PROGRAM BOOK - CenComFut · 2017-09-27 · Every day we see the need for change and the opportunity for action. Community action agencies work in 99 percent of the nation’s 3,300

National Symposium on

Poverty & Economic Security

MARRIOTT BETHESDA NORTH HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTERMAY 29 - 31, 2007

PROGRAM BOOK

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Welcome to the National Symposium on Poverty and Economic Security hosted by the Community Action network. We at the Community Action Partnership are honored and proud to be the lead organization for this historic event and we welcome everyone’s participation. We are pleased to have the opportunity to learn from and work with people from many sectors who are concerned about poverty and economic security.

Every day we see the need for change and the opportunity for action. Community action agencies work in 99 percent of the nation’s 3,300 counties and are a primary source of direct support for the more than 34.5 million people who live in poverty in the United States. CAA’s serve all regions and populations. 54% of CAA’s serve rural areas. 36% of CAA’s serve areas considered both urban and rural. 10% of CAA’s serve urban areas.

The Symposium is the first public step in the process of creating a new national agenda. The New Deal, the War on Poverty and the Reagan Revolution are examples of previous national agendas, and we need a new national agenda for the social and economic conditions of the 21st century. This will be created through a multi-year National Conversation at the local, state and national levels, culminating in a National Summit. People representing all sectors will come together to create the new national agenda. We want this new national agenda to shape activity in all sectors and to last for many years.

This Symposium has three major blocks of activity. On Tuesday we will refresh our understanding of the theories of poverty and explore how these theories relate to strategies, policies and programs. We will continue our discussion about how we define and measure poverty so that we can frame our work in the most effective ways.

On Wednesday in the Marketplace of Ideas we will hear about existing and proposed strategies to reduce poverty, both from within the community action network and from other organizations. We have explicitly included speakers from a wide range of viewpoints. We want to have a conversation not a confrontation as we explore the possibilities for finding common ground. Most of the presenters are on the Advisory Committee for the New National Conversation, and we want help strengthening our partnerships with them.

On Thursday, we will create the first draft of community action network’s recommendations for national goals, accountability measures and suggested strategies. This draft will go back to the state and local levels for discussion and improvement, and we will announce the community action network’s recommendations during Community Action Month in May, 2008. We will then take our recommendations to the National Summit. Some other organizations already have national plans for reducing poverty. We expect other stakeholders will also be developing them. We will bring all these plans and recommendations to the National Summit in May 2009 and we will forge a new national agenda.

We want to thank the many, many Community Action Agencies, State Associations and State CSBG offices for their commitment and financial support. We want to thank the Ford Foundation and the National Rural Funders Collaborative for their involvement and financial support. And, we want to thank our Advisory Committee members, listed in this program, for their ongoing guidance and involvement.

Thank you all for being part of this process to renew our commitments, enhance our strategies, and to create new partnerships to improve the lives of all Americans.

John “Tim” Donnellan, Chair, Community Action PartnershipJames Norman, Community Action Partnership Board of Directors and Chair, National Symposium on Poverty and Economic Security




SYMPOSIUM AGENDASymposium Goals

• Increase understanding about poverty and economic security and how they can be addressed in the 21st Century • Learn about tested programs and strategies from Community Action and many other sectors that can be adapted

and adopted for your communities • Build and strengthen partnerships across the sectors working to reduce poverty and enhance economic security • Create a draft of the goals, accountability measures and suggested strategies that the Community Action Network

will propose at the National Summit

Tuesday, May 29th - SALON G-H

12:00 – 6:00 Registration - Salon Foyer

3:00 – 3:30 Welcome, introductions and meeting overview Tim Donnellan, Community Action Partnership Chair James Norman, Partnership Board Secretary and Chair of the National Symposium on Poverty and

Economic Security Steering Committee Josephine Robinson, Director, Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families

3:30 – 4:15 Five MajorTheories of Poverty Dr. Jonathan London, University of California, Davis Jim Richardson, National Rural Funders Collaborative Bob Woodson, Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

4:15 – 4:30 Theory in the Real World and How These Theories Have Influenced Policy and Practice Julie Jakopic, Development Services Group, Inc

4:30 – 5:00 Overview of poverty initiatives Jodi Levin Epstein, Center for Law and Social Policy

5:00 – 5:45 Community Capitals and Alleviation of Poverty Dr. Cornelia Flora, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University

5:45 – 6:00 Continuum of Economic Security Community Action Network Working Group members Julie Bunch, Tennessee Association of Community Action

Tim Reese, California Nevada Community Action Partnership Edith Karsky, Connecticut Association for Community Action

