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Welcome Letter Partners and Sponsors Acknowledgments Table of Contents About PolicyLink awaiting Millys review Agenda Overview Pre-Summit: Equity Institute
Pre-Summit: Mobile Workshops Workshops, Plenaries, and Caucuses Navigation Tool
Post-Summit Activities Bios for plenary speakers only! (15)

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Equity Summit 2011 Healthy Communities, Strong Regions, A Prosperous America
November 8 11, 2011 Detroit, Michigan
www.policylink.org/Summit
Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content 4/21/129/16/119/15/11
Inside front cover PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works. Headquarters: 1438 Webster Street, Suite 303 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: (510) 663-2333 Fax: (510) 663-9684
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Dear Colleague,
Welcome to Detroit and to Equity Summit 2011: Healthy Communities, Strong Regions, A Prosperous America. We are pleased and honored to have you here. Over the next few days we will share our collective work, insights, and wisdom about how to secure a positive future for the nation. In plenary sessions, workshops, caucuses, and informal conversations, we will explore ways to build thriving communities where everyone has opportunities to participate and prosper, and we will develop action agendas to guide the work ahead. We come from communities across the country, and we work in diverse fields, across a multitude of issues. But we share a common vision: Achieving equity to address todays ills will make our communities, regions, and nation stronger to meet the challenges of tomorrow. We gather at a crucial moment for America and for the equity movement. The nation is becoming more diverse faster than anyone predicted. In a growing number of cities and states, no single racial or ethnic group holds the majority, and in less than 30 years that will be true for our country. If people of color do not succeed, the nation will not succeed. Equity is not only a moral imperative; it is an economic imperative as well. We must find the possibilities for working together and create opportunities for change. This fourth national summit will shine the light on the path toward full social and economic inclusion. We will hear from visionary leaders who are re-thinking change strategies, forming novel coalitions, and harnessing the resources of government and private investment to make meaningful, sustainable improvements in the lives and prospects of low-income communities and communities of color. We will celebrate victories, share lessons, examine best practices, and identify policy priorities. We will deepen our knowledge, sharpen our skills, and work together to craft strategies to advocate for healthy communities, opportunity-rich regions, and a thriving nation built on a firm foundation of equity. Thank you for joining us. [Insert Photographs] Angela Glover Blackwell Founder and CEO
Judith Bell President
Our Partners and Sponsors

For their generous support of Equity Summit 2011, we thank: Partners The Ford Foundation JP Morgan Chase The Kresge Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Sponsors Annie E. Casey Foundation Citi The Convergence Partnership Living Cities Marguerite Casey Foundation McKnight Foundation with Nexus Community Partners Northwest Health Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation The San Francisco Foundation Skillman Foundation The Surdna Foundation Tides Foundation The Raymond John Wean Foundation Zilber Family Foundation (List as of September 12, 2011)
We acknowledge with gratitude the many people who helped PolicyLink in the planning, outreach, and programmatic development of Equity Summit 2011. Your support and guidance helped shape this important national event. Thank you for making it a success.
Table of Contents
About PolicyLink Agenda Overview Pre-Summit: Equity Institute Pre-Summit: Mobile Workshops Workshops, Plenaries, and Caucuses Navigation Tool Post-Summit Activities Plenary Speaker Biographies Activities and Exhibits Venue Maps Local Attractions
About PolicyLink
PolicyLink is a national research and action institute dedicated to advancing equity, by Lifting Up What Works. PolicyLink believes that equityjust and fair inclusionis essential to Americas economic future. An equitable society is one in which all can participate and prosper. The goals of equity must be to create conditions that allow all to reach their full potential. In short, equity creates a path from hope to change. All PolicyLink work is guided by the conviction that equity can be achieved only by bringing the wisdom, voice, and experience of those closest to the nations challenges into policy planning and decision-making. Lifting Up What Works is our way of focusing attention on people and communities boldly and effectively using local, state, and national policy to improve conditions in low-income communities and communities of color and to empower residents. In partnership with organizations around the country, we lift up best practices, connect people on the ground to the world of policymakers, and advocate for policies that create healthy, sustainable, opportunity-rich communities, strong regions, and a prosperous nation. PolicyLink currently has four focus areas: The PolicyLink Center for Health and Place works with partners in California and around the nation to advance policies to improve the built environment, expand access to healthy food, promote comprehensive change in vulnerable communities, and improve the life trajectories of boys and men of color. The PolicyLink Center for Infrastructure Equity works with local leaders, advocates, and policymakers to promote equitable approaches to infrastructure investments, workforce development for the new economy, and the creation of sustainable communities. Our work on Leadership and Civic Engagement aims to bring more leaders of color into policymaking processes. PolicyLink helps facilitate field- and movement-building through crosssector collaboration, and uses the arts and culture as vehicles to inform, mobilize, and build community. The Federal Policy Agenda work focuses on bringing to national scale programs and policies that are advancing equity at the local level. These include the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, Promise Neighborhoods, and equity-focused Sustainable Communities.
Agenda Overview
Pre-Summit Tuesday, November 8 Time Event Venue
10:00am 6:00pm 1:00 - 4:00pm
Registration Open Equity Institute
4th Floor
Organizing Effective Regional Equity Coalitions
Mackinac Ballroom, West Salon, 5th Floor Mackinac Ballroom, East Salon, 5th Floor Marquette Room, 5th Floor Lasalle Room, 5th Floor Joliet Room, 5th Floor Richard Room, 5th Floor Brule Room, 5th Floor Cadillac Room, 5th Floor
A New Paradigm: Sustainable Communities Planning Strategies for Equitable Development
Why Place and Race Matter
Getting Equity Advocacy Results: Assessing and Communicating Progress Mapping Tools to Empower Communities
Capitol Steps: Local, State, and Federal Legislative Advocacy
What it Takes: Preparing Equity Leaders
Telling Stories, Changing Lives
Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content Mobile Workshops Cultivating Change: The Food System as a Force for Community Transformation Arts & Culture: Transforming People, Transforming Places The Next Economy: Creating Jobs and Preparing a New Workforce in Detroit In the Footsteps of History: The Past, Present and Future of Social Justice Organizing in Detroit Equity at the Core: Exploring the Neighborhoods of the Woodward Corridor Thriving Diversity: A Tour of Southwest Detroit The Power of Collaboration: Residents Reclaiming the Brightmoor Neighborhood Land of Opportunity: Exploring the Neighborhoods of the Lower Eastside 4:30 - 6:00pm Caucuses, Mobile Workshop Debrief Sessions, Exhibits Mobile Workshop Debrief Sessions Cultivating Change: The Food System as a Force for Community Transformation Duluth Room, 5th Floor 4/21/129/16/119/15/11
Arts & Culture: Transforming People, Transforming Places
Nicolet Room, 5th Floor Brule Room, 5th Floor
The Next Economy: Creating Jobs and Preparing a New Workforce in Detroit
In the Footsteps of History: The Past, Present and Future of Social Justice Organizing in Detroit
Richard Room, 5th Floor
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 Cadillac Room, 5th Floor
Equity at the Core: Exploring the Neighborhoods of the Woodward Corridor
Thriving Diversity: A Tour of Southwest Detroit The Power of Collaboration: Residents Reclaiming the Brightmoor Neighborhood Land of Opportunity: Exploring the Neighborhoods of the Lower Eastside Caucuses Opportunities to forge relationship,; build networks, and strategize for collective action, Boys and Men of Color Caucus Environmental Justice Caucus Progressive Researchers Caucus
Lasalle Room, 5th Floor Marquette Room, 5th Floor Joliet Room, 5th Floor
6:30 - 8:00pm
Dine Around Detroit Explore the culinary delights of Downtown Detroit. Take the People Mover to visit Greektown, Midtown, and the Woodward Corridor all offering exciting dining and entertainment options. See the Food and Fun brochure in the Welcome Packet.
Summit, Day 1 6:30am 7:30am 7:30am 8:30am 8:00am -
Wednesday, November 9 Physical Activity: Cardio Sculpt & Yoga Grab & Go Breakfast Registration Open Ontario Exhibit Hall Renaissance Foyer, 4th Floor Renaissance
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content 4:00pm 8:30am 9:00am Welcome Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Show Choir 9:00am 10:00am 10:15am 11:45 am Opening Plenary Americas Tomorrow: Equity as the Superior Growth Model Workshop Series 1 A Changing America: Context and Trends for Equity Concurrent Sessions Renaissance Ballroom, 4th Floor 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 Foyer, 4th Floor Renaissance Ballroom, 4th Floor
A Prosperous America: Creating an Inclusive Economy
Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 1, 3rd Floor Marquette Room, 5th Floor
Strong Regions: Advances in Regional Equity
Healthy Communities: The Impact of Race, Place, and Poverty
Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 2, 3rd Floor
The Changing Face of America: Demographic Change and the New Policy Agenda
Mackinac Room, 5th Floor
Communities of Opportunity: Innovations in Place-Based Development
Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 3, 3rd Floor
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content Holding Ground: Equity in an Era of Cut Backs The Future of Detroit 12:00pm 1:45pm 2:00pm 3:30pm Lunch Plenary A World of Change: Lessons From Across the Globe Workshop Series 2 Lifting Up What Works: Advancing Policy Change Concurrent Sessions 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 Brule Room, 5th Floor LaSalle Room, 5th Floor Renaissance Ballroom, 4th Floor
Preparing the New Economy: Workforce Development & Growth Our Country: Challenges and Opportunities in an Immigrant Nation The Future of Housing Innovations in the Public Sector Transportation Equity: Advances in Local and Regional Advocacy From Food Desert to Food Oasis
Nicolet Room, 5th Floor Brule Room, 5th Floor Richard Room, 5th Floor Mackinac West Room, 5th Floor Cadillac Room, 5th Floor Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 1, 3rd Floor Joliet Room, 5th Floor LaSalle Room, 5th Floor Duluth Room, 5th Floor
Planning Healthy Communities: Equity, Systems Change, and the Built Environment Gateway to Community Success: Improving the Odds for Boys and Men of Color Beyond the White Picket Fence: Equity and Americas Changing Suburbs
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content Tackling Poverty and Pollution: New Directions in Environmental Justice Delivering on the Promise of Growth and Inclusion: New Local Economic Development Strategies 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 Marquette Room, 5th Floor Mackinac Room, 5th Floor
Stories of Scale and Success: Promise Neighborhoods
Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 2, 3rd Floor 5th Floor and Ambassador Foyer, 3rd Floor
3:30-3:45
Coffee Break
3:45pm 5:15pm
Workshop Series 3 Lifting Up What Works: Advancing Policy Change (Continued) Concurrent Sessions
Building Assets and Wealth for All: New Developments in Policy and Practice Equity is Good for Business: Social Innovation, Shared Value, and Equity Approaches to Maximizing Profits On Common Ground: Linking Opportunity Landscapes Across Rural and Urban America Still Walkin to New Orleans
Marquette Room, 5th Floor LaSalle Room, 5th Floor Nicolet Room, 5th Floor Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 1, 3rd Floor Cadillac Room, 5th Floor Richard Room, 5th Floor
Sustainable Communities: New Voices Defining Livability A Healthier Tomorrow: Preventing Childhood Obesity
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 Brule Room, 5th Floor Mackinac East Room, 5th Floor Mackinac West Room, 5th Floor Joliet Room, 5th Floor Duluth Room, 5th Floor Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 2, 3rd Floor
Crosswalk: The Intersection of Transportation and Health Community Safety and Youth Development: How Opportunity for All Can Foster Safe Places Education First: Schools at the Heart of Community Leveraging Investments and Integrated Services for Vulnerable Populations More than a Song: Arts and Culture in Community and Economic Development Stories of Scale and Success: Healthy Food Financing Initiative
5:30pm 6:45pm
Caucuses, Film Clips, Exhibits Boys and Men of Color Caucus (continued) Building an Equity Vision for the Convergence Partnership Community and Labor Alliance Caucus Finding Common Ground: Environmental Justice and Labor Organizing in Fence-Line Communities Sustainable Communities Caucus Charting a New Course for a Just and Equitable Transportation System Healthy Food Caucus Nicolet Room, 5th Floor Brule Room, 5th Floor Richard Room, 5th Floor Cadillac Room, 5th Floor Lasalle Room, 5th Floor Marquette Room, 5th Floor Mackinac West, 5th Floor COBO Center One 15
7:00pm 9:00pm
Taste of Detroit Reception Buses will begin departing from the Motor Lobby, First Floor
Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content at 6:45 pm 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan
Summit, Day 2
Thursday, November 10
6:30am 7:30am 8:00am 2:00pm 7:30am 8:30am 8:30am 10:15am
Physical Activity: Cardio Sculpt and Yoga Registration Open Grab & Go Breakfast Opening Plenary Bring It On: Politics, Power, and Equity
Ontario Exhibit Hall, 3rd Floor Renaissance Foyer, 4th Floor
Renaissance Ballroom, 4th Floor
10:30am 11:45am
Workshop Series 4 Making it Work: Effective Strategies and Tactics for Implementation Concurrent Sessions The Next Economy: Growing New Jobs, Nurturing Sustainable Industries Invisible Communities: Overcoming the Legacy of Disinvestment in Unincorporated America Follow the Money: Creative Financing for Equitable Infrastructure Investment You Are Here: Mapping for Advocacy and Community Change Protecting Our Planet for All The Power of Health Impact Assessments Nicolet Room, 5th Floor Duluth Room, 5th Floor Brule Room, 5th Floor Joliet Room, 5th Floor Richard Room, 5th Floor Mackinac West Room, 5th Floor
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 1, 3rd Floor Cadillac Room, 5th Floor Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 3, 3rd Floor Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 2, 3rd Floor Marquette Room, 5th Floor LaSalle Room, 5th Floor Renaissance Ballroom, 4th Floor and Ambassador Salon 3, 3rd Floor
Reflecting America: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century
Road to Renewal: Economic and Cultural Revitalization of Older Core Cities A Strong Foundation: Race and Equity in Grant Making
At the Heart of Equity: Authentic Community Engagement
New Research to Inform and Guide Equitable Policy Change @Equity: Advocacy and Innovation in Social Media 12:00pm 1:15pm Networking Lunch: Connect with your colleagues over boxed lunches and share your Summit experiences.
1:30pm 2:45pm
Workshop Series 5 Moving to Action: Setting an Inclusive Agenda Concurrent Sessions
The Future of Labor, the Future of Equity in America Housing Innovation in Tough Times
Marquette Room, 5th Floor Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 1, 3rd Floor LaSalle Room, 5th Floor Cadillac Room, 17
All Aboard: Advocacy for Equitable Transportation Vital Signs: Advocating for Healthier Communities
Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content 4/21/129/16/119/15/11 5th Floor Health, Equity, and Schools Were Up Next: Voices from Emerging Leaders Funding Change: Philanthropic Advances in Advocacy Joliet Room, 5th Floor Mackinac West Room, 5th Floor Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 2, 3rd Floor Duluth Room, 5th Floor Mackinac East Room, 5th Floor Richard Room, 5th Floor Brule Room, 5th Floor Renaissance Ballroom, 4th Floor
Cant Stop, Wont Stop: State and Local Budget Crises Straight Talk: Race, Racism, and the Changing Media Organizing for Power and Policy Wins Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity: Challenges and Strategies to Address Inequity in Schools 3:00pm 4:00pm Post Summit 9:00am12:00pm Closing Town Hall: Equity Is
Friday, November 11 Sponsored Caucuses, Workgroups
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Tuesday, November 8 Pre-Summit

