Tuesday, October 8, 2002
9:00am - 4:00pm
New England Room
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA
Co-Convenors: Action for Boston Community
Development (ABCD), and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Coordinator: Beth Burris, Director, Housing/Economic
Development, ABCD
Moderator: Karen Holmes Ward (Channel 5 - WCVB)
Agenda
- The Untapped Markets of our Neighborhoods - Demographics
of Change
- Embracing Potential Amidst Crisis in Our Neighborhoods
- Opportunities and Challenges in Asset-based Programs
for New Immigrants, Ex-Offenders and the Un-Banked
- Youth Entrepreneurial Programs and Asset-based
Minority Small Businesses
- The Greater Boston Small Business Development
Project: Contributing to Our Community
- Creating Strategies, Partnerships and Alliances
to Effectively Serve "Untapped Markets"
Conference Faculty
- Barry Bluestone, Ph.D., Director, Center
for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
- Robert Consalvo, Ph.D., Director of Policy
Development and Research, Boston Redevelopment Authority
(BRA)
- Margaret Dunn, Regional Director, National
Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
- Heywood Fennell, Sr., Chairman, Stanley
Jones Clean Slate Project
- George (Chip) Greenidge, Jr., Executive
Director, National Black College Alliance
- Cynthia Jackson, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
College of Business Administration, Northeastern
University
- Mary Jo Marion, Associate Director, Mauricio
Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development
and Public Policy, UMASS Boston
- Marilyn E. Weekes, Assistant Vice President
and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston
- Russell Williams, Director, Community Enterprise
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Center for Urban
and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
- Darnell Williams, President, Urban League
of Eastern Massachusetts
Working Group Facilitators
- Milagros Arbaje, Director, ABCD Parker
Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center
- Jenny Cintron, Director, ABCD Citywide
Boston Hispanic Center
- Steve Godfrey, Executive Director, ABCD
Elm Hill Family Service Center
- Mark Isenburg, Vice President, ABCD Workforce
Development and Technology Services
- Leonard Lee, Director, ABCD Dorchester
Neighborhood Service Center
- Chris Sieber, Director of Planning, ABCD
Schedule
| 7:30am |
Registration |
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| 8:00am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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| 9:00am |
Welcome / Opening
Remarks / Introductions |
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| 9:30am |
PLENARY
I |
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| 11:00am |
PLENARY
II |
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| 12:15pm |
Buffet
Lunch |
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| 1:15pm |
PLENARY
III |
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| 2:30pm |
Working
Groups Breakout Session |
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| 4:00pm |
Conference
Ends |
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