6:00 – 6:15 Marriott International’s Commitment to Working Families Mari Snyder, Marriott International

6:15 – 7:30 Welcome Reception — Salon Foyer

Wednesday, May 30th

7:30 – 5:00 Registration - Salon Foyer

7:30 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast - Salon Foyer

8:00 – 9:00 Keynote Address with Dr. Donna Beegle - Salon E

9:00 – 5:45 Marketplace of Ideas — See Workshop Roster on page 4

12:15 – 1:30 Buffet Luncheon and Roundtable Discussions - Salon E

Thursday, May 31st

7:30 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast - Salon Foyer

8:00 – 8:30 Background and Overview of the Process for Creating our First Draft, James Norman - Salon E

8:30 – 10:00 Work Groups for 14 Topic Areas - Salons F, G, H and Linden Oak

10:00 – 10:15 Break - Salon Foyer

10:15 – 10:45 Presentation from Operation Hope - Salon E

10:45 – 11:45 Report Out from Work Groups - Salon E

11:45 – 12:00 Closing Remarks and Review of the Next Stages for Review at Local, State and National Levels James Norman - Salon E

12:00 – 1:30 Closing Luncheon with Angela Glover Blackwell - Salon E

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MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS WORKSHOP ROSTER - WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007

8:00– 9:00 am SALON E — OPENING PLENARY – DR. DONNA BEEGLE

Salon F Glen Echo Salon H Salon G Salon E

9:00– 10:00 am Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America by 50% by 2020Candy Hill, Catholic Charities USAMonica Maggiano, Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America

Engaging the Community Martin Mucher,Community Action AngelsTheodore Debro,JCCEO Americorps*VISTA Energy Assistance NetworkMary Ann Vandermark,Project HomeM.A.D.E

Defining Economic Security Across the GenerationsJoan Kuriansky,Wider Opportunities for Women

Family Economic SecurityMiriam Shark,Annie E. Casey Foundation Richard Schlimm, WISCAPPatsy Mbughuni, CAP Services

10:00– 10:15 am BREAK - SALON FOYER

1015– 11:15 am State Level Approaches to Reduce PovertyTarryl Clark andMike Thorsteinson, Minnesota Ona Porter, New Mexico Tim Reese and Jim Masters,California EPIC Elaine West and Ann Graff,Missouri

Introducing the Circles Campaign: A Local and Na-tional Approach to Helping Families Out of PovertyScott Miller, Move the Mountain Leadership Center Phil DeVol, aha! Process, Inc.Ann Graff, Missouri Valley CAALisa Stoddard,CAP Northern Idaho

Agenda for Shared ProsperityMark Levinson, Economic Policy Institute

Credit Path® Kirsten Moy,Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities ProgramBill Myers, Alternatives Federal Credit Union

1115– 12:15 pm If You Can Manage It, You Can Measure It: Using Statewide Outcome Measures to Manage Change Wayne Fawbush and Wendy Van Elverdinghe, Oregon BenchmarksArnie Anderson and Tarryl Clark, Minnesota Milestones

No Child Left Behind Plus First/Focus Ahaviah Glaser,First Focus/America’s PromiseMary Kusler,American Association of School Administrators (No Child Left Behind)

From Poverty to Prosperity: The Report of the Center for American Progress’ Task Force on Poverty Mark Greenberg, Center for American Progress

Building Local Resources Suzanne Siskel, Ford Foundation Jeff Yost, Nebraska Community FoundationDr. Sherece West, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation

12:15 - 1:30 pm LUNCHEON - SALON E

1:30 - 2:30 pm Connecticut Policy to Reduce Child Poverty by 50% by 2014Elaine Zimmerman, Connecticut Commission on ChildrenPatricia Wilson-Coker, Connecticut Dept of Social ServicesJames Gatling, Connecticut Association for Community ActionGary Stokes, Mountain Consulting

South Allison Hill Community Revitalization ProjectLinda Figueroa, Community Action Commission

Asset DevelopmentBob Friedman,Corporation for Enterprise Development SiGO debit cardSteve Savner, Center for Community ChangeZenae Scott, California CASH

Let Justice RollAnd the Benefit Bank Campaign John Briscoe, National Council of Churches USARosemarie Bahr, Putnam Emergency Shelters, Putnam CAP

2:30 - 3:30 pm Marriage and Caste in America Kay Hymowitz, Manhattan Institute

Community Mediation:An Idea Whose Time Has ComeLois Carson, Riverside CAAMary Ann Vandemark, Human Development Commission

People Get Ready: America’s Looming Energy CrisisPeter Kilde, WestCAP

Leading the Charge and Communicating ChangeRikeesha Cannon,Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law