1:00 4:00pm (concurrent sessions)
Equity Institute
Join community leaders and advocates from across the country for an enlightening afternoon to sharpen your skills, deepen your knowledge, and exchange ideas for action. These free, indepth, interactive training sessions explore critical issues and strategies for the equity movement. All sessions accommodate a range of experience levels, from beginners to experts. Space is extremely limited; pre-registration is required. Please visit www.policylink.org/Summit to sign up.
Organizing Effective Regional Equity Coalitions Mackinac Ballroom, West Salon, 5th Floor Vigorous coalitions or networks are charting the movement for regional equity. These coalitions link diverse groups working on a range of issues from transportation equity, to affordable housing to environmental justice communities to workforce advocacy to advance policy to create opportunity and win resources for communities of color. Learn how to strengthen existing coalitions and get new ones started. Explore effective decision-making structures, staffing, resource development, and steps to sustainability. Share ideas on how to apply equity principles and effective strategies for community organizing, research, and communications to address your regions character, population, and needs. Trainers: Kalima Rose, Senior Director, PolicyLink and Sarita Turner, PolicyLink Sustainable Communities Fellow Nathaniel Smith, Partnership for Southern Equity Bill Kennedy, Managing Attorney, of Legal Services of Northern California Maxine Fitzpatrick, Portland Community Reinvestment Initiative, Portland Equity Coalition OR Rey Espana, Native American Youth Family Center A New Paradigm: Sustainable Communities Planning Strategies for Equitable Development Mackinac Ballroom, East Salon, 5th Floor Sustainable Communities planning is changing the way America thinks about the regional land use plans that guide massive investment, inform development patterns, and influence environmental quality. Regional policymakers, community leaders, advocates, and residents are
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working together to integrate housing, transportation, community health and economic development plans in ways that guide future infrastructure investment toward more equitable development. Spend the afternoon with leading experts in the field to explore how planning agencies can develop and implement plans that address longstanding racial and economic disparities and to deepen your understanding of how to integrate equity goals and measures into planning processes. Hands-on exercises will focus on: 1) Creating an equity baseline in your region; 2) Identifying measures to advance transportation access and equity; 3) Creating a jobshousing balance to address the needs of low-income communities 4) Creating a regional fair housing plan; and 5) Conducting Health Impact Assessments. This is a session for seasoned planning, housing, and transportation professionals, community development experts, equity advocates, public sector leaders. Intended audience: Seasoned planning/housing/transportation professionals, community development experts, equity advocates, governance leaders. Trainers:
Shireen Malekafzali, Senior Associate, PolicyLink and Danielle Bergstrom, Research Associate, PolicyLink Parisa Fatehi, Attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow, Public Advocates Jason Reece, Senior Researcher, Kirwan Institute Jonathon London, Director, Center for Regional Change, UC Davis Marc Draisen, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Why Place and Race Matter Marquette Room, 5th Floor Racism and racial disparities are foremost among the challenges facing communities of color throughout the country. In a new report, Why Place and Race Matter, PolicyLink examines how racially based barriers to opportunity and conditions in neighborhood environments intersect and impact the health of individuals, families, and communities. This training session builds on the analysis, framework, and recommendations of the report. The curriculum is designed to assist you to honestly explore the impact of race and place and to encourage the implementation of policies and strategies to reduce racial disparities and build healthy communities.
Trainers:
Mary Lee, Deputy Director, PolicyLink Enrique Velasquez, Program Associate, PolicyLink Amanda Navarro, Associate Director, PolicyLink
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Getting Results: Measuring and Communicating Progress in Equity Advocacy Lasalle Room, 5th Floor Tracking the success of equity advocacy is imperative, and it does not need to be complex or daunting, despite the inevitable ups and downs of policy campaigns. The right benchmarks, tracking tools, and reporting strategies can strengthen your effectiveness. They help you identify opportunities to drive change, obtain feedback for improvement, and demonstrate results. In this session, you will learn strategies to track, interpret, and communicate the important interim and final results of equity advocacy efforts. Hear from seasoned advocates and action researchers, and gain a deeper understanding of useful benchmarks, frameworks, and tools for measuring progress in equity work across a range of fields. Trainers: Victor Rubin, Vice President for Research, PolicyLink Jme McLean, Senior Associate, PolicyLink Elsa Barboza, Campaign Director, Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
Mapping Tools to Empower Communities Joliet Room, 5th Floor Recent advances in mapping technology have provided practitioners with greater access to powerful data, analysis, and communications tools to promote equity. Advocates increasingly use data and maps to tell compelling stories, engage and empower communities, shape policies, and share critical information. This training session provides an overview of strategic and creative uses for maps and equity indicators in community development, planning, and policy advocacy. Presenters will share how they map data, analyze, and take action on neighborhood revitalization, gentrification, food access, transportation equity, and regional planning for sustainable communities. You will learn about the latest online mapping resources, and you will have an opportunity to brainstorm and develop project ideas. Trainers: Sarah Treuhaft, Associate Director, PolicyLink Jennifer Tran, Program Associate, PolicyLink
Capitol Steps: Local, State, and Federal Legislative Advocacy

