
and depth — hallmarks of NPR programs—to a wide spectrum of issues and
ideas.
From 2000 - 2001, Williams hosted NPR’s national call-in show Talk of the Nation. In that role, he brought the program to cities and towns across America for monthly radio “town hall” meetings before live audiences. The town hall meetings were a part of “The Changing Face of America,” airing on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as Talk of the Nation. Williams is the author of the critically acclaimed biography Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. He is also the author of the nonfiction bestseller Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, and “Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It.”
During his 21-year career at The Washington
Post, Williams served as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, and
White House reporter. He has won an Emmy award for TV documentary
writing and won widespread critical acclaim for a series of
documentaries including “Politics - The New Black Power.” Articles by
Williams have appeared in magazines ranging from Newsweek, Fortune, and
The Atlantic Monthly to Ebony, Gentlemen’s Quarterly, and The New
Republic.
Williams continues to be a contributing political analyst for the Fox News Channel and a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday. He has also appeared on numerous television programs, including Nightline, Washington Week in Review, Oprah, CNN’s Crossfire (where he frequently served as co-host), and Capitol Gang Sunday.
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