The Federal Government:The Indispensable Player in Redressing Poverty Jim Weill, FRAC

3:30 - 3:45 pm BREAK - SALON FOYER

3:45- 4:45 pm Community Issues Management:A Community Information System for Wiser Public Choices in Poverty AlleviationChristopher Fulcher Jocelyn Richgels, RUPRI, University of Missouri

The Sources of Wealth and Health Arnold Kling, Cato Institute

Green Building and Community RevitalizationBob Zdenek, Alliance for Healthy HomesDon Chin, Smart Growth America

Safety-net Issues Dr. William Spriggs, Howard University EITC and OtherTax Code Issues Ed Lazere, D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute

Prevention and Asset Development Strategies to Reduce the Ill Effects of PovertyCharles Perry, Weed and Seed Youth Leadership Initiative and Adult Financial Literacy

4:45 -5:45 pm Frameworks Used by International NGOs and in Other CountriesDorothy Rosenberg, Former Senior Advisor for UN Millennium Development Goals

Health Care Medicaid Innovations SCHIP Reauthorization Martha Roherty, National Association of State Medicaid Directors

Micro-businessToday and Tomorrow: MorePrograms Needed in RuralAreas?Kevin Kelly, Association for Enterprise Opportunity Rob Goldsmith, People, Inc.Cheryl Zimny, Missouri Valley CAA

Structural Racism Anne Kubisch, Aspen Institute Roundtable for Community ChangeMaya Wiley, Center for Social Inclusion

Business and EconomicSecurityRandy Fiser, Corporate Voices for Working Families Mari Snyder, Marriott International

DEFINING ECONOMIC SECURITY ACROSS THE GENERATIONS 9:00 am — 10:00 am

Salon HThis workshop will describe the work of Wider Opportunities for Women. They developed the concepts and methods of de-termining “living wages’ in an area, and have worked with over 100 communities on living wage campaigns. Learn about the living wage and their other initiatives related to family eco-nomic security and seniors.

Presenter: Joan Kuriansky, Esq., Executive Director, Wider Opportunities for

Women

FAMILY ECONOMIC SECURITY9:00 am — 10:00 am

Salon GThe workshop will feature the Skills Enhancement Project--a high impact community action project that moves low-wage workers into good paying jobs with access to employer paid benefits. The project started at CAP Services and has been rep-licated at 10 other CAA’s in Wisconsin. In addition, the Annie E. Casey Foundation will feature its Rural Family Economic Se-curity Initiative.

Presenters: Patsy Mbughuni, Senior Planner, CAP Services Richard Schlimm, Executive Director, Wisconsin Community Action

Program Miriam Shark, Senior Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation

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10:00 am — 10:15 am BREAK - SALON FOYER____________________________________________________

STATE LEVEL ACTION ON POVERTY10:15 am — 11:15 am

Salon FThere is action at the state level in several states to address pov-erty in more formal and more visible ways. Learn what is hap-pening in Minnesota, New Mexico, California and Missouri.

Presenters: Tarry Clark, Minnesota State Senator Mike Thorsteinson, President, Minnesota Community Action

Partnership Ona Porter, Executive Director, New Mexico Association of Com-

munity Action Agencies Tim Reese, Executive Director California Nevada Community Action

Partnership Jim Masters, Center for Community Futures Elaine West, Executive Director, Missouri Association for

Community Action Ann Graff, President, Missouri Association for

Community Action

Some workshops have major themes that clearly link them to one of the “7 Capitals.” It is not always a one-to-one correspondence because some workshops can be linked to more that one type of capital, but please use this as a gen-eral reference:

Salon E and Salon F: Ideas about comprehensive approaches and systems Glen Echo: Ideas about Human Capital and Cultural CapitalSalon G: Ideas about Financial Capital, Natural Capital and Built CapitalSalon H: Ideas about Political Capital and Social Capital

CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE POVERTY IN AMERICA BY 50% BY 20209:00 am — 10:00 am

Salon FCatholic Charities USA worked with all other Catholic orga-nizations to create a plan to reduce poverty by 50% by the year 2020. This workshop will describe the process by which the plan was produced, the content of the plan, and the meth-ods that Catholic Charities and other organizations are using to implement the plan.

Presenters: Candy Hill, Senior Vice President for Social Policy, Catholic

Charities USA Monica Maggiano, Senior Manager for the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America, Catholic Charities USA

ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY9:00 am — 10:00 am

Glen EchoThree Community Action programs will present the exciting ways they get community members involved with the mission of their agencies. Community Action Angels in New York, Proj-ect Home M.A.D.E. in Michigan, and JCCEO Americorps*VISTA Energy Assistance Network leverage their financial and staff re-sources with community volunteers so that the agencies can provide more and better services.

