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 Award – William 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
