Agenda 

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 6:00pm-9:00pm

Dinner and Celebration of NCoC’s 70th Birthday, Chairman’s Networking Reception

6:00-7:00 pm  Chairman’s Welcome Reception

  • Michael Weiser, Chairman, National Conference on Citizenship
  • Akeel Jibri St. Vil, Acid Blues, a performance art series and meditative study on the tradition of Black Blues artists in America

7:00 pm   Welcome/Opening

  • Michael Weiser, Chairman, National Conference on Citizenship
  • Peter Levine, Associate Dean for Research and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs in Tufts University’s Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life

7:15 – 8:30 pm Dinner and Program

Civic Life, Civic Health and Civic Renewal: Introducing the Vision

  • Dr. Lattie Coor, Chairman and CEO, Center for the Future of Arizona

Civic Renewal: Through the Lens of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

  • Sally Prouty, Interim CEO, NCOC (Moderator); George A. Jones, CEO, Bread for the City, Bill De La Rosa, Truman-Albright Fellow/Policy Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Uma Viswanathan, W. K. Kellogg Foundation

 

Recognitions and Awards Presentations

Citizen of the Year Award – General Arthur T. Dean, Chairman and CEO – CADCA, Community Anti Drug Coalitions of America

Major George A. Smith Memorial Fund’s 2016 HOOAH AwardWilliam McNulty, cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon Global.


Friday, October 14, 2016, 8:00am-4:00pm

7:00 – 7:45 am –  Continental Breakfast

8:00 -8:15 – Welcome, Conference Overview

  • Michael Weiser, Chairman, National Conference on Citizenship
  • Peter Levine, Associate Dean for Research and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs in Tufts University’s Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life

8:15 – 9:15 – Continuing the Conversation: Through the Lens of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

  • Keesha Gaskins, Program Director, Democratic Practice-United States, Rockefeller Brothers Fund (Keynote and Panel Moderator)
  • Jamiel  L. Alexander, Senior Fellow, the Aspen Institute’s Forum for Community Solutions
  • Kisha Bird, Director of Youth Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy
  • Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Tisch College’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
  • Floyd Mori, President & CEO, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)

9:30-10:30 am –  Reflective Breakout Session – How Do We Ensure Equity, Diversity and Inclusion?

Kisha Bird, Center for Law and Social Policy; Kristen Cambell, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement; Mauricio Garcia, Cities of Service; Gail Leftwich Kitch, NCoC; Krystal Leaphard, NAACP/YWCA; David Smith, Presidio Institute; Willair St. Vil, DC Government; Felicia Sullivan, CIRCLE, Tufts University, Tisch College of Civic Life

10:30-11:00 am – Networking Expo

11:00-12:00 pm Breakout Sessions

Community and Economic Development: Increasing Impact of Networks in Community

  • Scott Hutcheson, Purdue Agile Strategy Lab
  • Mack McCarter, Founder and Coordinator, Community Renewal International
  • Anthony Nerino, Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Ellen Szarleta, Ph.D., J.D., Director, Center for Urban and Regional Excellence, Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Northwest

Community Engagement in the democratic process

  • John Dedrick, Kettering Foundation
  • Cristin Foster, Executive Director, David Mathews Center for Civic Life
  • Steven Kull, Voice of the People
  • William Muse, National Issues Forums Institute

Public Health and Community

  • Aaron Kucharski, Facing Addiction
  • ­­­Andrea Robles, Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Julia Tivald, Got Your Six

Youth Development/Workforce Development and Community

  • Kisha Bird, Center for Law and Social Police
  • Clarence Okoh, Center for Law and Social Policy
  • Thomas Showalter, National Youth Employment Coalition
  • Mary Hyde, Corporation for National and Community Service

Public Safety

  • Selena Schmidt, Carnegie Mellon University
  • John Mein, Office of the Deputy Mayor of Public Safety and Justice

Education (K-12/University/Community)

  • John Forren, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Miami University Hamilton
  • Sonia Mathew, Civic Learning Manager, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
  • ­­­­­­­­Ted McConnell, Executive Director, Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools

Creative Engagement

  • Esther Mackintosh, Executive Director, National Federation of State Humanities Councils
  • Douglas Dobson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Lou Frey Institute, University of Central Florida
  • Teresa May, Acid Blues, performance art series and meditative study on the tradition of Black Blues artists in America

Labor, Civic Life and Civic Renewal

  • Brett Cooper, SEIU
  • Abby Kiesa, CIRCLE, Tufts University Tisch College of Civic Life

Civic Life, Civic Health Index and Civic Renewal

  • Dr. Lattie Coor, Chairman and CEO, Center for the Future of Arizona
  • Pat Beaty, Senior Fellow, Center for the Future of Arizona
  • Jeff Coates, Research and Evaluation Director, National Conference on Citizenship

12:00-1:30 pm  Luncheon Program: National Service and Volunteerism: Essential Components of Civic Life    

  • Wendy Spencer, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Panel: Shirley Sagawa, President and CEO – Service Year Alliance (Moderator), Monique Rizer, Executive Director, Opportunity Nation, Myung Lee, Executive Director, Cities of Service, Mack McCarter, Founder and Coordinator, Community Renewal

1:30-2:00 pm     Networking Expo

2:00-3:00 pm     Breakout Sessions (Repeat of 11:00 – 12:00 sessions)

3:15-4:00 pm     Who gets to envision what a resilient and engaged community looks like?

  • Nicky Goren, President Meyer Foundation (Moderator)
  • Jayne Park, Executive Director, Impact Silver Spring
  • Nat Chioke Williams, Ph.D, Executive Director, Hill-Snowdon Foundation
  • Austin Belali, Director, Youth Engagement, Democracy Alliance

4:00-5:00 pm    Closing Comments and Incoming Chairman’s Reception

  • Garrett Graff, Chairmen, National Conference on Citizenship

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