Presenters: Theodore (Ted) Debro, Deputy Director for Community Service

Programs, Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity Martin Mucher, Executive Director, Wyoming Country Community

Action, Inc. Mary Ann Vandermark, Executive Director, Human Development

Commission



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IF YOU CAN MEASURE IT YOU CAN MANAGE IT: USING STATEWIDE OUTCOME MEASURES TO MANAGE CHANGE 11:15 am — 12:15 pm

Salon FThese are two possible models for national goals, accountabil-ity measures and strategies. The Oregon Progress Board was created in 1989 to be the steward of the state strategic plan, Oregon Shines. The Progress Board’s most visible work has been to create the Oregon Benchmarks, a set of quantifiable indicators for the economy, communities and the environment. The benchmarks define Oregon’s strategic goals as measurable outcomes, with targets for improvement. The Benchmarks have been used to address many topics, at the state level and in communities, among public, private and nonprofit sectors, and in several types of planning. The Oregon Benchmarks have at-tracted much attention outside Oregon, including in Minnesota where they developed Minnesota Milestones based on the Or-egon Benchmarks. Come hear from Oregon and Minnesota on their approaches to developing benchmarks, and discuss ideas for using strategic benchmarks to manage change – local, state and national.

Presenters: Wendy VanElverdinghe, Executive Director, Community Action

Directors of Oregon Wayne Fawbush, Former Senate Majority Leader, Oregon State

Senate Tarryl Clark, Assistant Majority Leader, Minnesota State Senate and

former Executive Director for Minnesota Community Action Partnership.

Arnie Anderson, Executive Director, Minnesota Community Action Partnership

FIRST FOCUS/AMERICA’S PROMISE plus NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND11:15 am — 12:15pm

Glen EchoWith the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, current-ly known as No Child Left Behind, up for reauthorization by congress, educators across the country are making their voices heard. Nowhere is this truer than in rural America. See how one size fits all education policy can impact geographically iso-lated school districts and learn the changes being sought to improve this legislation for rural schools. (Mary)

Despite policy-makers across the country discussing the impor-tance of investing in American’s future, children and families are receiving a declining amount of federal spending. Many programs that are vital to children, especially programs vital to poor children, are inadequately funded. These include programs like Medicaid, SCHIP, food stamps, child support enforcement, child-care supports and others. Learn about tackling these is-sues at the state and federal levels. (Havi)

Presenters: Mary Kusler, Assistant Director for Government Relations, Ameri-

can Association of School Administrators Ahaviah “’Havi” Glaser, Vice President and Senior Counsel, First/Focus

INTRODUCING THE CIRCLES CAMPAIGN: A LOCAL & NATIONAL APPROACH TO HELPING FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY10:15 am — 11:15 am

Glen EchoThe Circles Campaign is a national effort involving forty com-munities and 1000 families who are working to get out of pov-erty. Each family is supported by two to five people from the community (allies) to pursue their goals. In each community, the public is engaged in a richer dialogue and planning process to address poverty. The process is led by families experienc-ing poverty and their allies. The Campaign partners include: Move the Mountain, aha!Process, Inc. Wider Opportunities for-Women, The Charitable Giving Resource Center, and The Wilder Research Group.

Presenters: Scott Miller, Co-Founder, Move the Mountain Leadership Center Phil De Vol, Consultant, aha! Process Inc. Lisa Stoddard, Executive Director, Community Action Partnership, Northern Idaho Ann Graff, Executive Director, Missouri Valley Community Action Agency

AGENDA FOR SHARED PROSPERITY10:15 am — 11:15 am

Salon HIn January of 2007, the Economic Policy Institute announced the Agenda for Shared Prosperity. The American people need an economic agenda that will spur growth, reduce insecurity, and provide broadly shared prosperity. Drawing upon some of the best informed and most innovative experts, the Agenda for Shared Prosperity will advance an economic program that is comprehensive, understandable, and workable.

Presenter: Mark Levinson, Senior Fellow, Economic Policy Institute

CREDIT PATH®10:15 am — 11:15 am

Salon GThis workshop will present a conceptual framework known as the “Credit Path®,” which identifies four stages people pass through on their way to asset accumulation and greater finan-cial security. Originally developed in 1995 by Alternatives Fed-eral Credit Union’s CEO William Myers, the Credit Path® has been used by some financial institutions as a tool to design new products and services that can help people advance to-ward greater financial security.