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Cadillac Room, 5th Floor From local grassroots organizations to national coalitions, legislative advocacy on local, state, and federal levels are critically important in advancing equitable policies. To effectively advocate for policy change, organizations must be strategic in how they engage policymakers, how they articulate the message, and how they illustrate that a policy change is the best way to advance equity. In this session, you will hear from strategists who utilize communications, coalition building, community engagement, and political awareness to effectively advocate for equity-focused policy change. Through hands-on exercises, you will have an opportunity to enhance your advocacy skills and expand your repertoire of strategies and approaches to achieve equity impacts. Trainers: Judith Bell, President, PolicyLink Tricia Griffin, Partner, NVG LLC Anita Hairston, Senior Associate, PolicyLink Chris Brown, Legislative Director, PolicyLink
What Iit Takes: Preparing Equity Leaders Richard Room, 5th Floor Central to equitable development is the idea that the people closest to the challenges of communities, cities, and regions, and the nations low-income people and people of color, must play a meaningful role in shaping solutions. As equity advocates fight for fair representation in decision-making processes, we must also prepare to participate. Capacity building is key to ensuring that residents and organizations have the skills needed to make decisions that reflect the needs and interests of their communities, and to step up to lead change efforts. This session will use interactive exercises and small-group discussion to explore the importance of leadership development within the equity movement, models for training in the nonprofit and public sectors, and the steps to creating a model that works for your region. Trainers: PolicyLink Staff Laurie Jones Neighbors, title? Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute, Urban Habitat
Telling Stories, Changing Lives

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Nicolet Room, 5th Floor Defining a problem, describing an issue, or advocating for change requires compelling storytelling. Twenty-first century technology offers an ever-expanding array of tools for engaging supporters in advocacy and organizing to change communities and country. But the age-old need to tell a good story, frame a narrative, and support it with vignettes from the lives of real people is just as strong today as ever. This session explores how to frame our issues, consider the messages and the intended audiences, and creatively determine the best tools for engaging constituents in policy change and movement building. Presenters will offer insights about using visual media, film, spatial analysis, photography, and more. Participants are invited to bring work in progress to provide real-time examples of challenges in crafting a narrative and supporting it with powerful storytelling. Trainers: Dan Lavoie, Deputy Communications Director Ellen Schneider, Founder and Executive Director, Active Voice
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Tuesday, November 8 Pre-Summit

1:00 4:00pm (concurrent)
Mobile Workshops
Join local host organizations for an inspiring look at neighborhoods and initiatives at the forefront of equitable revitalization in Detroit. These engaging tours provide opportunities to meet innovative leaders and dedicated residents working to effect inclusive, sustainable change in their neighborhoods and to take part in on-site discussions about issues of opportunity, race, and community building that are central to the equity movement. Witness first-hand the exciting successes of Detroiters and share your ideas for the work going forward. Buses will leave promptly at 1:00pm from the Motor Lobby, First Floor.[[
Cultivating Change: The Food System as a Force for Community Transformation Food has incredible power to unite people, and Detroiters are demonstrating that the entire spectrum of the food systemfrom growing to processing to sellinghas the potential to transform communities. Meet a large network of leading activists supporting a robust, healthy local food movement through community gardens, urban agriculture, farmers markets, stores, restaurants, education, and by encouraging institutions such as schools to buy local fresh food. Find out how a produce truck and store serving low-income residents downtown are becoming sustainable. Learn how community gardens and farms are integrating community services. Hear how food activists are connecting with efforts to prepare people for the workforce, educate children, create broader institutional support through policy change, and most of all, improve access to healthy food for all. This will be a delicious tour not to be missed!
Arts and Culture Transforming People and Places The Motown sound is but one element of a rich Detroit tradition of arts and culture bringing people together. This tour will explore an array of approaches to encourage personal expression and build shared community identity as vital steps toward creating places where people want to be and catalyzing community and economic development. Participants will see iconic Detroit institutions such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles Wright Museum of African American History; meet local artists working to enliven their neighborhoods through murals, youth programs, and public installations; and talk with leaders working to fuel a robust creative economy.
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The Next Economy: Creating Jobs and Preparing the Workforce in Detroit Reimagining a regional economy is an imperative for many metros across the nation, and especially in Detroit. Faced with drastically high unemployment rates, especially among people of color, as well as a highly skilled unemployed workforce, organizations must simultaneously aim for development strategies to prepare the chronically unemployed, retention strategies for incumbent workers, and job creation strategies for people entering the labor market. Meet Detroiters responding to these challenges in innovative ways. Learn about new collaborations such as the efforts to organize summer youth employees and connect them with major utility companies like DTE Energy. Hear how the foundations and community organizations of the Earn and Learn network are creating integrated approaches to workforce development for vulnerable populations. Find out how business incubators such as Tech Town and Next Energy are supporting new entrepreneurship opportunities for all. This eye-opening tour is a must for anyone wrestling with questions of how to grow and sustain an inclusive economy in a postindustrial region.
In the Footsteps of History: The Past, Present and Future of Social Justice Organizing in Detroit From the Great Migration to labor unionizing to race riots, Detroit has a vivid history of social justice organizing, conflict, and reconciliation. Join this mobile workshop to explore the social justice history of Detroit and meet people working to continue the conversation around race, equity, and movement building. We will visit landmark sites across the city, such as Cobo Hall, the site of Dr. Martin Luther Kings original I Have a Dream speech. Lifelong social justice activists, young leaders, and researchers will reflect on how organizations are embracing the lessons of the citys splintered past to build alliances and craft a new vision for the city. This tour will offer a moving look back and an inspiring look forward.
Equity at the Core: Exploring Neighborhoods Along Woodward Corridor The Woodward Corridor is a major downtown thoroughfare connecting anchor institutions, cultural and entertainment attractions, and commercial districts. It is a key target for revitalizing the downtown economy and slated for substantial investment including a light rail line. Join this tour to learn how neighboring communities are working with planners, economic
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developers, and foundations to ensure that residents are engaged and included in the effort and that they benefit from the investments. As millions of dollars flow into the downtown corridor, talk with residents and advocates committed to developing equitable downtown neighborhoods, with housing, broad access to transportation options, and education opportunities for all.
The Power of Collaboration: Residents Reclaiming the Brightmoor Neighborhood Roughly four square miles in northwest Detroit, Brightmoor was home to mostly migrants from the South coming to work for the auto industry. Today it is a diverse mix of nearly 20,000 residents struggling to overcome long-term disinvestment and barriers to opportunity. This mobile workshop will introduce vibrant community leaders working to knit together once disparate parts of Brightmoor across racial, class, and religious divides. Learn about the Brightmoor Alliance, a diverse collaboration of dozens of organizations taking on a range of projects to improve their communitiesboth with, and without, public, major corporate, and philanthropic support. Hear how residents are reclaiming spaces to combat blight and spur commerce and neighborhood stabilization; working to enhance education, arts, and recreation opportunities for children; encouraging local food production and entrepreneurship; and much more. Be ready for a memorable discussion about the importance of tenacious, organized community leaders committed to collaboration and working in the interest of all residents.
Thriving Diversity: A Tour of Southwest Detroit Neighborhoods As the national debate over immigration continues, the neighborhoods of Southwest Detroit have actively embraced communities from across the world. Home to a large Latino population and growing Asian and Middle Eastern populations, the neighborhoods have dynamic cultural institutions, robust commercial corridors, and a strong network of community organizations that reflect the needs of diverse and changing communities. Join this dynamic workshop to see how immigrant communities have shaped the development and relative success of these diverse neighborhoods. From public art, to commerce, to human services to organizing for environmental justice discover the ways that community organizations have responded to the cultural assets and particular challenges of immigrant communities to create opportunity and hope. Discuss with local leaders about how organizing, flexibility, and cooperation can help address needs, keep residents in the neighborhood, and build the infrastructure to leverage additional resources and investment.
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Land of Opportunity: Exploring the Neighborhoods of the Lower Eastside As a group of riverfront communities, the 10 square miles of neighborhoods of the east side of Detroit have had a complex, changing relationship to the land. This mobile workshop explores this relationship and its impact on residents and community organizations. Discover how the proximity to the river, the mix of industrial and residential uses, and the abundance of vacant land have shaped the opportunity structures of these communities. Learn how communitybased organizations and residents are banding together in a process called the Lower Eastside Action Plan to put the vast amount of vacant land to good use while empowering residents. Talk with leaders forging a way forward, even as economic challenges and demographic realities of slow to no population growth limit prospects for infill development. See a fascinating area of Detroit tackling tough land use issues with creativity and optimism.
4:30 - 6:00pm Caucuses Caucuses offer opportunities to meet, connect, exchange ideas, expand networks, and strategize for collective action on issues all in an informal setting. Open to all Summit participants.
Progressive Researcher Caucus The equity movement depends on the dedication and expertise of researchers engaged with community groups and with policy change. Come meet old and new friends, share your research and community engagement experiences, announce upcoming events, discuss prospects for joint activities, and figure out new ways to keep in touch. For faculty, graduate students, and researchers affiliated with community-based and advocacy organizations. Since many of us are here with other delegations, this is our chance to spend time with one another across the regions, the generations, and the issues. Bring books, recent studies, newsletters, or any other material to display.
Boys and Men of Color Caucus
This caucus brings together people working in many capacities in their communities, in their states, and at the federal level to ensure that boys and men of color are healthy and successful. We will share success stories and collectively strategize solutions for challenges we face.
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Participants also will have the opportunity to learn about the Summit workshops and panels that have the most relevance to boys and men of color.
Environmental Justice Caucus Gather with environmental justice leaders from across the country. This is an opportunity to share successes, learn about each others work, identify emerging challenges, and develop strategies for collaborative action. Particular focus will be given to exploring challenges, opportunities, and strategies for coordinated policy advocacy.
6:30 - 8:00pm Dine Around Detroit

