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Workshop Series 2: Trends to Watch (Thursday, March 6, 2:15-3:45pm)
Community College and Workforce Education: A Regional Economic Engine Enduring racial disparities in educational outcomes have damaging consequences for vulnerable groups and regional economies. In this interactive session, learn about model programs that prepare residents of every ethnic and racial background to succeed at work, contribute to the local economy, and build a healthy tax base that supports the entire community. Moderator: Denise G. Fairchild, Founder and President, Community Development Technologies Center (CD Tech) Panelists: Ellen Brown, Chief Operating Officer, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Alberto Retana, Director of Organizing, Community Coalition Jenny Wittner, Associate Director, Workforce Development Policy, Women Employed
A Conversation with Mayors of Smaller Cities Smaller cities, particularly older industrial cities in the Northeast and Midwest, face many of the same challenges of large urban areas: loss of population, jobs, and resources; aging infrastructure; underinvested schools; public safety concerns; and negative public perceptions. Many of these cities, historically dependent on a single employer or industry, are now struggling to adapt to the global economy, yet they don’t receive public, private, and philanthropic investment that major cities enjoy. This session examines the critical role that mayors can play in leading equitable recovery. Moderator: Judith Bell, President, PolicyLink Panelists: The Honorable Christopher Doherty, Mayor, City of Scranton, Pennsylvania The Honorable Hannah McKinney, Vice Mayor, City of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Professor of Economics, Kalamazoo College The Honorable Jay Williams, Mayor, City of Youngtown, Ohio
Housing Strategies for Inclusive Regions What is the future for metropolitan housing strategies? Recent gains in housing trust funds, land trusts, and inclusionary zoning reflect growing support for affordable housing policies. Yet, wages cannot meet housing costs and the housing market is unraveling due to overvaluation and unregulated lending. With cities and older suburbs bearing the burden of poverty and blight and gentrification pushing lower paid workers farther from their jobs—what agenda can we hold out to presidential candidates and a new administration? Join with leading strategists to chart a housing future that works for our diverse metropolitan communities. Moderator: Kalima Rose, Senior Director, PolicyLink Panelists: Peter Dreier, Professor of Politics and Director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Program, Occidental College Doris Koo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Community Partners
Land Use and Public Health This session explores the connections between neighborhood environments and the health of residents. How do the quality of housing, access to parks, and the availability of healthy food influence rates of illness, obesity, and early death? How can advocates press for land use policies and redevelopment programs that improve public health and reduce medical disparities? The panel presents advocacy tools and techniques, and inspiring case studies.
Moderator: Victor Rubin, Vice President for Research, PolicyLink Panelists: Lili Farhang, Project Manager, Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability, San Francisco Department of Public Health -- Download Powerpoint Anthony B. Iton, Director and Health Officer, Alameda County Public Health Department Marya Morris, Senior Associate, Duncan Associates -- Download Powerpoint
Men and Boys of Color Men and boys of color often travel a difficult journey that begins in disinvested communities and ends in juvenile halls and adult prisons. Hear presentations from Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice and PolicyLink based on mid-term results of a year-long research and policy project about men and boys of color. In the discussion that follows, participants will learn of promising programs and policies aimed at redirecting the school-to-prison pipeline. Moderator: Joe Brooks, Vice President for Cive Engagement, PolicyLink Panelists: Frank de Jesus Acosta, Consultant and Author Dorsey E. Nunn, Program Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Dr. Henrie Treadwell, Senior Social Scientist, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine Tami Wilson, Project Coordinator, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
Megaregions and Megaregions are interlocking networks of metropolitan areas, linked by overlapping commuting patterns, economic connections, transportation, shared environmental resources, history, and culture. These super-sized regions will define growth in the 21st century. A national initiative, America 2050, proposes a long-term strategy for regional and population expansion (120 million additional people by 2050). Case studies show how planning and coordination at the megaregion scale can address long-term growth and equity concerns. Moderator: Neal Peirce, Chairman, Citistates Group Panelists: David Crossley, President and Gounder, Gulf Coast Institute Philip Nyden, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Catherine L. Ross, Director and Harry West Chair, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, Georgia Institute of Technology Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050
Innovations and Inequities in Gulf Coast Recovery Thousands of children are living in FEMA trailer camps or the front yards of half-gutted homes. Workers go without access to jobs because of the lack of affordable housing and transportation. It’s clear there will be no real recovery in the Gulf Coast without creativity and a commitment to eliminate entrenched inequity. This session explores promising initiatives to address inequity in the region’s rebuilding process. Moderator: Ellen Rogers, Senior Vice President for Community Development, Bank of America Panelists: Derrick Christopher Evans, Founder and Director, Turkey Creek Community Initiatives Tom J. O'Malley, Vice President, Investment Trust Corporation, AFL-CIO Rosalind Magee Peychaud, Executive Director, Neighborhood Development Foundation Edward Sivak, Director of Policy and Evaluation, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta; Founder, mississippi Economic Policy Center
The increased importance of regions has led to a rethinking of traditional community development. A growing volume of recent research has supported a revised understanding of regional trends around demographics and economics, movement-building, and organizing. This panel draws upon the recent work of innovative leaders. Hear where research is, and should be, headed. Moderator: Carl Anthony, Associate Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley Panelists: Myron Orfield, Executive Director, Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota; Executrive Director, Institute on Race & Poverty Manuel Pastor, Professor of Geography and American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California; Director, Program for Environmental and Regional Equity David Rusk, Consultant, Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative, Ford Foundation Lisa Servon, Associate Professor of Urban Policy. Director of the Community Development Finance Project, Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy
Using Data and Maps to Support Equitable Development Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Internet technologies create new opportunities to use data and mapping to support analysis, planning, organizing, decision-making, and advocacy. Community data intermediaries are essential partners for using these information tools to achieve equitable development. This session looks at case studies in Washington, D.C., Cleveland, and post-Katrina New Orleans. Moderator: Tom Kingsley, Senior Researcher, The Urban Institute Panelists: Michael Schramm, Analyst/Programmer, Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland -- Download Powerpoint John Talmadge, President and Chief Executive, Social Compact Denice Warren, Chief Information Systems Designer, Greater New Orleans Community Data Center Association Stephanie Turner, Vice President, Community Development Banking, Key Bank National Association John Hopkins, Executive Director, Buckeye Area Development Corporation -- Download Powerpoint
Innovations in Asset and Wealth Building Racial disparities in family wealth are consistently larger than those in income, and the absence of "community capital" poses a significant roadblock to neighborhood revitalization. This session examines the vigorous movement to promote savings, asset development, and community ownership, and looks at successful examples in San Diego, Cleveland, and other cities. Moderator: Heather McColloch, Principal, Asset Building Strategies Panelists: George A. Harris III, Director of Community Ownership, Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation Ted Howard, Founder and Executive Director, The Democracy Collaborative, University of Maryland Andrea Levere, President, Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) -- Download Powerpoint |