Presenters: Kirsten Moy, Director, Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities

Program Bill Myers, Executive Director, Alternatives Federal credit Union


SOUTH ALLISON HILL COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT 1:30 pm — 2:30 pm

Glen EchoAn overview of the comprehensive planning for, and re-devel-opment of, a crime-ridden densely populated neighborhood in Harrisburg, PA, will be presented.

Presenter: Linda Figueroa, Executive Director, Community Action Commission

CFED’S ASSET DEVELOPMENT AND SEED CHILD SAVINGS plus THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE AND THE SIGO DEBIT CARD plus CALIFORNIA CASH1:30 pm — 2:30 pm

Salon HThe Corporation for Enterprise Development has led the nation in creation of asset development strategies such as microbusi-ness programs, the IDA program, and their new SEED program. Come find out what YOU should be doing NOW.

Steve Savner will describe a project that the Center for Commu-nity Change and immigrant worker centers have undertaken to market a pre-paid debit card to people, many of whom are unbanked. The card offers low cost financial services, including remittances, to cardholders. Project income will be generated for the worker centers to support their organizing and advo-cacy work.

Zenae Scott will describe the innovative combination of capac-ity building and services offered through the California CASH program.

Presenters: Robert Friedman, General Counsel, Corporation for Enterprise

Development Steve Savner, Senior Fellow, Center for Community Change Zenae Scott, Program Director, California Nevada Community Ac-tion Partnership CASH program

FROM POVERTY TO PROSPERITY: THE REPORT OF THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS’ TASK FORCE ON POVERTY 11:15 am — 12:15 pm

Salon HIn April, 2007, the Center for American Progress released the re-port of a year-long task force on poverty. The task force report calls for a national goal of cutting poverty in half in ten years, and makes a set of recommendations intended to accomplish that goal. This workshop will include a presentation and dis-cussion of the Task Force’s approach, recommendations, and the opportunities to dramatically reduce poverty in America.

Presenter: Mark H. Greenberg, Esq., Executive Director, Task Force on

Poverty, Center for American Progress.

BUILDING LOCAL RESOURCES

11:15 am — 12:15 pm

Salon GPlace-based philanthropies, community foundations and other community asset building organizations can play a significant role in addressing poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion. We will hear from the leaders of two dynamic organizations that are playing a catalytic role in developing strong and en-during solutions to pressing economic and social needs, and innovative means to build assets for individuals, households and communities.

Presenters: Suzanne Siskel, Director of Community and Resource Develop-

ment, Ford Foundation Sherece Y. West, Chief Executive Officer of the Louisiana Disaster

Recovery Foundation Jeff Yost, President and CEO, Nebraska Community Foundation

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12:15pm — 1:30 pm LUNCHEON - SALON E____________________________________________________

CONNECTICUT POLICY TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY BY 50% BY 20141:30 pm — 2:30 pm

Salon FThree years ago Connecticut adopted a state policy that is com-mitted to reducing child poverty by 50% in the next decade. Today, we are developing high-impact strategies to reach this goal. This workshop will present how such a bold and innova-tive state policy came into being, where it is going, and who’s taking it there.

Presenters: Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director, Connecticut Commission

on Children Patricia Wilson-Coker, former Commissioner of Connecticut Department of Social Services Dr. James Gatling, President, Connecticut Association of Community Action Gary Stokes, Mountain Consulting


For working papers and ongoing information on the National

Conversaion of Poverty & Economic Security, bookmark the Community Action Partnership website page:

www.communityactionpartnership.com/conversation.asp


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COMMUNITY MEDIATION: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME2:30 pm — 3:30 pm

Glen EchoMediation offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional ad-versarial dispute resolution in the courts. The Community Dis-pute Resolution Program in Michigan and the Dispute Resolu-tion Center in Riverside, California will share their models for training volunteers from the community to provide specialized mediation services

Presenters: Lois Carson, Executive Director, Community Action Partnership of

Riverside County Mary AnnVandemark, Executive Director, Human Development Commission

PEOPLE GET READY: AMERICA’S LOOMING ENERGY CRISIS2:30 pm — 3:30 pm

Salon HWe are nearing a time when the world’s supply and produc-tion of petroleum and natural gas will go into an irreversible decline even as worldwide energy demand continues to rise. The implications for our economy and our entire way of life are enormous, with America’s poor families hit first and hardest by energy shortages and skyrocketing costs. This session will examine “Peak Oil and Gas” fact and fiction, shed some light on what all this means to Community Action and its mission, and explore what we must do to prepare for massive changes as we strive to build a just and sustainable society..

