2025 Promise Prize Scholar Annual Leadership Summit | Friday, July 25, 2025, 10 am | Virtual

Virtual

For a more complete description of the Promise Prize® Annual Leadership Summit, and to Register for 2025, this year, click here .

• Plan to arrive no later than 9:45 am | Our formal program starts on Friday at 10am sharp | The Summit ends at 12 noon
• Include your family and friends! You are encouraged and welcome to invite up to two family members or friends (18 and over only) complimentary, and they will be required to register | You are welcome to register additional guests, but we ask for a registration fee of $25 per person

Thursday, July 24, 2025, 6:30 to 8:30 pm | 2025 New Scholar Orientation | Mandatory for New 2025 Scholars and All Scholars are welcome

• Welcome to the Promise Prize Family and Meet New Scholars | Review of Promise Prize Program | Activities Designed by the Scholar Ambassador Cabinet 

Friday, July 25, 2025 , 10:00 am to 12:00 noon | 2025 Promise Prize Scholar Annual Leadership Summit Celebrating 24 years of Promise Prize Scholars

• All Scholar Leadership Summit 9:45 am Connecting and Catching Up Mix and Mingle Breakouts
• 10:00 Welcome | Vikki Pryor, JD, MBA, President & Founder Change Create Transform Foundation
• 10:05 Program and Salute, Honored Host | Dr. DeLacy Davis, PhD, Executive Director, Family Support Organization of Union County | Board of Advisors
• 10:10 Advocacy Award | Gaining Traction in Challenging Times | Dr. Kaela Lewis
• 10:20 Innovator Award | Media and Technology to Enable Change | Professor Jeffrey Wisotsky, Bronx Community College | Faculty Council
• 10:30 Humanitarian Award | Keynote Speaker | The Meaning of Courage in Action in the 21st Century | Sakina Cole, CEO Cole Media
• 10:45 Intermission
• 10:50 Induction 2025 Promise Prize Scholars | Sara Valencia, JD, Promise Prize Scholar ’04, Chair, Ambassador Cabinet and Dr. Venise Berry, PhD, Professor University of Iowa, Chair, Faculty Council
• 11:15 Moderated Scholar Panel Discussion | Plans, Ideas, and Impact | Duwaine Bascoe, JD, Promise Prize Scholar ’10
• 11:50 Gratitude and Goodbyes | Vikki Pryor
• Leadership Program Ends 11:55
• Open Mic | Informal Conversation (Optional)