Explore the culinary delights of Downtown Detroit. Take the People Mover to visit Greektown, Midtown, and the Woodward Corridor all offering exciting dining and entertainment options. See the Food and Fun brochure in the Welcome Packet.
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Plenaries, Caucuses, and Workshops

Plenaries gather all Summit participants for cornerstone conversations. These provocative interactive sessions explore the economic, political, and international dimensions of equity and their implications for work on the ground. Caucuses present opportunities to forge relationships, build networks, and strategize for collective action. Workshop sessions dive deeply into a wide range of issues, models, and approaches, allowing participants both to focus on a particular topic of interest and to explore linkages across issues and disciplines. There are 55 workshops, organized into five workshop series: Series 1: A Changing America: Context and Trends for Equity Unprecedented demographic and economic shifts are colliding with new patterns of urban, suburban, and rural development to alter the landscape for advancing equity and bringing urgency to efforts to build opportunity-rich communities. The workshops in this series illuminate the changing context for the equity movement and set the stage for the four workshop series that follow. Hear the latest thinking and cutting-edge research on the changing face of America and the opportunities it presents for policy, advocacy, and the future of the nation.
Series 2 and Series 3: Lifting Up What Works: Advancing Policy Change Exciting initiatives and policies around the country demonstrate that equity truly is the superior growth model. The workshops in this series examine strategies and models for building stronger, more inclusive neighborhoods, cities, and regions. Learn how local, state, and federal innovations are putting people to work, expanding access to healthy food, engaging communities in democratic processes, developing local leadership, empowering young adults, and changing the odds for vulnerable communities.
Series 4: Making It Work: Effective Strategies and Tactics for Implementation Whether youre new to the equity movement or a veteran, this series will sharpen your skills and strengthen your ability to work effectively in todays changing demographic, political, and media environments. The workshops in this series explore the essentials of successful policy campaigns, including research, setting goals, building alliances, communications, leadership
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development, and evaluation. Learn how to build upon issue-oriented campaigns to advance and sustain a movement.
Series 5: Moving to Action: Setting an Inclusive Agenda Share strategies, tactics, and lessons presented at the Summit to develop a broad, inclusive agenda for transforming vulnerable communities. The workshops in the series are venues to identify policy levers to achieve equitable outcomes at the local, state, and national levels, and to establish linkages across fields and disciplines. Take part in vital conversations about achieving comprehensive change and building an equity platform for the 2012 elections.
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6:30am - 7:30am Morning Physical Activity

Start your day off right with physical activity led by Lazet Michaels Boatmon. A Detroit native, Lazet is a 14 year fitness professional and certified personal trainer. She is the owner of The Life Center private fitness facility located in Detroit, where she inspires people of all ages to be healthy in their mind, body, and spirit. This morning workout with Lazet will leave you feeling energized as you move throughout your day at the Summit.
7:30 am -8:30am Grab and Go Breakfast 8:30am 9:00am Welcome

The Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences Show Choir Under the direction of Ms. Angela Kee, the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences Show Choir is a highspirited group of elementary students offering a dynamic presentation with an emphasis on education and character ethics. Each member is encouraged to developed poise, confidence, selfdiscipline and an understanding of the artistic process through vocal performance. We are pleased to have the students sharing Detroit State of Mind with us at Equity Summit 2011.
10:00am Welcome plenary

Americas Tomorrow: Equity as the Superior Growth Model Economic and social equity are not only a moral imperative. They also are critical for the economic future of the nation. The majority of Americans soon will be people of color, and the fate of the country hinges on how we respond to and invest in that change. How can equity advocates demonstrate that just, fair inclusion is the key to compete effectively in a diverse, interconnected world? Join a fascinating discussion that reframes the case for equity. Angela Glover Blackwell, CEO and Founder, PolicyLink Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Childrens Zone Antonio Gonzalez, President of the William C. Velasquez Institute Christina Romer, Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics at the University California, Berkeley (invited) Janet Murgua, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza (invited) Cesar Conde, President of Univision Networks (invited)
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Series 1: A Changing America: Context and Trends for Equity 10:15am-11:45am

A Prosperous America: Creating an Inclusive Economy Economic recovery and growth depend on equitable public investment that creates pathways to success for all, meaningful employment for those who have been left behind, and infrastructure for healthy, sustainable communities. What are the economic engines of the future? What economic development strategies can benefit low-income communities and people of color? Learn about targeted investments that can generate local jobs, build human capital, and strengthen cities and regions. Share ideas for making the case for equitable public investment and economic development.
Algernon Austin, Director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Program, Economic Policy Institute Stephen DeBerry, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Bronze Investment Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice President, SEIU Amy Liu, Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Program, Brookings Institute (invited)
Strong Regions: Advances in Regional Equity Now, more than ever, advocates, activists, and policymakers recognize that long-term community change is borne from regional policy decisions. Learn how regional equity plays out in metropolitan areas, to influence investments in transportation, affordable housing, environmental justice, economic development, and more. Join leaders in the field as they analyze recent successes and setbacks in regional equity and address the question: What collaborations and organizational infrastructure make regions strong?
Moderator Don Chen, Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation Panelists Nathaniel Smith, Founder and Convener, Partnership for Southern Equity Marian Urquilla, Director, Program Strategies, Living Cities Paul Williams, Deputy Mayor, City of St. Paul, MN
Healthy Communities: The Impact of Place, Race, and Poverty Where you live affects your health. Neighborhood conditions, including access to parks, playgrounds, healthy food stores, public transportation, and jobs, influence the risk of disease and early death, and lie at the root of our nations health disparities. Hear about groundbreaking work 33
in vulnerable communities to improve health and reduce disparities by expanding access to healthy food, investing in public transportation, and improving the built environment. Moderator Panelists
Peggy Seika, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (invited) Dr. Brian Smedley, Vice President of Health Policy Institute, Joint Center Mildred Thompson, Sr. Director & Director of the Center for Health & Place, PolicyLink Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Adjunct Associate Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University
The Changing Face of America: Demographic Change and the New Policy Agenda The nation is growing more diverse much faster than anyone predicted, a shift that promises to reshape the political, economic, and social landscape of communities and regions. Join a timely discussion that dissects the findings of the 2010 Census and their implications for elections, local power dynamics, and democratic processes. Moderator
Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California Vanessa Cardenas, Director, Progress 2050 Wade Henderson, President & CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California Erica Williams, Senior Strategist at Citizen Engagement Lab (invited)
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Communities of Opportunity: Innovations in Place-Based Development Collaborative, comprehensive efforts are changing the odds for low-income communities and communities of color. These innovations are producing exciting results, including better education and health outcomes for children, good local job opportunities, and revitalized neighborhoods. Learn about the partnerships, resources, and creativity of local, state, and national leaders working across issue areas and funding silos to create communities of opportunity. Moderator
Jim Gibson, Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (invited)
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content Panelists 4/21/129/16/119/15/11
Fred Blackwell, Assistant City Administrator, City of Oakland Angela Blanchard, President & CEO, Neighborhood Centers, Inc. David Fukuzawa, Program Director, Kresge Foundation Mercedes Marquez, Assistant Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Holding Ground: Equity in an Era of Cutbacks Funding cuts at all levels of government and public sector layoffs threaten to turn back the clock on equitybut they dont have to. Hear effective strategies to maintain hard-won gains of previous decades and to analyze budget proposals for equitable outcomes, without pitting important issues or groups against one another. Explore opportunities for policy advocacy that not only hold ground on equity during budget crises, but also advance it. Moderator Panelists
Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (invited) Brad Lander, Councilmember, 39th District New York City Council Roberto Rodriguez, Special Assistant to President Obama for Education, White House Domestic Policy Council
The Future of Detroit Our host city is more than the Big Three. Detroit and the region have the potential to demonstrate how equity can lead to prosperity. Hear local leaders describe a vision for the future, grounded in the citys rich, entrepreneurial history. Learn about grassroots movements, philanthropic initiatives, and government reforms that are creating a framework for equitable, sustainable growth. Moderator
Carol Goss, President, Skillman Foundation (inivited)
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David Egner, President and CEO, Hudson-Webber Foundation (invited) William Jones, CEO, Focus: HOPE Kurt Metzger, Director, Data Driven Detroit Angela Reyes, Executive Director, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation Donele Wilkins, President and CEO, Green Door Initiative
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Lunch Plenary 12:00-1:45pm