Presenter: Peter Kilde, Executive Director, West Central Wisconsin Community

Action Agency, Inc, (West CAP)

LEADING THE CHARGE AND COMMUNICATING CHANGE2:30 pm — 3:30 pm

Salon GThe Shriver Center uses a variety of techniques to promote the best and most efficient practices in using law and policy to end poverty. This workshop focuses on the importance of commu-nications in changing the way we talk and take action to end poverty. We will focus on the Shriver Center’s Clearinghouse Review: Journal of Poverty Law and Policy -- the nation’s intel-lectual marketplace for legal aid lawyers and others to share ideas and plant seeds for legal and antipoverty policy innova-tion. Additionally the workshop will focus on the Shriver Cen-ter’s media relations tools including State of Poverty Congres-sional Scorecard -- how every member of Congress represents low-income Americans.

Presenter: Rikeesha Cannon, Media Relations Director, Sargent Shriver

National Center on Poverty Law

LET JUSTICE ROLL, AND THE BENEFIT BANKS CAMPAIGN plus PUTNAM EMERGENCY SHELTERS1:30 pm — 2:30 pm

Salon GLet Justice Roll. The NCCUSA organized and led the national campaign to increase the minimum wage. Their state-level or-ganizing efforts won in most every state where they worked. Find out how to help organize in your state!

The Benefit Bank: The BB is a web-based one-stop opportu-nity for poor people to fill out all relevant applications from a single computer. Think of it as “Turbo-Tax for Everything.” No forms, no going to government offices. Fill it out at your leisure and when you go to the office you will have a calculation of what you ought to be getting. This is an empowering position. As of 3.12.07 the Benefit Bank has delivered $5,973,236 to 4910 families.

The Putnam Emergency Shelter Project has confirmed the pow-er of ecumenical support and volunteerism to improve and en-hance the services of the community. The Homelessness Task Force invited all of the local faith based organizations to come to the table to develop an emergency shelter for the winter. In spite of political controversy, the shelter opened its doors in mid-December and continued through the end of March. This project clearly demonstrated the positive effects and strength of coordination and collaboration among numerous human ser-vice providers and our faith-based community.

Presenters: John Briscoe, Development Director, National Council of Churches

Rosemarie Bahr, Putnam County Emergency Shelter, Putnam CAP

MARRIAGE AND CASTE IN AMERICA2:30 pm — 3:30 pm

Salon FIn the period after 1960, an increasing proportion of the na-tion’s poor have been single parents, primarily single mothers. This is especially alarming for the future; the children of single mothers are at greater risk of a variety of ills, including both poverty and becoming poor single parents themselves. This workshop will explore a number of questions including: does marriage make a difference for poor kids? And why? What led to the increase in the number of poor single parent families? And what can we do about it?

Presenter: Kay Hymowitz, Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute

MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS WORKSHOP ROSTER - WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007 MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS WORKSHOP ROSTER - WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: THE INDISPENSABLE PLAYER IN REDRESSING POVERTY 2:30 pm — 3:30 pm

Salon EJim Weill from FRAC reviews the roles of various sectors in poverty alleviation, with a special focus on the role of govern-ment.

Presenter: Jim Weill, Executive Director, Food Research and Action Council

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3:30 pm – 3:45 pm BREAK - SALON FOYER____________________________________________________

COMMUNITY ISSUES MANAGEMENT: A COMMUNITY INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR WISER PUBLIC CHOICES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION3:45 pm — 4:45 pm

Salon FThe University of Missouri’s Rural Policy Research Institute (RU-PRI) created a Community Information Resource Center (CIRC) that focuses on how data can be utilized for decision support at the community, regional and national levels. Participants will get hands on experience with publicly accessible Internet GIS

tools that they can use when they return home. Workshop participants will be able to: (1) geographically visualize com-munity, regional, and national-level data via the Internet; (2) integrate new spatial data and overlay these data to conduct location-specific analyses and generate maps, dynamic reports, and “what if” scenarios; and (3) understand how these tools can be utilized in an integrated fashion for decision support.

Presenters: Jocelyn Batko Richgels, Associate Director of National Policy

Programs, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), University of Missouri Dr. Christopher Fulcher, Director, Community Information Resource Center, RUPRI/University of Missouri

THE SOURCES OF WEALTH AND HEALTH 3:45 pm — 4:45 pm

Glen EchoIndicators of wealth and health are substantially higher today than historically. They are substantially higher in the devel-oped world than in the underdeveloped world. These differ-ences can be attributed to the accumulation and application of knowledge. The successful application of knowledge appears to depend on moral, mental, and institutional development. Par-ticipants will be invited to think about what this implies for anti-poverty strategy

Presenter: Arnold Kling, Ph.D., Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute

GREEN BUILDING AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION3:45 pm — 4:45 pm

Salon HHow green development can enhance community revitaliza-tion through energy efficiency, improve occupant health, in-crease life-span of building and be smartly sited to provide transportation, school, and job access.

