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Community Connection Conference
February 11, 2012 @ 7:00 am - 4:30 pm
Agenda
7:15 am – 7:45 am Sunrise Ceremony (Optional)
7:00 am – 8:30 am Registration/Check-in
7:30 am – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast & Coffee
8:00 am – 9:30 am Welcome & Keynote
“Better Communities through Neighborhoods”
Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Policy Link
9:45 am -10:45 am Morning Workshop Session I
– Developing a Collective Efficacy Model: The Value of the 4 Cs
– VOICE (Valuing Our Individual Cultures through Engagement): Engaging Underrepresented Communities to Promote Sustainable Health Programming
– One Neighborhood: Infusing equity into neighborhood organizations outreach, governance, and planning activities
– Hawthorne Eco-Village: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Local Solutions
11:00 am – 12:00 am Morning Workshop Session II
– One Minneapolis: Addressing the Employment Gap
– Neighborhood Organizing for Racial Justice and Equity
– Organizing for Neighborhood Resilience: Creating a Neighborhood Transition Town
– Abled, Not Disabled: Moving Your Neighborhood Beyond ADA Compliance
12:00 pm -1:30 pm Working Lunch
“Connecting & Creating Opportunities”
1:45 pm -2:45 pm Afternoon Workshop Session I
– Partnerships that Work: When Cultural Communities and Government Collaborate – The Urban American Indian Strategy
– Social Justice for All: How Neighborhoods Can Approach Human Rights
– NCR Exposed! the Future of Neighborhood Programs
– Neighborhood Show and Tell: Success Stories From Sustainable Neighborhoods
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Workshop Session II
– One Read: Inspiring Courageous Conversations about Race
– Digital Neighborhoods: Building Equity Through Technology
– The Power of Zero: How to Reduce Waste at Your Event for 10 or 10,000
– Overcoming Crime: Transforming the Physical Design and Character of Peavey Park
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Closing Discussion/Wrap-Up