A World of Change: Lessons from Across the Globe Expand your horizons as a panel of international experts places the U.S. equity movement into a global context. Groundbreaking action abroad can spark creative ideas and new directions at home. Who are the effective champions for equity internationally? What challenges have they confronted? What lessons can we apply to accelerate efforts domestically? Learn about innovative approaches and strategies to build opportunity-rich communities in various nations, and about the framing, arguments, and constituencies that have proven critical for success.
Moderator Maya L. Harris, Vice President, Ford Foundation (invited) Panelists Jody Heymann, Founding Director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy, the WORLD Global Data Centre, and the Project on Global Working Families,McGill University Alejandro Echeverri Restrepo, Architect, Medellin, Colombia
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Series 2: Lifting Up What Works: Advancing Policy Change

Preparing the New Economy: Workforce Development and Growth The nations economic recovery and local revitalization strategies will not succeed if we do not commit to and invest in the workforce education and training needs of low-income communities and communities of color. Their purchasing power, contributions as taxpayers, and talents as employees and business owners are key to sustained growth. Explore effective models for moving disadvantaged people from poverty to prosperity. Learn how to harness federal, state, and local policies and practices to ensure inclusive hiring, contracting, and business development. Moderator
David Glover, Executive Director of OCCUR (invited)
Panelists
Linda Harris, Director of Youth Policy, CLASP Simon Lopez, Senior Director, Workforce and Leadership Development, National Council of La Raza Van Ton-Quinlivan, Director of Workforce Development, Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation
Our Country: Challenges and Opportunities in an Immigrant Nation Full inclusion of immigrants in our society requires us to develop and sustain partnerships across racial and ethnic lines. Draw on the experience of local and national leaders working with and across immigrant communities to advance equity in education, the economy, the built environment, and other realms. Learn how cities and regions can create inclusive economies that embrace immigrants and encourage entrepreneurship, and what national and local organizations are doing to advance immigration reform and the rights of immigrants. Moderator
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Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition (invited) Oscar Chacon, NALACC (invited) Phil Hutchings, Black Alliance for Just Immigration (invited) Steve Tobocman, Global Detroit (invited)
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Housing is a linchpin of opportunity, yet its future is uncertain in the wake of the foreclosure crisis and the real estate downturn. Join an engaging discussion with experts in public housing, tenants rights, and low-income homeownership to assess the state of the field and envision a new generation of equitable housing policy that provides access to high-quality homes in thriving neighborhoods and protects vulnerable renters and homeowners from predatory investors and financial products. Moderator
Xavier Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning, MIT
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Janis Bowdler, Deputy Director, Wealth-Building Policy Project, National Council of La Raza Sand Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development (invited) Dawn Phillips, Program Director, Causa Justa/Right to the City
Transportation Equity: Advances in Local and Regional Advocacy Equity leaders across the country are conducting campaigns at the state and regional levels to shape transportation policies and investments to expand transportation access and economic opportunity for low-income people, communities of color, and tribal communities. At stake are critical decisions that can impact equity within regions for decades to come. Learn about campaigns to build just, inclusive communities of opportunity by leveraging partners and gain new ideas for initiating successful campaigns in your state or region. Moderator
Brittny Saunders, Senior Advocate, Center for Social Inclusion (Moderator)
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Bob Allen, Director of Transportation Justice, Urban Habitat Paulson Chaco, Director of the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation (invited) Dr. Beverly Scott, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Area Rapid Transit Authority
From Food Desert to Food Oasis We all need access to affordable, healthy food to thrive. The lack of such access in many low-income communities and communities of color has sparked a nationwide movement to address food justice, food security, and food sovereignty. Learn about the latest food-system enterprises, and 38
hear how cooperatives, corner stores, urban agriculture, incentive programs and other innovations are enriching food landscapes. Moderator
Rebecca Flournoy, Associate Director, PolicyLink
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Dr. Oran Hesterman, President & CEO, Fair Food Network Pamela Roy, Executive Director, New Mexico Farm to Table Brianna Sandoval, Project Manager, Healthy Corner Store Initiative, The Food Trust Malik Yakini, Founder and Interim Executive Director, Detroit Black Food Security Council
Planning Healthy Communities: Equity, Systems Change, and the Built Environment The very strength of the movement to create healthy communitiesmultidisciplinary collaboration involving many people representing a broad range of interests and expertisealso makes the work complex. Join a diverse panel of healthy communities activists and leaders to cut through the thicket. Explore ways to identify desired outcomes, communicate progress, and demonstrate success. Learn about planning processes, research, and advocacy strategies that can advance health equity and improve outcomes through a focus on the built environment. Panelists Adetokenobo Omishakin, Director of Healthy Living Initiatives, Office of the Mayor, City of Nashville (invited) Gateway to Community Success: Improving the Odds for Boys and Men of Color The crisis facing boys and men of color has emerged not only as an urgent issue for equity advocates, but also as a window to the needs of vulnerable neighborhoods and regions counting on communities of color for economic competitiveness. Many initiatives to improve the health and success of boys and men of color are an integral part of comprehensive community-building strategies. Hear about specific policy and system changes that can improve outcomes for boys and men of color. Learn how to build broad-based coalitions to change the odds for this group along with distressed communities at large. Moderator
Ruben Lizardo, Deputy Director, PolicyLink
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Byron Kline, National Program Director Civil Justice Corps, The Corps Network Sammy Nunez, Executive Director, Fathers & Families of San Joaquin Robert Phillips, Director Health & Human Services, The California Endowment (TCE)
Delivering on the Promise of Growth and Inclusion: New Local Economic Development Strategies Jobs, jobs, jobs is everyones mantra in the wake of the economic crisis. But at the local level, what job creation and job access strategies truly maximize opportunities for low-income communities and communities of color? Come to this session to learn about new approaches to entrepreneurship development that create jobs while building community wealth, effective ways to leverage the purchasing power of large anchor institutions for community development efforts, and the latest innovations in local hiring and community benefits. Public Sector Innovation Despite withering city and county budgets, public officials across the country are not losing hope, but instead continuing to leverage the dollars they do have for more equitable outcomes. Leaders are developing a wide range of policies, programs, and projects that provide an opportunities to partner with non-profit and private sectors to stretch thinning resources while accomplishing cross sector wins. Join this session to hear local leaders discuss how they have found opportunities to target investments for increased local hiring, better environmental protections for vulnerable communities, and creative financing for community investments. Tackling Poverty and Pollution: New Directions in Environmental Justice The environmental justice movement has made enormous strides in challenging the disproportionate pollution burden on communities of color and low-income people. Now advocates are moving beyond a responsive focus on harm, to leading proactive campaigns to ensure that environmental policies benefit these communities. Learn about promising strategies to build successful alliances, develop foresighted agendas, and secure policy wins.
Beyond the White Picket Fence: Equity and Americas Changing Suburbs The traditional divide between wealthy, growing, white suburbs and poor, declining nonwhite cities is narrowing, and these shifts are changing the dynamics of regions and regional advocacy. More black, Latino, Asian, foreign-born, and poor people now live in suburbs than in cities, and suburbs themselves are becoming a diverse mix: from fast-growing ethno-suburbs and boomburbs, to gentrifying inner-ring suburbs, to shrinking first suburbs. Hear the latest demographic research on these communities, and discuss organizing and policy strategies that are bringing changing suburbs into the equity movement. 40
Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content Stories of Scale and Success: Promise Neighborhoods A Promise Neighborhood is a community of opportunity, with strong schools at the center, that allows children to learn, grow, and succeed. Inspired by the Harlem Childrens Zone (HCZ), Promise Neighborhoods wrap children in high-quality, coordinated health, social, community, and educational support from the cradle to college to career. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education supported 21 nonprofit organizations to develop plans to implement this approach. Learn how the HCZ model is being brought to scale at the national level, and meet a diverse group of local practitioners working to improve the lives of their communities most vulnerable children and families. 4/21/129/16/119/15/11
Series 3: Lifting Up What Works: Advancing Policy Change (Continued)

3:45-5:15pm Building Assets and Wealth for All: New Developments in Policy and Practice Closing the wealth gapand, in particular, the racial wealth gapis imperative for the social equity movement to ensure that all Americans can envision and achieve a prosperous future. Over the past decade, diverse constituencies have joined to articulate shared research agendas, shape the public discourse, influence public policy, and build broad engagement in these issues. Explore the many ways that asset-poverty, particularly among communities of color, is undermining our national recovery, Learn how advocates are coming together to advance innovative policy and practical solutions that help individuals, families, and communities rebuild financial security, and how to connect these efforts with broader social equity movements. Introduction
Kilolo Kijakazi,
Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Co-Moderators
Joe Brooks, VP, Civic Engagement, PolicyLink Rebecca Flournoy, Associate Director, PolicyLink
Panelists
Cornelius Blanding, Director of Field Operations, Federation of Southern Cooperatives Andrea Levere, President, Corporation For Enterprise Development (CFED)
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Eric Rodriguez, Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, National Council of La Raza
Sustainable Communities: New Voices Defining Livability The new federal focus on coordinated regional planning makes this a critical moment to mobilize diverse constituencies to shape plans that will direct millions of dollars of investment in housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure. Explore how Sustainable Communities regional grantees around the country are engaging a diversity of perspectives while working to make sure that the communities with the greatest economic needs benefit.
A Healthier Tomorrow: Preventing Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a rapidly growing health concern, threatening the health and productivity of the nation. This dynamic session takes a close look at the face of the epidemic, focusing on the people and places at highest risk: low-income communities and communities of color. Explore childhood obesity trends in these communities and varying social and environmental determinants of health. Learn about innovative models for changing community environments, and share ideas for overcoming policy barriers to reversing the epidemic. Panelists
Carlos DeJesus, Assistant Principal/Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School Dr. Wayne Giles, Director of the Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Community Safety and Youth Development: How Opportunity for All Fosters Safe Places Violence is a pervasive public health problem in the United States, and prevention is no longer the sole purview of law enforcement. Join a panel of experts to discuss the intricacies of effective violence prevention through an intentional focus on gender, race, and place. Learn about innovative programs and policies developed by diverse organizations and leaders steeped in violence prevention, community health, and workforce development. Moderator
Marc Philpart, Senior Associate, PolicyLink
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Larry Cohen, Founder & Executive Director, Prevention Institute