Presenters: Robert Zdenek, Executive Director, Alliance for Healthy Homes

Don Chen, Founding Executive Director and CEO, Smart Growth America

SAFETY NET CHALLENGES plus TAX CODE ISSUES3:45 pm — 4:45 pm

Salon GHow the variations among states and the holes in the safety net create problems for poor people and taxpayers alike. How to reshape the EITC and tax code to reduce poverty. .

Presenters: Dr. William Spriggs, Chair, Department of Economics, Howard

University Ed Lazere, Executive Director, D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute

PREVENTION AND ASSET DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE ILL EFFECTS OF POVERTY3:45 pm — 4:45 pm

Salon EThe U.S. Department of Justice’s Weed and Seed program offers innovative ways to reduce crime and violence in a neighbor-hood, and then to revitalize that neighborhood. CNE assists organization like CAA’s who want to participate in this effective approach. Mr. Perry will also review other CNE initiatives, in-cluding their financial literacy program.

Presenter: Charles Perry, MPA, Project Manager for Weed and Seed Youth

Leadership Initiative and Adult Financial Literacy

FRAMEWORKS ON POVERTY ISSUES USED BY INTERNATIONAL NGO’S AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES

4:45 pm — 5:45 pm

Salon FThe United Nations has sponsored several international confer-ences, including the Cohenhagen Conference on Poverty and the Conference on Women in Beijing. Using the results of these conferences, they created the Millennium Development Goals to reduce world poverty. The U.N. Development Program has some excellent frameworks for analyzing poverty and strategies for reducing poverty

Presenter: Dorothy Rosenberg, Former Senior Advisor for UN Millennium

Development Goals


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HEALTH CARE: MEDICAID INNOVATIONS plus SCHIP REAUTHORIZATION4:45 pm — 5:45 pm

Glen EchoRecent actions in Congress have prompted states to re-shape their Medicaid Programs by rationing services and taking other actions. Some people think that the states are taking the lead on designing the health care system for the future. Learn about innovative approaches that states have taken to deal with cuts in Medicaid. Find out about the SCHIP reauthorization.

Presenter: Martha Roherty Executive Director, National Association of State

Medicaid Directors, American Public Human Services Association

MICROBUSINESS TODAY AND TOMORROW: MORE PROGRAMS NEEDED IN RURAL AREAS?4:45 pm — 5:45 pm

Salon HThis workshop will provide background information on the field of microenterprise development in the United States and will look at two rural Community Action Agencies and their microenterprise development programs. Participants will learn why these CAA’s have initiated microenterprise programs and how microenterprise can complement already existing pro-grams. We will also discuss the need for additional programs in rural areas, and how your CAA might develop such a program with assistance from AEO and the Partnership.

Presenters: Kevin Kelly, Managing Director for Policy and Advocacy,

Association for Enterprise Opportunity Rob Goldsmith, Executive Director, People, Inc Cheryl Zimny, Community Development Coordinator, Missouri

Valley CAA

STRUCTURAL RACISM4:45 pm — 5:45 pm

Salon GRacial and class hierarchies in the US are linked both in their historical development and in the way we have woven the structural fabric of opportunity. Despite the relationship be-tween the two, we often organize our work and issues in ways that treats race and class as separate. This workshop will exam-ine both the nature of “structural racism” and it’s implications for strategies to build healthy, sustainable communities.

Presenters: Anne Kubisch, Director, Aspen Institute Roundtable on

Community Change Maya Wiley, Director, Center for Social Inclusion

BUSINESS PRACTICES AND ECONOMIC SECURITY 4:45 pm — 5:45 pm

Salon ECorporate Voices for Working Families brings the private sector voice into the public dialogue on issues affecting working fami-lies. CVWF helps companies develop family-friendly policies that are recognized as exemplary practices in human resources. Their 55 partner companies employ more than 4 million indi-viduals throughout all fifty states, with annual net revenues of $1 trillion. Marriott International is one of the partner com-panies. Learn about the ‘best practices’ among private sector employers..

