Details
Thursday, March 5, 2026
8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST

@ LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Little Theater
45-50 Van Dam Street, LIC

Schedule
8:00      Registration + Breakfast
8:45      Program Begins
12:30      Closing

Confirmed speakers include:

• Queens Borough President Donovan Richards
• Deputy Speaker Dr. Nantasha Williams
• Council Member Shanel Thomas-Henry
• Council Member Julie Won 
• Kenneth Adams, LaGuardia Community College
• Karesia Batan, Queensboro Dance Festival
• Seth Bornstein, formerly Queens Economic Development Corporation
• Lorraine Chambers Lewis, Northwell - LIJ Forest Hills Hospital
• Kevin Cho, Korean Community Services
• Nilbia Coyote, New Immigrant Community Empowerment
• Jeehae Fischer, The Korean American Family Service Center
• Thomas Grech, Queens Chamber of Commerce
• William Jourdain, Woodside on the Move
• Pedro Rodriguez, La Jornada
• Annetta Seecharran, Chhaya Community Development Corporation
• Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor,  Urban Upbound; The Center of Hope International
• Ben Thomases, Queens Community House
• Yanki Tshering, Accompany Capital
• Dennis Walcott, Queens Public Library
• John Wang, Queens Night Market