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Crosswalk: The Intersection of Transportation and Health When properly designed, transportation systems can create healthy communities of opportunity. They provide exercise opportunities, improve safety, lower emotional stress, link poor people to jobs and good schools, stimulate economic development, and connect isolated disabled and older people to social supports. Join a conversation that re-thinks transportation policy and planning and envisions an approach that values the impacts on health and equity and prioritizes investments in public transportation, walking and bicycling, and communities with the greatest needs for affordable, safe, reliable connections to jobs and essential services. Moderator Panelists Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association Heidi Guenin, Transportation Policy Coordinator, Upstream Public Health
Education First: Schools at the Heart of Community Education and schools are core elements of neighborhood transformation and empowerment. Explore how schools can create equitable opportunity and decrease the achievement gap for youth of color and poor youth by addressing nonacademic concerns within or connected to schools, including health, nutrition, adult education, out-of-school-time programs, and the use of school facilities as community centers. Moderator Jeff Vincent, Deputy Director, Center for Cities and Schools
Pipeline to Success: Integrating Services to Get Results
Integrated services are a powerful vehicle to implement policy and get results. This session lifts
up models of innovation in service delivery and their impact in communities. Find out what it takes to build a comprehensive pipeline of programs for children from birth through college graduation, wrapped in supports for families; create a neighborhood environment that nurtures healthy development; evaluate outcomes; and create a culture of success. Learn how to catalyze your community, financial resources, and political will to serve an entire neighborhood comprehensively and at scale.
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content Still Walkin to New Orleans Six years post-Katrina and Rita, great distances have been covered in Gulf Coast recovery. Every step toward equitable development has been hard fought, and ,more than 100,000 African American residents have not returned to New Orleans. Yet civic engagement, community organizing, community-driven bricks and mortar, civil rights lawsuits, and multi-racial coalition work\have delivered on more equitable development. Hear from leading advocates who continue to make good on the promise of fair housing, accountable government, criminal justice reform, greening the recovery, building youth engagement, and providing fresh food access. 4/21/129/16/119/15/11
On Common Ground: Linking Opportunity Landscapes Across Rural and Urban America One-fifth of the U.S. population lives in rural or tribal communities. Join a panel of experts to examine how shifts in demographics, land use patterns, and technology are blurring traditional boundaries between rural, urban, and suburban communitiesand what that means for the equity agenda and strategies for change. Learn how rural residents and advocates are working to improve local conditions by forging connections to broader opportunities within regions, including economic development, job creation, and transportation. Moderator
Dee Davis, President, Center for Rural Strategies
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John Robert Smith, President and CEO, Reconnecting America
More than a Song: Arts and Culture in Community Economic Development Arts and culture are more than frillsthey are the lifeblood of thriving, empowered, opportunityrich communities. Join a hands-on session to explore the central role of arts and culture in advancing policies that promote and sustain community transformation. Participants will consider how to integrate arts and culture into advocacy efforts.
Stories of Scale and Success: Healthy Food Financing Initiative A continuation of the earlier conversation on Promise Neighborhoods, this session focuses on the evolution of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative demonstrates that investing in healthy food retail in underserved communities improves healthy food access, creates jobs, spurs community investment, and builds public will. The federal Healthy Food Financing Initiative marks an important step toward replicating this innovative 44
model in other cities and states. Already, $45 million has been released for the federal initiative. Learn what you can do to advocate for additional funding so more communities benefit. Hear about the partnerships, research, and advocacy needed to lift this initiative to national scale. Moderator
Judith Bell, President, PolicyLink
Panelists
Yael Lehmann, Executive Director, Food Trust
Equity is Good for Business: Social Innovation, Shared Value, and Equity Approaches to Maximizing Profits Several Fortune 500 companies and many small businesses are using equity approaches to grow and sustain their bottom lines. Recognizing that successful businesses and social equity are interdependent, firms are supporting the needs of workers, communities, and the environment to gain a competitive advantage across many sectors. Hear about the latest equity-driven business practices and models, and join a conversation about the best approaches to realize equity goals while maximizing profits.
Comment [FS3]: May want to consider being consistent about the title. i.e. everything is either this or that caucus.. or its a title, like Finding Common Ground Comment [FS4]: May want to consider being consistent about the title. i.e. everything is either this or that caucus.. or its a title, like Finding Common Ground Comment [FS5]: The people we want to come to this may very well understand the description, but I dont. Needs to start with a brief, clear description of what convergence means, and what the CP is and does. Then say why this is such a great opportunity for people from these far-flung groups to come together. Also, is this just for convergence folks, or do we want people interested in the idea of convergence to come as well? Comment [FS6]: The people we want to come to this may very well understand the description, but I dont. Needs to start with a brief, clear description of what convergence means, and what the CP is and does. Then say why this is such a great opportunity for people from these far-flung groups to come together. Also, is this just for convergence folks, or do we want people interested in the idea of convergence to come as well?
5:00 pm 6:45 pm Caucuses Boys and Men of Color Caucus Join practitioners, advocates, and system leaders to continue the conversation about work to ensure the health and success of boys and men of color. Network, exchange ideas, identify policy levers for changing the odds for one of the most vulnerable groups in society, and build momentum for collective action. Building an Equity Vision for Convergence This session is convened by the national Convergence Partnership -- a collaboration of funders with the shared goal of changing policies and environments to create healthier places and therefore healthier people. Equity is a core principle of the Convergence Partnership -- the focal point for why and how the Partnership does its work. The Partnership is hosting this discussion to connect local and regional Convergence leaders and partners who are working toward advancing the vision of Healthy People, Healthy Places through equitable, multi-field policy and environmental change. In this Caucus meeting, you will have an opportunity to connect with convergence peers, exchange 45
ideas on innovative equity approaches to advance the convergence vision at the local and regional levels, and chart a shared vision for achieving equity through convergence.
Community/Labor Alliance Caucus Across the country, community and labor leaders are forging alliances to ensure massive public investment in urgently need basic infrastructure gets union members off the bench and more people of color and women into union careers. The scale of unemployment, new layoff threats, and decades of unemployment in communities of color poses very real challenges to realizing these worthy goals. This Caucus meeting will provide an opportunity to [[learn how community and labor leaders are negotiating these challenges in joint advocacy in select number of cities and state and federally focused campaigns. ]]]. ]]]
Finding Common Ground: Environmental Justice and Labor Organizing in Fence-Line Communities. This caucus will engage leaders from the Environmental Justice and Labor movements in a discussion about successfully organizing in Port Cities and Fence-Line Communities. Facilitated by members of the Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative, the conversation will explore strategies to effectively organize diverse constituencies and advance solutions to address the challenges faced by port cities and fence-line communities. Particular attention will be given to developing strategies to support effective collaboration between the Environmental Justice and Labor movements.
Comment [FS7]: Sounds like a workshop description, not a roll-up-the-sleeve talk, strategize caucus..
Comment [S8]: I've asked Chione to clarify some of the challenges port communities face and to define fence-line communities.
Sustainable Communities Caucus

A facilitated conversation among Sustainable Communities grantees and partners from across the country, tovarious regions will to share their progress and challenges. Dont miss this opportunity to network Network with peers, identify the strategy help you need, and find resources [[to help you build it as you fly.???..??? Charting a New Course for a Just and Equitable Transportation System This session brings together local, regional, state, and national leaders working to create transitrich communities of opportunity. It is convened by the Equity Caucus at Transportation for America, a group of more than 80 leading civil rights, community development, racial justice, economic justice, faith-based, health, housing, labor, environmental justice, tribal, public interest, womens groups and transportation organizations that drives transportation policies that advance economic and social equity in America. Come and get to know potential partners, hear and share perspectives about the transportation challenges facing your community, and exchange ideas for 46
charting a course toward a more equitable transportation system in America. Healthy Food Caucus Communities across the nation are launching creative strategies to make healthy food accessible and affordable convening food policy councils, establishing community gardens, converting corner and liquor stores to stores offering healthy food, developing worker-owned cooperatives, and more. Advocates, increasingly aware that making our food system more equitable will improve the health of local residents the economic vitality of neighborhoods, are looking at ways to attract supermarkets to neglected areas, support urban agriculture and locally grown food, get healthier food into schools, and expand employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the food system. This caucus brings together advocates from across the spectrum to explore innovative approaches to overcoming obstacles and exciting opportunities that are yielding results. Whatever your focus, this caucus will provide food for thought and action.
7:00 pm 9:00 pm Taste of Detroit Reception Riverview Ballroom, COBO Center, 1 Washington Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226 Come experience a variety of sights, sounds, and flavors at the Taste of Detroit Reception. Featuring favorite local treats and cuisine reflecting a variety of neighborhoods, this reception offers just a sample of all Detroit has to offer.
The entertainment for the event is provided by Larry Lee and Back In The Day band. In the groups short 7 year existence it has been nominated and has won several awards from various entitys to include Best Live Performance Group of the Year, Best R and B Band, and in 2006 Larry was voted Bass Player of the year by the Detroit Music Awards. With its team of performers the Back In The Day band covers several genres and eras in their attempt to please everyone listening.
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Thursday, November 10 Summit Day 2 6:30 am 7:30 am Physical Activity: Cardio Sculpt and Yoga
Start your day off right with physical activity led by Lazet Michaels Boatmon. A Detroit native, Lazet is a 14 year fitness professional and certified personal trainer. She is the owner of The Life Center private fitness facility located in Detroit, where she inspires people of all ages to be healthy in their mind, body, and spirit. This morning workout with Lazet will leave you feeling energized as you move throughout your day at the Summit.
7:30 am 8:30 am Grab & Go Breakfast 8:30 am - 10:15 am Morning Plenary