Presenters: Randy Fiser, Vice President, Corporate Voices for Working Families Mari Snyder, Senior Director, Community Relations, Marriott

International

NATIONAL CONVERSATION ON POVERTY & ECONOMIC SECURITY STEERING COMMITTEE

James Norman, Chair, National Symposium on Poverty and Economic Security Tim Donnellan, Chair, Community Action PartnershipAnita Lichtblau, CAPLAWBarry Lamont, Chair, NCAFConnie Greer, NASCSPLeonard Dawson, Coastal Georgia Area CAAJohn Wilson, Community Action Association of PennsylvaniaLois Carson, Community Action Partnership of Riverside CountyEdith Karsky, Connecticut Association for Community Action Mary Ann Vandemark, Human Development Commission, MIKip Bowmar, Kentucky Association for Community ActionJeannie Chaffin, Missouri CSBG OfficeMarci Phillips, NCAFMeg Power, NCAFOna Porter, New Mexico Association of CAAsDana Jones, United Planning OrganizationPeter Kilde, West Cap, WI

PROJECT DIRECTORS AND STAFF

James Masters, Center for Community FuturesMary Virtue, Cornerstone ConsultantsJovita Tolbert, NASCSPAvril Weisman, Community Action Partnership

SPONSORS

Thank you to the following organizations for providing generous financial support to the National Symposium on Poverty and Economic Security to help make this event possible.

Ford FoundationNational Rural Funders CollaborativeNational Association for State Community Services Programs Kentucky Association for Community ActionMinnesota Community Action PartnershipMissouri Association for Community ActionState of Washington Community Services

Thank you to United Planning Organization, the Community Action Agency of Washington, DC for supporting the cost of the hotel shuttles.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE John Briscoe ......................... National Council of Churches John Hope Bryant .............. Operation Hope Dr. Ajay Chaudry ................. Center on Labor, Human Services, and

Population, Urban InstitutePablo Eisenberg .................. Georgetown Public Policy InstituteJodie Levin Epstein ............ Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)Jeff Faux ................................. Economic Policy InstituteDr. Cornelia Butler Flora ... Iowa State UniversityDr. Charles Fluharty ............ RUPRI, University of Missouri Radhika K. Fox .................... PolicyLink Bob Friedman ...................... Corporation for Enterprise DevelopmentJerry Friedman .................... American Public Human Services AssociationSarah Greene ....................... National Head Start Association Dr. Dorothy Height ............. National Council of Negro WomenJudith Jones .......................... Columbia UniversityKevin Kelly ............................ Association for Enterprise Opportunity Donna Klein ......................... Corporate Voices for Working FamiliesArnold Kling .......................... Cato InstituteJoan Kuriansky ..................... Wider Opportunities for WomenEd Lazere ............................... DC Fiscal Policy Institute (CBPP)Bruce Lesley ........................ First Focus/America’s PromiseJack Litzenberg ................... Mott FoundationDr. Garth Mangum ............. University of Utah Rita McLennon ..................... Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Kirsten Moy .......................... Aspen Institute Jim Richardson ..................... National Rural Funders Collaborative Dorothy Rosenberg ............ United Nations MDGs William Schambra ............... Hudson InstituteMiriam Shark ........................ Annie E. Casey Foundation Hilary Shelton ....................... NAACP Suzanne Siskel ..................... Ford Foundation, Community Resource

DevelopmentDr. Cathy Solheim ............... University of MinnesotaMari L. Snyder ...................... Marriott International Jim Weill ................................ FRACDr. William Spriggs .............. Howard University Dr. Rachel Tompkins ........... The Rural School and Community Trust Patricia Wilson-Coker ......... Former commissioner -Connecticut Department

of Social Services Raul Yzaguirre ..................... National Council of La Raza Bob Zdenek ......................... Alliance for Healthy HomesRepresentative ..................... Northwest Area Foundation

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERS

Community Action PartnershipAvril Weisman, Vice President1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1210Washington, DC 20036Phone: (202)265-7546Fax: (202)265-8850Email: [email protected]: www.communityactionpartnership.com

National Community Action Foundation (NCAF)Mr. David Bradley, Executive Director810 1st Street NE, Suite 530Washington, DC 20002Phone: (202) 842-2092Fax: (202) 842-2095Email: [email protected]: www.ncaf.org

National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP)Mr. Timothy R. Warfield, Executive Director444 North Capitol Street, NWWashington, DC 20001Phone: (202) 624-8865Fax: (202) 624-8472Email: [email protected]: www.nascsp.org

Community Action Progam Legal Services, Inc. (CAPLAW)Ms. Anita Lichtblau, Executive Director178 Tremont StreetBoston, MA 02111Phone: (617) 357-6915Fax: (617) 350-7899Email: [email protected]: www.caplaw.org





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