Bring it On: Politics, Power, and Equity Race, poverty, and equity are never a candidates favorite topics, and in todays contentious political environment, advancing equity-focused policies may seem like a Herculean task. Join a timely conversation about the political hot buttons for 2012, and strategies for pursuing an equity agenda. Hear leaders from across the country describe how to make sure the needs and aspirations of lowincome communities and communities of color do not get lost in campaign showmanship and partisan rancor. Judith Bell, President, PolicyLink Maria Teresa Kumar, XXX, Voto Latino Melody Barnes (invited) Van Jones, XXX, 10:30 am 11:45 am
Series 4: Making It Work: Effective Strategies and Tactics for Implementation

The Next Economy: Growing New Jobs, Nurturing Sustainable Industries Where will new economic growth come from? How can equitable strategies and a commitment to sustainability guide the creation of jobs and business opportunities? This session looks beyond the recession and high unemployment to consider how equity advocates can and must shape the economic future. Learn about opportunities and challenges in a variety of growth sectors, including manufacturing, health care, and green industries. 48
You are Here: Mapping for Advocacy and Community Change Mapping is a powerful tool for analyzing data, communicating your message, and engaging your community. Learn how advocates have effectively used maps to advance a variety of equity campaigns. And find out how to cut through the glut of maps and mapping tools to choose the technology that best serves your cause. Moderator Sarah Treuhaft, Associate Director, PolicyLink Panelists Jason Reece, Senior Researcher, Opportunity Communities Initiative, The Kirwan Institute Protecting our Planet for All A new generation of environmental activists and organizations is redefining what has traditionally been a white, middle-class movement. They are leading innovative campaigns to protect, and connect communities of color, to natural resources; including water, energy and land. Meet inspiring leaders of the movement and hear about efforts to advance environmental policies that support healthy, prosperous, equitable communities today and tomorrow. Moderator Panelists
Comment [S9]: Hi Chione, we can work on a new title, once we get this session sounding different from the other. I understand that this one is more about connecting low-income people and communities of color to natural resources like water, energy production, and land. Can we call those specific areas out here? Do we need the first sentence? Or can we edit "white environmentalist" to say "...defying what has been a traditionally white-middle class movement."
Amelia Parker, Executive Director, Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM) Maya Wiley, Executive Director, Center for Social Inclusion
Housing Innovations in Tough Times With the housing collapse, rampant speculation in low-income communities and communities of color, and the loss of public budgets, communities are reorienting equitable housing strategies. Coalitions are working to reclaim homes lost to the bubble or the long-term disinvestment of communities. Community land trusts are expanding their portfolios to include foreclosed homes and commercial properties. Community-wide energy-efficient retrofits and financing innovations represent other bold responses. Learn about innovations fostered by the housing crisis and add you voice to a conversation about crafting an agenda to expand housing opportunity in meaningful ways for communities of color.
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Millions of peoplemost of them African American or Latino and low-incomelive in pockets of unincorporated land, often without the most basic services for health and safety, such as clean water, sewage lines, and sidewalks. Hear how community leaders are working to overcome entrenched racial, economic, and political barriers to empower local residents to shape policy and bring much-needed infrastructure investment to these neglected communities.
Follow the Money: Creative Financing Strategies for Equitable Infrastructure Investment Cash-strapped governments are reducing their commitments to infrastructure investment while aging roads and bridges deteriorate, transit services are cut, and the supply of affordable housing shrinks. This session highlights creative efforts to reverse the tide. Learn about work at the federal level to establish a national infrastructure bank. Hear about local initiatives ensuring that federal infrastructure investment is concentrated in vulnerable communities, leveraging that investment with innovative financing structures, and ensuring that spending maximizes benefits for lowincome people and people of color. Moderator
Victor Rubin, Vice President for Research, PolicyLink Stuart Cohen, Co-Founder & Executive Director, TransForm
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The Power of Health Impact Assessments Health impact assessments marry research, advocacy, and capacity building to promote policies and programs that maximize health in the broadest sense. Hear how communities have used this tool to focus local planning and development agendas on the needs of low-income and working communities, with an emphasis on improving access to jobs, transportation, affordable housing, and other opportunities. Learn how to apply this tool in your community. Moderator
Shireen Malekafzali, Senior Associate, PolicyLink
Reflecting America: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century What kind of leadership can propel and sustain the equity movement as America moves toward becoming a nation with a majority of people of color? Who will be the leaders to reflect and connect to new constituencies? Join an incisive conversation about race, class, gender, age, and leadership development in the 21st century. Reflect on the challenges and the value of cultivating different leadership styles and skills, organizing multi-ethnic coalitions, and engaging youth. 50
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Allen Fernandez-Smith, President, Urban Habitat
Road to Renewal: Economic and Cultural Revitalization of Older Core Cities Even in the face of economic crisis, Americas older manufacturing cities are embarked on a journey toward equitable, sustainable renewal. They are identifying new industries and growth sectors, restructuring government, marshalling their assets, and rebuilding with newcomers and longstanding residents alike. Hear from leaders who are making job-creating investments in local firms, seizing opportunities for regional and global competitiveness, turning vacant land into useful and often beautiful amenities, and revitalizing neighborhoods.
A Strong Foundation: Race and Equity in Grant Making Foundations can play a critical role in supporting efforts to achieve racial equity, particularly in economically difficult times. This session highlights the movement gaining ground in the philanthropic community to bolster equity-focused efforts in policy change to create healthy, thriving communities. Explore approaches to utilize an equity perspective in philanthropic initiatives, the role of philanthropy to advance equity in stewardship and grant making, and future directions in equity-driven philanthropy. Moderator
Amanda Navarro, Associate Director, PolicyLink Ben Starrett, Executive Director and Founder, The Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
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At the Heart of Equity: Authentic Community Engagement Community is at the core of every effort to revitalize neighborhoods, enhance the quality of life, and attain equity. No matter what issue a campaign targetsaffordable housing, healthy food access, job creation, transportation, or educationthe key element must be authentic, effective leadership and involvement by the people who have been denied these services, overlooked, or left behind. Explore innovations in meaningful community engagement, and tackle the difficult issues it raises, including power dynamics, movement building, and demographic and generational change.
New Research to Inform and Guide Equitable Policy Change
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Equity-focused policy change efforts at the local, regional, and federal levels have made extensive use of many important new forms of research, on subjects ranging from neighborhood change and health disparities to metropolitan access to opportunity. Whether this research takes the form of surveys, photo-voice, GIS mapping, community indicators, analyses of housing, population and employment data bases, or other forms of inquiry and presentation, the changes in practice are as important as the findings. More effective and balanced partnerships are being created among researchers, advocates, and community residents. This session will examine the trends in equityfocused research, highlighting innovative projects and assessing the state of the art.
@Equity: Advocacy and Innovation in Social Media Hear inspiring examples of campaigns that successfully used online advocacy tools and tactics to push social justice agendas. Panelists explain how they strategically used technology to mobilize their base, reach beyond the choir, target legislators, attract media attention, and fundraise to winand offer practical guidance on how you can do this, too.
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The Future of Labor, The Future of Equity in America In the face of staggering job losses in the industrial and service sectors, layoffs in the public sector, and record high unemployment in the building and construction trades, millions of American workers are struggling to keep their families from falling into poverty, and many labor unions are under political attack. Hear what unions and their allies are doing to defend the rights of workers while keeping economic development projects and public services intact. Learn how proactive labor-community coalitions are defining the terms of economic recovery in cities and regions. Moderator
Phil Thompson, Associate Professor of Urban Politics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carol Joyner, National Policy Director, Labor Project for Working Families Kent Wong, Director, University of California Los Angeles, Labor Center
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Vital Signs: Advocating for Healthier Communities In many communities, residents are leading the charge for change. They are collaborating with advocates and researchers to redress inequities and create healthy, opportunity-rich local environments. This session highlights leading-edge resident-driven campaigns and organizations in Los Angeles, New Mexico, New Orleans, and New York City that are working for policy change to increase healthy food access, improve air and water quality, create and preserve green space, and support inclusive economic revitalization. Discover opportunities to take action and get involved. Straight Talk: Race, Racism, and the Changing Media There can be no effective advocacy without compelling communications. Draw on the experiences of leading communications experts in the advocacy world to explore how to talk straight and upfront about race and equity. Learn how to integrate communications professionals from the start of campaigns how to navigate the rapidly changing media landscape, and how to use equity principles to frame messages that seize the high ground without ceding to an opposition that almost always has more money. Moderator
Milly Hawk Daniel Vice President for Communications, PolicyLink
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Alan Jenkins, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Opportunity Agenda
All Aboard: Advocacy for Equitable Transportation Federal transportation policies and spending can play a major role in advancing opportunity in disinvested neighborhoods. Thats why diverse groups and constituencies in communities across the country have joined to push for just, inclusive, and equitable transportation policy. Explore trends in national transportation policy that impact low-income communities and people of color. Learn how equity-focused coalitions are working to create affordable transportation options for all; expand access to jobs and workforce development opportunities in the transportation sector; promote healthy, safe, inclusive communities; and encourage fair and transparent transportation investments. Moderator
Anita Hairston, Senior Associate for Transportation Policy, PolicyLink
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James Corless, Director, Transportation for America Ya-Ting Liu, Federal Advocate, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Were Up Next: Voices from Emerging Young Leaders The majority of Americas youth will be people of color sooner than anyone expected. Discover the energy, creativity, and passion of young activists who are developing a vision of the communities they want to live in and carrying the torch for equity. This conversation will explore the challenges and opportunities that young activists, organizers, and professionals foresee on the horizon of the equity movement, including the intersections of racial, class, and generational divides, the impact of growing diversity on leadership in the equity movement, and how these dynamics translate into local, regional and national dynamics.
Funding Change: Philanthropic Advances in Advocacy Advocacy is key to creating equitable policies and environments, particularly for residents of lowincome communities and communities of color. Investment in advocacy enables communities to identify the factors that influence their wellbeing and to make sure their priorities shape the 54
agendas of local, state, and national decision makers. Join foundation leaders to examine innovative strategies for investing in policy advocacy to advance equity.
Cant Stop, Wont Stop: State and Local Budget Crises Financially strapped state and local budgets are spurning needed revenue raisers in favor of cuts in budgets and reduced pay and benefits for public employees. At the same time, gaps in federal funding for programs such as Medicaid further imperil those who can least afford to be left behind. This political mood, expressed in the 2010 elections and the rhetoric of the presidential campaign, is a threat to equity across the board. Can we turn budget crises into a rallying cry? Hear from elected officials and practitioners about how to navigate fiscal cuts while preserving and advancing equity.
Health, Equity, and Schools This session grapples with the complexities of a seemingly simple approach to combating obesity and improving child health: creating safe places for children to play and walk, and bike to and from school. While these investments improve neighborhood environments for all, unintended consequences reinforce racial segregation. Learn how investments such as Safe Routes to Schools, joint use, and complete streets in and around school facilities can account for equitable outcomes. Panelists will discuss why relationship building, creative partnerships, and substantive community engagement are critical to moving forward. Moderator
john a. powell
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Organizing for Power and Policy Wins Equity doesnt fall in our laps; it comes from the demands we make. Solid organizing is the foundation for training and mobilizing people and networks to act collectively and achieve policy wins. This session draws on the lessons of local organizing and national campaigns and highlights effective approaches from labor, faith-based, and place-based community organizing. Explore best practices, new strategies, and the sound from the ground with experienced, committed organizers.
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Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity: Challenges and Strategies to Address Inequity in Schools What structural and cultural barriers persist in schools that serve poor students and students of color? This panel will explore challenges that disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities, such as school financing inequity, the culture of criminalization of boys of color in school that leads to disproportionate access and achievement, and the ways that underserved families are isolated from schools. Join this session to hear about innovative programs and opportunities for policy advocacy. 3:00-4:00 Equity Now! Closing Townhall: Equity Now! 2012 will be the proving ground for continuing the equity advances of the last decade and now is the opportunity to identify how we solidify our agenda for continuing implementation, advocacy, and organizing beyond the elections.
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EQUITY AND A STRONG ECONOMY

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A Prosperous America: Creating an Inclusive Economy Holding Ground: Equity in an Era of Cut Backs move to Advocacy section, see below
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Preparing the New Economy: Workforce Development & Growth Delivering on the Promise of Growth and Inclusion: New Local Economic Development Strategies
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Building Assets and Wealth for All: New Developments in Policy and Practice Equity is Good for Business: Social Innovation, Shared Value, and Equity Approaches to Maximizing Profits More than a Song: Arts and Culture in Community and Economic Development
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Equitable Strategies for Job Creation and Sustainable Economic Growth Road to Renewal: Economic and Cultural Revitalization of Older Core Cities
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The Future of Labor, the Future of Equity in America Cant Stop, Wont Stop: State and Local Budgets Crises move to Advocacy section
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HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY PLACES

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Healthy Communities: The Impact of Place, Race, and Poverty
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From Food Desert to Food Oasis Planning for Health Equity: Advancing Policy, Systems Change Tackling Poverty and Pollution: New Directions in Environmental Justice
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A Healthier Tomorrow: Preventing Childhood Obesity Crosswalk: The Intersection of Transportation and Health Community Safety and Youth Development: How Opportunity for All Can Foster Safe Places Stories of Scale and Success: Healthy Food Financing Initiative
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The Power of Health Impact Assessments
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Vital Signs: Advocating for Healthier Communities Health, Equity, and Schools
INFRASTRUCTURE EQUITY AND INCLUSIVE REGIONS

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The Future of Housing Innovations in the Public Sector
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Transportation Equity: Advances in Local and Regional Advocacy Sustainable Communities: New Voices Defining Livability On Common Ground: Linking Opportunity Landscapes Across Rural and Urban America Crosswalk: The Intersection of Transportation and Health
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Invisible Communities: Overcoming the Legacy of Disinvestment in Unincorporated America Housing Innovation in Tough Times Follow the Money: Creative Financing for Equitable Infrastructure Investment Protecting Our Planet for All Neighborhoods in a Changing Nation: Using the Latest Research to Guide Equitable Development
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All Aboard: Advocacy for Equitable Transportation also list in Advocacy section
COMMUNITY CHANGE THROUGH CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATIONS

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Communities of Opportunity: Innovations in Place-Based Development The Future of Detroit
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Gateway to Community Success: Improving the Odds for Boys and Men of Color also list in Healthy People, Healthy Places InnovationsInnovationsInnovations in the Public Sector
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Equity Summit 2011 Compiled Program Content Stories of Scale and Success: Promise Neighborhoods Education First: Schools at the Heart of Community Leveraging Investments and Integrated Services for Vulnerable Populations On Common Ground: Linking Opportunity Landscapes Across Rural and Urban America More than a Song: Arts and Culture in Community and Economic Development Workshop Series 4 Road to Renewal: Economic and Cultural Revitalization of Older Core Cities At the Heart of Equity: Authentic Community Engagement doesnt seem to fit here Workshop Series 5 4/21/129/16/119/15/11
Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity: Challenges and Strategies to Address Inequity in Schools
Suggest a category: Advances in Advocacy This would include the workshops now in the economy section, about advocating during budget crises and budget cuts. Also some of the advocacy-focused sessions Ive marked above, plus a few of the skills-based oriented workshops from below. Workshop Series 1 Holding Ground: Equity in an Era of Cut Backs Workshop Series 2 Tackling Poverty and Pollution: New Directions in Environmental Justice Workshop Series 3 Workshop Series 4 At the Heart of Equity: Authentic Community Engagement You Are Here: Mapping for Advocacy and Community Change @Equity: Advocacy and Innovation in Social Media 60
Workshop Series 5 All Aboard: Advocacy for Equitable Transportation Funding Change: Philanthropic Advances in Advocacy The Equity Movement and Americas Tomorrow Workshop Series 1 The Changing Face of America: Demographic Change and the New Policy Agenda Our Country: Challenges and Opportunities in an Immigrant Nation Workshop Series 2 Beyond the White Picket Fence: Equity and Americas Changing Suburbs Gateway to Community Success: Improving the Odds for Boys and Men of Color Workshop Series 3 Sustainable Communities: New Voices Defining Livability Workshop Series 4 Reflecting America: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century Neighborhoods in a Changing Nation: Using the Latest Research to Guide Equitable Development. A Strong Foundation: Race and Equity in Grant Making At the Heart of Equity: Authentic Community Engagement
Workshop Series 5 Straight Talk: Race, Racism, and the Changing Media also list in advocacy section Were up Next: Voices from Emerging Leaders Organizing for Power and Policy Wins Our Voice, Our Choice: An Equity Platform for 2012
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Equity Summit 2011 Healthy Communities, Strong Regions, A Prosperous America

November 8 11, 2011 Detroit, Michigan

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Judith Bell President

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10:00am 6:00pm 1:00 - 4:00pm

Registration Open Equity Institute

Organizing Effective Regional Equity Coalitions

A New Paradigm: Sustainable Communities Planning Strategies for Equitable Development

Why Place and Race Matter

Capitol Steps: Local, State, and Federal Legislative Advocacy

What it Takes: Preparing Equity Leaders

Telling Stories, Changing Lives

Arts & Culture: Transforming People, Transforming Places

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Richard Room, 5th Floor

Equity at the Core: Exploring the Neighborhoods of the Woodward Corridor

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A Prosperous America: Creating an Inclusive Economy

Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 1, 3rd Floor Marquette Room, 5th Floor

Strong Regions: Advances in Regional Equity

Healthy Communities: The Impact of Race, Place, and Poverty

Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 2, 3rd Floor

Mackinac Room, 5th Floor

Communities of Opportunity: Innovations in Place-Based Development

Ambassador Ballroom, Salon 3, 3rd Floor

Stories of Scale and Success: Promise Neighborhoods

6:30am 7:30am 8:00am 2:00pm 7:30am 8:30am 8:30am 10:15am

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Renaissance Ballroom, 4th Floor

Reflecting America: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century

At the Heart of Equity: Authentic Community Engagement

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Friday, November 11 Sponsored Caucuses, Workgroups

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Tuesday, November 8 Pre-Summit

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Capitol Steps: Local, State, and Federal Legislative Advocacy

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Telling Stories, Changing Lives

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Boys and Men of Color Caucus

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6:30 - 8:00pm Dine Around Detroit